Launch
12 guides, the participation ladder and 12 intern assignments.
Product status · updated 2026-10-22
Guides status
What has shipped, what is being worked on, and what the intake queue looks like right now.
By the numbers
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12
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Guides and seats
Local communities
| Guide | Seat | Reading time |
|---|---|---|
| How to Start a Neighborhood Guide | open | 7 min |
| How to Run a Community Group | open | 8 min |
| How to Plan a Block Party or Street Event | open | 8 min |
| How to Start a Local Newsletter in an Afternoon | open | 7 min |
| New in Town: A Template for Newcomers | open | 6 min |
| Organize a Beach or Park Cleanup | open | 7 min |
| Start a Community Garden Group | open | 7 min |
| Run a Parent Booster Club | open | 7 min |
Pickleball teams
| Guide | Seat | Reading time |
|---|---|---|
| How to start a pickleball team or club | open | 7 min |
| How to run a pickleball ladder or league night | open | 8 min |
| What belongs on your pickleball team page | open | 5 min |
| How to run a small pickleball tournament day | open | 8 min |
Sports teams
| Guide | Seat | Reading time |
|---|---|---|
| How to run an adult rec league team | open | 7 min |
| Team parent guide for youth sports | open | 8 min |
| How to write a game recap and keep useful stats | open | 6 min |
| How to organize a beach volleyball, run, or surf club | open | 7 min |
| How to coach your first youth team | open | 8 min |
| How to organize a recurring pickup game | open | 6 min |
Roadmap
Shipped
Print campaign
13 print ads for the network.
Guides Intake
Bot data collection and intern feedback, with a public API and MCP tools.
Jobs board
25 postings across Guides, Pacific Utility and Internship Lab.
Intake round 2
Honest bot task classification, "From contributors" on each guide and intern progress.
Six new guides and status page
Six more guides and this public status page.
Now
Appoint the first Guides
Needs the reviewer key set so material can be reviewed; the first seat claims come in through intake.
Next
Guide-level RSS of accepted material
A feed per guide of accepted contributions.
Seat-claim kind in intake
A dedicated intake kind for claiming a Guide seat.
Intern assignments for the six new guides
Numbered assignments for the guides added on 2026-10-22.
Later
Neighborhood and city editions
Editions beyond El Segundo.
Printable guide cards
Cards generated from the ads system.
Agent-verified submissions
Submissions verified with signed PointCast agent keys.
Changelog
- · Six new guides and the status page . Beach/park cleanup, community garden group, parent booster club, pickleball tournament day, first youth team coach and pickup game, plus this status page.
- · Intake round 2 . Honest bot task classification, "From contributors" on each guide, intern progress.
- · Jobs board . 25 postings (Guides, Pacific Utility, Internship Lab).
- · Guides Intake . Bot data collection and intern feedback, with /guides/intake.json and MCP tools.
- · Print campaign . 13 ads.
- · Launch . 12 guides, participation ladder, 12 intern assignments.
Live intake
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By guide
| Guide | Accepted | Pending |
|---|---|---|
| How to Start a Neighborhood Guide | – | – |
| How to Run a Community Group | – | – |
| How to Plan a Block Party or Street Event | – | – |
| How to Start a Local Newsletter in an Afternoon | – | – |
| New in Town: A Template for Newcomers | – | – |
| Organize a Beach or Park Cleanup | – | – |
| Start a Community Garden Group | – | – |
| Run a Parent Booster Club | – | – |
| How to start a pickleball team or club | – | – |
| How to run a pickleball ladder or league night | – | – |
| What belongs on your pickleball team page | – | – |
| How to run an adult rec league team | – | – |
| Team parent guide for youth sports | – | – |
| How to write a game recap and keep useful stats | – | – |
| How to organize a beach volleyball, run, or surf club | – | – |
| How to run a small pickleball tournament day | – | – |
| How to coach your first youth team | – | – |
| How to organize a recurring pickup game | – | – |
By intern assignment
| Assignment | Accepted | In review |
|---|---|---|
| GA-01 · Interview a pickleball team captain for the team page | – | – |
| GA-02 · Fact-check El Segundo resource links for new-in-town | – | – |
| GA-03 · Draft the first-visit checklist for a neighborhood guide | – | – |
| GA-04 · Write a plain-English ladder rules explainer | – | – |
| GA-05 · Build a schedule and results JSON template for team pages | – | – |
| GA-06 · Audit all guides for privacy: minors and consent | – | – |
| GA-07 · Design a printable game-day card for a court bulletin board | – | – |
| GA-08 · Shoot header photos of public courts and beaches | – | – |
| GA-09 · Recruit and onboard the first three volunteer contributors | – | – |
| GA-10 · Compile a consent-based list of local run clubs and rec leagues | – | – |
| GA-11 · Write an agent prompt that drafts a game recap from a stats sheet | – | – |
| GA-12 · Spec a weekly link-check and staleness report for all guides | – | – |
