Prepare and publish an editor-approved subscriber newsletter

Why use this

1. A newsletter editor may have many plausible stories but limited space and a specific audience promise. A coherent-looking issue can still include stale links, unsupported introductions or content that changed after the editor approved it.

2. A versioned issue preview could connect selection decisions, introductory wording and final HTML to a single review target. Subscriber distribution would remain a separate action tied to the approved version, audience and send time.

Why an agent / simpler alternative

Useful judgment

Rank stories for the stated audience and draft connective text without inventing article claims.

Simpler alternative

Use a fixed newsletter template when the editor has already chosen and summarized each story.

Unsuitable when

Source-use rights, subscriber audience or final editorial authority are unclear.

Proposed inputs

1. Name

   Story collection and editorial brief

   Owner

   Editor

   Minimum scope

   Verified links, allowed excerpts and audience priorities

   Quality check

   Check freshness, duplication and source-use limits.

2. Name

   Issue and delivery constraints

   Owner

   Newsletter owner

   Minimum scope

   Approved template, list identity and proposed send window

   Quality check

   Keep recipient data outside the drafting sample unless necessary.

Access and setup — proposed or unknown

Proposed minimum

1. Read-only story material and a private HTML preview; no sending credentials.

Compatibility unknowns

1. Unknown: exact runtime, email-platform API, rendering behavior and list access.

External actions requiring approval

1. Uploading subscriber information, scheduling distribution or sending the exact reviewed issue.

Expected deliverable and review checks

Proposed artifact

Ranked story rationale and versioned newsletter preview with link and rendering checks.

Critical checks

1. Introductions accurately reflect their linked sources.

2. The approved content version, list and send time match the proposed distribution.

Missing output evidence

No HTML rendering, platform upload or subscriber send occurs here.

Failure signals and proposed responses

1. Signal

   The issue changes after the editor approves its preview.

   Why it matters

   A later send would distribute unreviewed content.

   Proposed response

   Invalidate approval for the changed version and request review.

2. Signal

   A link points to an unrelated or inaccessible story.

   Why it matters

   Readers may receive a misleading reference.

   Proposed response

   Flag the link and remove or replace it with editor approval.

Effort and cost — unknown

Setup work

1. Define audience criteria and versioned approval checkpoints.

Ongoing review

1. Check links, preview rendering and distribution details.

Unknowns

1. Unknown: platform charges, deliverability and editorial-review effort.

First check — proposed, unexecuted

Status

proposed_unexecuted

Synthetic fixture

An invented issue includes a duplicate story and an introduction unsupported by its source summary.

Acceptance checks

1. Both problems are flagged before approval.

2. No send or scheduled publication is represented as complete.

Stop conditions

1. Source rights, audience authorization or final send approval is missing.

Limits

1. Editorial newsletter preparation; no delivery success or subscriber engagement is established.