Agent skill

Story Pitch

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Pitch a news or feature story to an editor — the angle, why now, and how you'll report it.

MITAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Story Pitch

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill story-pitch -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills story-pitch --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/story-pitch .claude/skills/story-pitch && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
story-pitch
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~720 tokens
SKILL.md length
382 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Pitch a news or feature story to an editor — the angle, why now, and how you'll report it.

  • Works in 4 steps: The hook — the opening that would open… → The angle & stakes — what the story… → Why now — the peg that makes it timely. → …
  • Freelancer needs to pitch a story
  • SKILL.md covers Working from a brief, Required Inputs, Output Format and Quality Checks, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Story Pitch is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. 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).

Its SKILL.md is about 720 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Writing & Content, covering Copywriting. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Freelancer needs to pitch a story
  • Sell an editor on an angle
  • Write a query letter to a publication

Example prompts

  • “/story-pitch”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. The hook — the opening that would open the piece.
  2. The angle & stakes — what the story reveals and why readers should care.
  3. Why now — the peg that makes it timely.
  4. The reporting plan — sources you'll talk to, documents, access, and roughly how you'll structure it.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Story Pitch loads about 720 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 113 tokens; SKILL.md has 382 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~113
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~720

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 382 words, ~720 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/story-pitch/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
story-pitch
description
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).

Story Pitch Skill

Editors kill most pitches in ten seconds because they can't find the story — just a topic. A topic is "AI in schools." A story is "the district that banned AI, then quietly reversed after test scores dropped." This skill sharpens a topic into an angle an editor can say yes to, and shows you can actually report it.

Working from a brief

Given the topic or reporting lead, write the full pitch — find the specific angle and the "why now," and propose the reporting. If the idea is still a topic, say so and offer 2–3 angle options.

Required Inputs

Ask for (if not provided, else infer and label):

  • 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

Output Format

The angle (one line)

The specific story, not the topic — the tension, the turn, or the character at its center.

Pitch (the query)

3–4 tight paragraphs:

  1. The hook — the opening that would open the piece.
  2. The angle & stakes — what the story reveals and why readers should care.
  3. Why now — the peg that makes it timely.
  4. The reporting plan — sources you'll talk to, documents, access, and roughly how you'll structure it.
Fit

Proposed format (news, feature, investigation, Q&A), rough length, and section — matched to the outlet. A line on why you (access, expertise, track record).

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Follow-up

A one-line note on timing and how you'll follow up if you don't hear back.

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
  • The hook could actually open the published piece
  • It's tight — an editor gets it in under a minute

Anti-Patterns

  • 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

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Pitch this story to an editor."
  • "Sell an editor on this angle."
  • "Write a query letter to a publication."
  • "Why now for this feature story?"

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/story-pitch of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Story Pitch next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Questions about Story Pitch

What does Story Pitch do?

Pitch a news or feature story to an editor — the angle, why now, and how you'll report it. Story Pitch is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Pitch a news or feature story to an editor — the angle, why now, and how you'll report it.

When should I use Story Pitch?

Story Pitch fits situations like: freelancer needs to pitch a story; sell an editor on an angle; write a query letter to a publication.

How do I install Story Pitch in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill story-pitch -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/story-pitch in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/story-pitch in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Story Pitch in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill story-pitch -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/story-pitch in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/story-pitch in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Story Pitch in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill story-pitch -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/story-pitch, .gemini/skills/story-pitch, .github/skills/story-pitch and .opencode/skills/story-pitch in your project.

What does Story Pitch need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Story Pitch is instructions for the agent only.

Does Story Pitch access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Story Pitch safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Story Pitch use?

Story Pitch is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Story Pitch use?

About 720 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Story Pitch?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Story Pitch: Asd Ste100 (danyuchn/asd-ste100-skill, 4.3k stars), AI Copywriter (mikiarlo3/ai-copywriter, 1.2k stars), Brand Voice Guide (luongnv89/claude-howto, 42k stars) and Ralph Copywriter (muratcankoylan/ralph-wiggum-marketer, 778 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Story Pitch?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.