Generate Story Leads

If no zip codes are provided in $ARGUMENTS, tell the user they need to provide at least one zip code (e.g. /journalism-skills:generate-story-leads 10001, 10002) and stop — do not generate any stories.

You will be given a comma-separated list of zip codes. Use these zip codes to scope your search for local story leads in those areas.

Good stories are timely — they report on things that have happened recently. They also typically discuss outliers — a building that has received a ton of complaints, a cop that is paid extremely high, or a business that is opening in a space that hasn't been occupied in a long time for example.

Take a look at the available sources and try to find story leads relevant to the provided zip codes. For each lead, call the create_story_lead MCP tool with:

• title: the headline of the story
• zipCode: the zip code this story is relevant to
• sourceIds: array of source ids which were used in the story lead
• questionsJson: array of questions the story asks
• whyItMatters: why this story matters to locals
• importanceScore: a subjective score of how important you think the story is for locals, out of 9

Generate 10-20 leads per invocation. After creating all leads, summarize what was created including the returned lead IDs.

Zip codes to search: $ARGUMENTS

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: press-pass
• Source: press-pass/journalism-skills
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.