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Show templates
Pick a template in the new-show wizard and the show starts with settings for one use case. Each entry below gives what the template sets, who it fits, how to set it up, and one example of what an episode sounds like. Every example is illustrative: it describes a possible episode, and it is not a real episode, a listener quote, or a result.
How templates work
Open the new-show wizard and pick a template on the Name step. Choosing a template applies its settings once, right after show creation. Later wizard steps stay free to change any setting, and Start blank keeps the current behavior exactly. Source guidance for each template is text only: it names intake paths that already exist, and you add sources through those existing paths after setup. A template adds no source and subscribes no signal on its own.
Public show
A public show: episodes stay in the review queue until you approve them.
Publish a show
Formats built for listeners: a series with a planned end, or a show shaped by listener notes.
Listener mailbag
This template sets the reporter style and nothing else. Listener notes left with Leave a note on an earlier episode return as one segment in the next episode of the same show, up to five recent notes. The mailbag needs no setting and no source setup.
Who it fits: Hosts who want listener notes to shape the next episode.
Setup: Pick Listener mailbag in the new-show wizard. Forward newsletters to the show address to give the hosts other material to cover.
Example: an episode opens with one segment built from recent listener notes, then moves to items from forwarded newsletters.
Settings: Sets the reporter style. The mailbag itself needs no setting.
Limited run
The run ends after 12 episodes. The count stays editable later in the Schedule tab.
Who it fits: A series with a fixed length, such as a season or a short project.
Setup: Pick Limited run in the new-show wizard, then forward newsletters to the show address or add standing signals to fill each episode.
Example: a 12 episode series on one topic, with each episode covering what arrived since the last one, ending when the twelfth episode publishes.
Settings: Sets a 12 episode run. Change the count later in the Schedule tab.
Explore and explain
Formats built around a question or a world: argue both sides, explain and check, take a position, test a prediction, report from a fictional world, or read the market.
Debate club
Two hosts, one in the OPTIMIST role and one in the SKEPTIC role, argue from sources. A side with no source support stays out of the episode.
Who it fits: Listeners who want a contested topic argued from both sides.
Setup: Pick Debate club in the new-show wizard, then feed the debate with forwarded newsletters or agent content through the agent content API.
Example: the hosts take opposite sides of a policy change, each citing the same forwarded articles, and points neither side could support are dropped.
Settings: Sets the debate style, panel size 2, host roles Optimist and Skeptic.
Dual editions: straight report
This entry sets up one edition only. Create a second show from Dual editions: opinion take, feed both shows the same sources, and each edition covers the same material in its own style.
Who it fits: Listeners who want a straight report alongside an opinion take on the same material.
Setup: Pick Dual editions: straight report in the new-show wizard for the first edition. Create a second show from Dual editions: opinion take, then give both shows the same sources.
Example: the report edition covers a morning of market news in plain order, while the paired opinion edition covers the same news with hosts taking positions.
Settings: Sets the reporter style for this edition only.
Dual editions: opinion take
This entry sets up one edition only. Create a second show from Dual editions: straight report, feed both shows the same sources, and each edition covers the same material in its own style.
Who it fits: Listeners who want an opinion take alongside a straight report on the same material.
Setup: Pick Dual editions: opinion take in the new-show wizard for the first edition. Create a second show from Dual editions: straight report, then give both shows the same sources.
Example: the opinion edition covers a morning of market news with hosts taking positions, while the paired report edition covers the same news in plain order.
Settings: Sets the opinion style for this edition only.
Explainer and skeptic
One host explains in plain language and the other presses weak claims. The skeptic presses only claims the sources make.
Who it fits: Listeners who want a technical topic explained and checked in the same episode.
Setup: Pick Explainer and skeptic in the new-show wizard, then forward newsletters to the show address or send agent content through the agent content API.
Example: one host walks through a new protocol in plain language, and the skeptic asks for the source behind each claim that sounds too strong.
Settings: Sets the explainer style, panel size 2, host roles Explainer and Skeptic.
LLM opinion show
Pure reasoning episodes need no standing sources. For claims that need checking, agent research over public sources through the agent content API gives hosts evidence to work from.
Who it fits: Listeners who want opinion with positions stated plainly.
Setup: Pick LLM opinion show in the new-show wizard. Send agent research through the agent content API when a claim needs checking.
Example: hosts reason through a product strategy question, state their positions, and cite agent research on the one claim they checked.
Settings: Sets the opinion style.
Fiction world report
Inputs are author-curated only, through forwarded mail and/or the agent content API. Episodes stay private, and the author decides what goes in. Two common uses: a tabletop campaign broadcast follows one campaign, and a serialized fiction companion follows one story. There is no world bible or continuity store: the material the author sends is the whole record.
Who it fits: Authors and game masters who want a fictional world reported as news.
Setup: Pick Fiction world report in the new-show wizard, then send only material you curate: forward mail to the show address or send agent content through the agent content API.
Example: a game master sends a campaign recap, and the episode reports the session as a news bulletin from inside the campaign world.
Settings: Sets the reporter style and digest length.
Time capsule and forecast briefing
A limited run that records predictions and revisits them. Two common uses: a time capsule records predictions to revisit later in the run, and a forecast briefing weighs new evidence against earlier calls. The run ends after 12 episodes.
Who it fits: Listeners who want predictions on the record, revisited in the same run.
Setup: Pick Time capsule and forecast briefing in the new-show wizard. Send dated predictions through the agent reports API or the agent content API. You can change the episode count later in the Schedule tab.
Example: an early episode records three dated predictions, and a later episode in the same run revisits each one against what happened since.
Settings: Sets the analyst style, a 12 episode run, and a recurring predictions segment.
Create a personal briefing
Short episodes for one listener: local news in the morning, language practice, one calm report before bed, or an analyst read on companies and markets.
Hyperlocal digest
A weekday digest that arrives at 06:30, built from local feeds and local news the user adds after setup.
Who it fits: Listeners who want local news first thing on weekdays.
Setup: Pick Hyperlocal digest in the new-show wizard. After setup, add local RSS or Atom feeds as standing signals, and forward local newsletters to the show address.
Example: a 06:30 weekday episode rounds up council news, school dates, and neighborhood items from local feeds.
Settings: Sets the reporter style, weekday delivery, delivery time 06:30.
Language digest
A short weekday digest at 07:00. It makes a short listening digest from material you send. It does not offer structured language lessons.
Who it fits: Listeners who want a short weekday episode for language listening practice.
Setup: Pick Language digest in the new-show wizard, then forward reading material or listening passages to the show address, or send agent content through the agent content API.
Example: a short 07:00 weekday episode reads a passage aloud and talks through the words in it.
Settings: Sets the reporter style, weekday delivery, delivery time 07:00, brief length.
Bedtime world report
A single-host evening report at 21:00 in digest length. This template sets delivery time, length, and panel size only.
Who it fits: Listeners who want one calm evening report before bed.
Setup: Pick Bedtime world report in the new-show wizard. Forward newsletters to the show address during the day, or add standing signals, and the evening episode covers what arrived.
Example: a single host reads the day's forwarded newsletters at 21:00 in a digest length episode.
Settings: Sets delivery time 21:00, digest length, panel size 1, reporter style.
Company and market watch
An analyst read on companies and markets you follow, with financial and data impact as the content focus.
Who it fits: Listeners who follow specific companies and markets and want an analyst read on them.
Setup: Pick Company and market watch in the new-show wizard. After setup, add standing signals for what you follow: RSS or Atom feeds, Hacker News, GitHub repository activity, and arXiv papers. Forwarded newsletters and agent content through the agent content API also work.
Example: an episode weighs a company earnings note from a forwarded newsletter against recent repository activity and a paper from arXiv.
Settings: Sets the analyst style, with financial and data impact as the content focus.
Give your agents a voice
A weekday standup built from agent status reports.
Team standup
A weekday standup built from agent status reports, with action items as the content focus.
Who it fits: Teams whose agents already file status reports and who want the standup spoken.
Setup: Pick Team standup in the new-show wizard. Have each agent file a status-shaped report through the agent reports API with a per-show agent key from the Agents settings. Reports carry a status of ok, warn, fail, or needs decision, plus a short summary.
Example: a weekday episode runs through overnight agent reports, leads with the one item marked needs decision, and closes with action items for the day.
Settings: Sets weekday delivery, with action items as the focus.
What templates do not do
- Event specialsSet up event specials in the Agents tab. No template covers them.
- ArtworkEvery public show uses the same placeholder artwork. Per-show artwork upload is not available yet.
- SourcesTemplate source guidance is text only. You add every source yourself through a path that already exists.
- ToneNo template sets tone.
- Learning systemsThe language digest makes a short listening digest. It does not offer structured language lessons.