Topics, tasks, and master drafts

Four fields of a useful topic

• Audience: who should change understanding or action after reading.
• Core question: the single primary question this content answers.
• Claim: the judgment readers should remember, not a broad subject.
• Evidence: sources that support the claim and gaps still open.

Instructions for an agent

State purpose, voice, structure, length, and prohibitions. Separate factual requirements from style preferences. Require citations explicitly and replace “make it better” with a criterion a reviewer can judge.

The role of a master draft

A master draft stores the complete argument, reusable sections, and source relationships. It excludes platform truncation, hashtags, and publishing UI copy. When channel rules change, derive again instead of damaging the master.