Assignment
A list of topics, one source-backed article per line. Every line is researched and written on its own, with an optional outline you pin per line or for the whole run.
Use an Assignment when you know what you want written and there is more than one of it - a month of blog posts, a set of product guides, a list of questions your customers ask. One line per article, one run, one finished article back for every line.
Each line is researched and written on its own, through all ten editorial desks. Nothing is written once and re-skinned twenty times. That is why twenty lines cost and take twenty times what one article does.
On this page
Start one
Type a topic into the field on your dashboard and press Enter for a second line. The field becomes an Assignment where it stands: a name for the run, numbered rows, an upload button, an optional shared outline, what the run will cost, and Send. Delete back to one line and it is a single article again.
You can also open Assignment from the left rail, under Start with. It is the same surface, with a title above it.
One topic per line
best CRM for small teams
how oat milk is actually made
the Fed rate cut, explained
Write each line the way a reader would search for it. A blank line is not an article, and the same line twice is written once. The count under the field is what will actually be sent - check it against what you pasted.
Name the run
Give the run a name. It is the label the run carries in your history, and with a dozen runs behind you it is what tells them apart.
Pin the structure, if you want one
An outline fixes the sections the writer must keep. You can set one in two ways:
Per line - write the topic, then its section headings, separated by semicolons:
best CRM for small teams; What to look for; Our top picks; Pricing compared; The verdictShared - one outline for every line in the run, in the shared outline box.
The desks rewrite prose, never structure: a heading you pin comes back exactly as you typed it, in the order you typed it. Leave the outline out and the desks plan the sections from the subject and the sources. Either way, an article has at most eight sections.
If you give sections word counts, they add up to the article's length - eight sections of 80 words makes an article of about 640 words.
Paste or upload a list you already have
Paste a whole column from a spreadsheet, or press Upload to read
.txt, .csv, .xlsx, .docx, .pdf or .json files - several at once.
Duplicates are dropped. A sample to copy sits behind the bulb beside the
button.
Uploading spends nothing. The lines land as editable text, and nothing is written until you press Send.
Runs are capped
A run is up to 25 articles, so a stray paste cannot start hundreds. The screen shows the real count before you send. Paste more and the rest stays in the box as your next run - nothing is thrown away.
While it runs
The run shows its progress as it goes - how many are written, and any that failed with the reason. Each article lands in your library as it finishes, and you get one email for the whole run with its counts.
A line the desks cannot find sources for is not written and not charged. The rest of the run carries on.
Leaving the page keeps the list
Back, Clear, New and the browser's own Back button all offer to save what you typed. A saved list is a record in your account, and this page offers it back next time you open it empty.
When to use something else
- One shape, many values - "best {service} in {town}" for 30 towns - is a Blueprint.
- A list of web pages to refresh is From a URL.
- A list of terms to define is an Explainer run.
Related: Blueprint · The ten desks · Editing drafts