Set Up Topic Sources

Sources are where your content ideas come from. Each channel can have multiple sources of different types.

Adding Sources

1. Go to your channel settings (sidebar → Channels → click your channel)
2. Switch to the Sources tab
3. Click Add Source
4. Choose a type and fill in the config

Source Types

Reddit (Recommended Starting Point)

The easiest source to set up — no API key needed. Reddit’s public JSON API provides unlimited topic ideas.

Config:

• Subreddit: The subreddit name without r/ (e.g., gaming, personalfinance)
• Sort: hot (trending now), top (best in time period), or new (latest)
• Limit: Number of posts to fetch (15-25 is good)
• Time: For top sort — week, month, or all

Tips:

• Use 2-3 subreddits per channel for variety
• Mix hot (trending) with top/week (proven quality)
• Niche subreddits often have better content than huge ones (e.g., r/patientgamers over r/gaming)

RSS Feeds

Pull headlines from any news site, blog, or publication that has an RSS feed.

Config:

• URL: The full RSS feed URL
• Name: Display name for this source

Good RSS sources by niche:

• Gaming: IGN, Kotaku, Rock Paper Shotgun
• Finance: Bloomberg Markets, The Motley Fool
• Tech: TechCrunch, The Verge, Ars Technica

API Sources

Structured data from external APIs.

TMDB (Movies & TV):

• Provider: tmdb
• Endpoint: trending/all/week
• Requires TMDB_API_KEY in environment

Testing Sources

Before saving, use the Test Source button to verify the source returns results. This makes a real API call and shows you what topics would be fetched.

Recommended Setup

For each channel, start with:

• 2 Reddit sources (one hot, one top/week from different subreddits)
• 1 RSS feed (if a good one exists for your niche)

This gives you ~40-60 raw topics per fetch, which the AI will filter down to your posting cadence (e.g., 3 per day).