Podcast Generation
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Turns written content into a two-host conversational podcast MP3 with a transcript, by drafting a JSON script and running a text-to-speech script.
Give it your product URL or description. An agent skill from Varnan-Tech/opendirectory.
$ npx skills add Varnan-Tech/opendirectory --skill competitor-pr-finder -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Varnan-Tech/opendirectory competitor-pr-finder --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Varnan-Tech/opendirectory.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/competitor-pr-finder .claude/skills/competitor-pr-finder && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "competitor-pr-finder" agent skill from https://github.com/Varnan-Tech/opendirectory/tree/main/skills/competitor-pr-finder into .claude/skills/competitor-pr-finder/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "competitor-pr-finder", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/Varnan-Tech/opendirectory/tree/main/skills/competitor-pr-finderType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add Varnan-Tech/opendirectory --skill competitor-pr-finder -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Varnan-Tech/opendirectory competitor-pr-finder --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Varnan-Tech/opendirectory.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/competitor-pr-finder .agents/skills/competitor-pr-finder && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "competitor-pr-finder" agent skill from https://github.com/Varnan-Tech/opendirectory/tree/main/skills/competitor-pr-finder into .agents/skills/competitor-pr-finder/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "competitor-pr-finder", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Varnan-Tech/opendirectory --skill competitor-pr-finder -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Varnan-Tech/opendirectory competitor-pr-finder --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Varnan-Tech/opendirectory.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/competitor-pr-finder .cursor/skills/competitor-pr-finder && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "competitor-pr-finder" agent skill from https://github.com/Varnan-Tech/opendirectory/tree/main/skills/competitor-pr-finder into .cursor/skills/competitor-pr-finder/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "competitor-pr-finder", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Varnan-Tech/opendirectory.git --path skills/competitor-pr-finder--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add Varnan-Tech/opendirectory --skill competitor-pr-finder -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Varnan-Tech/opendirectory competitor-pr-finder --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Varnan-Tech/opendirectory.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/competitor-pr-finder .gemini/skills/competitor-pr-finder && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "competitor-pr-finder" agent skill from https://github.com/Varnan-Tech/opendirectory/tree/main/skills/competitor-pr-finder into .gemini/skills/competitor-pr-finder/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "competitor-pr-finder", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install Varnan-Tech/opendirectory competitor-pr-finderInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add Varnan-Tech/opendirectory --skill competitor-pr-finder -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Varnan-Tech/opendirectory.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/competitor-pr-finder .github/skills/competitor-pr-finder && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "competitor-pr-finder" agent skill from https://github.com/Varnan-Tech/opendirectory/tree/main/skills/competitor-pr-finder into .github/skills/competitor-pr-finder/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "competitor-pr-finder", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Varnan-Tech/opendirectory --skill competitor-pr-finder -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Varnan-Tech/opendirectory competitor-pr-finder --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Varnan-Tech/opendirectory.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/competitor-pr-finder .opencode/skills/competitor-pr-finder && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "competitor-pr-finder" agent skill from https://github.com/Varnan-Tech/opendirectory/tree/main/skills/competitor-pr-finder into .opencode/skills/competitor-pr-finder/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "competitor-pr-finder", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
competitor-pr-finderGive it your product URL or description. An agent skill from Varnan-Tech/opendirectory.
Competitor PR Finder is an agent skill from Varnan-Tech/opendirectory. Give it your product URL or description. It finds your top 5 competitors, runs three-track PR research across all of them (editorial, podcasts, communities), identifies which channels appear most frequently, looks up the journalist or host for each, and returns a tiered outreach list with story angles and ready-to-send cold pitch drafts tailored to your product. Use when asked to find PR opportunities, discover where competitors got featured, build a media outreach list, find which journalists cover my space, or…
Its SKILL.md is about 7.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 10 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `README.md`, `evals/evals.json` and `references/pitch-guide.md`). Compatibility notes: ["claude-code","gemini-cli","github-copilot"]
It sits in Media & Creative, covering Podcasting. It works with Tavily. The repository describes itself as: AI Agent Skills built for Founders who hate Marketing. The licence is MIT.
10 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 62e437a. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
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.
Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python3curlFrom the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
api.tavily.comtechcrunch.comopen.spotify.comreddit.comapi.firecrawl.devFrom URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:
TAVILY_API_KEYFIRECRAWL_API_KEYFrom names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
["claude-code","gemini-cli","github-copilot"]
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Competitor PR Finder loads about 7.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~11k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 145 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,467 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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.
The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.
uns at ~23 searches/run). Add it to your .env file."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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
The full file from Varnan-Tech/opendirectory at commit 62e437a, republished under its MIT licence (© Varnan-Tech). 1,467 words, ~7,059 tokens.
.claude/skills/competitor-pr-finder/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 7 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.Give it your product URL. It finds your competitors, researches every PR channel they used (news, podcasts, communities), surfaces the channels that appear across multiple competitors (your proven targets), finds the journalist or host for each, and drafts a personalized cold pitch for your product at every tier-1 channel.
Zero-hallucination policy: Every channel, journalist name, story angle, and pitch detail in the output must trace to a specific Tavily search result or the fetched product page. This applies to:
| The agent will want to... | Why that's wrong |
|---|---|
| Name a journalist from training knowledge | Every journalist name must trace to a search result snippet. Writing "Sarah Perez covers startups at TechCrunch" from memory is hallucination. |
| List channels without evidence URLs | Every channel in the output must have at least one URL from the PR search results proving a competitor was featured there. |
| Skip the competitor confirmation step | Always show discovered competitors and wait for the user to confirm. Wrong competitors = wasted searches and a useless output. |
| Generate generic pitches ("We'd love to be featured") | Every pitch must reference a specific angle from the evidence AND a specific differentiator from the product analysis. |
| Mark a channel as Tier 1 with only 1 competitor occurrence | Tier 1 = 3+ competitors. Tier 2 = exactly 2. Tier 3 = 1. Do not promote channels that haven't proven themselves. |
| Use em dashes in output | Replace all em dashes (--) with hyphens. |
cat references/pr-channel-types.md
cat references/pitch-guide.md
cat references/tier-scoring.mdecho "TAVILY_API_KEY: ${TAVILY_API_KEY:+set}${TAVILY_API_KEY:-NOT SET -- required}"
echo "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY: ${FIRECRAWL_API_KEY:+set}${FIRECRAWL_API_KEY:-not set, Tavily extract will be used as fallback}"If TAVILY_API_KEY is missing: Stop immediately. Tell the user: "TAVILY_API_KEY is required to research competitors and find PR coverage. There is no fallback. Get it at app.tavily.com -- free tier: 1000 credits/month (about 43 full runs at ~23 searches/run). Add it to your .env file."
If only FIRECRAWL_API_KEY is missing: Continue. Tavily extract will be used for the URL fetch.
Collect from the conversation:
product_url: the URL to fetch (required, unless user pastes a description directly)product_name: optional, derived from page if not providedgeography: optional -- US / Europe / global. Default: USIf the user provides only a pasted description (no URL): Skip Steps 3 and 4. Go directly to Step 4 (product analysis) using the pasted text as product_content. Set page_source to user_description and note in data_quality_flags.
If neither URL nor description: Ask: "What is the URL of your product or startup? Or paste a short description: what it does, who it is for, and what makes it different from competitors."
Derive product slug:
PRODUCT_SLUG=$(python3 -c "
from urllib.parse import urlparse
import sys
url = 'URL_HERE'
if url.startswith('http'):
host = urlparse(url).netloc.replace('www.', '')
print(host.split('.')[0])
else:
import re
print(re.sub(r'[^a-z0-9]', '-', url[:30].lower()).strip('-'))
")
echo "Product slug: $PRODUCT_SLUG"Primary: Firecrawl (if FIRECRAWL_API_KEY is set)
curl -s -X POST https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/scrape \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FIRECRAWL_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url": "URL_HERE", "formats": ["markdown"], "onlyMainContent": true}' \
| python3 -c "
import sys, json
d = json.load(sys.stdin)
content = d.get('data', {}).get('markdown', '') or d.get('markdown', '')
print(f'Fetched via Firecrawl: {len(content)} characters')
open('/tmp/cprf-product-raw.md', 'w').write(content)
"Fallback: Tavily extract (if FIRECRAWL_API_KEY is not set)
curl -s -X POST https://api.tavily.com/extract \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d "{\"api_key\": \"$TAVILY_API_KEY\", \"urls\": [\"URL_HERE\"]}" \
| python3 -c "
import sys, json
d = json.load(sys.stdin)
content = d.get('results', [{}])[0].get('raw_content', '')
print(f'Fetched via Tavily extract: {len(content)} characters')
open('/tmp/cprf-product-raw.md', 'w').write(content)
"Checkpoint:
python3 -c "
content = open('/tmp/cprf-product-raw.md').read()
if len(content) < 200:
print('ERROR: fewer than 200 characters fetched')
else:
print(f'Content OK: {len(content)} characters')
"If content < 200 characters: Stop fetching. Tell the user: "The product page returned no readable content -- the site is likely JavaScript-rendered and blocked the fetch. Please paste a short description directly: what it does, who it is for, and what makes it different."
Print page content:
python3 -c "
content = open('/tmp/cprf-product-raw.md').read()[:5000]
print('=== PRODUCT PAGE (first 5000 chars) ===')
print(content)
"AI instructions: Analyze the product page above and extract:
product_name: the product or company nameone_line_description: what it does, for whom, core value prop. Under 20 words. No marketing language. Example: "CI/CD automation for developer teams that self-host their pipelines."industry_taxonomy: l1 (top-level: e.g. developer tools / fintech / healthtech / consumer), l2 (sector: e.g. devops / payments / telemedicine), l3 (specific niche: e.g. CI/CD automation / embedded payments / async video consultation). Vague labels like "technology" alone are not acceptable.differentiators: exactly 2-3 specific things that distinguish this product from generic competitors. These feed directly into the pitch drafts -- be specific. Example: ["Self-hosted pipeline runner -- no data leaves your infra", "Native support for monorepos with dynamic step generation"]icp: buyer_persona (job title), company_type, company_sizegeography_bias: US / Europe / global / unclearpage_source: "live_page" or "user_description"Write to /tmp/cprf-product-analysis.json:
python3 << 'PYEOF'
import json
analysis = {
# FILL from your analysis above
"product_name": "",
"one_line_description": "",
"industry_taxonomy": {"l1": "", "l2": "", "l3": ""},
"differentiators": [],
"icp": {"buyer_persona": "", "company_type": "", "company_size": ""},
"geography_bias": "US",
"page_source": "live_page"
}
json.dump(analysis, open('/tmp/cprf-product-analysis.json', 'w'), indent=2)
print('Product analysis written.')
PYEOFVerify:
python3 -c "
import json
a = json.load(open('/tmp/cprf-product-analysis.json'))
print('Product:', a['product_name'])
print('Industry:', a['industry_taxonomy']['l1'], '>', a['industry_taxonomy']['l2'], '>', a['industry_taxonomy']['l3'])
print('Differentiators:')
for d in a['differentiators']:
print(f' - {d}')
"ls scripts/research.py 2>/dev/null && echo "script found" || echo "ERROR: scripts/research.py not found -- cannot continue"python3 scripts/research.py \
--phase discover \
--product-analysis /tmp/cprf-product-analysis.json \
--tavily-key "$TAVILY_API_KEY" \
--output /tmp/cprf-competitors-raw.jsonPrint results for AI review:
python3 -c "
import json
data = json.load(open('/tmp/cprf-competitors-raw.json'))
print(f'Searches run: {len(data[\"competitor_searches\"])}')
for s in data['competitor_searches']:
print(f'\nQuery: {s[\"query\"]}')
print(f'Answer: {s.get(\"answer\",\"\")[:400]}')
for r in s.get('results', [])[:5]:
print(f' - {r[\"title\"]} | {r[\"url\"]}')
print(f' {r.get(\"content\",\"\")[:200]}')
"AI instructions: Read the search results above. Pick exactly 5 competitor companies that:
For each competitor write: name, url (from the search result where they appeared), description (one sentence from snippet), source_url (the search result URL where they were found).
Show the discovered competitors to the user:
python3 << 'PYEOF'
import json
analysis = json.load(open('/tmp/cprf-product-analysis.json'))
# FILL: 5 competitors from the search results above
candidates = [
# {"name": str, "url": str, "description": str, "source_url": str}
]
print(f"\nFound 5 competitors for {analysis['product_name']} in {analysis['industry_taxonomy']['l3']}:\n")
for i, c in enumerate(candidates, 1):
print(f" {i}. {c['name']} -- {c['description']}")
print(f" {c['url']}")
data = json.load(open('/tmp/cprf-competitors-raw.json'))
data['competitor_candidates'] = candidates
json.dump(data, open('/tmp/cprf-competitors-raw.json', 'w'), indent=2)
PYEOFTell the user: "These are the 5 competitors I'll research for PR coverage. Add, remove, or swap any -- or say 'looks good' to continue."
Wait for confirmation. If the user edits the list (adds/removes/swaps), update the candidates accordingly. Then write the confirmed list:
python3 << 'PYEOF'
import json
# FILL: confirmed competitor list (after user review)
confirmed = [
# {"name": str, "url": str}
]
json.dump({"confirmed_competitors": confirmed}, open('/tmp/cprf-competitors-confirmed.json', 'w'), indent=2)
print(f"Confirmed {len(confirmed)} competitors for PR research.")
for c in confirmed:
print(f" - {c['name']} ({c['url']})")
PYEOFpython3 scripts/research.py \
--phase pr-research \
--competitors /tmp/cprf-competitors-confirmed.json \
--product-analysis /tmp/cprf-product-analysis.json \
--tavily-key "$TAVILY_API_KEY" \
--output /tmp/cprf-pr-raw.jsonThis runs 3 searches per competitor (15 total):
"[competitor]" featured press coverage TechCrunch Forbes Wired article interview"[competitor]" founder CEO podcast interview appeared on episode"[competitor]" site:reddit.com OR site:news.ycombinator.com OR site:producthunt.comPrint coverage summary:
python3 -c "
import json
data = json.load(open('/tmp/cprf-pr-raw.json'))
print(f'Competitors researched: {data[\"competitors_researched\"]}')
print()
for r in data['results']:
print(f'{r[\"competitor\"]}:')
for track, tdata in r['tracks'].items():
n = len(tdata.get('results', []))
print(f' {track:12}: {n} results')
"If all 3 tracks for a competitor return 0 results: This competitor has very low press coverage. Note in data_quality_flags and proceed -- the cross-competitor pattern will still work with the remaining 4.
Print all raw PR results:
python3 -c "
import json
data = json.load(open('/tmp/cprf-pr-raw.json'))
for r in data['results']:
print(f'\n=== {r[\"competitor\"]} ===')
for track, tdata in r['tracks'].items():
print(f'\n--- Track {track.upper()} ---')
print(f'Query: {tdata[\"query\"]}')
print(f'Answer: {tdata.get(\"answer\",\"\")[:400]}')
for item in tdata.get('results', [])[:5]:
print(f' Title: {item[\"title\"]}')
print(f' URL: {item[\"url\"]}')
print(f' Snippet: {item.get(\"content\",\"\")[:200]}')
"AI instructions: Read ALL search results above. Build a channel frequency map.
Step 1 -- Normalize URLs to root domain: https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/article-title → techcrunch.com. https://open.spotify.com/episode/... → identify as podcast (spotify episode). https://www.reddit.com/r/devops/ → reddit.com/r/devops.
Step 2 -- Count occurrences: How many different competitors appeared in results from each channel root? A channel that shows up in Competitor A's Track A AND Competitor B's Track A counts as frequency 2.
Step 3 -- Tier channels (follow references/tier-scoring.md):
Step 4 -- Extract story angles from article/episode titles in the results. Classify each as: funding-announcement / product-launch / founder-story / trend-piece / category-creation / how-to / comparison / award. Do not infer -- only classify angles visible in the titles.
Step 5 -- Classify channel type for each: editorial / podcast / community / newsletter.
Write to /tmp/cprf-pr-patterns.json:
python3 << 'PYEOF'
import json
patterns = {
"tier_1_channels": [
# FILL -- channels appearing in 3+ competitors
# Each: {"channel_name": str, "channel_url": str, "channel_type": str,
# "frequency": int, "found_in_competitors": [str],
# "evidence_urls": [str], "story_angles_used": [str],
# "journalist_name": "", "journalist_beat": ""}
],
"tier_2_channels": [
# FILL -- channels appearing in exactly 2 competitors
# Each: {"channel_name": str, "channel_url": str, "channel_type": str,
# "frequency": 2, "found_in_competitors": [str], "evidence_urls": [str],
# "story_angles_used": [str]}
],
"tier_3_channels": [
# FILL -- channels appearing in only 1 competitor (name + URL only)
# Each: {"channel_name": str, "channel_url": str, "found_in_competitor": str}
],
"data_quality_flags": []
}
json.dump(patterns, open('/tmp/cprf-pr-patterns.json', 'w'), indent=2)
PYEOFVerify:
python3 -c "
import json
p = json.load(open('/tmp/cprf-pr-patterns.json'))
print(f'Tier 1 channels: {len(p[\"tier_1_channels\"])}')
for ch in p['tier_1_channels']:
print(f' {ch[\"frequency\"]}x {ch[\"channel_name\"]} ({ch[\"channel_type\"]}) -- {ch[\"found_in_competitors\"]}')
print(f'Tier 2 channels: {len(p[\"tier_2_channels\"])}')
print(f'Tier 3 channels: {len(p[\"tier_3_channels\"])}')
"If fewer than 3 Tier 1 channels: This is normal for niche markets. Promote the top Tier 2 channels (highest frequency) to get to at least 3 total channels with deep dives. Note the promotion in data_quality_flags.
For each Tier 1 channel (up to 7), run one targeted Tavily search:
python3 << 'PYEOF'
import json, os, urllib.request
patterns = json.load(open('/tmp/cprf-pr-patterns.json'))
analysis = json.load(open('/tmp/cprf-product-analysis.json'))
l2 = analysis['industry_taxonomy']['l2']
l3 = analysis['industry_taxonomy']['l3']
tavily_key = os.environ.get('TAVILY_API_KEY', '')
lookup_results = []
for channel in patterns.get('tier_1_channels', [])[:7]:
name = channel['channel_name']
ctype = channel['channel_type']
if ctype == 'editorial':
query = f'"{name}" journalist reporter writer covers {l2} {l3} startups technology'
elif ctype == 'podcast':
query = f'"{name}" podcast host interviewer {l2} {l3} founders'
else:
query = f'"{name}" moderator community manager {l2} {l3}'
payload = json.dumps({
"api_key": tavily_key,
"query": query,
"search_depth": "basic",
"max_results": 5
}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request(
'https://api.tavily.com/search',
data=payload,
headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
method='POST'
)
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=20) as resp:
data = json.loads(resp.read())
lookup_results.append({
'channel': name,
'channel_type': ctype,
'query': query,
'answer': data.get('answer', ''),
'results': [
{'title': r['title'], 'url': r['url'], 'content': r.get('content', '')[:400]}
for r in data.get('results', [])[:3]
]
})
print(f'Journalist lookup -- {name}: {len(data.get("results", []))} results')
except Exception as e:
lookup_results.append({
'channel': name, 'channel_type': ctype,
'query': query, 'answer': '', 'results': [], 'error': str(e)
})
print(f'Journalist lookup -- {name}: FAILED ({e})')
json.dump(lookup_results, open('/tmp/cprf-journalist-results.json', 'w'), indent=2)
print(f'Journalist lookups complete: {len(lookup_results)} channels')
PYEOFPrint results for AI extraction:
python3 -c "
import json
results = json.load(open('/tmp/cprf-journalist-results.json'))
for r in results:
print(f'\n=== {r[\"channel\"]} ({r[\"channel_type\"]}) ===')
print(f'Answer: {r.get(\"answer\",\"\")[:400]}')
for item in r.get('results', []):
print(f' {item[\"title\"]}')
print(f' {item.get(\"content\",\"\")[:300]}')
"AI instructions: For each Tier 1 channel, extract from the search results above:
journalist_name: the person's name verbatim from a snippet. Write "not found in search data" if absent -- do NOT fill from training knowledge.journalist_beat: what topics they cover, extracted from snippet text. Write "not found in search data" if absent.Update /tmp/cprf-pr-patterns.json with journalist_name and journalist_beat populated for each Tier 1 channel:
python3 << 'PYEOF'
import json
patterns = json.load(open('/tmp/cprf-pr-patterns.json'))
# FILL: update journalist_name and journalist_beat for each tier_1 channel
# journalist_name and journalist_beat come from search snippet text only
# Write "not found in search data" if the snippets don't name a person
# Example:
# patterns['tier_1_channels'][0]['journalist_name'] = 'Ingrid Lunden'
# patterns['tier_1_channels'][0]['journalist_beat'] = 'enterprise software and developer tools'
json.dump(patterns, open('/tmp/cprf-pr-patterns.json', 'w'), indent=2)
print('Journalist data updated.')
for ch in patterns['tier_1_channels']:
print(f" {ch['channel_name']}: {ch.get('journalist_name','--')} | {ch.get('journalist_beat','--')}")
PYEOFPrint consolidated data:
python3 -c "
import json
analysis = json.load(open('/tmp/cprf-product-analysis.json'))
patterns = json.load(open('/tmp/cprf-pr-patterns.json'))
print('=== PRODUCT ===')
print(f'Name: {analysis[\"product_name\"]}')
print(f'What it does: {analysis[\"one_line_description\"]}')
print(f'Differentiators:')
for d in analysis['differentiators']:
print(f' - {d}')
print(f'ICP: {analysis[\"icp\"]}')
print(f'Geography: {analysis[\"geography_bias\"]}')
print()
print('=== TIER 1 CHANNELS ===')
for ch in patterns['tier_1_channels']:
print(f'\n{ch[\"channel_name\"]} ({ch[\"channel_type\"]}, freq={ch[\"frequency\"]})')
print(f' Found in: {ch[\"found_in_competitors\"]}')
print(f' Evidence URLs: {ch[\"evidence_urls\"][:3]}')
print(f' Story angles: {ch[\"story_angles_used\"]}')
print(f' Journalist: {ch.get(\"journalist_name\",\"not found\")} | {ch.get(\"journalist_beat\",\"\")}')
print()
print('=== TIER 2 CHANNELS ===')
for ch in patterns['tier_2_channels']:
print(f' {ch[\"channel_name\"]} ({ch[\"channel_type\"]}) -- found in {ch[\"found_in_competitors\"]}')
"AI instructions -- zero-hallucination rules:
/tmp/cprf-pr-patterns.json. No invented channels.Per Tier 1 channel generate:
channel_overview: 1-2 sentences about coverage focus (from snippets)why_they_covered_competitors: specific angle extracted from evidence titlesjournalist_name + journalist_beatapproach_method: cold email / podcast pitch form / community post / LinkedIn DM (based on channel type)cold_pitch_draft:subject: "[Journalist name]: [their beat] + [your specific angle]"body: 3-4 sentences. Structure: hook (reference their past coverage of a competitor) + what you do (one sentence) + why it fits their beat (tie to a specific differentiator) + ask (clear, low-friction CTA)Also generate bonus_hooks: 3 pitch angles not used by any competitor in the search results. Base each on a specific product differentiator.
Write to /tmp/cprf-final.json:
python3 << 'PYEOF'
import json
result = {
"product_summary": {
# FILL from analysis
},
"competitors_researched": [], # FILL: names of confirmed competitors
"tier_1_deep_dives": [
# FILL per tier 1 channel:
# {
# "channel_name": str,
# "channel_type": str, # editorial / podcast / community
# "frequency": int,
# "found_in_competitors": [str],
# "evidence_urls": [str],
# "channel_overview": str,
# "why_they_covered_competitors": str,
# "story_angles_used": [str],
# "journalist_name": str,
# "journalist_beat": str,
# "approach_method": str,
# "cold_pitch_draft": {"subject": str, "body": str}
# }
],
"tier_2_channels": [
# FILL: {channel_name, channel_type, frequency, found_in_competitors, evidence_urls}
],
"tier_3_channels": [
# FILL: {channel_name, found_in_competitor}
],
"bonus_hooks": [
# FILL: 3 strings -- pitch angles not used by competitors
],
"data_quality_flags": []
}
json.dump(result, open('/tmp/cprf-final.json', 'w'), indent=2)
print(f'Synthesis written.')
print(f'Tier 1 deep dives: {len(result.get("tier_1_deep_dives", []))}')
print(f'Bonus hooks: {len(result.get("bonus_hooks", []))}')
PYEOFSelf-QA:
python3 << 'PYEOF'
import json
result = json.load(open('/tmp/cprf-final.json'))
failures = []
# Check 1: em dashes
full_text = json.dumps(result)
if '—' in full_text:
result = json.loads(full_text.replace('—', '-'))
failures.append('Fixed: em dashes replaced with hyphens')
# Check 2: banned words
banned = ['powerful', 'seamless', 'innovative', 'game-changing', 'revolutionize',
'excited to announce', 'cutting-edge', 'best-in-class', 'world-class',
'leverage', 'transform', 'disrupt']
for word in banned:
if word.lower() in json.dumps(result).lower():
failures.append(f'Warning: banned word "{word}" found in output -- review before presenting')
# Check 3: cold pitch subjects exist
for dd in result.get('tier_1_deep_dives', []):
pitch = dd.get('cold_pitch_draft', {})
if not pitch.get('subject') or len(pitch.get('subject', '')) < 10:
dd['cold_pitch_draft']['subject'] = 'not generated'
failures.append(f'Fixed: missing subject line for {dd.get("channel_name")}')
if not pitch.get('body') or len(pitch.get('body', '')) < 50:
failures.append(f'Warning: very short pitch body for {dd.get("channel_name")}')
# Check 4: bonus hooks count
if len(result.get('bonus_hooks', [])) != 3:
failures.append(f'Expected 3 bonus hooks, got {len(result.get("bonus_hooks", []))}')
# Check 5: "not found in search data" count
nf_count = json.dumps(result).count('not found in search data')
if nf_count > 0:
failures.append(f'INFO: {nf_count} field(s) marked "not found in search data" -- verify before outreach')
# Check 6: tier 1 channels have evidence URLs
for ch in result.get('tier_1_deep_dives', []):
if not ch.get('evidence_urls'):
failures.append(f'Warning: {ch["channel_name"]} has no evidence_urls')
if 'data_quality_flags' not in result:
result['data_quality_flags'] = []
result['data_quality_flags'].extend(failures)
json.dump(result, open('/tmp/cprf-final.json', 'w'), indent=2)
print(f'QA complete. {len(failures)} issues addressed.')
for f in failures:
print(f' - {f}')
if not failures:
print('All QA checks passed.')
PYEOFPresent the output:
## PR Intel: [product_name]
Date: [today] | Competitors researched: [N] | Tier 1 channels: [N] | Tier 2 channels: [N]
---
### Your Product
[one_line_description]
Differentiators: [list]
Competitors researched: [names]
---
### Tier 1 Channels (Proven Beats -- Found in 3+ Competitors)
*These channels have already covered multiple companies in your space.*
| Channel | Type | Found in | Journalist/Host | Approach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
[one row per tier 1 channel]
---
### Deep Dives + Cold Pitches
#### 1. [Channel Name] (Tier 1 -- [Type], found in [N] competitors)
Covers: [channel_overview]
Covered competitors: [found_in_competitors with evidence URLs]
Story angle they used: [why_they_covered_competitors]
Journalist/Host: [journalist_name] | Beat: [journalist_beat]
How to reach: [approach_method]
**Cold pitch:**
Subject: [subject]
[body -- 3-4 sentences]
---
[repeat for each tier 1 channel]
---
### Tier 2 Channels (Warm -- Found in 2 Competitors)
| Channel | Type | Found in | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
[one row per tier 2 channel]
---
### Tier 3 Channels (Discovery -- Found in 1 Competitor)
[comma-separated list of channel names with URLs]
---
### 3 Bonus Hooks (Angles Your Competitors Didn't Use)
1. [hook_text]
2. [hook_text]
3. [hook_text]
---
Data notes: [data_quality_flags, or "None"]
Saved to: docs/pr-intel/[PRODUCT_SLUG]-[DATE].mdSave to file and clean up:
DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
OUTPUT_FILE="docs/pr-intel/${PRODUCT_SLUG}-${DATE}.md"
mkdir -p docs/pr-intel
echo "Saved to: $OUTPUT_FILE"rm -f /tmp/cprf-product-raw.md /tmp/cprf-product-analysis.json \
/tmp/cprf-competitors-raw.json /tmp/cprf-competitors-confirmed.json \
/tmp/cprf-pr-raw.json /tmp/cprf-pr-patterns.json \
/tmp/cprf-journalist-results.json /tmp/cprf-final.json
echo "Temp files cleaned up."© Varnan-Tech, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
SKILL.md and 7 other files (scripts, references) in skills/competitor-pr-finder of Varnan-Tech/opendirectory.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 62e437a
Competitor PR Finder 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitor PR Finder this skillVarnan-Tech/opendirectory | 674 | — | ~7.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Podcast Generationbytedance/deer-flow | 84k | 2 repos | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Summarizeopenclaw/openclaw | 392k | 1 repos | ~531 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Earned Media Outreachshawnpang/startup-founder-skills | 342 | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Audio Script WriterLeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills | 2.2k | — | ~4.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Buzz Outreachjeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace | 2.8k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
bytedance/deer-flow
Turns written content into a two-host conversational podcast MP3 with a transcript, by drafting a JSON script and running a text-to-speech script.
openclaw/openclaw
Summarize or transcribe URLs, YouTube/videos, podcasts, articles, transcripts, PDFs, and local files.
shawnpang/startup-founder-skills
When the user wants to get press coverage, appear on podcasts, or build relationships with journalists and content creators.
LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills
Convert written medical content into podcast or video scripts optimized for audio delivery.
jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace
Media and podcast outreach personalizer — takes a story angle and target journalist or host list and produces personalized pitch emails per target.
JimmyLv/BibiGPT-v1
BibiGPT CLI for summarizing videos, audio, and podcasts directly in the terminal.
Varnan-Tech/opendirectory
Creates professionally designed B2B SaaS e-books in HTML + CSS, exported as print-ready PDF.
Varnan-Tech/opendirectory
Generates and updates README.md and API reference docs by reading your codebase's functions, routes, types, schemas, and architecture.
Varnan-Tech/opendirectory
Generates data visualization charts (bar, line, area, pie, doughnut, scatter, radar, treemap) as PNG using Apache ECharts v6.
Varnan-Tech/opendirectory
Creates animated looping GIFs from CSS animations (default) or AI image-to-video.
Varnan-Tech/opendirectory
Given a product description, category keywords, or competitor names (any combination), searches Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub Issues, G2, and Google Trends for the real pains your market experiences…
Varnan-Tech/opendirectory
Aggregates RSS feeds from the past week, synthesizes the top stories using Gemini, and publishes a newsletter digest to Ghost CMS.
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Give it your product URL or description. An agent skill from Varnan-Tech/opendirectory. Competitor PR Finder is an agent skill from Varnan-Tech/opendirectory. Give it your product URL or description.
Competitor PR Finder fits situations like: asked to find PR opportunities; discover where competitors got featured; build a media outreach list; find which journalists cover my space.
Run `npx skills add Varnan-Tech/opendirectory --skill competitor-pr-finder -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/competitor-pr-finder in Varnan-Tech/opendirectory) into .claude/skills/competitor-pr-finder in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add Varnan-Tech/opendirectory --skill competitor-pr-finder -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/competitor-pr-finder in Varnan-Tech/opendirectory) into .agents/skills/competitor-pr-finder in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Varnan-Tech/opendirectory --skill competitor-pr-finder -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/competitor-pr-finder, .gemini/skills/competitor-pr-finder, .github/skills/competitor-pr-finder and .opencode/skills/competitor-pr-finder in your project.
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Competitor PR Finder needs Python for the scripts in its folder, the command-line tools its instructions call (python3 and curl) and credentials named TAVILY_API_KEY and FIRECRAWL_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Python 3; A credential in TAVILY_API_KEY; A credential in FIRECRAWL_API_KEY. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): ["claude-code","gemini-cli","github-copilot"].
SKILL.md names 5 domains. In commands or code: api.tavily.com, techcrunch.com, open.spotify.com, reddit.com and api.firecrawl.dev; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (mentions a .env file), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
Competitor PR Finder is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 7.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 28k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 3.7k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Competitor PR Finder: Podcast Generation (bytedance/deer-flow, 84k stars), Summarize (openclaw/openclaw, 392k stars), Earned Media Outreach (shawnpang/startup-founder-skills, 342 stars) and Audio Script Writer (LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, 2.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Varnan-Tech (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Varnan-Tech/opendirectory, which has 674 GitHub stars. The repository holds 61 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 16, 2026.
Source: Varnan-Tech/opendirectory on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.