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§ 02 · How It Works
▌ THE EDITORIAL PROCESS
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5 AGENTS · 1 EDITOR
6 VALIDATION GATES · 1 KILL LOG
▌ § 02 · The Editorial Process

The shape of
a good file.

Five agents, one editor, six validation gates, and the discipline to kill more stories than we publish.

▌ § 02.1 · The Pipeline

Five agents.
One file.

From beat-read at midnight to filed at 06:30. Every story passes through five hands, each one with a job that the last cannot do.

▌ 01 / 05

Scout.

Reads everything that touched your beat overnight. Funding, hires, breaches, RFPs, filings, hiring spikes.

▌ Produces ~30 candidate stories
▌ 02 / 05

Validator.

Confirms every signal is still live. Kills stale RFPs, withdrawn hires, expired leads.

▌ Produces 15–20 stories + Kill Log
▌ 03 / 05

Enricher.

Finds the right buyer at each company. Pulls verified work email, direct dial, LinkedIn intel.

▌ Produces Verified contact per story
▌ 04 / 05

Writer.

Drafts the story. The summary, the LinkedIn intel, warm intro suggestions, the estimated deal size, the drafted cold email.

▌ Produces The File, rendered
▌ 05 / 05

Editor.

QA pass against editorial standards. Voice rules, validation log, kill-rate threshold.

▌ Produces The File, shipped
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▌ § 02.2 · Validation

Six gates.
No exceptions.

Every story passes six gates before it ships. One fail and it goes to the Kill Log instead. The gates are the contract between the file and the rep who reads it.

▌ DS://VALIDATION/LOG 06 / 06 GATES · ALL PASSED
Trigger signal verified within the rep's freshness window PASS
Right buyer identified, work email verified PASS
LinkedIn context attached PASS
Not on the customer's exclusion list PASS
No conflict with existing accounts PASS
Live status confirmed (RFP open, role filled, news fresh) PASS
▌ § 02.3 · Killed Overnight

What we drop,
and why.

Every File ships with a Killed Overnight log. Real publications kill stories that do not hold up. The File kills leads that do not hold up. What we drop is part of what you pay for.

▌ KILLED OVERNIGHT · SAMPLE LOG 04 ENTRIES · 14 MAY 2026
× 01
Pinnacle Health
SECURITY ARCHITECT REQ
Role filled by internal candidate Tuesday. Verified via direct posting check.
× 02
First Horizon
CISO LEILANI FAROL NAMED SVP/CISO
Headquartered in Memphis, not in your beat.
× 03
Veritone
RFP FOR SOC SERVICES
Posted as open in public databases. Confirmed closed Friday. Source error caught.
× 04
NBT Bancorp
SECURITY ARCHITECT REQ
On your exclusion list (existing customer).
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▌ § 02.4 · Delivery

Two ways
the file arrives.

Reps on Rep Pass tiers get a solo file written for them alone. Managers on Team Desk tiers get a consolidated file across the whole desk, with one-click Re-file to route stories to specific reps.

▌ MODE 01 · SOLO FILE FOR REP PASS · REP PASS PRO

Solo File.
For individual reps.

Each rep gets their own personalized File at dawn. 3 to 5 stories. Built around the rep's territory, vertical, and signals. The rep marks up, forwards, or kills each story directly from the email.

YOUR FILE · 20 MAY · 3 STORIES ▌ FILED 06:30
01
▌ THE LEDE · SAN FRANCISCO CA · M&A · 90-DAY WINDOW Pacific Yield closes $340M Tessera Cloud deal Friday; CTO has 90 days to consolidate two stacks.
02
BERKELEY CA · SERIES D · 24-MONTH HIRING PLAN Polaris Trade closes $180M Series D; doubling enterprise sales team through Q3.
03
OAKLAND CA · SPIN-OUT · 4 SECURITY REQS NetOps Group spins out from Vector Forge; four security architect reqs posted this week.
▌ MODE 02 · MANAGER-TRIAGE FOR TEAM DESK · TEAM DESK PRO

Manager-Triage.
For sales teams.

The team's manager gets one consolidated File at dawn covering the whole desk's beat. Each story has a Re-file button. One click routes it to a specific rep with a note. Reps see forwarded stories as their action queue.

DIANE'S DESK · 20 MAY · 4 STORIES ▌ TRIAGE MODE
01
▌ THE LEDE · PACIFIC YIELD · SF · M&A $340M Tessera Cloud close Friday; CTO has 90 days to consolidate two stacks.
RE-FILE →
02
EMBARCADERO FEDERAL CU · OAKLAND · $4.2M RFP MSSP RFP posted 06:00 ET; OCC-driven 21-day response window.
RE-FILE →
03
SEQUOIA MEMORIAL · SAN JOSE · 8-K · BREACH 240K records exposed; MDR vendor replacement decisions this week.
RE-FILE →
04
WESTRIDGE CAPITAL · SF · NEW CISO · 90-DAY WINDOW Names new CISO from Wells Fargo; first board cyber review June.
RE-FILE →
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