Intro

I recently came across a very interesting open source project called the chalk project.

https://chalkproject.io/

What is this?

Chalk Environment

You can check the chalk environment by using the chalk env command. This allows you to see key information about the current chalk environment.

# chalk env

warn:  Could not find or install cosign; cannot sign or verify.
info:  /root/.local/chalk/chalk.log: Open (sink conf='default_out')
info:  Full chalk report appended to: ~/.local/chalk/chalk.log
[
  {
    "_OPERATION": "env",
    "_DATETIME": "2026-02-13T19:10:03.226+11:00",
    "_ENV": {
      "PWD": "/root/chalk-test",
      "XDG_SESSION_TYPE": "tty",
      "USER": "root",
      "PATH": "/usr/local/go/bin:/root/.local/bin:/root/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/mssql-tools/bin:/root/.pulumi/bin:/root/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:.:/opt/mssql-tools/bin",
      "SSH_TTY": "/dev/pts/2"
    },
    "_OP_ARGV": [
      "/root/bin/chalk-0.6.5-Linux-x86_64",
      "env"
    ],
    "_OP_CHALKER_VERSION": "0.6.5",
    "_OP_CHALK_COUNT": 0,
    "_OP_UNMARKED_COUNT": 0
  }
]

Summary

If you’re not using claude and MCP for automatic report generation (and more) you’re missing out. The amount of effort to set all of this up was minimal. The template took roughly 5 minutes to create. The project instructions were similar. I did iterate the project instructions however I found that this was also minimal.

I see the use cases for this being plentiful. These include, generating reports for regulators, and any other report that you need to have regularly.

I highly recommend using MCP and claude projects for your report generation needs. It’s easy, and amazingly flexible!