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Economist Style Guide Plugin — Design skill for Claude Code

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Claude Code plugin that applies The Economist style guide - clarity, precision, brevity.

How to install Economist Style Guide Plugin

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open TAJD/economist-style-guide-plugin and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Economist Style Guide Plugin does

Claude Code plugin that applies The Economist style guide - clarity, precision, brevity. Unofficial.

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README

Economist Style Plugins for Claude Code

A **Claude Code plugin** (skill) that edits and proofreads your writing the way The Economist's style guide would — clarity, precision and brevity for markdown, documentation, blog posts, READMEs and code comments.

This is an independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by The Economist.

Install

# In Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add TAJD/economist-style-guide-plugin
/plugin install economist-style@economist-style-plugins

Example

**Before**:

The data was analyzed and it was found that there were 
significant issues affecting many users.

**After**:

The analysis found [specify: how many?] issues affecting 
[specify: how many?] users.

Changes: Active voice, cut filler, flagged vague claims for specifics (the editor asks; it never invents numbers).

What It Checks

✓ **Clarity issues**: Passive voice, jargon, complexity ✓ **Precision problems**: Weasel words ("many", "significant"), vague claims, clichés ✓ **Wordiness**: Fillers, redundancies, verbose expressions ✓ **Consistency**: Dialect matching, style coherence ✓ **House style**: Numbers, dates, punctuation, honorifics, headlines ✓ **Common errors**: Affect/effect, less/fewer, that/which

Usage

The plugin activates automatically when editing text:

Review this document for clarity and precision

Claude will identify issues and suggest improvements following The Economist's editorial standards.

Who It's For

Technical documentation and READMEs
Blog posts and articles
Marketing copy
Code comments and docstrings
Any professional writing

Features

Progressive disclosure: Loads detailed rules only when needed
Dialect-aware: Respects existing conventions (doesn't force British or American)
Context-sensitive: Understands markdown, HTML, code documentation
Zero configuration: Works immediately after installation