Assignment
Give the newsroom a list of topics, one article per line. Every line is researched and written on its own, up to 25 articles a run.
Use Assignment when you already know what you want written and there is more than one of it. One line per article, one run, and one finished article back for every line.
Each line is researched and written on its own. Nothing is spun out of a single draft and re-skinned, which is why twenty lines costs and takes twenty times what one article does: the nine desks run once per row.
One topic per line
Press Enter for the next one. A blank line you have not filled is not an article, and a line repeated is written once. The count under the field is what will actually be sent, so check it against what you pasted.
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how oat milk is actually made
the Fed rate cut, explained
Name the run
The first line in the box, above the divider, is the label the run carries in your history afterwards. With a dozen runs behind you it is the only thing that tells them apart.
Say whose words the headlines are
Keywords means a desk writes a headline for each line. Headlines means the line you typed is the headline, kept as written. It applies to the whole list, not line by line.
Pin the structure, if you want one
An outline fixes the sections the writer must keep, either per line or shared across the whole run. The desks rewrite prose but never structure, so a shape you pin comes back exactly as you typed it.
Paste or upload a list you already have
A whole column out of a spreadsheet works, or upload .txt .csv .xlsx
.docx .pdf .json, several files at once. Up to 500 lines are read in and
duplicates are dropped. A spreadsheet uses its first column and ignores the
rest, so an export with prices and notes beside the topics works as it stands.
A run is 25 articles at a time
Paste more than that and the first 25 go; the rest stay in the box for you to send after. The cap is there so a stray paste cannot start hundreds of generations.
Nothing is spent by uploading. The lines land as editable text, and nothing is written until you send.
Leaving the page keeps the list
Back, Clear, New and the browser's own Back all offer to save what you typed, and a saved list is offered back on this page when it is empty.
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