Using with Claude Code

Claude Code is Anthropic’s coding agent that runs in your terminal. It can read files, run commands, and work through multi-step tasks. When you point it at this repo, it can find and apply skills automatically — you describe the task, it picks the right skill.

What You Get

The library contains 454 skills across 15 media categories, plus 6 stable agents that chain skills into complete workflows:

Agent	What it does	G-Eval
Magazine Editor	Full editorial pipeline — structure, copy edit, fact-check, headlines	4.96/5
Investigative Reporter	FOIA, source verification, document analysis, story structure	4.96/5
Documentary Development	Pitch treatment, series bible, logline, character arcs	4.81/5
Podcast Producer	Episode concept through show notes in one workflow	4.78/5
PR Crisis Response	Holding statement, Q&A, media brief, internal comms	4.56/5
YouTube Channel Operator	Hook, script, SEO, thumbnail brief, community post	4.48/5

Not sure where to start? Pick your role — journalist, podcaster, YouTuber, documentary producer, PR/comms, or newsletter writer — and see the skills and agents that match.

Setup (one time)

1. Install Claude Code

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

You need Node.js 18 or later. If you do not have Node.js, download it from nodejs.org.

2. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/ur-grue/autopunk-media-skills.git

3. Open Claude Code in the repo

cd autopunk-media-skills
claude

That’s it. Claude Code reads the CLAUDE.md file automatically and understands the full skill library.

How to use a skill

Once you are inside Claude Code in the repo directory, describe your task:

Write a pitch treatment for a documentary about urban beekeeping in Berlin.
Use the pitch-treatment-writer skill.

Claude Code reads the skill file, follows its instructions, and produces the output. You can also just describe the task without naming the skill — it will find the right one:

I need show notes for a podcast episode about remote work burnout.

Using agents

Agents chain multiple skills into a complete workflow. All six are in the agents/ directory. Examples:

Run the magazine-editor-agent on this article draft.

Read agents/podcast-producer-agent.md and create a full episode package.
Guest: Dr. Lena Torres, urban ecologist. Show: "City Wild," 40-minute
interview podcast. Audience: environmentally curious city dwellers.

Take this article and run it through the full editorial pipeline —
structure check, copy edit, fact-check prompt, headlines, and pull quotes.

Tips

Stay in the repo directory. Claude Code reads files relative to where you launched it. If you cd elsewhere, it loses access to the skills.
Name the skill when you know it. “Use the hook-generator skill” is faster than “write me a YouTube opening” — though both work.
Paste your material directly. You can paste a transcript, article draft, or brief right into the chat alongside your instruction.
Use /read for long files. If your input material is in a file, tell Claude Code to read it: “Read draft.txt and run the copy-editor skill on it.”