# Progress Log

## Session: 2026-04-20

### Phase 1: Gather and lock source truth
- **Status:** complete
- Actions taken:
  - Read the `cossistant-article-workflow`, `planning-with-files`, and `humanizer` skills.
  - Reviewed recent Tinybird customer stories:
    - Maple
    - Order Editing
    - Fever
    - Marc Lou
    - Plain
  - Verified Cossistant's Tinybird implementation in local docs and source files.
  - Collected approved user-provided proof points for Playus and the `600K DAU` reference.
- Files created/modified:
  - `task_plan.md`
  - `findings.md`
  - `progress.md`

### Phase 2: Shape the story and editorial brief
- **Status:** complete
- Actions taken:
  - Locked the post into a product-first Tinybird customer-story format.
  - Chose the live visitor globe as the main hook.
  - Decided to use qualitative outcomes plus the approved Playus proof instead of inventing technical metrics.
  - Chose a gentle CTA and an editorial-notes footer for approvals and screenshot planning.
- Files created/modified:
  - `task_plan.md`
  - `findings.md`

### Phase 3: Draft the guest post
- **Status:** complete
- Actions taken:
  - Wrote the full guest post draft as plain Markdown at repo root.
  - Included:
    - final title
    - Tinybird-style `About / Problem / Why Tinybird / Results` spine
    - narrative sections for inbox analytics, live globe, and API-first flexibility
    - editorial notes with screenshot shortlist, CTA, and approval items
- Files created/modified:
  - `tinybird-guest-post-cossistant.md`

### Phase 4: Fact-check and humanize
- **Status:** complete
- Actions taken:
  - Cross-checked every product claim against repo docs or approved user-provided facts.
  - Removed generic marketing language and heavy jargon.
  - Kept the tone founder-close and conversational.
  - Marked the Anthony quote as draft-for-approval.
  - Refined the product wording to match repo language around `<Support />`, Tailwind styling, and headless support after follow-up user feedback.
- Files created/modified:
  - `findings.md`
  - `tinybird-guest-post-cossistant.md`

### Phase 5: Final handoff
- **Status:** complete
- Actions taken:
  - Replaced stale planning files from an unrelated repo verification task with the current article task.
  - Prepared the draft and planning notes for Anthony review.
  - Confirmed no runtime code changes were needed for this task.
- Files created/modified:
  - `task_plan.md`
  - `findings.md`
  - `progress.md`
  - `tinybird-guest-post-cossistant.md`

## Deliverables
- `/Users/anthonyriera/code/cossistant-monorepo/task_plan.md`
- `/Users/anthonyriera/code/cossistant-monorepo/findings.md`
- `/Users/anthonyriera/code/cossistant-monorepo/progress.md`
- `/Users/anthonyriera/code/cossistant-monorepo/tinybird-guest-post-cossistant.md`

## Verification Notes
- This task produced content files only.
- No code paths, runtime behavior, or schemas were changed.
- All factual product claims in the draft were tied to:
  - local repo files, or
  - explicit user-approved facts in this thread

## Open Approval Items
- Confirm the draft quote wording for Anthony
- Confirm whether Tinybird should link to:
  - cossistant.com homepage
  - docs/support-component
  - GitHub repo
- Confirm whether Playus can also provide a screenshot for the custom-dashboard angle
