# Prompt: the angle we have not used yet

> Before writing another piece on the same subject, find out how it has already been covered.

- Type: prompt
- Category: creation
- Labels: andie, ideas, repetition, prompts
- Author: Redação Swonkie, Equipa editorial
- Published: 2026-09-12
- Canonical: https://swonkie.com/en/hub/the-angle-we-have-not-used/

## Prompt

```
I will give you a subject this brand has already published on several times.

First, list the angles it has been covered from, with the matching piece. Group by approach:
explainer, opinion, case study, common mistake, comparison, behind the scenes, data.

Then tell me which of those angles have not been used for this subject, and for each one write in
a line what the piece would say.

If every angle is exhausted, say so. Do not invent a new angle just to fill the list: a subject can
simply be done.
```

---
Repeating content is rarely deliberate: it is what happens when you write from memory. A few months
on, nobody remembers how the subject was already covered, and the new piece ends up being a weaker
version of the old one.

This prompt forces a look at the archive before writing, and the last rule is what stops the perverse
effect: **allowing the conclusion that the subject is exhausted**. Without it, the model always
produces an angle, even when there is none.

## How to use it

With access to what has already been published. Done from memory it is worth nothing.

## A note on the calendar

Even with a genuinely new angle, check the dates: two different angles on the same subject a week
apart still read as repetition.