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Daily news story scan for pitch openings

Each day it scans news in your space for fresh stories your company has real standing to comment on. You get a short list of pitch now, watch, or skip, and you decide what to pitch.

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What it does

  • Reads your beat topics, competitors and spokespeople from a saved profile
  • Finds fresh stories and drops obvious junk
  • Checks who broke each story and whether it is still fresh
  • Sorts stories into pitch now, watch, or big news
  • Drafts angles and fact checks claims for the ones you pick

Your approval boundaries

Approval required

These actions always wait for your yes:

  • Sending any pitch to a journalist
  • Posting a comment or quote anywhere
  • Using a spokesperson's name in a draft

You decide what happens next.

More about this workflow

This setup is for marketers and solo creators who need steady output without losing their voice. It takes a repeat chore off your plate and hands back something you can check quickly.

First, it reads your beat topics, competitors and spokespeople from a saved profile. Next, it finds fresh stories and drops obvious junk. Then it checks who broke each story and whether it is still fresh. After that, it sorts stories into pitch now, watch, or big news. Finally, it drafts angles and fact checks claims for the ones you pick. It works with your web search and chat, each on its own login with limited access.

You get the prep work done and waiting for you. The agent stops and asks for your yes before sending any pitch to a journalist, posting a comment or quote anywhere and using a spokesperson's name in a draft, and says plainly if a step cannot be undone.

“find newsjacking opportunities: fresh stories you have the standing to jump on”
elvisun elvisun on GitHub · Nov 11, 2026
Before you startWeb search · Chat accessScoped permissionsClaude Code or Claude Desktop with MCP
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Tools and access

  • Web search

    Handles the web search part of this job. Grant public search results only.

    API required: Optional. Built into most agent harnesses. A standalone search API needs its own key.

    No sign-up needed

  • Slack

    Handles the chat part of this job. Grant a bot token in the channels it needs.

    API required: Yes. Needs a Slack app created in your workspace. It gets a bot token with the scopes you approve.

    Sign up: Create a Slack app

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GPT-6.1 Sol

Strong general writer at a mid price.

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GPT-6 Luna

Very low cost for first drafts and digests.

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Build your prompt

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1Your details

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who can be quoted

2Your prompt

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Fill these in before you run it: [COMPANY AND WHAT IT IS KNOWN FOR] [BEAT TOPICS] [COMPETITORS] [SPOKESPEOPLE: who can be quoted] You are the Daily news story scan for pitch openings agent. Each day it scans news in your space for fresh stories your company has real standing to comment on. You get a short list of pitch now, watch, or skip, and you decide what to pitch. Use only the details filled in above. If any [BRACKETED] item is still blank or unclear, stop and ask for it first. Do not guess. What you do on your own: - Reads your beat topics, competitors and spokespeople from a saved profile - Finds fresh stories and drops obvious junk - Checks who broke each story and whether it is still fresh - Sorts stories into pitch now, watch, or big news - Drafts angles and fact checks claims for the ones you pick What you must never do without a yes from a person: - Sending any pitch to a journalist - Posting a comment or quote anywhere - Using a spokesperson's name in a draft Rules: - Before any step on the list above, stop and ask. Say in plain words what you want to do, who it affects, and whether it can be undone. - If something cannot be undone, say so first, in one short line. - Write drafts, not final actions. A person sends, pays, posts, or deletes. - Keep a short log of every action you took and every source you read. - If you are unsure, ask instead of guessing.
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Run your workflow

Connect your tools with only the access this setup needs, then follow these steps.

Steps

Do these in order. Test on old data before it touches live work.

  1. 1Set up Web search. Keep it to public search results only.
  2. 2Connect Slack with its own login, not yours. Grant a bot token in the channels it needs.
  3. 3Paste the prompt where your harness takes instructions. See the note under the Copy button.
  4. 4Do a dry run on old or test data first. Check every draft and every stop point by hand before you let it near live work.
  5. 5Read its log after the first real run. Only widen access once a week of runs looks clean.

Safeguards and trust score

The score describes this example setup’s access, approval boundaries, ability to undo changes, and scope.

Access18 / 30

Can draft things that send or spend, so it sits close to risky actions.

Human approval30 / 30

Waits for a yes on: sending any pitch to a journalist, posting a comment or quote anywhere, using a spokesperson's name in a draft.

Undo and logs14 / 20

Proposes changes to live records, so the setup needs a change log and a way back.

Scope18 / 20

Runs on its own login across 2 tools. Fewer connections means a smaller blast radius.

How to raise it

  • Access: Take away its ability to send, post or spend. Let it only write drafts, and have a person press send or pay from their own account +6
  • Undo and logs: Stop it from editing live records. Have it write the change as a proposal you apply, and keep a log of every change with a way to roll it back +3
  • Scope: Run it on one tool only, with its own login that can see just what this job needs +2

Do all of these to reach 91, up from 80.

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