Blog engine

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)

1. 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