# RunPR: new features and launches

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/runpr/
Covers: April 2026 to Oct. 19, 2026
Updated: 2026-10-28
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "RunPR: new features and launches", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/runpr/, updated 2026-10-28

> We confirmed 6 product launches from RunPR since April 2026. The latest, RunPR MCP pilot: client research in Claude Code, drafts returned for review, was announced Oct. 19, 2026.

RunPR sells AI PR software to PR teams and agencies. It monitors news on chosen topics, ranks reporters against a pitch angle and drafts pitches that go through an approval step. It tracks every send through to coverage and reports AI visibility across several AI engines.

## Facts

- Site: [runpr.ai](https://runpr.ai/)
- Category: AI PR assistants and agents
- Status: Active
- Price: per month per plan (Solo up to 2 client accounts, Studio 7, Agency 15), unlimited seats; Multiply managed service from $2,000/mo

## Every dated launch, newest first

### RunPR MCP pilot: client research in Claude Code, drafts returned for review

Announced Oct. 19, 2026. In beta.

RunPR opened a limited-access OAuth MCP pilot that lets an enrolled Claude Code user read a selected client's context and saved AI Visibility citations, research a byline, and submit a pitch draft to RunPR for review. The tools cannot approve, send or delete work.

Features: [MCP servers and connectors](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-mcp-and-connectors), [Journalist research](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-research), [AI-cited sources](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-cited-sources), [Pitch writing](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-pitch-writing), [MCP server](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-mcp-server).

Source: [RunPR blog](https://runpr.ai/blog/runpr-mcp-client-research-to-review).

In [PR software this week: Oct. 20 to 25, 2026](https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/2026-10-26/#launch-LEGXKPDF2).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/runpr/#launch-LEGXKPDF2

### Opportunities: find your next PR angle

Available Sept. 29, 2026.

RunPR added a dashboard section that gathers news research, upcoming events and client milestones into PR angles, then moves a chosen one into pitch drafting.

Features: [Story ideas and angles](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-story-ideas).

Source: [RunPR (blog: Introducing Opportunities)](https://runpr.ai/blog/introducing-runpr-opportunities).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/runpr/#launch-N003

### AI Visibility

Available June 12, 2026.

Scans ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Exa and Grok for how they describe a brand.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking).

Source: [RunPR blog (2026-06-12)](https://runpr.ai/blog/runpr-vs-muck-rack-workflow-vs-database).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/runpr/#launch-R442

### First-draft pitches

Available April 22, 2026.

Drafts first-pass pitches that route through human approval before sending (byline/voice grounding documented only by 2026-09).

Features: [Pitch writing](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-pitch-writing).

Source: [RunPR (via Wayback Machine)](https://runpr.ai/blog/ai-pr-tools-what-to-automate-and-what-should-stay-human).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/runpr/#launch-R364

### Site and blog live

Available April 2026.

RunPR's site and blog are live by April 2026 (Wayback first capture 2026-04-17; earliest blog post 2026-04-22).

Source: [RunPR blog (via Wayback first capture)](https://runpr.ai/blog).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/runpr/#launch-E340

1 more launch has no confirmed date; it is in [the data file](https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology