Work log: Authexis — February 28, 2026

What shipped today

Today was the marketing-readiness sprint. The entire prospect onboarding pipeline is now end-to-end: LinkedIn research → prospect file → one-command account creation → magic link → populated dashboard with real content. This was a full-stack effort spanning the engine, web app, database, and operational tooling.

Content pipeline automation. The biggest behavioral change is auto-advance: outline and script stages now skip the human approval gate and flow directly to the next stage. This is config-driven (auto_approve: true on stage config), so it can be toggled per stage per content type. The pipeline still generates every artifact — it just doesn’t wait. For prospects, this means idea → outline → script → interview happens automatically, and the interview is where they first interact. For the existing power user, nothing changes on stages that matter (interview, piece). This was GH-706.

Prospect account infrastructure. Magic-link onboarding (GH-699) uses Supabase’s admin.generateLink() to create passwordless login URLs without triggering emails. The admin workspace creation action now accepts prefs_json to bypass website scraping — prospect files from LinkedIn research feed directly into account setup. Prospect accounts get 365-day trials (GH-710) so they never see the “14 days remaining” countdown. The dead onboarding wizard was removed entirely (GH-708) — 894 lines deleted, all redirects cleaned up.

Dashboard overhaul. The dashboard now shows top-scored articles and content ideas as list sections (GH-711), making the first visit actually impressive instead of a wall of zeros. Content and distribution stat sections hide when empty (GH-709). Stat cards are now clickable links to their respective pages. A prospect clicking their magic link sees: research stats with real numbers, scored articles relevant to their industry, and AI-generated content ideas — not empty counters.

Dead code audit. Confirmed that 7 stage-level prompts with field_key=NULL in default_prompts are unreachable (GH-693). The only runtime query path (get_field_prompt()) always requires a non-null field_key. Rows can be cleaned up whenever.

Completed

• GH-706 — Auto-advance content stages without waiting for human approval
• GH-699 — Magic-link onboarding for marketing demo accounts
• GH-710 — Suppress trial countdown for marketing/prospect accounts
• GH-708 — Remove dead onboarding wizard
• GH-709 — Dashboard first-visit experience — no wall of zeros
• GH-711 — Surface top articles, ideas, and content on dashboard
• GH-693 — Investigate stage-level prompts (field_key=NULL) — dead code audit
• GH-704 — LinkedIn prospect research prompt and onboarding support

Also created issues: GH-705 (briefings), GH-707 (topic link in emails), GH-708-713 (marketing UX cluster).

Carry-over

• KC Wolff (Genuine Parts Company) prospect file exists but no account built yet — waiting on email address
• Rob Sherrell and MD Valverde accounts are live with extended trials and email_override routing briefings to Paul
• docs/authexis-homepage-draft-260228.md is untracked — homepage copy draft, not committed

Risks

• Auto-advance is live in production. If a stage has a bug that produces bad output, it’ll cascade forward automatically instead of stopping at review. Watch the first few runs.
• Prospect accounts share the production database — any data issues affect everyone.
• The 7 dead prompt rows in default_prompts still show in the admin prompts UI. Not harmful but could confuse.

Flags and watch-outs

• onboarding_status column still exists in user_profiles but nothing reads it anymore. Can be dropped in a future migration.
• The onboarding-tracker.tsx and getting-started-checklist.tsx components are still in the codebase — they show post-onboarding progress in the sidebar. Useful but could be confusing since the wizard is gone.
• Prospect briefings route to [email protected] via email_override setting. Remember to remove this before going live with each prospect.

Next session

• GH-707 — Add “add a topic to my briefing” link in briefing emails. Small engagement hook for prospects.
• GH-713 — Include newsletter pitch in Authexis emails. Marketing integration.
• GH-705 — Briefings section ordering for prospects vs. customers.
• Test the full prospect flow — Click Rob’s or MD’s magic link (regenerate if expired), verify dashboard looks good, check that auto-advance works on a new content piece, preview their briefing.
• Send first prospect outreach — Paul has the email template and the accounts are ready. Just needs the magic links and a personal touch.