Content Machine

What It Is

A complete content production system running on a directory lifecycle:
- Monday morning: Read ideas.md + calendar.md → create research briefs → send weekly plan
- Daily drafting: Run research phase → generate first drafts → move to review
- Publishing pipeline: Triggers on file movement review → approved → formatted, SEO-optimized, social posts generated, scheduled

Human job: review and approve. Everything else automated.

Directory Lifecycle

ideas.md → queue/ → drafts/ → review/ → approved/ → published/

Each directory represents a stage in the content lifecycle. Agents act on files as they move through stages.

How It Applies to Marketing Factory

Build the marketing content machine:
- Ideas board — product updates, industry angles, customer stories
- Queue — approved topics awaiting drafting
- Drafts — agent-generated first drafts
- Review — human or QA review
- Approved — ready for formatting and publishing
- Published — live, with social distribution