Content Studio — Squiddlr

Let's Squiddle — create your first lecture below.

Subject level (required authoring scope) Browse topic

Course (optional delivery context)

Browse reusable lectures by subject level and topic. Course is optional delivery context; it does not change the atomic lecture catalog.

Select a subject above to browse topics and lectures. Attach a course only when you need delivery-specific fields.

Storyline

Select a lecture from the list to begin.

Episode the lecture's story, teaching focus, and narrative brief

Select a lecture, then attach a storyline to define its episode.

Topics covered for a review: the other topics this lecture covers

Select a lecture first.

Equations required formulas and mathematical constraints

Select a lecture to define equations.

Data & API Snapshots fetch, review, and freeze stable source data for tables and plots

Choose a public-data provider, fetch the exact response for review, then freeze the approved version to S3. A frozen snapshot, not a later live API call, is what reaches lecture generation.

Select a lecture to pick trusted data sources.

Plots required charts, graphs, and visual comparisons

Select a lecture to define plots.

Add References & Grounding citations, images, transcripts, recordings, files, links, video, datasets

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Contract & Draft save the generation contract, set depth, then draft with the selected model

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Depth Contract how long, how deep, how many worked examples — tell the AI its floor

Select a lecture to set depth targets.

Art & Visuals review visual moments derived from the lecture, or plan standalone art

Select a lecture to plan its visual assets.

Suggested art approved pictures only — Edit opens the World Builder card

These are the approved pictures for this lecture, the same ones a render can place. Edit opens the same Art & Visuals card as World Builder: generate, review the finished image, make changes, retry, or approve. Nothing in this list publishes the lecture.

Select a lecture to see its approved art.

Draft Markdown

Review and edit the source first. Open rendered preview renders this unsaved draft in a separate tab; it does not save, approve, or publish the lecture.

Final Actions preview, checks, and class-day attachment. Publish is in the header

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Publish Log

Output

Purpose: turn a live provider response into one reviewed, stable input for a lecture. The generator uses the frozen version only; it does not fetch new values while writing or publishing.

Workflow

Select a trusted data source.
Choose a provider and enter its query.
Select Preview response and inspect dates, units, geography, and rows.
Select Freeze reviewed snapshot to S3 only when the preview is appropriate.
Generate the lecture. Use the attached snapshot for its tables and Plotly figures.

To change values later, make and freeze a new snapshot. Removing one from a lecture stops its use there but does not overwrite the archived copy.

Provider starter queries

Provider	Starter query	Good for
FRED	`GDPC1, UNRATE`; dates `2015-01-01` onward	US macro time series
BLS	`LNS14000000`; years `2015`–`2025`	Labor-market series
Census	Year `2023`; dataset `acs/acs5`; variables `B01003_001E, B19013_001E`; geography `state:*`	Population and income by geography
World Bank Data360	DATABASE_ID `WB_WDI`; filters `{"INDICATOR":"WB_WDI_SP_POP_TOTL","REF_AREA":"USA"}`	Cross-country indicators

Before freezing

Check the unit, frequency, seasonal adjustment, dates, and population/geography.
Make the source visible in the resulting table or figure caption.
Do not combine series with different frequencies or units without explaining the choice.
Use only values present in the attached snapshot. Do not interpolate, extend, or make up historical points.

Quick troubleshooting

“Needs key”: add the named key to Squiddlr’s server-side .env and restart the squiddlr process.
No rows or preview failure: verify the provider’s series ID, date range, dataset/vintage, variables, and geography before changing any credential.
Snapshot did not affect generation: make sure it is listed under “Frozen snapshots used by this lecture,” then save the lecture contract and generate a new draft.