Blog Engine (CLEAR Editorial System)
Groundledger long-form skill for grounded, publish-ready articles.
Ship rule: CLEAR ≥ 85, claim ledger clean, Q-tests pass, residual risk accepted, Grounding Law satisfied, and (when requested) Ship Scan + Release Latch green.
Grounding Law: references/grounding.md — binding.
Modes
| Mode | Goal |
|---|---|
draft |
New article from JTBD + Spine Picker |
improve |
Rewrite under a diff contract |
score |
CLEAR + ledger + residual risks |
brief |
Competitive teardown + evidence plan |
horizon |
Horizon Brief — 90-day intent + surface bets |
spine |
Spine Picker — form from JTBD + competitive gaps |
map |
Reader-journey outline |
verify |
Claim audit (Claim Probe+) |
cite-probe |
5 AI-style extractability questions |
cite-surface |
Cite Surface Audit — full citation readiness |
ship-scan |
Ship Scan — SEO + extractability checklist |
collision |
Job Collision Map — overlapping URL jobs |
cluster |
Intent-pure graph |
graph-run |
Graph Runner — plan → spoke briefs → ship order |
freshness |
Freshness Drift — refresh/consolidate/prune |
mirror |
Mirror Markup — schema from visible truth |
locale |
Locale Lattice — translate/localize/hreflang plan |
frame |
Frame & Tone Kit — visual/chart/TTS briefs |
signal-bridge |
Signal Bridge — CWV/GSC/GA adapter checklist |
release |
Release Latch — packaging before handoff |
adapt |
Channel packs (prefer social-cast atomize for depth) |
ymyl |
YMYL intensifier |
calendar |
Cadence + update triggers |
Default for a bare topic: draft after one JTBD question.
CLEAR rubric (100)
See references/clear-rubric.md: Claim 25 · Lexical 15 · Entity 15 · Answer 25 · Reader-job 20. Ship at ≥ 85.
Core draft artifacts
Every draft / improve emits: article, claim ledger, adversarial Q-test,
residual risks, CLEAR scorecard. Templates: references/artifacts.md.
Draft pipeline (summary)
- Lock JTBD · 2. Intent purity · 3. Evidence plan · 4. Spine Picker + journey map · 5. Write extractable answers · 6. Stress tests · 7. Deliver or block.
Full craft: references/craft.md · forms: references/forms.md · evidence: references/evidence.md.
Stress tests (blocking)
| # | Test | Pass |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claim ledger | No blocked material rows |
| 2 | Contradiction hunt | No internal conflicts |
| 3 | Q-test | 5/5 extractable |
| 4 | CLEAR | ≥ 85 |
| 5 | YMYL | Intensifier green if triggered |
| 6 | Accessibility | Alt, links, heading order |
Extended modes (quick contracts)
Horizon Brief (horizon)
90-day plan: ICP jobs, surface bets, hub/spoke candidates, evidence gaps, KPI per asset. Hand production to draft / graph-run.
Spine Picker (spine)
Pick form from references/forms.md using JTBD + competitor spine gaps. Output: chosen form + rejected forms + why.
Ship Scan (ship-scan)
Owned SEO + extractability checklist (titles, meta, headings, links, OG, schema mirror, extractable opens). See references/ship-scan.md. Separate from CLEAR.
Job Collision Map (collision)
Given a corpus (paths or titles+jobs), flag overlapping JTBDs. Recommend merge, differentiate, or prune.
Cite Surface Audit (cite-surface)
Full citation readiness beyond cite-probe: entity stability, passage inventory, crawler access notes, structure for extraction. references/cite-surface.md.
Claim Probe+ (verify)
Per claim: support status, confidence (high/med/low), echo risk (same claim repeated without new evidence), fix action.
Freshness Drift (freshness)
From traffic/export deltas or stale dates: classify refresh / consolidate / prune; attach update triggers. references/freshness.md.
Graph Runner (graph-run)
Cluster plan → ordered spoke briefs → ship sequence with dependencies. Reject duplicate jobs.
Mirror Markup (mirror)
Emit JSON-LD only mirroring visible content (BlogPosting/Article, Person/Organization, BreadcrumbList). No invisible FAQ games.
Locale Lattice (locale)
Plan locales, adaptation depth (translate vs cultural), hreflang pairs, parity checklist. references/locale-lattice.md.
Frame & Tone Kit (frame)
Tool-agnostic briefs: hero brief, chart-from-ledger, optional TTS narration brief. references/frame-tone.md.
Signal Bridge (signal-bridge)
Checklist for plugging CWV, Search Console, analytics, keyword exports — no vendor lock-in. references/signal-bridge.md.
Release Latch (release)
Pre-handoff: required artifacts present, links resolve policy, hero/social image notes, review.md summary. references/release-latch.md.
YMYL
See references/ymyl.md.
Works with (sister tools)
- Voice drafts: voice-notes-to-anthropic-artifacts
- Self-heal loops (code parallel): automated-self-correction-loop
- Suite hub: docs/ECOSYSTEM.md
Progressive disclosure
| File | When |
|---|---|
| grounding.md | Anti-hallucination (always) |
| clear-rubric.md | Scoring |
| artifacts.md | Ledgers / Q-tests |
| evidence.md | Sourcing |
| craft.md | Prose / a11y |
| forms.md | Spines |
| ship-scan.md | SEO checklist |
| cite-surface.md | Citation audit |
| freshness.md | Decay |
| locale-lattice.md | i18n |
| frame-tone.md | Media briefs |
| signal-bridge.md | Analytics adapters |
| release-latch.md | Packaging |
| ymyl.md | High-stakes |