What problem does it solve?
Pitches routinely go to the wrong journalists — stale contacts, wrong beats, wrong formats — which gets senders ignored or blocked. This Skill gates every pitch against a specific journalist's actual recent coverage before anything is sent.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Evidence-Based Verdicts: Runs seven media-relations checks (last-10-bylines audit, 90-day topic sweep, beat vs. angle vs. one-off, format match, source-mirror, stated preferences, database triangulation) and returns Fit, Soft-fit, No-fit, or Unknown with a confidence score.
- Anchor Article Requirement: Every positive verdict must cite a real, dated, linked article from the last 90 days, with hard gates that force an Unknown verdict when evidence is missing, stale, or fabricated.
- Anti-Slop Gate: Scans the pitch for template tells (merge fields, buzzwords, generic flattery) and refuses to approve copy that reads like a mass blast.
- Use Case: Before sending a pitch about a fintech fraud-detection launch, check whether a specific reporter still covers fraud, writes the right story format, and quotes the type of source you're offering — then get concrete edits or a clear no.
Quick Start
Ask the agent to check whether journalist [name] at [outlet] is a fit for your pitch, providing the pitch text and today's date.
