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Curated free APIs with verified free-tier limits. An agent skill from jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.
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Install Free APIs Catalog
$ npx skills add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill free-apis-catalog -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install jamditis/claude-skills-journalism free-apis-catalog --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/research-toolkit/skills/free-apis-catalog .claude/skills/free-apis-catalog && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "free-apis-catalog" agent skill from https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/research-toolkit/skills/free-apis-catalog into .claude/skills/free-apis-catalog/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "free-apis-catalog", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/research-toolkit/skills/free-apis-catalogType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill free-apis-catalog -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install jamditis/claude-skills-journalism free-apis-catalog --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/research-toolkit/skills/free-apis-catalog .agents/skills/free-apis-catalog && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "free-apis-catalog" agent skill from https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/research-toolkit/skills/free-apis-catalog into .agents/skills/free-apis-catalog/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "free-apis-catalog", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill free-apis-catalog -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install jamditis/claude-skills-journalism free-apis-catalog --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/research-toolkit/skills/free-apis-catalog .cursor/skills/free-apis-catalog && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "free-apis-catalog" agent skill from https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/research-toolkit/skills/free-apis-catalog into .cursor/skills/free-apis-catalog/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "free-apis-catalog", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.git --path research-toolkit/skills/free-apis-catalog--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill free-apis-catalog -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install jamditis/claude-skills-journalism free-apis-catalog --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/research-toolkit/skills/free-apis-catalog .gemini/skills/free-apis-catalog && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "free-apis-catalog" agent skill from https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/research-toolkit/skills/free-apis-catalog into .gemini/skills/free-apis-catalog/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "free-apis-catalog", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install jamditis/claude-skills-journalism free-apis-catalogInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill free-apis-catalog -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/research-toolkit/skills/free-apis-catalog .github/skills/free-apis-catalog && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "free-apis-catalog" agent skill from https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/research-toolkit/skills/free-apis-catalog into .github/skills/free-apis-catalog/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "free-apis-catalog", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill free-apis-catalog -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install jamditis/claude-skills-journalism free-apis-catalog --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/research-toolkit/skills/free-apis-catalog .opencode/skills/free-apis-catalog && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "free-apis-catalog" agent skill from https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/research-toolkit/skills/free-apis-catalog into .opencode/skills/free-apis-catalog/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "free-apis-catalog", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
free-apis-catalog- GitHub stars
- 416
- Token cost
- ~2.7k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,153 words
- Files
- 2
- Skills in repo
- 53
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Curated free APIs with verified free-tier limits. An agent skill from jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.
- Suggesting APIs
- SKILL.md covers Canonical breadth reference, Recently sunset / changed…, Journalism-curated short list and Evaluating APIs from the catalog, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Finding free weather
What it does
Free APIs Catalog is an agent skill from jamditis/claude-skills-journalism. Curated free APIs with verified free-tier limits. Use when suggesting APIs or finding free weather, news, finance, or sports data.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).
The repository describes itself as: Claude Code skills for journalism, media, and academia - verification, FOIA, data journalism, academic writing, and more. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Suggesting APIs
- Finding free weather
Example prompts
- “/free-apis-catalog”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e3e2172. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
transparency.meta.comreddit.comhuggingface.codocs.bsky.appgithub.comiexcloud.orgpropublica.orggdeltproject.orgnewsapi.orggnews.iomediastack.comdeveloper.nytimes.comdocs.joinmastodon.orgdevelopers.facebook.comdevelopers.tiktok.com
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Free APIs Catalog loads about 2.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 37 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,153 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from jamditis/claude-skills-journalism at commit e3e2172, republished under its MIT licence (© jamditis). 1,153 words, ~2,730 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/free-apis-catalog/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- free-apis-catalog
- description
- Curated free APIs with verified free-tier limits. Use when suggesting APIs or finding free weather, news, finance, or sports data.
Free APIs catalog (journalism-curated)
A short list of free APIs that work for journalism, research, and weekend projects under current free-tier conditions. The value here is curation under verified 2026 free-tier limits, not coverage. For breadth, defer to the canonical aggregator below.
Canonical breadth reference
For a near-complete inventory of free public APIs across every category (1000+ entries, actively maintained), use:
- public-apis/public-apis on GitHub, https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
Not archived, last commit verified 2026-05-09, 4,600+ commits, 6,000+ merged PRs. When you need an API outside the categories below, search there first.
This skill curates the journalism-relevant subset.
Recently sunset / changed (don't use)
| API | Status | What to use instead |
|---|---|---|
| IEX Cloud | Fully retired 2024-08-31. https://iexcloud.org/ | Alpha Vantage, Tiingo IEX, Financial Modeling Prep, Polygon |
| CrowdTangle | Sunset 2024-08-14 | Meta Content Library (academic/non-profit-research only, most journalists ineligible). https://transparency.meta.com/researchtools/meta-content-library/ |
| ProPublica Congress API | Retired 2024-07-10, repo archived. https://www.propublica.org/nerds/congress-api-update | api.congress.gov (Library of Congress, free with api.data.gov key) |
| X / Twitter API free tier | Effectively eliminated for new developers as of Feb 2026; pay-per-use only. Uncertain on exact figures (provider pricing page returned 402). Treat as paid. | No free replacement; closest free alternatives are Bluesky Jetstream + Mastodon |
| Reddit API | Free for research/non-commercial only since June 2023; paid for commercial use. https://www.reddit.com/wiki/api/ | (Same, usable for journalism research, prohibited for monetized products) |
| Hugging Face Inference API | Rebranded to Inference Providers (router across 20+ providers). Free users now get $0.10/month in credits, down from previous unmetered free tier for many models. https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/pricing | Free tier still works for low-volume / embeddings; paid for production |
Journalism-curated short list
All entries below verified against provider pages on 2026-05-09 unless marked uncertain. Always confirm rate limits against the provider's live developer docs before depending on them in production.
News monitoring
| API | Free tier | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GDELT 2.0 | Fully free, no auth | Global news + knowledge graph, updates every 15 min, BigQuery-mirrored. Strong for cross-border / longitudinal monitoring. |
| NewsAPI | 100 req/day, 24h delay, 1mo window, dev-only | Commercial use prohibited on free tier. Not usable in shipped products. |
| GNews | 100 req/day, 30d window, 12h delay, non-commercial | 10 articles/request cap. |
| Mediastack | 100 req/month, 30-min delay | Functionally a demo. |
| NYT Article Search / Top Stories | Free with key, daily cap (uncertain, verify) | Solid for archival queries. |
Social platforms (post-API-monetization landscape)
| API | Free tier | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bluesky Jetstream | Public WebSocket firehose, no auth | Real-time public-post stream. 4 official instances. Caveat: not formally part of AT Protocol, no long-term stability commitment. |
| Bluesky AppView | Public read endpoints, 3000 req / 5min IP-based | Auth needed for write ops. Profiles, posts, search. |
| Mastodon | Per-instance, OAuth, public endpoints often unauth-readable | Federated, coverage is server-by-server. |
| Threads (Meta) | Free pricing not surfaced on docs page (uncertain, verify) | Read/post/reply/search/insights/webhooks. |
| 100 QPM authenticated, 10 QPM unauthenticated, non-commercial only | Adequate for OSINT/research, prohibited for monetized products. | |
| Meta Content Library | Academic / non-profit researchers only | Most journalists need a university partner to qualify. |
| TikTok Research API | Academic-affiliated researchers only | Same eligibility gate as MCL. |
Government / public records (US)
| API | Free tier | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| api.data.gov umbrella key | One key for 25+ federal agencies, 450+ APIs | Gateway for NASA, NPS, NIH, USGS, FDA, EPA, LoC, etc. Use this first. |
| api.congress.gov | Free with api.data.gov key | Official Library of Congress legislative data. Replaces ProPublica Congress API. |
| GovInfo (GPO) | Uses api.data.gov key | Federal-publication search and full-text. New MCP server in public preview for LLM workflows. |
| OpenFEC | Free, api.data.gov key | Campaign finance. (Page ECONNREFUSED on verification day, confirm rate limits live.) |
| Census API | Free, no documented rate limits | Demographic / economic data. |
| BLS | 500 queries/day, 25 series/query with key (uncertain, page 403'd; verify) | Labor statistics. |
| BEA | Free with key | National income & product accounts. |
| EPA Envirofacts | Free, no auth | TRI, Superfund, ECHO, RCRAInfo, SDWIS, GHG, RadNet, FRS, ~20 EPA programs. |
| USGS earthquakes | Free, no auth | Real-time + historical earthquake events. GeoJSON / QuakeML / CSV. |
Weather / climate
| API | Free tier | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| NWS api.weather.gov | Fully free, no key, just User-Agent header | "Generous" rate limit. Forecasts, alerts, observations, gridpoints. US only. |
| Open-Meteo | Free non-commercial: 600/min, 10k/day, 300k/month, no key | CC BY 4.0 attribution required. Global. Commercial use requires paid. |
| OpenWeather | 60 calls/min, 1M calls/mo on free tier | Historical weather, 30-day forecasts, Bulk Download, Weather History API are paid. Students get historical via student program. |
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Financial / economic
| API | Free tier | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| FRED (St. Louis Fed) | Free with key (uncertain, page 403'd; verify limits) | Primary reference for US macro data. |
| CoinGecko Demo | 10k calls/mo, 30/min, free with key | Attribution required. |
| Alpha Vantage | 25 requests/day | Free tier is now a demo, not a usable journalism data source. Migration target for IEX Cloud users, but expect to need a paid tier for any real workload. |
| Financial Modeling Prep | Free tier exists, paid for production | IEX Cloud successor. |
Archive / preservation
| API | Free tier | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Wayback Machine | Free | Availability JSON, Memento, CDX server. Save Page Now exposes programmatic submit. |
| archive.today | Programmatic submit available; no public API docs (uncertain, WebFetch blocked) | Useful for redundancy alongside Wayback. Verify endpoint by direct curl. |
AI / ML
| API | Free tier | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hugging Face Inference Providers | $0.10/month free credit, then pay-as-you-go | 2024 rebrand from "Inference API." Plain HF Inference now mostly CPU-only (embeddings, BERT-class). PRO users get $2/month. |
| Cohere | Free trial key for development, rate-limited | Paid for production. |
Sports
| API | Free tier | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| TheSportsDB | Free at point of access | $9/mo premium for production key. |
| football-data.org | Free tier covers 12 major competitions | UCL, Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, etc. |
Evaluating APIs from the catalog
When picking an API for a journalism project, check three things on the provider's developer docs:
| Field | What to check |
|---|---|
| Auth | "No auth" = no registration. "Key required" = sign up + manage the key. OAuth = per-user flow. |
| Free-tier limits | Daily / monthly request caps, rate limits per minute, article delay (often 12–24h on free tiers), recency window. |
| Commercial restriction | Many "free" APIs prohibit commercial use. Even an internal newsroom tool that supports paid coverage may count. Read the ToS. |
| CORS | Matters for browser frontends, irrelevant for backend scripts and cron jobs. |
| Stability commitment | Some "free firehose" APIs (e.g., Bluesky Jetstream) have no long-term stability commitment. Don't depend on them in production without a fallback. |
Weekend project ideas
- News alerts: GDELT or NewsAPI + keyword filter + Telegram bot (2–3 hours)
- Sentiment signal: News feed + Hugging Face sentiment model + score from −1 to +1 (note free-tier credit cap)
- Weather dashboard: Open-Meteo + historical data + forecast for target city
- Earthquake monitor: USGS FDSN feed + threshold filter + Slack notification
- Federal dataset explorer: api.data.gov key + cycle through agencies + index findings to a project digital archive
Usage tip
For any new project needing external data: check the journalism-curated list above first. If nothing fits, search public-apis/public-apis. Feed candidate API docs to an agent along with your specific use case, it'll spot rate-limit / commercial-use traps that a casual read would miss.
Last currency sweep
2026-05-09. Verified directly against provider pages where reachable; uncertain entries marked inline with the specific provider page that failed verification (403, ECONNREFUSED, login-walled). Re-verify rate-limit numbers before depending on them in production.
Curation under current free-tier conditions is what paid alternatives like RapidAPI's directory don't provide. Coverage is what public-apis/public-apis is for.
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Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file in research-toolkit/skills/free-apis-catalog of jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.
- SKILL.md
- agents/openai.yaml
Open the folder on GitHubat commit e3e2172
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Questions about Free APIs Catalog
What does Free APIs Catalog do?
Curated free APIs with verified free-tier limits. An agent skill from jamditis/claude-skills-journalism. Free APIs Catalog is an agent skill from jamditis/claude-skills-journalism. Curated free APIs with verified free-tier limits.
When should I use Free APIs Catalog?
Free APIs Catalog fits situations like: suggesting APIs; finding free weather.
How do I install Free APIs Catalog in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill free-apis-catalog -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (research-toolkit/skills/free-apis-catalog in jamditis/claude-skills-journalism) into .claude/skills/free-apis-catalog in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Free APIs Catalog in Codex?
Run `npx skills add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill free-apis-catalog -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (research-toolkit/skills/free-apis-catalog in jamditis/claude-skills-journalism) into .agents/skills/free-apis-catalog in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Free APIs Catalog in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill free-apis-catalog -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/free-apis-catalog, .gemini/skills/free-apis-catalog, .github/skills/free-apis-catalog and .opencode/skills/free-apis-catalog in your project.
What does Free APIs Catalog need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Free APIs Catalog is instructions for the agent only.
Does Free APIs Catalog access the network?
SKILL.md names 15 domains. As links in the text: transparency.meta.com, reddit.com, huggingface.co, docs.bsky.app, github.com, iexcloud.org, propublica.org, gdeltproject.org, newsapi.org, gnews.io, mediastack.com, developer.nytimes.com, docs.joinmastodon.org, developers.facebook.com and developers.tiktok.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Free APIs Catalog safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Free APIs Catalog use?
Free APIs Catalog is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Free APIs Catalog use?
About 2.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 11k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Free APIs Catalog?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Free APIs Catalog: Suggestion Box (paperclipai/paperclip, 100k stars), Implementing API Abuse Detection With Rate Limiting (mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, 34k stars), Web3 Rate Limiting Circuit Breaker (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars) and Limits (parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3, 3.9k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Free APIs Catalog?
jamditis (a GitHub user) maintains it in jamditis/claude-skills-journalism, which has 416 GitHub stars. The repository holds 53 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 4, 2026.
Source: jamditis/claude-skills-journalism on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.