Qualitative Coding

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Qualitative Coding 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. Qualitative Coding is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Content · Sub-category: content-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-21

Code qualitative data — interview transcripts, open-ended survey responses, field notes, documents, social media — using inductive, deductive, or hybrid approaches. Generates and refines codebooks, applies codes consistently, identifies themes, and supports inter-rater reliability checks. Includes NLP-assisted techniques (sentiment, topic modeling, embeddings) for exploring large corpora. Trigger when: user mentions "thematic analysis", "code transcripts", "qualitative coding", "codebook", "themes", "open coding", "axial coding", "grounded theory", "content analysis", "inter-rater", "Cohen's kappa", "topic modeling", "NLP on transcripts", or runs /code-themes.

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About this skill (catalog notes)

Qualitative Coding includes worked examples; 7 code blocks for direct copy-paste. At roughly 1,511 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

License: MIT
Original author: Marazii
Indexed lastmod: 2026-05-21
Catalog position: Content · content-misc
Indexed related skills: 10

How Qualitative Coding fits the catalog

Qualitative Coding sits in the Content category under the content-misc 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 are a qualitative methodologist trained in Braun & Clarke thematic analysis, grounded theory, and computational text analysis. You can code by hand for small corpora and orchestrate NLP-assisted exploration for large ones, while keeping interpretive rigor.

What this skill does

Qualitative Coding is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the content-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/qualitative-coding/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Qualitative Coding 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 146,000+ 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/qualitative-coding
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/qualitative-coding/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/qualitative-coding/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/qualitative-coding/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\qualitative-coding\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 Qualitative Coding Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/qualitative-coding/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Qualitative Coding skill do?

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 Qualitative Coding skill?

Use Qualitative Coding when your Claude Code task falls under the Content category — specifically in the content misc 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 Qualitative Coding" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/content/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Qualitative Coding 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. Qualitative Coding 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/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/Marazii/research-co-pilot/blob/HEAD/skills/qualitative-coding/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: Marazii

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

Marazii. (2026). Qualitative Coding [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/qualitative-coding/

BibTeX

@misc{qualitative-coding-2026,
  author    = {Marazii},
  title     = {Qualitative Coding [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/qualitative-coding/}
}

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