# Economist Style Plugins for Claude Code

> Source: <https://github.com/TAJD/economist-style-guide-plugin>
> Published: 2026-07-31 00:11:05+00:00

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

```
# In Claude Code
/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](/TAJD/economist-style-guide-plugin/blob/main/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](/TAJD/economist-style-guide-plugin/blob/main/LICENSE) for details.

Tom Dickson

- Issues:
[GitHub Issues](https://github.com/TAJD/economist-style-guide-plugin/issues) - Documentation:
[economist-style/README.md](/TAJD/economist-style-guide-plugin/blob/main/economist-style/README.md) - Claude Code Docs:
[https://code.claude.com/docs](https://code.claude.com/docs)