Write a blog post step by step with an AI chat assistant

You chat with AI through research, outline, and draft, approving each step until the blog post is done.

How the work actually flows

It repeats. Repeats you request changes or more research; a person has to approve before it continues.

Pattern: Structured Loop (21)

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Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsAI Chatbots & AssistantsContent Generation & CopywritingSpreadsheet & Database Ops
Connects
Anthropic ClaudeGoogle Sheets

The problem it solves

Writing a blog post from scratch means jumping between research, headlines, outlining, and drafting, often losing track of what's been decided along the way. When steps get mixed together, you end up rewriting sections because earlier decisions never got locked in.

Who it fits

Content teams, editors, and creators who want more control over how an AI drafts a blog post.

How it works

  1. You start a chat and describe the topic, audience, and purpose
  2. AI researches the topic and presents findings for you to approve
  3. AI proposes headlines, hooks, and an outline in order, one step at a time
  4. You approve, request changes, or ask for more research before moving on
  5. AI delivers a polished, publication-ready draft once every step is approved
What you get

Drafts shaped exactly the way you want

You work through research, outline, and draft with an AI partner, approving each step until your blog post is ready.

What you get

A publication-ready blog draft built through an approved chat conversation.

What you need

An account with an AI chat provider such as Anthropic, and Google Sheets for tracking.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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