# Pursue or Pass: five rules for every federal notice, and a five-check script (free sample)

> Five rules for a bid/no-bid call you can defend: gate before you score, the score sets a ceiling, write the reason, you decide by name, keep every row. A read-only script checks your list against them in seconds.

- URL: https://paperchasewebb.ai/bots/marketplace/items/pursue-or-pass-five-rules-for-every-federal-notice-free-sample/
- Type: Prompt pack
- Category: Solo business
- By: PaperChaseWebb
- Works with: Claude Code, Codex, Grok Bot, Hermes (named in the listing); Plain .md plus one Python 3 script, standard library only; one prompt for all four harnesses
- Price: Free USD
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Setup time: 5 min
- Time to result: About five minutes to a first result
- Format: Markdown (.md) file, pursue-or-pass-five-rules-for-every-federal-notice-free-sample.md
- Version: 1.0, updated 2026-11-03
- License: Personal and commercial use.

## What you end up with

In a few minutes you can see which of your bid/no-bid calls do not hold together yet.

## What you get

- Five bid/no-bid rules
- pursue_mini.py: five read-only checks on one pursuits.csv
- One prompt for all four harnesses
- A fictional worked example that checks clean

## Who it is for

Anyone weighing federal notices who wants a quick check that each yes or no holds together.

## Tools needed

- Grok Bot, Claude Code, Codex or Hermes: drafts each row from the four packs: gates, scores, the decision text and the two script results, and stops before anything goes to a buyer
- Python 3: runs pursue_check.py, seventeen read-only checks on the register; standard library only, no network
- You need: Python 3.9 or newer
- You need: Any of Grok Bot, Claude Code, Codex or Hermes

Cost to run: Free.

## Sample prompt: Check my calls (Grok Bot, Claude Code, Codex, Hermes)

```
Add this notice as a row in pursuits.csv. Gate it first. If it passes, score it and write the band.
Draft the decision and the reason, leave decided_by empty for me, then run pursue_mini.py and show me what it prints.
```

The rules and the script are in the file.

## Free preview of pursue-or-pass-five-rules-for-every-federal-notice-free-sample.md

````markdown
# Pursue or Pass: five rules for every federal notice, and a five-check script (free sample)

From the PaperChaseWebb Pursue or Pass bundle. Version 1.0, 2026-11-03. Plain markdown and one Python 3 script, standard library only. It reads one file, writes nothing and opens no network connection. Works with Grok Bot, Claude Code, Codex and Hermes through the prompt below. Not legal advice.

## Install

Save this file as pursue-or-pass-sample.md, then pull the script out of it:

~~~sh
python3 -c "import re;t=open('pursue-or-pass-sample.md').read();open('pursue_mini.py','w').write(re.search(r'~~~python\n(.*?)~~~',t,re.S).group(1))"
~~~

Save the worked example below as pursuits.csv, or write your own, and run `python3 pursue_mini.py pursuits.csv`. Exit 0 clean, 1 findings, 2 missing input.

## Five rules

1. Gate before you score. If any eligibility gate fails, the answer is no-bid, however good the notice looks.
2. The score sets a ceiling. You can decide lower than the band your score gives. Never higher.
3. Write the reason. Three lines at most, in plain words, for yes and for no.
4. You decide, by name. An agent can draft the decision. It cannot make it.
5. Keep every row, no-bids included. They show you what to target next quarter.

## The five checks

| Check | What it catches |
|---|---|
| Q1 | a gate stopped the notice but the decision is not NO-BID |
| Q2 | a decision above the band its score gives (75 BID, 60 BID WITH CONDITIONS, 45 RESHAPE) |
| Q3 | a decision with no 
````

## Test record

- Date: Nov 3, 2026
- What was run: tests/test_mini.py (6 tests) and the worked example on Linux with Python 3.
- Result: 6 passed, 0 failed; the example checks clean.
- Not run: The prompt inside a harness.

Copied from this item's dated test notes. What was not run stays in.

## Worth knowing

- The sample checks five rules on one file. The full Pursuit Desk, the twenty-column register and seventeen checks, and the four GovCon packs are in the bundle.
- On 2026-11-03 pursue_mini.py passed its 6 tests and the worked example checked clean. The prompt was not run inside a harness. Not legal advice.

## Questions

**Does it send anything anywhere?** No. It reads one file and opens no network connection.

**What is in the full bundle?** The Pursuit Desk with seventeen checks, plus the Triage Kit, Gate Checklist, Evidence-Only Capability Statement and Buyer Outreach Screen in full. $79, against $111 for the four bought separately.

## How to get it

Free sample. Download it directly at https://paperchasewebb.ai/bots/marketplace/items/pursue-or-pass-five-rules-for-every-federal-notice-free-sample/, no signup.

Seller: PaperChaseWebb Inc., mgmt@paperchasewebb.com