What this is: A map of how a single piece of content moves from a rough plan to a published draft, and the controls (approvals, autosave, Autopilot, and unlocking) you use along the way.
When you open a piece, the editor shows one content project: a single article (or glossary term) moving through a series of stages.
Every piece moves through these stages, in order:
Brief → Outline → Research → Written → Extras → Published
A stepper at the top shows each stage. Click any completed stage to review it.
Here's what each stage does:
Each stage has an Approve [Stage] button. Clicking it locks the current stage and moves you to the next one. That's how a piece progresses through the pipeline.
You don't need to save manually. Edits autosave about 1.5 seconds after you stop typing, and a "Saved HH:MM:SS" indicator confirms it.
Autopilot is a per-piece toggle (available for articles and glossary terms). When it's on, stages auto-advance after each generation. The platform runs the piece through without waiting for you to approve each stage.
Tip: Turn Autopilot on when you trust the setup and want speed. Leave it off when you want to review each stage before moving forward.
Once a stage is completed, it's locked. To change something in a locked stage, click Unlock.
Gotcha: Unlocking a stage deletes every stage after it. Those downstream stages regenerate from your change. If you unlock the Brief, your Outline, Research, and Written work are gone and rebuilt. Only unlock when you truly want the later stages redone.
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