Thursday newsletter draft that sends Sunday only if approved
On Thursday the agent drafts Sunday's issue from the week's events and the last eight issues' results: subject, intro, up to three picks and at most one A/B test. You approve, edit, redraft or skip from your phone. Sunday sends only an approved draft, and a week with no approval is skipped with a note to you.
What it does
- Drafts subject, intro, three picks and one A/B test from the week's events and past results
- Emails you that the draft is ready, with its reasoning and the last issue's readout
- Rebuilds the event list at send time so cancelled events drop out
- Falls back to a plain rules only issue if the model call fails, still needing approval
- Records delivered, opened and clicked per variant for the next draft
Your approval boundaries
Approval requiredThese actions always wait for your yes:
- Sending the issue, which needs an approved draft
- Sending a second time, which is refused
- Changing the send schedule
You decide what happens next.
More about this workflow
This setup is for marketers and solo creators who need steady output without losing their voice. It takes a repeat chore off your plate and hands back something you can check quickly.
First, it drafts subject, intro, three picks and one A/B test from the week's events and past results. Next, it emails you that the draft is ready, with its reasoning and the last issue's readout. Then it rebuilds the event list at send time so cancelled events drop out. After that, it falls back to a plain rules only issue if the model call fails, still needing approval. Finally, it records delivered, opened and clicked per variant for the next draft. It works with your email platform, database and web fetch, each on its own login with limited access.
You get the prep work done and waiting for you. The agent stops and asks for your yes before sending the issue, which needs an approved draft, sending a second time, which is refused and changing the send schedule, and says plainly if a step cannot be undone.
“a draft can't be sent twice”
Explore required tools and model recommendations
Tools and access
Email platform
Handles the email platform part of this job. Grant draft access, no send or list export.
API required: Optional. Your newsletter tool. An API helps, but the agent can also hand you a draft to paste.
No sign-up neededSupabase
Handles the database part of this job. Grant a role limited to one table.
API required: Yes. Needs a Supabase project and an API key. Give the agent a role limited to one table.
Web fetch
Handles the web fetch part of this job. Grant public pages, no logged-in sessions.
API required: No. Built into most agent harnesses. It reads public pages with no login.
No sign-up needed
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Model recommendations
Best pick
GPT-6.1 Sol
Strong general writer at a mid price.
$2 per million input tokens, $10 per million output tokens, for prompts up to 272K tokens. Longer prompts cost $4 in and $15 out.
OpenAI docs as of October 11, 2026
Cheaper backup
GPT-6 Luna
Very low cost for first drafts and digests.
$0.10 per million input tokens, $0.50 per million output tokens, for prompts up to 272K tokens.
OpenAI docs as of October 11, 2026
Our own picks. Not sponsored, no affiliate links.
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Run your workflow
Connect your tools with only the access this setup needs, then follow these steps.
Steps
Do these in order. Test on old data before it touches live work.
- 1Set up Email platform. Keep it to draft access, no send or list export.
- 2Connect Supabase with its own login, not yours. Grant a role limited to one table.
- 3Set up Web fetch. Keep it to public pages, no logged-in sessions.
- 4Paste the prompt where your harness takes instructions. See the note under the Copy button.
- 5Do a dry run on old or test data first. Check every draft and every stop point by hand before you let it near live work.
- 6Read its log after the first real run. Only widen access once a week of runs looks clean.
Safeguards and trust score
The score describes this example setup’s access, approval boundaries, ability to undo changes, and scope.
Can draft things that send or spend, so it sits close to risky actions.
Waits for a yes on: sending the issue, which needs an approved draft, sending a second time, which is refused, changing the send schedule.
Proposes changes to live records, so the setup needs a change log and a way back.
Runs on its own login across 3 tools. Fewer connections means a smaller blast radius.
How to raise it
- Access: Take away its ability to send, post or spend. Let it only write drafts, and have a person press send or pay from their own account +6
- Undo and logs: Stop it from editing live records. Have it write the change as a proposal you apply, and keep a log of every change with a way to roll it back +3
- Scope: Cut it down from 3 connected tools to the 2 it needs most, each with its own limited login instead of your full account +2
Do all of these to reach 89, up from 78.
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