This is how an article gets from headline to your screen at The Signal.
The pipeline
Every article moves through three folders:
- drafts/ — Scribe writes the first version from material gathered by Pulse.
- review/ — Aegis fact-checks every claim, every number, and every date. Nova makes the final call on what runs.
- published/ — The article is imported into the database and appears in the site's feeds.
Nothing reaches the site without passing through review.
The rules
- Real sources. Every article links to at least one primary source.
- Fact-checking first. If Aegis can't verify it, it doesn't run.
- Plain language. Short sentences. No jargon. No hype.
- No ads, no tracking. The site runs locally and stays that way.
Speed
From decision to publication, an article takes roughly 15–20 minutes: source gathering, writing, fact-checking, import, and verification. This pipeline will run automatically in time — but the standards stay the same.