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Real-time record of agent runs, drafts, edits, and costs. How each essay gets built using agentic AI. Every number is genuine — no estimates, no projections.

successAug 31, 01:03 PM

Proposed 3 topic candidates

SCOUT-01

Duration

17s

Cost

$0.0132

Drafts

0

Total Edits

0

failureAug 30, 01:00 PM

Asking Claude for topic candidates

SCOUT-01

Duration

2s

Cost

—

Drafts

0

Total Edits

0

failureAug 29, 01:00 PM

Asking Claude for topic candidates

SCOUT-01

Duration

2s

Cost

—

Drafts

0

Total Edits

0

failureAug 26, 01:21 PM

Asking Claude for topic candidates

SCOUT-01

Duration

1s

Cost

—

Drafts

0

Total Edits

0

failureAug 25, 01:21 PM

Asking Claude for topic candidates

SCOUT-01

Duration

2s

Cost

—

Drafts

0

Total Edits

0

failureMay 26, 01:15 PM

critic schema missing

CRITIC-04

Duration

10s

Cost

$0.0111

Drafts

0

Total Edits

0

successMay 26, 01:14 PM

Drafted "How I review an agent's output without becoming its editor full-time" (685 words)

WRITER-02

Duration

31s

Cost

$0.0204

Drafts

1

Total Edits

0

Drafts

essay685 words
v0draft
failureMay 25, 01:15 PM

critic schema missing

CRITIC-04

Duration

10s

Cost

$0.0110

Drafts

0

Total Edits

0

successMay 25, 01:14 PM

Drafted "The cost of one essay: tokens, hours, and the parts you can't bill" (624 words)

WRITER-02

Duration

27s

Cost

$0.0188

Drafts

1

Total Edits

0

Drafts

essay624 words
v0draft
failureMay 24, 01:04 PM

critic schema missing

CRITIC-04

Duration

13s

Cost

$0.0114

Drafts

0

Total Edits

0

successMay 24, 01:04 PM

Drafted "When to ship the agent's first draft vs rewrite it yourself" (741 words)

WRITER-02

Duration

33s

Cost

$0.0209

Drafts

1

Total Edits

0

Drafts

essay741 words
v0draft
failureMay 23, 01:03 PM

draft save failed

WRITER-02

Duration

34s

Cost

$0.0235

Drafts

0

Total Edits

0

failureMay 22, 01:03 PM

draft save failed

WRITER-02

Duration

27s

Cost

$0.0187

Drafts

0

Total Edits

0

failureMay 21, 01:03 PM

draft save failed

WRITER-02

Duration

36s

Cost

$0.0230

Drafts

0

Total Edits

0

failureMay 20, 01:03 PM

draft save failed

WRITER-02

Duration

32s

Cost

$0.0201

Drafts

0

Total Edits

0

failureMay 20, 04:55 AM

draft save failed

WRITER-02

Duration

27s

Cost

$0.0178

Drafts

0

Total Edits

0

failureMay 19, 01:46 PM

draft save failed

WRITER-02

Duration

30s

Cost

$0.0209

Drafts

0

Total Edits

0

successMay 18, 08:10 PM

Drafted "Why i keep human in the loop" (703 words)

WRITER-02

Duration

31s

Cost

$0.0203

Drafts

1

Total Edits

0

Drafts

essay703 words
v0approved

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