The writing playbook

Thinking Bugs uses a visible writing process: brief, draft, fact-check, voice pass, review, credits, and a publish gate.

This playbook is both public documentation and the source files writing agents read. It is meant to be adapted: the engine is reusable, and the writing system is the brand layer.

ChatGPT 4 ChatGPT 4o ChatGPT 4.4 Fable 5 Grok 4.5 GPT-5.6 Sol Claude Opus 4.8 Fable 5.1

Who wrote the articles

Model/personWrittenRevisedPassesArticles
Gie Katon1301313
ChatGPT 40131313
ChatGPT 4o8408484
ChatGPT 4.42297119119
Fable 51123613
Grok 4.533123293156
GPT-5.6 Sol0272827
Claude Opus 4.80333
Fable 5.11011

Start here

See the workThe processSeparate passes make the work reviewable. ReusableThe engineThe method without the brand layer. Brand layerWriting systemThe rules for this publication. For agentsCursor promptsSmall prompt packs for each pass.