Source monitoring
Agents check the recurring public sources your newsroom chooses and record what changed.
Automated local journalism
Local news, reported by agents, linked to evidence.
Anytown agents gather source material, link claims to evidence, and prepare articles, video segments, and social posts for publication. Editors set standards up front and step in for uncertain, high-stakes, or exceptional cases.
01Source collectionTuesday edition
Monitored sourcesWhat arrived from monitored sources?
Tuesday18source updates
34documents
3alerts
Council agenda postedPublic meeting · 9:00 AMCollected
Weather alert updateConditions · 8:42 AMCollected
School board minutesPublic record · YesterdayCollected
01 / The pipelineFifteen parts of an automated process
From source material to publication
An evidence-linked automation pipeline for local news.
We are showing the full process first: source collection, verification, article generation, distribution, and exception review.
Reference collection
Keep agendas, minutes, notices, releases, alerts, and other original material together.
Document processing
Extract dates, names, places, and other useful details from incoming source material.
Source history
Keep a dated record of the documents, updates, and references behind each story.
Evidence links
Connect a statement in a draft to the source material that supports it.
Story candidates
Turn relevant changes in the source record into clear candidates for local coverage.
Primary article drafts
Generate a structured first article from the gathered material and its linked evidence.
Exception routing
Route uncertain, consequential, or incomplete work to the people responsible for review.
Evidence review
Keep the source record visible when a person needs to check an exception.
Article output
Prepare the primary article for publication without copying work into another system.
Video segments
Create short video segments from the same source-backed article package.
Social distribution
Prepare channel-specific posts, links, captions, and disclosures from one story.
Publishing log
Record what was published, where it appeared, and the source package behind it.
Corrections trail
Make a correction a durable part of a story record instead of an afterthought in a thread.
Pipeline status
See what arrived, what is processing, what needs review, and what was published.
02 / The productFrom source to published update
The product tour
From source material to published local news.
These illustrated product views show the pipeline Anytown automates. They use example content only; the public site never opens an authenticated workspace.
01
Gather
Agents collect source and reference material.
Anytown monitors the sources your newsroom chooses, keeps the original documents attached, and creates a dated source record as new material arrives.
Anytown / 01Source collection
GatherSource collection
18source updates
34documents
Council agenda postedPublic meeting · 9:00 AMCollected
Weather alert updateConditions · 8:42 AMCollected
School board minutesPublic record · YesterdayCollected
02
Verify
Claims stay linked to the evidence behind them.
The pipeline keeps source material and structured references alongside the claims in a draft, so the record is available when it needs to be checked.
Anytown / 02Evidence links
VerifyEvidence links
12linked claims
3source files
Meeting date and timeCouncil agenda · Item 4Linked
Budget amountStaff report · Page 6Linked
Road closure locationTransportation noticeLinked
03
Draft and publish
Create a primary article, video segments, and social posts.
From the gathered material, agents prepare the source-backed article package and adapt it for configured video and social channels.
Anytown / 03Story package
Draft and publishStory package
1primary article
3publish formats
Primary articleSource-backed local reportPrepared
Video segmentShort-form summary and captionsPrepared
Social postChannel summary and source linkPrepared
04
Oversee
Editors set standards and review exceptions.
Rules route uncertain, high-stakes, or exceptional cases for human review. Routine work continues through the pipeline with its source record attached.
Anytown / 04Exception review
OverseeException review
2exceptions
10published
Missing source documentEvidence requirementReview
Sensitive personal informationPublication standardReview
Published story packageArticle, video, and socialRecorded
03 / The standard
Automation with evidence and human oversight.
Keep evidence linked
Source material should stay attached to the claims, article, and publication package it supports.
Set standards up front
People define the sources, publication rules, and thresholds that guide the automation.
Review exceptions
Uncertain, consequential, and exceptional cases should be visible to the people responsible for them.
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