How Polylog writes your briefing

People often ask what actually happens between "I picked my topics" and "a finished briefing landed in my inbox." Here is the honest walkthrough.

It starts with your profile

When you choose and weight your topics, add custom labels, and set your language and length, Polylog distills all of that into a short, editable reader profile, a description of what you want to know and how you want it told. That profile is why two people reading "Markets" get genuinely different briefings.

A scheduled trigger, not a prompt

You never have to ask. A background process watches the clock and wakes up when one of your delivery slots is due, in your timezone, daylight saving included.

It reads the world's press

When it wakes, Polylog searches the current web for what is happening across the relevant topics, reading sources in their original languages rather than waiting on English translations. That is how you hear about a development when the local press reports it, with the framing the local press gives it.

Synthesis, then fact-checking

The editorial engine reads the research and writes your briefing: a clear summary followed by the full piece, in your language and at your chosen length, in a precise, no-hype editorial voice. Contested claims are checked against multiple sources, adversarially, looking for what contradicts a claim rather than only what supports it, and labeled with a veracity verdict so you read with the right level of confidence.

Memory, so it stays coherent

Finally, Polylog records the open storylines, the entities that mattered, and your feedback, so tomorrow's briefing builds on today's instead of starting over. Over months, that becomes macro-trend tracking, the through-line of the big stories.

The result

You get what a good analyst gives you: someone who read everything, checked it, and can tell you what actually moved, without you having to do the reading yourself.

Go deeper in How it works, or set up your briefings.