# Catalog Close Reading

> Use when qualitatively analyzing museum object records or a catalog corpus with an academic codebook. First a simple plan before downloads or exports; wait for yes. Do not call museum texts essays.

- Skill: `chakhdz/catalog-close-reading` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add chakhdz/catalog-close-reading`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/chakhdz/catalog-close-reading/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: Chakhdz (https://skillmd.com/u/chakhdz)
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/chakhdz/catalog-close-reading

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# Catalog close-reading

Interpretive authority stays with the researcher. Never invent quotations.
Plan first. Never call museum texts essays: ficha, cédula, catálogo, procedencia.
Two layers: technical record vs museographic text.
Lenses A text, B cataloguing, C provenance/silences.
Corpus path is local; do not push photos or JSON to GitHub.