The Challenge
Build a fully autonomous news platform where AI handles the entire editorial pipeline — from story discovery through fact-checking to publication — with zero manual intervention.
What I Built
An AI-powered newsroom with a 12+ stage editorial pipeline:
- Story discovery and trending topic analysis
- Research and source gathering
- Article drafting with multiple AI models
- Fact-checking and verification
- Editorial review and quality scoring
- Multi-format output (breaking news, deep dives, newsletters)
- Automated publication and distribution
The platform runs 72+ Edge Functions, 9 automated cron jobs, and includes an MCP server for AI operator access.
Technical Highlights
- Event-driven architecture with complex content lifecycle management
- Multi-model AI orchestration (Gemini, GPT-5)
- Subscription billing via Stripe
- Email newsletters via Resend
- 569+ commits of production development