What problem does it solve?
When you have one pitch and several journalists at the same publication, sending it to all of them is a visible spray that damages your credibility with the entire outlet. This Skill fit-checks each candidate and ranks them so you approach exactly one reporter first, with a disciplined fallback order.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Delegated fit-checking: Runs every candidate through journalist-fit-check before ranking, so No-fit candidates are excluded rather than promoted.
- Comparative ranking signals: Orders survivors on topic ownership, format match, recent story types, staff vs. contributor status, publishing cadence, source-type match, and relationship as a tiebreaker only.
- Tailoring and fallback sequencing: Produces 1-4 concrete pitch edits for the first pick plus unlock conditions for held candidates, including disclosure rules when moving to a colleague.
- Use Case: You have a data-story pitch and three named reporters at a trade publication. The Skill researches their last 90 days of bylines, picks the one who owns the topic, anchors the choice to a real article, and tells you when and how to move to the next person if the first passes.
Quick Start
Ask the agent to rank which journalist at a named publication should receive your pitch first, providing the full pitch text, the candidate names, and today's date.