Reasoned denial
File within 10 days. The federal executive chain is the immediate superior, the agency head, CGU, then CMRI.
Start with the record
Choose the body before you write
The law does not use one filing system. Federal executive bodies use Fala.BR. State, municipal, judicial, legislative, and Ministério Público bodies use their own systems.
The skill helps a reporter check Portal da Transparência, Dados Abertos, PNCP, and prior responses before a new request starts the clock.
Appeal route
Use the right procedure for the result
Federal executive silence
File a reclamação with the monitoring authority first. It does not go directly to the ordinary appeal chain. An unsuccessful reclamação can go to CGU.
Drafting
Ask for a record, not a topic
- Name the dataset, document, process number, date range, and fields.
- Request a machine-readable file when the body holds the data digitally.
- Ask for the data dictionary with the export.
Publication
Publish with care
A public record does not automatically justify public-interest publication. Redact personal data. Protect victim and witness identifiers. Check the reporting value before you share the full response.
The full skill includes
- Request and data-export templates in Portuguese with English glosses.
- Templates for each federal appeal level.
- Guidance for generic, disproportionate, privacy, classification, and format denials.
Installation
Install the journalism-core plugin
/plugin marketplace add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism
/plugin install journalism-core@claude-skills-journalismRead the full skill on GitHub.
Contributor
This skill was contributed by Reinaldo Chaves (@reichaves). Read the original pull request.