AI for writers, editors and journalists
Ultramarine Work drafts stories and FOIA requests, copyedits manuscripts, and builds claim logs and referee reports from the transcripts, documents and data in your folder. Quotes come back with timestamps and figures with their sources.
Op-ed-claim-log.xlsxExampleClaim log, transit levy op-ed
- C-01¶1Levy rateConfirmed
The ballot language sets 0.25 mills for 10 years, which matches the draft.
- C-04¶3RidershipCorrected
The agency’s 2025 report shows 4.1 million boardings, not 4.6 million, so fix the figure.
- C-07¶5Neighboring countiesUnverifiable
No source shows every neighboring county has a levy, so ask the author for one or cut the line.
- C-09¶6Commissioner quoteWaiting
The commissioner’s office has the quote to confirm, and its reply is due by 4 p.m.
How it works
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Set up the project folder
Drop in the interview transcripts with timestamps, the documents behind the piece, your draft, the style sheet and the stylebook entries that apply. Leave the folders organized as they are.
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Say what you need
Ask for a story draft, a records request, a marked-up copyedit, a claim log or a referee report. A quote arrives with its timestamp, a fact with its source file, and where it could not verify something, it says so instead of guessing.
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Verify, then decide
Nothing runs until you check each quote against the tape, accept or reject the tracked changes one by one, and close out the claim log until no status is open. You decide what runs, what goes back to the author and what gets sent.
Inside the Writing, Editing & Journalism mode
News and feature writing
Drafts the story from your transcripts and documents, gives each quote its timestamp, and flags anyone the copy criticizes who has not been asked for comment.
Investigative and records reporting
Writes the records request, with the statute cited and the news-media fee claim stated, then drafts the appeal and the methodology note.
Manuscript editing
Runs copyedits and line edits in tracked changes with author queries, and keeps the style sheet current as it goes. It follows Chicago, AP or your house style.
Fact check report
Builds the claim log the fact checker works from: every claim marked confirmed, corrected or unverifiable, with the fix beside whatever fails.
Peer review report
Answers the journal’s referee form point by point, flags anything the manuscript does not support, and puts the recommendation in the confidential comments.
- Office skills
- Excel, Word, PowerPoint, PDF
- Tools
- Read, edit and write files, Search files, Run code, Search and read the web, View images
- Connectors
- SharePoint, Google Drive, Gmail, and additional custom connectors
- House style
- Your fonts, layouts and rules, on every file
Ask it for
“Draft the council story from the transcript and budget spreadsheet, attribute every figure, and list the officials the piece criticizes who still need comment.”
Council-meeting-story.docx“FOIA the Bureau of Land Management for grazing permit compliance reports since January 2024, and claim news-media fee status under 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(4)(A)(ii).”
FOIA-request-grazing-records.docx“Analyze the eviction-docket CSV for 2025, count filings by precinct, rank the plaintiffs by filings, and write a methodology tab with sources and exclusions.”
Eviction-docket-analysis.xlsx“Copyedit chapters 3 through 5 of the memoir in tracked changes against my style sheet, add author queries where unsure, and update the style sheet.”
Memoir-copyedit-ch3-5.docx“Log every checkable claim in the draft op-ed, match each one to the source that settles it, and mark it confirmed, corrected or unverifiable.”
Op-ed-claim-log.xlsx“Write the Wickenthorpe referee report against the journal’s criteria, flag anything unsupported, and keep the recommendation in the confidential comments.”
Referee-report-Wickenthorpe.docx
Who it’s for
Authors, freelance and staff writers, ghostwriters, editors from acquisitions to proofreading, journal editors, reporters, fact-checkers and news editors, through managing editors.
Questions
Will it fabricate quotes or sources?
No, the skills behind this mode require every quote to trace to a file in the folder, such as the transcript with its timestamp or the document with its page, and every claim to the document that supports it. Whatever cannot be verified comes back labeled unverifiable rather than smoothed over. You still read each quote against the recording before the story goes out, because the byline and the correction are yours.
Can I put a confidential manuscript or peer review into it?
You can, but only where the publisher, journal or funder allows it, because that permission is theirs to give. Reviewers should ask before uploading anything to any tool, since unpublished manuscripts and confidential peer reviews are exactly what those permissions cover. If your agreement with a publisher or client is silent on AI, get the answer in writing first.
How do I protect a confidential source’s identity?
Keep the source’s name out of the folder. Confidential source identities stay out of shared files, and nothing that could identify the source should sit in the transcripts, notes or drafts you hand to any tool or anyone else. Settle with your editor or your security people what may be processed and where, before the interview rather than after.
Do I have to tell my editor or publisher I used AI?
Your publication’s or your client’s AI policy decides that, so ask what it allows before the work starts. Policies differ widely: some newsrooms bar AI from drafting or editing published copy, and publishing agreements often require authors to disclose any assistance. Everything Ultramarine Work makes is a file you review, and the words that appear under your name are the words you approved.
Where does my material go?
Ultramarine Work changes files only in the project’s folder. When a request needs it, it can read files elsewhere on your computer, never passwords, keys or app data, and you can turn that off in settings. The model runs on Paper Instruments’ servers, so the content it works on is sent there to be processed. Paper Instruments is SOC 2 Type II, and our security and compliance details are on our compliance page.