Start with Simple
Set up automatic blogging without managing feeds or credits.
Simple is the done-for-you way to use outwrite.ai. It picks topics, writes articles in your voice and publishes them to your blog on a schedule, for one website, with no credits to manage.
Why it helps
- You get a steady flow of researched articles without choosing topics or writing briefs.
- You decide once whether to approve each article or let checked articles publish on their own.
- You see whether AI assistants like ChatGPT mention your business, with 5 questions tracked for you.
- Everything takes a few minutes to set up and then runs in the background.
Before you start
- Finish Set up your brand and choose Simple.
- Optional: the login for your blog (WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Wix, Framer, Ghost and others), so outwrite.ai can send articles there. You can skip this and keep drafts in outwrite.ai.
- Optional: access to your Google Search Console, to see Google search results in Results.
Set it up
Simple guides you through four stages shown at the top of the screen: Website, Brand Kit, Connections and Publishing. The first two happen during brand setup.
Connect your website
- When your Brand Kit is ready, you land on Connect your website.
- Open Publishing destination and connect your blog. Each platform has its own steps; see Connect your tools. Skip this if you want to keep drafts in outwrite.ai for now.
- Optional: open Google Search Console and connect it. It is read-only and free. How to connect it.
- Select Continue to publishing. Connecting a site never starts publishing by itself.
Set up your blog
- Under Where should your articles go?, pick your connected website, or Save drafts in outwrite.ai.
- Choose Articles per week: 1, 2 or 3. The default is 2.
- Set your Publishing time (default 09:00) and Publishing timezone.
- If you picked a website, choose Send articles to your CMS as: Drafts (saved in your blog's editor, not public) or Published articles (live on your site).
- Under Before articles go live, choose Let me review first (you approve each article) or Publish automatically (articles that pass their checks publish on schedule). If you keep drafts in outwrite.ai, review first is always on.
- Read the Your first article box. It tells you when writing starts and where the article will go.
- Tick Start research, writing and managed AI search checks using my included allowance. If you chose automatic publishing, this also confirms that outwrite.ai may publish to the website named there.
- Select the button at the bottom. It reads Start my first article (review or drafts) or Start my publishing schedule (automatic publishing).
Tip for your first week: choose Let me review first, or send articles as Drafts. Once you like what you see, switch to Publish automatically in Publishing settings.
What happens next
You land on Your automatic workspace is starting. Its Your launch plan panel updates on its own, and you can leave at any time with Open overview.
| Part of the launch plan | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Your first article | The first topic and its progress, such as Finding relevant topics or writing. |
| Ideas for upcoming articles | A shortlist of future topics. It is not a fixed queue; outwrite.ai checks fit and sources before writing each one. |
| Questions your buyers ask AI | Up to five questions outwrite.ai will track for you. |
| Six platform tiles | Progress of AI checks on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Claude and Grok. |
On the first day: your first topic is chosen and writing starts. With review or drafts, writing starts right after you confirm and the article appears in Articles when it is ready. With automatic publishing, the first article is prepared ahead of your first publishing slot, and goes live at that time once its checks pass.
During the first week: new articles follow your weekly pace. Your 5 AI questions are checked every three days, and answers appear in Results as they arrive. If you connected Search Console, Google data shows up in Results after a few days.
Ongoing: outwrite.ai keeps a shortlist of ideas for your business and tops it up when it runs low. Each idea targets a real search people make. Every article has its facts checked against sources before it can publish.
How to tell it's working
Open Overview. The line under the status dot tells you where things stand:
| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
| Your blog is running | Your schedule is on. The line underneath shows your pace, destination and publishing choice. |
| Ready when you are | Setup isn't finished. Select Set up my blog. |
| Your blog is paused | No new work starts. Select Resume blog to continue. |
| Your blog needs a quick check | An article needs you. Select Review setup or open Articles. |
Each article in Articles also has a status:
| Article status | What it means |
|---|---|
| Planned | Topic chosen, writing not started. |
| Writing | Being researched, written and fact-checked. |
| Needs review | Ready for you to read and approve. |
| Approved | You approved it. It will go out at its scheduled time. |
| Delivering | Being sent to your website. |
| Sent to your website | Your website received it (as a draft, if you chose drafts). |
| Published | Live on your website. |
| Needs attention or Check progress | Something needs a look. Open the article to see the next step. |
| Preparing article, Article delayed or Waiting for fresh ideas | outwrite.ai is working on a replacement topic or waiting for new ideas. No action needed. |
Review and approve an article
- Open Articles and select an article marked Needs review.
- Read it and check its sources. Edit anything you like.
- Select the approve button. It shows when the article will go out, for example Approve for a date, or Approve and send now if the time has passed. For drafts kept in outwrite.ai it reads Approve draft.
If you change an article after approving it, it may need approval again. To stop new work, select Pause blog on Overview. Pausing never removes published pages.
Your trial and plan
| Trial (7 days) | Simple plan | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, no card | $49/month |
| Websites | 1 | 1 |
| Articles | Up to 3, depending on the trial allowance left | Up to 3 a week, at most 14 per billing period |
| AI tracking | 5 questions, every three days | 5 questions, every three days |
Your Overview shows your writing allowance, for example "Up to 3 more trial articles available". When the trial ends, new work pauses and your saved articles stay. Choose a plan in Account and settings → Billing. Nothing is charged automatically.
To share progress, open Account and settings → Client reports → Export report for a branded PDF.
Common questions
Do I have to connect a website?
No. Choose Save drafts in outwrite.ai and copy articles out yourself, or connect a site later from Publishing settings → Connect or manage your website.
Why hasn't my first article appeared yet?
Each article is researched and fact-checked first, which takes a while. Watch Your first article on the launch plan or Overview. With automatic publishing, it goes live at your chosen time, not before.
Why was a topic replaced?
If a topic can't produce a well-supported article, outwrite.ai may choose another suitable topic for that slot. You may briefly see Preparing article.
Can I pick my own topics?
Not in Simple; topics are chosen for you. You can guide them by improving your Brand kit. Pro lets you choose ideas or add your own keywords, news, RSS or YouTube sources.
What happens when I reach 14 articles?
New articles wait until your allowance renews at the start of the next billing period.
Does switching to Pro lose my work?
No. Your Brand Kit, articles and connections stay. Simple's schedule pauses while the brand uses Pro. Simple or Pro?
When Pro is a better fit
Choose Pro if you want your own feeds and campaigns, your own AI tracking questions, more than one website, teammates, live client report links, the SEO Agent, Existing Content or AI assistant connections. A Pro plan includes the Simple experience too.
