The Monday list

Every editorial team starts the week with the same question: what should we write about this week. The answer is usually buried in the week your team just had: the briefs that ran, the threads that went quiet, the items that got more attention than expected.

This ability mines that for you and proposes the list.

What it does

Reads everything the team’s standing reports surfaced in the last week: meeting findings, filings, alerts, mentions.
Cross-references against what the team has and hasn’t covered recently.
Proposes five essay topics for the week, ranked by a mix of freshness, audience interest, and how much source material the team already has.
Includes a one-paragraph pitch for each, plus the source items it would draft from.

The reveal

Monday at 7am there are five pitches in the editor’s inbox, each with a paragraph of context and a list of the four to six sources the team already has on the topic. The editorial meeting starts with a real agenda instead of “what does anyone have.”

What it doesn’t do

No editorial calendar enforcement. No “the algorithm says you must write this.” It proposes; the editor disposes.

Configuration

Topic count: five by default; teams can dial up or down.
Coverage memory: how far back to check for “already covered.”
Audience priors: topics or beats the team wants weighted higher.

Triggers