Kickoff Prompts

These are good “first prompts” when you open Newswire. They’re designed to produce concrete, source-grounded threads you can come back to.

Daily briefing

• “Tell me what happened today. Prioritize events with durable consequences.”
• “Give me a concise briefing on today’s major stories, then suggest 3 deep dives.”
• “What’s the most under-covered important story today?”

Topic tracking

• “What’s the latest on {topic}? Give me a short timeline and what changed in the last 24 hours.”
• “Who are the key actors in {topic}, and what do they want?”
• “What are the strongest arguments on both sides of {issue}?”

Compare and synthesize

• “Compare how different outlets are framing {story}. What’s consistent, what’s contested?”
• “What are the central uncertainties in {story}? What would change your mind?”
• “Summarize the best evidence for the main claim in this story, and the best evidence against it.”

When you’re reading an article

• “Summarize this article in 5 bullets: claim, evidence, context, what’s missing, what to watch.”
• “List the key claims and what evidence the article provides for each.”
• “What are the strongest counterarguments or alternative explanations?”
• “Give me 5 follow-up questions to ask next, ordered by importance.”