Content Scan

Identifies the top 5 thought leadership article ideas based on current signals in AI, enterprise technology, and business strategy.

When to Use

• "content scan"
• "what should I write about"
• "find me article ideas"
• "scan for trending topics"
• "give me 5 ideas"

Process

1. Identify emerging themes from the past 2 weeks in AI and technology
2. Score each theme: relevance to technology leaders, timeliness, originality
3. Generate 5 article ideas with working title, core insight, and why it matters now

Output Format

# Top 5 Article Ideas — [Date]

## 1. [Title]
Why now: [1 sentence]
Core insight: [1–2 sentences]
Audience hook: [What makes leaders stop and read]

## 2–5 ...

Saving

Save output in two places:

1. outputs/content/ideas.md — overwrite with latest scan (used by downstream pipeline steps)
2. outputs/content/ideas/[YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM]-[topic-slug].md — dated archive copy

The topic slug is a 3-5 word kebab-case summary of the scan topic or the top idea (e.g. geo-search-cpg-brands, ai-governance-enterprise, general-scan). Use the current date and time in the filename.

This preserves full history. Every past scan remains searchable by date or topic.

Voice

Read memory/brand/writing_style.md to ensure ideas match the author's audience and tone.

After Output

Confirm both save locations and highlight the strongest idea with a one-line reason why.