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Perplexity for AI newsletter (Substack)

Story discovery in the AI newsletter (Substack) stack. At one-writer scale you don't need Feedly's training loop. Perplexity Pro answers 'what's new in {niche} this week' with citations.

Updated 2026-05-05· 1 weeks ago

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Where Perplexity fits in the workflow

Weekly research pass

Perplexity Pro: ask 3 to 5 narrowly scoped questions about your niche. Star answers with citations.

Prompt · Weekly niche research prompt

For my newsletter on {{niche}}, give me this week's developments. Focus the search on the last 7 days only.

Output sections:
1. **Three things that actually happened** — specific, with sources, with dates.
2. **One contrarian read** — a take from someone credible that pushes against the consensus this week.
3. **One under-covered story** — something most outlets in {{niche}} missed.

Each item: 50 words max. Cite the source name and link inline. No "experts say", no paraphrased filler.

Cost in this stack

Free

Of the $20/mo free, building list budget

Tool pricing

$20/mo Pro · API tier-based

Alternatives to Perplexity at this step

Feedly

AI-curated feed reader for research

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