Kin & Record Record Reader: a free Claude skill

A small skill that transcribes one record, pulls out every fact, classifies the evidence and writes a citation.

• Faithful transcription with unclear words marked
• Evidence classified fact by fact
• A ready-to-use source citation

Made by Kin & Record, part of What If Labs.

Install it

1. Download kin-record-record-reader.zip (don’t unzip it).
2. In Claude on the web or desktop, open Customize, then Skills, click +, choose Upload a skill and pick the ZIP.
3. Make sure code execution is on in Settings, Capabilities. It works on any Claude plan, including the free one.
4. Ask Claude something in plain words. It picks the skill up on its own.

Using Claude Code instead? Copy this folder into ~/.claude/skills/.

Try a free tool first

No Claude needed: the Shared cM Calculator: What Your DNA Match Means runs in your browser and shows its working.

Want the whole thing?

The Kin & Record Family Historian is $29, one time, with a 14-day refund. Research, prove and write your family history.

• Research plans and brick-wall strategies
• Record transcription and analysis
• Evidence classification and conflict resolution
• Source citations
• DNA match analysis
• Research log
• Ancestor biographies and book chapters
• Updates for a year

License

MIT. Use it, change it, share it. Please keep the credit to Kin & Record.