create-news-item

name	create-news-item
description	Create or publish a Bhart news item via the Blog Automation API, and optionally patch a related article with a dated addendum that links to the news item. Use for short site updates, launch notes, project progress blurbs, and other news-specific content in this repo.

Create News Item

Overview

Create a short Bhart news item from a user-provided update. Use this for news posts, launch blurbs, and "quick update" style content, not full blog articles.

Load references/agents.md before drafting or submitting anything.

Workflow

1) Gather the minimum inputs

• Generate a title, category, and body_markdown if the user only gives rough notes.
• If the user does not specify publish state, default to draft.
• If the user clearly wants the update live now, use status: "published" and set published_at.
• If the user also wants an article updated, identify the target article before writing the addendum.

2) Draft the news item

• Keep it shorter and simpler than a full article.
• Prefer 2-5 short paragraphs over a long essay.
• Lead with what changed or what launched.
• Include why it matters in practical terms, not just a changelog.
• If the user provided an image URL, include it inline with sensible alt text.
• If there is an obvious next step, mention it briefly.
• Keep the tone informal, specific, and human. Avoid hype.
• Keep all content ASCII unless the source material already requires Unicode.

3) Submit the news item

• Call POST /news with category, title, and body_markdown.
• If publishing, include status: "published" and published_at.
• Return the created news item ID and status.

4) Optionally patch a related article

• Only do this when the user explicitly asks for an article update.
• Load the article source of truth first with GET /posts/:id or locate it via GET /posts.
• Append a dated addendum instead of rewriting unrelated article content.
• Keep the patch minimal and use expected_updated_at.
• If the news item was published, link to it using /news#news-<id>.
• If the user wants the updated image reflected on the article, patch hero_image_url and hero_image_alt in the same request.

Output format

• Provide the drafted category, title, body_markdown, and intended status for review.
• If requested, submit immediately and return the created news item ID.
• If an article was patched too, return the article ID or slug and summarize the addendum you appended.
• When running under the Sprite article-agent runner and asked for a final marker, end with exactly one line beginning with BHART_ARTICLE_AGENT_RESULT_JSON= followed by compact JSON containing the real news_id, title, category, and status returned by the API.

API usage

Use references/agents.md. Prefer curl for visibility and reproducibility.

Notes

• News items are not blog posts. Do not invent post-only metadata such as tags, summary, or SEO fields.
• For this repo's current public routes, article links use /articles/<slug> and news links use /news#news-<id>.