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
| Blank | What to give | Example |
|---|---|---|
| topic | The subject your news is about | Plant-based food |
| outlets or region | The outlets or the region and type of press | UK trade and national press |
| news | Your news, in one or two sentences | Our 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
| Name | Outlet | Recent article | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Ashby | Shelf Talk Weekly | 'Oat milk prices fall' (12 October) | Tips page |
| Raj Malhotra | City Food Review | 'Vegan butchers open in Leeds' (2 September) | Work e-mail on the author page |
| Claire Dunmore | The 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
- 01
Open it
Click Use in Cuiar on this page. The side panel opens with the task in the composer.
- 02
Fill in 3 blanks
Type topic, outlets or region and news. Tab moves to the next blank.
- 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/mcp2. 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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