# Content Patterns

Reference guide for content formats produced by the pipeline.

## Daily Brief Structure

```
---
date: YYYY-MM-DD
sources_count: N
signals_fetched: N
angles_count: N
---

## What's on Your Mind
(Synthesis of user's recent captures — skip if no captures exist)

## Reading Digest

### Must-Read
- **[Title](url)** — 1-2 sentence hook explaining relevance

### Worth-a-Look
- **[Title](url)** — 1-2 sentence hook

### Rabbit-Holes
- **[Title](url)** — 1-2 sentence hook

## Content Ideas
1. **Angle Title** — internal signal + external signal + why now + suggested format
```

## LinkedIn Post Structure

```
Hook (attention-grabbing opening line)

Personal connection (1-2 sentences linking to your experience)

Insight from signal (the external trigger that makes this timely)

Reflective question (invites the reader to engage)
```

Target: 150-300 words.

## Blog Outline Structure

Follows the emotional arc:
1. **Hook** — grab attention
2. **Scene** — set the context
3. **Mess** — the challenge or conflict
4. **Moment** — the turning point
5. **Reflection** — what you learned
6. **Soft Landing** — gentle close, leaving the reader with something

Each point: 1-2 sentences + which signals/captures feed into it.