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Include a cover image and 4 hashtags on the companion post."},{"title":"Corporate comms piece for enterprise audience","prompt":"Draft a long LinkedIn article (about 1500 words) on how stablecoins reduce cross-border payment friction, aimed at CFOs at mid-market companies. Write it as if from Jane Smith, Head of Treasury. Use a professional tone, include a cover image and one inline image, and keep the companion post hashtags to 3."},{"title":"Quick take article for a niche technical audience","prompt":"Generate a short LinkedIn article — around 600 words — arguing that wallet-based identity will replace API keys for AI agents. Target it at ML engineers, use a punchy direct tone, no inline images, just a cover image, and add 2 hashtags to the companion post."}],"resultDescription":"Returns a JSON object containing: a fully formatted markdown article with headline, subtitle, body, key takeaways and sources; a companion LinkedIn post with hashtags and character count; base64-encoded cover and link-share JPEG images with alt text and prompts; metadata including word count, image count, synthesis model used, and number of sources; and structured source list with URLs, titles, and snippets.","failureModes":["Topic string exceeds 600 characters — truncate or shorten the topic","Invalid length enum value — must be 'short', 'standard', or 'long'","Hashtag count out of range 0–5 — clamp to valid range","Image generation failure — cover or inline images may be missing from response","Insufficient research results — sources_listed may be low for very niche topics","Payment failure via x402 — $1.10 USDC not available in agent wallet"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when you need a complete, publication-ready LinkedIn article with AI-generated images, live web research, structured sources, and a companion post — all in a single call. Prefer it over generic text generation when the output must include cover art, sourced references, and a formatted social media caption ready to paste into LinkedIn. Ideal when the user wants a finished deliverable, not a draft to polish.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-09-14T19:14:04.891Z","isFirstParty":false}