Claude Code or Desktop
Install the MEStudio Review Plugin for repeatable, structured reviews of M&E documents.
Plugin setupM&E Plugins and Skills for Claude
Bring MEStudio review methods into Claude. Choose the platform you use, then find a capability for your work.
Twelve reviewsFree and open sourceAlso works as standalone prompts
Claude · Logframe Review
# M&E Studio: Logframe Review Plugin
# Paste your logframe and I'll assess it
Logframe Review Summary
Overall Rating: Adequate
Structural Completeness: PASS
Vertical Logic: PASS
Horizontal Logic: PARTIAL
Assumptions: PASS
Indicator Quality: PARTIAL
Strategic Considerations: PASS
Priority Recommendations
1. Name a data source for every indicator
2. Add sex disaggregation to Outcome 4
Choose Where You Work
Claude.ai
Upload a focused Skill through Settings, Features, Skills. Requires Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise with code execution enabled. Each person uploads a copy.
No MEStudio Skill is available to install yet.
Skill setup and statusM&E Capabilities for Claude
The plugin contains twelve available reviews. Standalone Claude.ai Skills have a separate release status.
Logframe Review
Available · Claude Code/Desktop plugin
Find logic gaps, weak indicators, and missing assumptions in logframes and results frameworks.
Covers: Vertical logic, Indicator quality, Assumptions
Indicator Quality
Available · Claude Code/Desktop plugin
Assess indicators against SMART and CREAM criteria. Flags disaggregation gaps and feasibility issues.
Covers: SMART, CREAM, Disaggregation
TOR Review
Available · Claude Code/Desktop plugin
Evaluate Terms of Reference for methodological rigor, scope feasibility, and ethical compliance.
Covers: Methodology, Feasibility, Ethics
M&E Plan Review
Available · Claude Code/Desktop plugin
Score M&E plans, MEL plans, and PMPs across 8 dimensions from completeness to consistency.
Covers: 8 dimensions, PMP, MEL plans
Survey Review
Available · Claude Code/Desktop plugin
Check questionnaires, KII guides, and data collection tools for question quality and sampling.
Covers: Question quality, Sampling
Evaluation Report Review
Available · Claude Code/Desktop plugin
Review reports for evidence quality, finding-recommendation linkage, and OECD-DAC coverage.
Covers: OECD-DAC, Evidence quality
Theory of Change Review
Available · Claude Code/Desktop plugin
Test the causal logic of a theory of change or results chain, and whether its assumptions are explicit and testable.
Covers: Causal logic, Assumptions, Measurability
Proposal M&E Review
Available · Claude Code/Desktop plugin
Review the M&E section of a proposal or concept note for approach, evaluation plan, budget, and staffing.
Covers: Approach, M&E budget, Staffing
Sampling Plan Review
Available · Claude Code/Desktop plugin
Verify sample size calculations independently, then check frame quality and whether the approach is feasible.
Covers: Sample size, Frame quality, Feasibility
Baseline Report Review
Available · Claude Code/Desktop plugin
Assess whether a baseline gives a valid foundation for measuring change, and whether targets follow from it.
Covers: Indicator coverage, Sampling, Target validation
Progress Report Review
Available · Claude Code/Desktop plugin
Check quarterly and annual reports for data plausibility, variance explanation, and narrative that matches the numbers.
Covers: Data plausibility, Variance, Consistency
Data Quality Review
Available · Claude Code/Desktop plugin
Review a DQA across all five VIPRT dimensions, its verification methods, and whether the action plan is usable.
Covers: VIPRT, Verification, Action plan
Claude.ai Skill Setup
When a MEStudio Skill is published, download its zip and upload it in Claude.ai under Settings, Features, Skills. Code execution and an eligible plan are required. The published download link will appear with that Skill; there is no file to install today.
How It Works
M&E domain expertise built into Claude. No configuration, no prompts to remember.
Install the Plugin
Two commands in Claude Code, or the plugin browser in Claude Desktop Settings. Mac, Windows and Linux.
Paste Your Document
Paste a logframe, indicator set, TOR, or M&E plan into Claude. The plugin activates the right review skill automatically.
Get a Scored Review
Claude returns dimension scores, evidence from your document, and prioritized recommendations grounded in M&E standards.
Install the Plugin
Two commands in Claude Code. A minute, start to finish.
- 1
In Claude Code, run the two commands below. The repository is its own plugin marketplace, so you add it once and install from it.
- 2
If the install summary says "Run /reload-plugins to activate.", run that too.
- 3
To check it worked, type /me-review: and you should see all twelve reviews listed.
- 4
Paste any M&E document and Claude applies the right review skill automatically.
/plugin marketplace add mestudiohq/me-review
/plugin install me-review@me-review
Using Claude Desktop instead? Install the same plugin through the plugin browser in Settings.
Open the plugin marketplace
Don't use Claude?
These reviews also work as standalone prompts in ChatGPT, Gemini, or any AI assistant.
Advanced plugins, coming soon
File-integrated workflows that read your project documents directly:
- Cross-Reference Check. Compare your logframe against your M&E plan and flag every indicator with no collection method.
- Proposal Alignment. Check a grant proposal against the donor RFP for gaps in scope, eligibility, and reporting requirements.
- Document Generator. Generate a new M&E plan, TOR, or results framework with full traceability to your source documents.
Ready to Improve Your M&E Documents?
Install the free plugin in 30 seconds and get structured expert feedback on any M&E document. Expert consulting is also available for complex evaluation and M&E system needs.