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Oral History Kit

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Record a parent's or grandparent's life while they can still tell it — the question arcs that unlock real stories instead of resume facts, the session logistics that keep it sustainable, the follow-up probes that get the texture, and the pipeline from recordings to a book the family keeps. Use when asked to interview my grandmother about her life, record dad's stories before it is too late, questions to ask an elderly parent, or make a family history book. Produces the session plan with question arcs, the interviewer technique guide, the consent and boundaries conversation, and the transcript-to-book pipeline. Warm, unhurried, and honest that later never comes on schedule.
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Everyone means to do this, and most families are left holding three photographs and a regret. The obstacles are never love — they are logistics (nobody set a date), technique (direct questions produce resume answers: born here, worked there), and scale (the project feels like a documentary, so it becomes nothing). This kit shrinks it to something that actually happens: 45-minute sessions, one arc at a time, questions built to summon scenes rather than facts — what the kitchen smelled like, who they were scared of, what the argument was actually about — and a pipeline that turns the recordings…

What this skill does

Oral History Kit is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the storytelling sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/oral-history-kit/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when asked to interview my grandmother about her life, record dad's stories before it is too late, questions to ask an elderly parent, or make a family history book. Produces the session plan with question arcs, the interviewer technique guide, the consent and boundaries conversation, and the transcript-to-book pipeline.

Who uses this skill

The Oral History Kit Claude Code skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 213,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

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Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/oral-history-kit
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/oral-history-kit/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/oral-history-kit/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/oral-history-kit/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\oral-history-kit\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 Oral History Kit Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/oral-history-kit/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Oral History Kit skill do?
Record a parent's or grandparent's life while they can still tell it — the question arcs that unlock real stories instead of resume facts, the session logistics that keep it sustainable, the follow-up probes that get the texture, and the pipeline from recordings to a book the family keeps. Use when asked to interview my grandmother about her life, record dad's stories before it is too late, questions to ask an elderly parent, or make a family history book. Produces the session plan with question arcs, the interviewer technique guide, the consent and boundaries conversation, and the transcript-to-book pipeline. Warm, unhurried, and honest that later never comes on schedule.
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 Oral History Kit skill?
Use Oral History Kit when your Claude Code task falls under the Content category — specifically in the storytelling 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 Oral History Kit" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/content/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Oral History Kit 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. Oral History Kit is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

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mohitagw15856. (2026). Oral History Kit [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/oral-history-kit/
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@misc{oral-history-kit-2026,
  author    = {mohitagw15856},
  title     = {Oral History Kit [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/oral-history-kit/}
}

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