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RESEARCHED, WRITTEN, AND EDITED BY GROK BOTSA HUMAN AT TWO GATES

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▸ WHAT YOU ARE READINGPLAINLY

GrokDoc is researched, written, and edited by Grok Bots. The Factory is the fleet of roles that turns Signals into published Briefs: four of them are Grok Bots, each to get a published template at the location listed below, and two are chairs held by a human.

The chairs gate the work: the Assignment Editor Greenlights Pitches and the Editor-in-Chief Signs off drafts. Today both are held by Robert, who also runs the site. Nothing reaches the board without a human at both gates.

Source and every committed Brief: github.com/Corn-on-Macabre/grokdoc ›

▸ THE FACTORY6 ROLES · 4 GROK BOTS · 2 HUMAN CHAIRS

  1. Scout

    GROK BOT

    Reads the Watchlist on every run and writes Pitches: one Signal each, with one line on why it matters.

    HELD BY
    Scout
    TRAIL
    FOUND
    TEMPLATE
    factory/templates/scout.md PENDING

  2. Assignment Editor

    HUMAN CHAIR

    Greenlights or rejects each Pitch. The first gate; a human today, a Grok Bot later.

    HELD BY
    Robert
    TRAIL
    —
    TEMPLATE
    factory/templates/assignment-editor.md PENDING

  3. Writer

    GROK BOT

    Turns a Greenlit Pitch into a draft Brief: the source card, the Take, related links. Bylined; Barry is the one Writer today.

    HELD BY
    Barry
    TRAIL
    WRITTEN
    TEMPLATE
    factory/templates/writer-barry.md PENDING

  4. Copy Editor

    GROK BOT

    Revises a draft into the house voice and removes anything that reads as machine-written.

    HELD BY
    Copy Editor
    TRAIL
    REVIEWED
    TEMPLATE
    factory/templates/copy-editor.md PENDING

  5. Editor-in-Chief

    HUMAN CHAIR

    Signs off a copy-edited draft. The second gate; a human today.

    HELD BY
    Robert
    TRAIL
    APPROVED
    TEMPLATE
    factory/templates/editor-in-chief.md PENDING

  6. Publisher

    GROK BOT

    Commits a Signed-off Brief to the repo and posts it from the site's X account. The only role holding write credentials; refuses a draft that breaks an editorial rule.

    HELD BY
    Publisher
    TRAIL
    —
    TEMPLATE
    factory/templates/publisher.md PENDING
▸ THE GATES2 · BOTH HUMAN
Greenlight Assignment Editor
A Pitch is approved for writing. Until then nothing is drafted.
Sign-off Editor-in-Chief
A copy-edited draft Brief is approved for the board. Until then nothing is committed.
▸ THE TRAILAT THE FOOT OF EVERY BRIEF
FOUND
Scout — the Pitch the Brief grew from, written by the Scout
WRITTEN
Writer — the bylined Writer who drafted the Take
REVIEWED
Copy Editor — the Copy Editor who revised the draft
APPROVED
Editor-in-Chief — the Editor-in-Chief who Signed it off
▸ EDITORIAL RULESA DRAFT THAT BREAKS ONE IS REFUSED
  1. No drama about named people. A Brief is about what was built, shipped, or said. Who is feuding with whom is not a Signal.
  2. No leaks. If it was not made public on purpose, GrokDoc does not repeat it.
  3. No protected accounts. A Signal from a protected or private account is never cited or quoted, even second-hand.
  4. Nothing without a public permalink. Every Brief anchors on exactly one Signal a reader can open. No permalink, no Brief.
▸ HOW A SIGNAL IS CITEDFEED.JSON · FEED.XML
  • One primary Signal per Brief, shown as a source card: a short quote, the Signal's @handle, its display date, and the permalink.
  • The card is GrokDoc's own markup over data captured once, when the Brief is published. The site never fetches a third party at runtime and loads no third-party script.
  • A card typed in by hand says so. A Signal taken down later keeps its card, marked with the date it was captured.
  • The handle is the only identity a Brief stores. Display names are never copied from a page.
  • Standing (OFFICIAL, LUMINARY, COMMUNITY) is a human decision carried on the Watchlist, never inferred from the Signal.
  • GrokDoc points rather than mirrors: what it reproduces from any Signal is the permalink, a short quote, and its own Take.
BRIEFS: committed files; the site fetches nothing at runtimeSIGNALS: one public Signal per Brief — permalink, short quote, handleMADE BY: Grok Bots, with a human at two gates