Module Overview

Editorial is the platform’s curated-knowledge surface. It publishes analysis, founder stories, sector reports, ecosystem context, and practical signals — NOT a generic blog, NOT a news aggregator, NOT marketing content. Every article passes through a 3-gate editorial review (sourcing · ecosystem relevance · founder utility) before publishing. Articles are also the densest cross-module mention surface in the platform after Coverage.

Module identity

Editorial vs Coverage

Coverage articles MUST anchor to a parent CalendarEvent (parentEventId required). Editorial articles do NOT — they are theme-driven (market analysis, sector reports, founder stories). The structural test: parentEventId present → Coverage; absent → Editorial. Misclassification breaks cross-module reverse-lookups + wrong JSON-LD subtype.

Article types (EditorialType enum)

news (hard news, time-sensitive) · analysis (interpretive long-form) · commentary (opinion + editorial perspective) · interview (Q&A format with named subject) · profile (founder/startup deep-dive) · guide (practical how-to, drives isPractical=true).

Topic taxonomy (EditorialTopic enum)

funding · sector-report · founder-story · ecosystem · policy · product · market-expansion · leadership · hiring. Single value per article (drives sidebar suggestion + cross-module suggestion logic).

isPractical flag

When true, the article is a how-to with founder takeaways. Drives the suppression rule in §2.G (cross-module Files suggestion is suppressed when isPractical=true because the Article itself IS the practical reference).

Routes (5 public)

1. /:lang/editorial — listing (latest + featured + most-read + categories + topics)
2. /:lang/editorial/{slug} — article details
3. /:lang/editorial/categories/{categorySlug} — category-scoped listing
4. /:lang/editorial/topics/{topicSlug} — topic/tag-scoped listing
5. /:lang/editorial/authors/{authorSlug} — author page (all articles by one author)