Make + Gemini API
First attempt
Hallucinated articles and broken links
Make + Perplexity
Second attempt
Payment blocked
Make + Claude API
Third attempt
Unparseable output
Pivot to Python
Change of approach
Python + Claude API
Working solution
Real articles and citations
Parsing solved
Refinements
Iterating to production
Production-ready briefing
Scheduled output
Delivered biweekly via Windows Task Scheduler
Dead end
Pivot
Working
Done
What I did
Challenge
Outcome
Lesson learned