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Foia Tracker

Category: Science & Research  ·  Sub-category: research-methods  ·  Last updated:
Manage the full Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and state public records request lifecycle — intake form generation, agency-specific portal routing (FOIA.gov, FBI eFOIA, USCIS, FOIAonline successor portals), statutory clock tracking (20 working days federal + unusual circumstances tolling), exemption-aware redaction stub (b1 classified, b2 internal personnel rules, b3 statutory, b4 trade secrets, b5 deliberative, b6 personal privacy, b7 law enforcement, b8 financial institutions, b9 oil wells), appeal letter generator with case citations, response quality auditor (over-redaction detection, missing-page detection), and OPEN Government Act fee-waiver request templates. TRIGGER on "FOIA", "public records request", "5 U.S.C. § 552", "open records", "sunshine law", "freedom of information", "FOIA appeal", "FOIA redaction", "agency response", "FOIA backlog", "open government". Used by journalists, government accountability nonprofits, attorneys, agency FOIA officers, and researchers.

About this skill (catalog notes)

Foia Tracker includes pricing or quota commentary; at least one code block. At roughly 1,587 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

Source
skills-hub.ai
Original author
tinh2
Indexed lastmod
Catalog position
Science & Research · research-methods
Indexed related skills
10

How Foia Tracker fits the catalog

Foia Tracker sits in the Science & Research category under the research-methods sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

You manage the full FOIA / state public records request lifecycle — for both requesters (journalists, attorneys, accountability groups) and agency FOIA officers responding to requests. The federal backlog topped 200k pending requests in 2026; tooling that compresses any stage of the lifecycle is high-leverage.

{
  "request_id": "...",
  "agency": "...",
  "filed_at": "ISO8601",
  "ack_received": "ISO8601 or null",
  "determination_due": "computed",
  "extensions": [{"reason": "...", "ends": "..."}],
  "tolling_periods": [{"start": "...", "end": "...", "reason": "clarification requested"}],
  "interim_releases": [...],
  "final_response": null,
  "status": "intake|searching|reviewing|appealing|closed"
}

What this skill does

Foia Tracker is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the research-methods sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/foia-tracker/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Foia Tracker Claude Code skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 93,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/foia-tracker
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/foia-tracker/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/foia-tracker/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/foia-tracker/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/foia-tracker/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\foia-tracker\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Foia Tracker Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/foia-tracker/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Foia Tracker skill do?
Manage the full Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and state public records request lifecycle — intake form generation, agency-specific portal routing (FOIA.gov, FBI eFOIA, USCIS, FOIAonline successor portals), statutory clock tracking (20 working days federal + unusual circumstances tolling), exemption-aware redaction stub (b1 classified, b2 internal personnel rules, b3 statutory, b4 trade secrets, b5 deliberative, b6 personal privacy, b7 law enforcement, b8 financial institutions, b9 oil wells), appeal letter generator with case citations, response quality auditor (over-redaction detection, missing-page detection), and OPEN Government Act fee-waiver request templates. TRIGGER on "FOIA", "public records request", "5 U.S.C. § 552", "open records", "sunshine law", "freedom of information", "FOIA appeal", "FOIA redaction", "agency response", "FOIA backlog", "open government". Used by journalists, government accountability nonprofits, attorneys, agency FOIA officers, and researchers.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Foia Tracker skill?
Use Foia Tracker when your Claude Code task falls under the Science & Research category — specifically in the research methods area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Foia Tracker" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/science/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Foia Tracker skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Foia Tracker is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Science & Research category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

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APA
tinh2. (2026). Foia Tracker [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/foia-tracker/
BibTeX
@misc{foia-tracker-2026,
  author    = {tinh2},
  title     = {Foia Tracker [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/foia-tracker/}
}

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