How to use Editorial Workflow in your AI agent

What you'll get

Editorial Workflow helps you run a structured publishing process from pitch to publication. It provides templates for tracking story assignments, managing editorial calendars, coordinating between writers and editors, and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks. Perfect for anyone managing a newsroom, publication, blog, or content team that needs to move multiple stories through a consistent editorial process.

Step 1 — Get the skill source URL

The Editorial Workflow skill lives at:

Step 2 — Add it to your AI agent

Copy one of these prompts and paste it into your AI tool. The agent will fetch and install the skill for you.

Add the agent skill from https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/editorial-workflow to my project.

Install this agent skill: https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/editorial-workflow

Add this skill to .codex/skills/: https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/editorial-workflow

Add the skill at https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/editorial-workflow to my .gemini/skills/ directory.

Install this agent skill from https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/editorial-workflow

Add this skill: https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/editorial-workflow

Step 3 — Try these prompts

Once the skill is installed, ask your AI things like:

• Managing multiple writers and need to track who's working on what
• You need a clear editorial calendar to plan what publishes when
• Setting up handoff protocols between writers, editors, and copy editors
• Training new editors on your publication's workflow and standards

What this skill does

• Tracks stories through pitch, draft, edit, copy, and publish stages with clear status flows
• Creates editorial calendars showing what's publishing when and what's in the pipeline
• Provides assignment templates that spell out scope, deadlines, sources, and handoff protocols
• Manages deadlines with backward-planning timelines from publish date to reporting start
• Generates pre-publish checklists covering content, legal, metadata, and final sign-off