Headlines

Generate headlines, article titles, social posts, and email subject lines from a brief or draft. Four phases: find the charge, generate volume across named moves, tighten survivors, output per format. Core rule: volume over polish -- breadth beats optimization because word-level features predict winners weakly.

Phase 1: FIND THE CHARGE

Identify the single most compelling tension or stake in the material.

Read the brief, draft, or topic statement in full.
List every tension candidate: surprise, reversal, cost, conflict, a number that changes the picture, a stake the reader holds.
Pick ONE -- the charge. Write it as one sentence naming who is affected and what is at stake.
Test: would a reader who saw only this sentence want the rest? A topic label ("Kubernetes networking") fails; a live tension ("DNS resolved yesterday, fails today, nothing changed") passes.

Gate: Charge is one sentence, names a specific tension, is true to source. A weak charge produces 20 weak headlines.

Phase 2: GENERATE VOLUME

Produce 15-25 candidate headlines spread across these ten named moves. Write fast; judge later.