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Three jobs for the Reddit post writers, each with the call that does it

Every draft needs a fresh idempotency_key and a plan with 2 to 8 points. Submitting a draft deducts its maximum and refunds the rest when it finishes, so these calls cost credits. See Reddit writers for every field.

Share a result in r/running and compare the three writers​

Leave model out and each writer gives one option, labelled A, B and C in a random order. Show them to the person, record their pick, and the answer reveals which writer wrote each.

curl -s https://app.makesmores.com/api/v1/drafts \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SMORE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @- <<JSON | tee draft.json
{
  "platform": "reddit",
  "type": "post",
  "idempotency_key": "result-$(date +%s)",
  "subreddit": "running",
  "plan": {
    "format": "personal experience, text only",
    "length_words": 120,
    "angle": "Cut a 10k time by four minutes in twelve weeks by adding one interval session a week",
    "points": [
      { "point": "Added one interval session a week", "evidence": "6 x 800m at 5k pace every Tuesday" },
      { "point": "Kept every other run easy", "evidence": "about 30 km a week in total" },
      { "point": "Ran a faster 10k", "evidence": "48:10 down to 44:05" }
    ],
    "author_specifics": ["Started running two years ago"],
    "closing": "ask readers what single change helped their 10k most"
  }
}
JSON

Then poll until state is ready:

curl -s "https://app.makesmores.com/api/v1/drafts/$(jq -r .draft_id draft.json)" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SMORE_API_KEY" | jq '{state, poll_after_s, options: [.options[]? | {option, title, p_top10}]}'

Get three options from one writer​

Pin model and set count to get up to three options from the same writer, each scored.

curl -s https://app.makesmores.com/api/v1/drafts \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SMORE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @- <<JSON
{
  "platform": "reddit",
  "type": "post",
  "idempotency_key": "pinned-$(date +%s)",
  "subreddit": "running",
  "model": "ember-v1",
  "count": 3,
  "plan": {
    "format": "question, text only",
    "length_words": 90,
    "angle": "Asking how others fit long runs into a week with two young kids",
    "points": [
      { "point": "Long runs now start at 5:30 on Saturdays", "evidence": "back home by 7:30" },
      { "point": "Weekday runs moved to lunch breaks", "evidence": "three 40-minute runs" }
    ],
    "author_specifics": ["Two kids under four", "Training for a spring marathon"],
    "closing": "ask what schedules have worked for other parents"
  }
}
JSON

Start from the subreddit's own example plan​

Top posts returns example_plan, a plan in the shape the writers take, built for that subreddit. Replace its facts with your own before you submit; here it goes straight in to show the shape.

curl -s "https://app.makesmores.com/api/v1/top-posts?subreddit=running" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SMORE_API_KEY" \
  | jq --arg key "example-plan-$(date +%s)" \
      '{platform: "reddit", type: "post", idempotency_key: $key, subreddit: "running", plan: .example_plan}' \
  | curl -s https://app.makesmores.com/api/v1/drafts \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer $SMORE_API_KEY" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d @-

The guide Write a Reddit post and pick a draft covers the whole flow, including the AI-text policy check.