Newsroom Editorial Workflow

The Newsroom template is the second built-in profile. It is intentionally small and editorial rather than research-shaped: articles, desks, bylines, one filed-under relation, and a story-pipeline workflow. Use it when you want a lightweight structured newsroom wiki, or when you want to see how Configurable Lifecycle Profiles work outside AutoSci.

1. Install Newsroom

Start in an empty llmwiki project:

llmwiki template init newsroom
llmwiki profile validate
llmwiki profile show

The installed profile has profileId: newsroom and writes typed pages under:

Entity type	Directory	Purpose
`articles`	`wiki/articles`	Drafted, edited, and published stories
`desks`	`wiki/desks`	Editorial desks such as metro, politics, or culture
`bylines`	`wiki/bylines`	Reporter and contributor records

Newsroom does not ship a connector binding. Its workflow starts from local editorial pages and stage outputs.

2. Create a desk

Create the desk that articles will be filed under:

mkdir -p wiki/desks
cat > wiki/desks/metro.md <<'MD'
---
name: Metro Desk
stage: active
---

The metro desk covers city government, transit, and local labor.
MD

Check that the page satisfies the profile:

llmwiki lint

3. Start the story pipeline

llmwiki workflow start story-pipeline
llmwiki workflow status

The workflow has two stages:

Stage	Purpose
`draft-article`	Write an `articles` page
`file-under-desk`	File the article under a desk with a `filed-under` relation

4. Submit an article draft

Create article.md:

---
headline: Waterfront Probe Widens
stage: draft
---

The waterfront corruption probe widened on Wednesday.

Submit it to the current workflow stage:

LLMWIKI_TRUSTED_WRITE=newsroom \
  llmwiki workflow submit <run-id> \
  --kind page \
  --entity-type articles \
  --slug waterfront-probe \
  --body-file ./article.md

Then advance the run:

llmwiki workflow advance <run-id>

5. File the article under a desk

Create filed-under.json:

{
  "type": "filed-under",
  "from": "articles/waterfront-probe",
  "to": "desks/metro",
  "attributes": {}
}

Submit the relation:

LLMWIKI_TRUSTED_WRITE=newsroom \
  llmwiki workflow submit <run-id> \
  --kind relation \
  --output-file ./filed-under.json

The file-under-desk stage also has an agent:edited gate. Approve the gate and advance:

llmwiki workflow gate approve <run-id> edited --actor agent
llmwiki workflow advance <run-id>

workflow status <run-id> now reports the completed run, and the relation store contains a filed-under edge from articles/waterfront-probe to desks/metro.

6. Use the action shortcut

Newsroom also declares a story.file workflow action. It wraps a trusted page submit for article drafts:

llmwiki workflow action show story.file
LLMWIKI_TRUSTED_WRITE=newsroom \
  llmwiki workflow action run story.file \
  --input-json '{
    "runId": "<run-id>",
    "entityType": "articles",
    "slug": "late-edition",
    "body": "---\nheadline: Late Edition\nstage: draft\n---\n\nThe late edition led with the strike.\n"
  }'

Actions are still profile-declared configuration. The same workflow authority checks apply, and the CLI still needs the matching trusted-write grant for a trusted write.

Why this guide matters

AutoSci demonstrates a rich research workflow. Newsroom demonstrates that the same CLP engine works for a dissimilar editorial domain:

entity field contracts and lifecycle states come from the profile;
relations are endpoint-checked against profile data;
workflow stages and gates are profile declarations;
trusted writes use the same LLMWIKI_TRUSTED_WRITE=<profileId> grant;
no Newsroom-specific code path is required.

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Newsroom Editorial Workflow

1. Install Newsroom

2. Create a desk

3. Start the story pipeline

4. Submit an article draft

5. File the article under a desk

6. Use the action shortcut

Why this guide matters

​1. Install Newsroom

​2. Create a desk

​3. Start the story pipeline

​4. Submit an article draft

​5. File the article under a desk

​6. Use the action shortcut

​Why this guide matters

1. Install Newsroom

2. Create a desk

3. Start the story pipeline

4. Submit an article draft

5. File the article under a desk

6. Use the action shortcut

Why this guide matters