Claude Code plugins for applying professional editorial standards to your writing.
Applies The Economist style guide principles to written content:
Clarity: Active voice, simple words, direct statements** Precision**: Specific facts over vague claims, weasel word detection** Brevity**: Concise over verbose, redundancy removal** Dialect-aware**: Matches document's existing conventions (British, American, etc.)
Perfect for:
- Technical documentation
- Blog posts and articles
- Marketing copy
- Code comments and README files
- Any professional writing
/plugin marketplace add TAJD/economist-style-guide-plugin
/plugin install economist-style@economist-style-guide-plugin
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.
✓ Clarity issues: Passive voice, jargon, complexity
✓ Precision problems: Weasel words ("many", "significant"), vague claims
✓ Wordiness: Fillers, redundancies, verbose expressions
✓ Consistency: Dialect matching, style coherence
✓ Common errors: Affect/effect, less/fewer, that/which
Before:
The data was analyzed and it was found that there were
significant issues affecting many users.
After:
Analysis revealed three critical issues affecting 847 users (23%).
Changes: Active voice, removed vagueness, added specifics.
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
See economist-style/README.md for detailed documentation.
Contributions welcome! Areas of interest:
- Additional style rules and patterns
- Industry-specific guides (technical, financial, academic)
- New dialect conventions
- Documentation improvements
MIT License - See LICENSE for details.
Tom Dickson
- Issues: GitHub Issues - Documentation: economist-style/README.md - Claude Code Docs: https://code.claude.com/docs