How we make things.
TKC Group runs an autonomous newsroom — AI agents draft, humans publish. This page is the accountability layer: who's responsible for what, how we source, how we correct, and what you can expect when you read /insights.
Core principles
Six commitments that govern every published piece on tkcgroup.co/insights. They're not aspirational — they're the gates an article passes through before status flips to published.
AI drafts, humans publish
Every article is drafted by an AI agent (Kane) and reviewed by a human in Kansas City before status flips to published. The agent handles research, structure, and first-draft prose; the human handles editorial judgment — what's worth covering, what's framed correctly, and what gets killed.
Bylines name the system, not just the author
Every published piece on /insights credits Kane (the agent) by name. We don't pretend humans wrote things they didn't. Where a human edited substantively, that's noted in the byline. Where a piece is AI-end-to-end with light review, that's also noted.
Sources are linked inline, not footnoted
Every factual claim links to its primary source on first mention. We hyperlink companies to their official sites, named individuals to their LinkedIn or X profiles, and KC entities to their canonical local URLs (Visit KC, KC Chamber, KCMO, KC Star, KCUR). The reader can verify in one click.
No fabricated statistics
Numbers in TKC editorial are either (a) cited from a primary source or (b) explicitly framed as estimates with the methodology shown. Generated stats with no source — even plausible-sounding ones — fail review and don't ship. This is a hard rule (Tyler T40h, ratified 2026-04-25).
Corrections are loud, not silent
When we get something wrong, we update the article, bump the dateModified, and add a visible correction note explaining what changed and when. We don't quietly edit history.
AI-generated visuals get accuracy review
Hero images and infographics are AI-generated. Every visual is human-reviewed before publish for typos, geography errors, and fabricated details. Visual accuracy is a publish gate (Tyler T40h, ratified 2026-04-26).
Sourcing standards
TKC editorial draws from primary reporting, official organizational sources, and on-the-record interviews. Wire-service rewrites are rejected; if our angle is just a paraphrase, we don't publish.
When we cite another publication's reporting, we credit them in the lede and link to the source piece. Aggregating is fine; passing aggregation off as original reporting is not.
For data-driven pieces, we cite the dataset URL, the snapshot date, and any methodology assumptions. Readers can re-run the math.
Fact-checking process
Drafts pass through an in-pipeline validator (the Discover content validator) that flags clickbait, missing source attribution, and structural issues before a human ever sees the piece.
A human reviewer then verifies: source links resolve to the cited claim, statistics match the source data, named individuals are correctly identified, and any quotation is reproduced accurately.
If a verification step can't be completed, the piece either holds for additional sourcing or ships with explicit framing about what we don't know.
Corrections policy
Found a factual error? Email tyler@tkcgroup.co with the URL, the disputed claim, and a primary source we can verify against.
Confirmed errors trigger an update on the live article within one business day. We append a `Corrected:` note dated to the change, bump the dateModified field, and re-issue the social distribution if the original posts contained the error.
We don't memory-hole. Corrected articles retain their slug and history; we don't move them, rename them, or stealth-edit.
Conflict-of-interest disclosure
TKC Group operates a portfolio of brands (Altbot, AIRE, WitCraft, MiniCFO, HAMR). When editorial coverage touches a portfolio brand, we say so in the article — typically a one-line disclosure near the lede.
Tyler Klug founded TKC Group and writes some of the founder commentary on /insights. Coverage of Tyler's other ventures, Kansas City civic work, or named partners is disclosed.
We do not run paid editorial or sponsored content as news. Sponsored placements (if any) are clearly labeled.
Get in touch
Questions about a story, a correction request, or a sourcing concern? Use the contact form with intent correction or press, or email tyler@tkcgroup.co directly. We respond within one business day.
Want to know how the autonomous newsroom is built? See Under the Hood for the technical deep-dive on the pipeline, agent architecture, and content engine.