Build a press list and draft pitches

Reporters who covered your topic recently, with their articles, and one pitch for each, sent after your OK.

  • You start it: When you start it
  • Asks you first

What it does

The task

Find reporters who wrote about topic in the last 6 months in outlets or region. For each one, record the name, the outlet, 2 recent article links, and the press contact that the outlet publishes, such as a tips page or a work e-mail on the author page. Put at most 20 reporters in a new Google Sheet. For the 10 best fits, write a pitch of 120 words or fewer about news that refers to their recent work, and save each pitch as a Gmail draft. Ask me before you send each pitch.

  • It works in Google News, any news site, Gmail and Google Sheets, in the workspace you pick, and signs in with passwords from your Cuiar vault.
  • It runs once, when you start it.
  • It stops for your approval before it sends, posts, pays, books or changes a record.

What you give it

BlankWhat to giveExample
topicThe subject your news is aboutPlant-based food
outlets or regionThe outlets or the region and type of pressUK trade and national press
newsYour news, in one or two sentencesOur study of 40 UK cafes shows that oat milk now sells more than cow's milk in coffee

What you get back

An example run with the example values above. Your run uses your own data.

Press list: 18 reporters on plant-based food, UK trade and national press

NameOutletRecent articleContact
Helen AshbyShelf Talk Weekly'Oat milk prices fall' (12 October)Tips page
Raj MalhotraCity Food Review'Vegan butchers open in Leeds' (2 September)Work e-mail on the author page
Claire DunmoreThe Morning Ledger'Cafes cut dairy costs' (18 August)Press desk e-mail

Pitch drafts in Gmail: 10

Example: 'Hi Helen, your 12 October piece showed oat milk prices down 9%. Our data from 40 UK cafes shows...'

Waiting for your approval before each send.

Run it in Cuiar

  1. 01

    Open it

    Click Use in Cuiar on this page. The side panel opens with the task in the composer.

  2. 02

    Fill in 3 blanks

    Type topic, outlets or region and news. Tab moves to the next blank.

  3. 03

    Run it

    Run sends it to the agent. Follow each step in the panel, and stop it at any time.

From the terminal

cuiar exec "Find reporters who wrote about Plant-based food in the last 6 months in UK trade and national press. For each one, record the name, the outlet, 2 recent article links, and the press contact that the outlet publishes, such as a tips page or a work e-mail on the author page. Put at most 20 reporters in a new Google Sheet. For the 10 best fits, write a pitch of 120 words or fewer about Our study of 40 UK cafes shows that oat milk now sells more than cow's milk in coffee that refers to their recent work, and save each pitch as a Gmail draft. Ask me before you send each pitch."

Run it from your AI agent

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other MCP clients reach Cuiar at https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp. Add the server one time, then ask for the task in plain words, or call run_task yourself.

1. Add Cuiar to Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http cuiar https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp

2. Ask your agent

Use the Cuiar tool run_task to run my "Build a press list and draft pitches" template with topic = Plant-based food; outlets or region = UK trade and national press; news = Our study of 40 UK cafes shows that oat milk now sells more than cow's milk in coffee.

Setup for other agents: AI agents.

The tool call

{
  "name": "run_task",
  "arguments": {
    "task": "Find reporters who wrote about Plant-based food in the last 6 months in UK trade and national press. For each one, record the name, the outlet, 2 recent article links, and the press contact that the outlet publishes, such as a tips page or a work e-mail on the author page. Put at most 20 reporters in a new Google Sheet. For the 10 best fits, write a pitch of 120 words or fewer about Our study of 40 UK cafes shows that oat milk now sells more than cow's milk in coffee that refers to their recent work, and save each pitch as a Gmail draft. Ask me before you send each pitch."
  }
}
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