Research hyperlocal news, council agendas, and permits with ChatGPT and Claude, then pick the stories yourself
Houston team lead Katie Day, who grew the Houston Unlocked account to 46,500 followers, told The Broke Agent that she uses ChatGPT and Claude to research local news and draft scripts, while keeping story selection manual and reading each original source herself.
At a glance
- Tools used
- ChatGPTClaude
- Category
- Marketing & content
- Audience
- agent, team lead
- Difficulty
- Copy-paste
- Source
- The AI System Behind a 46.5K-Follower Hyperlocal Account
BAM / The Broke Agent · Article · Aug 18, 2026 - First step
- List the 5 official sources for your city (council agendas, planning commission, permit portal, local news).
Suggested prompt
Written by this directory, inspired by the source. Replace the [bracketed] parts.
Search these sources for [city] from the last 7 days only: [council agenda URL], [planning/zoning URL], [permit portal], [local news sites]. List up to 10 items about new developments, zoning changes, road projects, business openings, or housing data. For each item give: headline, date, source link, and one sentence on why a local resident would care. Exclude items older than 7 days and items without a source link. I will choose which items become posts.