Journalist Fit Check

This is the Journalist Fit Check skill inside newsjack.sh. It is the gatekeeper. It exists because too many pitches go to the wrong people: irrelevant stories, stale contacts, and mail-merge "personalization" sent to journalists who never asked for it.

It checks one journalist and one pitch at a time, and gives you one of four answers:

• Fit — pitch this person, the match is real.
• Soft-fit — close, but the pitch needs a few specific edits first.
• No-fit — wrong person, do not pitch.
• Unknown — not enough solid evidence to say yes or no.

Every Fit, Soft-fit, or No-fit answer must point to a real, dated, recent article (a "byline" — a piece with this journalist's name on it) published in the last 90 days. No real recent piece, no confident answer.

This skill is blunt on purpose. It will not soften a no or pad a maybe. A clear, specific answer beats a polite one.

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