# How This Newsletter Gets Made

*Source: https://steadman.ai/newsletters/david/how-its-made.html*
*Published: February 2026*
*The human-AI process behind David Boyle's Saturday AI Thoughts newsletter: gathering, drafting, reworking and publishing.*

A human-AI collaboration, every Saturday. Three roles in the process: David (human), Claude (AI), and both together.

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## How it started

Edition 1 was written largely by hand, from a voice memo, through multiple drafts, with Claude helping on wording and research. Claude Code then studied that first issue and built a reusable framework: tone of voice, structure, template, style guide. That framework now shapes every future edition.

Tools: Otter, Claude.ai, Claude Code.

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## The weekly process

### 1. Gather (Monday to Friday) — David

Throughout the week, organically, whenever something strikes:

- Voice memos recorded between meetings
- Screenshots of the relevant bit
- Links sent via Telegram
- Discussions sparked by reader replies

Tools: Otter, Telegram to Claude Code, Gmail.

### 2. Process (Automated) — Claude

Screenshots and links are analysed and summarised. Voice memos are transcribed. Everything lands in a running notebook of observations, quotes and half-formed thoughts.

Tools: Claude API, Otter, Claude Code.

### 3. Draft (Saturday morning) — Claude

The week's material is combined with the framework (tone of voice, past issues, style guide) and Claude produces a few suggested drafts.

Tools: Claude Code.

### 4. Rework (The hard part) — David

Three layers of human judgment:

- **What's worth including**: David 50%, Claude 50%
- **The "so what" — why each point matters**: David 33%, Claude 67%
- **Style and voice**: David 20%, Claude 80%

### 5. Verify (Automated) — Claude

A separate agent finds supporting links and fact-checks claims before publication.

Tools: Claude Code.

### 6. Personalise (Saturday) — Both

Claude drafts a personalised opening line for each engaged reader, based on their replies and the conversations we've had. David reviews hundreds of these, makes tweaks, then approves.

Tools: Claude Code, Gmail.

### 7. Publish (Saturday) — David

Final review, then sent to 550+ subscribers. David hits the button.

Tools: Claude Code, Gmail.

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Reader replies and debates feed back into next week's material.

*Saturday AI Thoughts — David Boyle*