What do I need to use Story Pitch?

The story idea / lead; Why now; Your access.

Is Story Pitch free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Story Pitch

Q: How do I know the Story Pitch output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: It's an angle, not a topic — a specific story an editor can picture; "Why now" is explicit; The reporting plan names real sources/access, showing it's doable; Format, length, and section fit the target outlet.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-07-24 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-journalism

Pitch a news or feature story to an editor — the angle, why now, and how you'll report it. Use when a reporter or freelancer needs to pitch a story, sell an editor on an angle, or write a query letter to a publication. Produces a tight pitch: the hook and angle, why it matters and why now, the reporting plan and sources, your access/credibility, and the format/length fit. Distinct from media-pitch (PR pitching a story TO journalists).

▶ Run it free — no key needed 📝 Grade your existing draft View SKILL.md ↗

What to give it

▸The story idea / lead — and the publication (or type) you're pitching

▸Why now — the news peg or timeliness

▸Your access — sources, documents, expertise, or reporting already done

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓It's an angle, not a topic — a specific story an editor can picture

✓"Why now" is explicit

✓The reporting plan names real sources/access, showing it's doable

✓Format, length, and section fit the target outlet

✓The hook could actually open the published piece

✓It's tight — an editor gets it in under a minute

⚠️ What it refuses to do

Pitching a topic ("something about housing") with no angle

No news peg or reason it's timely

All idea, no reporting plan (an editor can't tell if you can deliver)

Ignoring the outlet's format, audience, and length

Burying the story under throat-clearing before the hook

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

Related skills

🔌 Embed this skill

Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:

<div data-pm-skill="story-pitch"></div>
<script src="https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/embed.js" async></script>

💬 Discussion

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