Curate first. Generate second.
Curate the ideas. Craft the article. Keep your voice.
Bring in links and notes, pick the ideas that actually matter, then craft an article from that curated set—so the result reads like a coherent piece, not a stitched-together summary. Behind the editor, craft runs leave versioned drafts you can reopen and refine—a workspace for iteration, not only a blank composer.
Start from real sources
Start with links, pasted notes, and supported documents you trust—so your writing begins with real material, not a blank prompt.
- Add URLs, text notes, and files such as PDF, DOCX, or TXT (within plan limits), then scan what was extracted.
- Move between sources without losing your place in the piece you’re building.
- Keep your research in one workspace instead of juggling tabs and copy-paste.
Insights you can select
AI can surface ideas, but you decide what belongs in the piece, what gets left out, and what order the article should take.
- Review ideas from each source and keep only the ones worth using.
- Build your angle before you write or generate a draft.
- Reorder and refine as the shape of the article becomes clearer.
Compose & craft
Turn selected insights into a real article with control over structure, tone, depth, and flow—then iterate with versioned drafts, not a one-off paste.
- Use presets or fine-tune options (order, audience, tone, depth, evidence, and more) before you run Craft Article.
- Each craft saves a version you can reopen from Craft history—restore an older draft or keep editing forward.
- Add private notes and quick ratings on past runs so you remember what worked.
What is Crafticle?
Crafticle is a curation-first writing workspace for people who want better articles than a generic AI draft can give them. You gather sources (links, notes, and supported files), review the insights pulled from each one, decide what actually matters, and shape a single article from that curated structure.
The point is not to dump research into a model. The point is to decide what the piece is really saying before the writing begins. Craft history keeps a trail of generated drafts so you can compare, restore, and refine instead of losing earlier passes. Crafticle is built for newsletters, explainers, and long posts where voice and structure matter more than speed alone. Plans differ by how many sources you can keep and how far you can take generation—see Pricing for detail.
Why not just use an AI agent?
Agents can fetch and summarize. Crafticle helps you choose, order, and shape the ideas before generation—so the result feels more coherent, more intentional, and more like your writing.
Instead of dumping sources into AI and hoping for a good draft, you decide what matters first. That decision-making is what gives the article its point of view.
Common use cases
Turn scattered reading into a structured article by deciding which ideas deserve to make the cut.
- Weekly digest or newsletter from a handful of articles and your own marginalia.
- Explainer post that weaves multiple references into one narrative.
- First draft from the workspace: pick insights on Sources, arrange on Curate, then craft and edit.
- Trying several angles: run Craft Article more than once and use Craft history to compare or restore a version.
- Content calendar piece where you need structure before polish.
Plans for writers and newsletter builders
Start free with a small research canvas, then unlock more sources, full Craft Article with presets, and craft history when you publish often.
Free
$0
Try the workflow: URL sources, curated insights, one AI craft per article with default settings—then edit by hand.
- -Small fixed workspace
Up to three articles (slots are fixed—no delete), three URL sources per article, up to three selected insights per source.
- -One Craft Article per article
Craft uses our default recipe; presets and toolbar tuning are disabled. After one successful craft, research and AI options lock—keep editing in the compose editor.
- -Lightweight craft trail
A single craft row with private notes (500 characters max) and star ratings; upgrade for full history and restore.
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Essential
$19.99/mo
More sources, richer insight workspace, and stronger outline control.
- -Expanded research
Room for more sources—links, notes, and files—so you can develop your angle before drafting.
- -Insight workspace
Curate and reorder selections from Research with less friction as the piece takes shape.
- -Scale before full craft
More room to curate and outline; Pro adds full Craft Article, presets, and craft history—see Pricing.
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Pro
$49.99/mo
Full curation studio with Craft Article, presets, craft history, and export-friendly output.
- -Full Craft Article
Generate from selected insights with presets and fine-grained toolbar control.
- -Craft history
Versioned drafts per article—preview, restore, private notes, and quick ratings.
- -Serious iteration
Built for newsletters and long posts where structure, voice, and comparing passes matter.
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