Source adapter queue
Turn the Cambridge source audit into adapter work.
Engineering queue for promoting high-yield Cambridge source routes into source-specific issue-generation adapters.
Updated 2026-06-15. Internal build prep only. This does not approve Buttondown sending, public posting, sponsor outreach or automated live publication.
Rank 1 - Travel
Greater Cambridge Partnership news
Latest signal: 12 strong candidates in the latest quality report.
Consistently produces resident-useful transport, greenway, station and consultation updates with strong local morning relevance.
Adapter shape: Fetch the news index and keep only article links under /news/.; Prefer titles containing consultation, greenway, station, closure, Riverside, cycle street, route, construction, update or accessible.; Deduplicate recurring Greenways updates by canonical URL and title stem.; Classify as Travel unless the article explicitly belongs to planning or events.
Acceptance checks: At least 8 useful candidates from a fresh snapshot.; No navigation, homepage, cookie, contact or generic project-page links.; Generated issue contains no more than 3 GCP stories unless other source lanes are empty.; Each selected story keeps its original source URL.
Risk: Greenways monthly updates can crowd out other Cambridge stories if per-source caps are not enforced.
Rank 2 - Planning
Cambridgeshire County Council planning applications
Latest signal: 9 strong candidates in the latest quality report.
Planning records are high-value for residents and sponsors, and they give the issue a defensible public-record spine.
Adapter shape: Treat the page as an official planning route, not a direct story feed until application-level extraction is stable.; Promote application, committee, minerals, waste, highways and school-development links.; Suppress generic planning process, search and guidance pages after one evergreen utility link.; Add area tags when titles mention Cambridge, Ely, South Cambs, Northstowe, Waterbeach or Saffron Walden.
Acceptance checks: At least 5 planning candidates survive quality filtering.; Generic application-search pages do not become lead stories.; Planning items include source and verification copy, not unsupported impact claims.; Issue generator keeps a planning section even when travel has more candidates.
Risk: County planning pages can be utility-heavy; adapter must avoid mistaking navigation routes for resident-impact news.
Rank 3 - Travel
Cambridgeshire roadworks and traffic information
Latest signal: 11 useful candidates, 2 strong candidates in the latest quality report.
Roadworks are highly useful in a morning briefing, but the current route needs stricter filtering before it becomes story-grade.
Adapter shape: Keep as a travel verification route until the one.network or county endpoint can expose local, date-specific closures.; Promote roadwork, closure, fault and traffic links only when the title is specific enough for readers.; Demote PDF, X/Twitter and generic map-instruction links.; Use as supporting travel-board material more often than lead-story material.
Acceptance checks: No social-media-only traffic links become issue stories.; Travel-board links retain original source URLs and plain verification language.; Only date-specific or place-specific items enter the main article pool.; Fallback copy tells readers to check the official route before travelling.
Risk: The public route can expose map instructions rather than machine-readable incidents.
Rank 4 - Events
Ely Cathedral events
Latest signal: 3 useful candidates, 1 strong candidate in the latest quality report.
Useful for weekend planning and Ely coverage, but should not dominate the main news issue.
Adapter shape: Extract event titles, dates and original event URLs.; Classify as Events and place-tag Ely.; Avoid service-page, visit, donation and generic venue-navigation links.; Use in events desk or weekend section unless an event has broad resident impact.
Acceptance checks: Event cards include date or checked-today wording.; Venue navigation links are suppressed.; No sponsor-style language unless a paid placement is explicitly approved.; Ely event candidates appear below civic and travel signals in normal weekday issues.
Risk: Events are valuable but can make the product feel like a listings newsletter if over-weighted.