tr1-select-articles-2026-02-home

The Review Stage One: Select Articles

Step Dashboard

TABLE WITHOUT ID
  sequence AS "Step",
  track AS "Track",
  step-title AS "Title",
  status AS "Status",
  started AS "Started",
  completed AS "Completed"
FROM #workflow/tr1-select-articles AND #type/workflow
SORT sequence ASC

Steps

Step	Title	Track
01	Initial Parameters Setup, Review, and Modification	-
02a	Ask For Story Ideas	a
02b	Ask For Story Ideas	b
02c	Ask For Story Ideas	c
02d	Ask For Story Ideas	d
02e	Ask For Story Ideas	e
02f	Ask For Story Ideas	f
02g	Ask For Story Ideas	g
02h	Ask For Story Ideas	h
03a	Detailed Nuts And Conclusions For Each Of Those Story Ideas	a
03b	Detailed Nuts And Conclusions For Each Of Those Story Ideas	b
03c	Detailed Nuts And Conclusions For Each Of Those Story Ideas	c
03d	Detailed Nuts And Conclusions For Each Of Those Story Ideas	d
03e	Detailed Nuts And Conclusions For Each Of Those Story Ideas	e
03f	Detailed Nuts And Conclusions For Each Of Those Story Ideas	f
03g	Detailed Nuts And Conclusions For Each Of Those Story Ideas	g
03h	Detailed Nuts And Conclusions For Each Of Those Story Ideas	h
04a	Expand Search Scope, Rethink Article List, And Adjust Quality Guides	a
04b	Expand Search Scope, Rethink Article List, And Adjust Quality Guides	b
04c	Expand Search Scope, Rethink Article List, And Adjust Quality Guides	c
04d	Expand Search Scope, Rethink Article List, And Adjust Quality Guides	d
04e	Expand Search Scope, Rethink Article List, And Adjust Quality Guides	e
04f	Expand Search Scope, Rethink Article List, And Adjust Quality Guides	f
04g	Expand Search Scope, Rethink Article List, And Adjust Quality Guides	g
04h	Expand Search Scope, Rethink Article List, And Adjust Quality Guides	h
05a	Re-Do All Nuts And Conclusions With Steelmanned Arguments And The Rebuttal	a
05b	Re-Do All Nuts And Conclusions With Steelmanned Arguments And The Rebuttal	b
05c	Re-Do All Nuts And Conclusions With Steelmanned Arguments And The Rebuttal	c
05d	Re-Do All Nuts And Conclusions With Steelmanned Arguments And The Rebuttal	d
05e	Re-Do All Nuts And Conclusions With Steelmanned Arguments And The Rebuttal	e
05f	Re-Do All Nuts And Conclusions With Steelmanned Arguments And The Rebuttal	f
05g	Re-Do All Nuts And Conclusions With Steelmanned Arguments And The Rebuttal	g
05h	Re-Do All Nuts And Conclusions With Steelmanned Arguments And The Rebuttal	h
06a	Select Your Top Two From Your List And Justify What Makes Them A Good Match	a
06b	Select Your Top Two From Your List And Justify What Makes Them A Good Match	b
06c	Select Your Top Two From Your List And Justify What Makes Them A Good Match	c
06d	Select Your Top Two From Your List And Justify What Makes Them A Good Match	d
06e	Select Your Top Two From Your List And Justify What Makes Them A Good Match	e
06f	Select Your Top Two From Your List And Justify What Makes Them A Good Match	f
06g	Select Your Top Two From Your List And Justify What Makes Them A Good Match	g
06h	Select Your Top Two From Your List And Justify What Makes Them A Good Match	h
07	Reconcile The Top Two From Each Path, De-Dupe From Current List And Recent Article History, And Select Articles	-

Quick Reference

Rotation Lookups

Where rotation files live: Look for files named tr1-select-articles-rotation-{list-name}.md in the vault root or templates folder. Each file holds one rotation list.

Adding items: Each item is an ## heading (h2) followed by properties:

## My New Item Title

description: What this item is about
avoids: What to steer away from
notes: Extra context or tips
custom-field: Any extra key you want

How selection works: Uses day-of-year modulo — (doy + delta) % itemCount. Each day picks a different item. The delta offset (set at instantiation) shifts the pick forward or backward. Add more items to the file and the rotation adapts automatically.

Cross-list placeholders: In any property value, use [list-name] to insert the selected title from another rotation list. For example, if you have a mega-categories list and an angles list, an angle description can say: description: Apply [mega-categories] through this lens — and it resolves automatically at instantiation.

Phrases

Phrase files: tr1-select-articles-phrases.md (master) and tr1-select-articles-{dateStamp}-phrases.md (instance). Add bullet items under step-scoped headings like ## Step 01 or ## Step 02a. A phrase is picked at instantiation and stored in context.phrase.

Sub-headed phrases: Add ### Goal, ### Motivation, or any ### sub-heading under a step heading to create named categories:

## Step 01
- generic phrase (available everywhere)
### Goal
- goal phrase (available via context.phrases["Goal"])
### Motivation
- motivation phrase (available via context.phrases["Motivation"])

Generic phrases (no sub-heading) go into context.phrase. Sub-headed phrases go into context.phrases["CategoryName"]. Both include workflow-level and instance-level phrases in the pool.

Phrase mode: By default, phrases are picked randomly. Set phraseMode: "rotate" in the workflow config to use day-of-year modulo rotation instead (same as mega-categories and angles). This is set per-workflow at generation time.

Using in Templates

In the YAML block (between CUSTOM YAML markers):

mega: '<% yamlStr((context.rotations["mega-categories"] || {}).title) %>'
angle: '<% yamlStr((context.rotations["angles"] || {}).title) %>'
phrase: '<% yamlStr(context.phrase) %>'
goal-phrase: '<% yamlStr(context.phrases["Goal"] || "") %>'

In the body (between SECTION markers):

<% context.rotationContext || "" %>

This outputs the full formatted rotation block (day, mega, angle, topic).

Individual fields in the body:

<% (context.rotations["mega-categories"] || {}).title || "N/A" %>
<% (context.rotations["mega-categories"] || {}).description || "" %>
<% (context.rotations["mega-categories"] || {}).avoids || "" %>
<% (context.rotations["angles"] || {}).title || "N/A" %>

All Available Variables

Variable	What it is
context.rotations["list-name"]	Selected item object (.title, .description, .avoids, .notes, plus any custom)
context.rotationContext	Pre-formatted text block with day + mega + angle
context.phrase	Picked phrase for this step (generic pool)
context.phrases["Goal"]	Picked phrase from Goal sub-heading
context.stepTitle	Title of the current step
delta	Day offset passed at instantiation
doy	Day-of-year number used for rotation selection
author.name	Author name from author-config
targetDate	The target date string (yyyy-mm-dd)
creationDate	When the file was created

Tips

• To preview which item lands on a given day: (dayOfYear + delta) % itemCount
• Rotation files are plain markdown — edit them in Obsidian like any note
• The delta prompt at workflow instantiation shifts all rotations together
• Null-guard with (context.rotations["x"] || {}).title to avoid parse errors