Approving an article for generation

From Inbox card to published draft. The 4-pass pipeline, Standard vs Premium tier, what credits buy.

Articles start life in the Inbox as a NEW_OPPORTUNITY card — either generated from a Key Finding’s recommended action or created manually. Click Approve & generate to kick off the pipeline.

The 4-pass pipeline

  • Research — gathers grounding sources from your site + the cited URLs from the original probe.
  • Outline — structures sections + headings, sized to the requested length (Short / Standard / Long).
  • Write — full draft. Uses Sonnet on Standard, Opus on Premium tier.
  • Polish — compliance check, AI-detection score, fact-density pass, schema generation.

Standard vs Premium tier

Standard costs 3 credits; Premium 8. Premium uses Opus on the Write pass — substantially better at long-form structure, fewer factual lapses, more confident voice. Use Premium for cornerstone content; Standard handles the long tail. The other three passes are tier-independent.

What you get back

A publishable Markdown / HTML draft, FAQ JSON-LD when a FAQ section was generated, an SEO score (0-100), a polish issues list, and a ready-to-paste schema block. The article lands in Articles → Awaiting review for your editing pass.

From an empty shell instead

You can also click + New article directly to create an empty draft (no credits charged), then click Generate with AI inside the editor when you’re ready (3 or 8 credits). Useful when you’ve outlined an angle yourself and want the agent to fill it in.

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