Economist Style Plugins for Claude Code

Tom Dickson released Economist Style Guide Plugins for Claude Code, applying The Economist's editorial standards to improve clarity, precision, brevity, and dialect consistency in written content. The plugin, available via the Claude Code marketplace, identifies issues like passive voice, weasel words, and redundancy, and suggests specific improvements.

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