foia-requests SKILL.md skillA
foia-requests from jamditis/claude-skills-journalism is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/foia-requests@git:20261024.21f0bb2Pins git:20261024.21f0bb2 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jamditis/claude-skills-journalism
- Path
journalism-core/skills/foia-requests/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261024.21f0bb2, committed Oct 24, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 8, 2026
- Size
- 29,407 bytes
- Repository stars
- 450
- License
- MIT
FOIA and public records workflows. Use when drafting requests, tracking submissions, checking exemptions, or appealing denials.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# FOIA and public records requests Workflows and templates for obtaining government records through freedom of information laws. ## Understanding FOIA landscape ### Jurisdiction overview | Level | Law | Scope | |-------|-----|-------| | Federal | Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 552) | Federal executive branch agencies | | State | Varies by state (e.g., OPRA in NJ, FOIL in NY) | State and local agencies | | Local | Often covered by state law | Municipal, county, school boards | ### Key federal exemptions (U.S. Federal FOIA) ```markdown ## The 9 federal FOIA exemptions 1. **National security** - Classified information 2. **Internal personnel rules** - Agency housekeeping matters 3. **Statutory exemptions** - Other laws prohibit disclosure 4. **Trade secrets** - Confidential business information 5. **Inter/intra-agency memos** - Deliberative process privilege 6. **Personal privacy** - Personnel, medical files 7. **Law enforcement** - Could interfere with proceedings 8. **Financial institutions** - Bank examination reports 9. **Geological data** - Oil and gas well information Note: Agencies must segregate and release non-exempt portions ``` ## State public records laws …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/foia-requests@sha256:c022a233798ffe37The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261024.21f0bb2, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between May 8, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026, about one every 42 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261024.21f0bb2 latest | 2026-10-24 | 21f0bb2 | 29,407 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260818.3e0e3a8 | 2026-08-18 | 3e0e3a8 | 29,274 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260707.4de1167 | 2026-07-07 | 4de1167 | 29,455 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260706.21adc39 | 2026-07-06 | 21adc39 | 29,122 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260508.1e108a3 | 2026-05-08 | 1e108a3 | 28,853 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (29407 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
jamditis/claude-skills-journalism · 450 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qzhdcjk4rtiyauf3 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/foia-requests GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c022a233798ffe37b0ea2867e0ff0a7c7b6f476431ea2a3d10a7ad6f972cd158
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