newsroom-style SKILL.md skillA
newsroom-style 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/newsroom-style@git:20260818.3e0e3a8Pins git:20260818.3e0e3a8 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/newsroom-style/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260818.3e0e3a8, committed Aug 18, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 8, 2026
- Size
- 7,241 bytes
- Repository stars
- 450
- License
- MIT
Enforces AP Style and newsroom conventions. Use when writing news, editing drafts, creating headlines, or tightening copy.
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
# Newsroom style guide Write like a professional journalist. Follow AP Style. Keep it tight. ## When to use - Writing news articles, briefs, or headlines - Editing drafts for publication - Converting interview notes into publishable copy - Writing press releases or media advisories - Creating social media posts for news content ## Core AP Style rules ### Numbers | Rule | Example | |------|---------| | Spell out one through nine | "three witnesses" not "3 witnesses" | | Use numerals for 10 and above | "15 people attended" | | Always use numerals for ages | "a 5-year-old girl" | | Always use numerals for percentages | AP allows the `%` symbol with numerals (`5%`) since 2019; some publications still spell out "percent" as house style | | Always use numerals for addresses | "123 Main St." | | Always use numerals for money | "$5 million" not "five million dollars" | | Spell out first through ninth for ordinals | "first place" but "10th anniversary" | **Exception:** Never start a sentence with a numeral. Rewrite or spell out. ### Titles and names | Rule | Example | |------|---------| | Capitalize formal titles before names | "Mayor Jane Smith said..." | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/newsroom-style@sha256:fe3886beddb8bae6The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260818.3e0e3a8, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_syevzui5dvwfmm3w)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 8, 2026 and Aug 18, 2026, about one every 102 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260818.3e0e3a8 latest | 2026-08-18 | 3e0e3a8 | 7,241 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260508.1e108a3 | 2026-05-08 | 1e108a3 | 7,378 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 (7241 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_syevzui5dvwfmm3w GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/newsroom-style GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/fe3886beddb8bae69ef7e12773dd6489c3425f74180787910e504e8e2a286b3c
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