December 2024 Changelog
December rebuilt how outlines are written. The old outline tag is replaced by outline prompts you can read and edit like any other prompt, and you can put your own macros inside them. Every template that ships with SCM was rewritten to use them.
The prompt editor also stopped dropping its syntax highlighting the moment you started typing in it.
Read this if you
- Write or edit AI templates.
- Generate articles from an outline.
- Use SERP API for search results.
- Write from your own saved articles rather than scraped ones.
Outlines are prompts you can edit
- Outline prompts replace the old outline tag, so what generates your headings is visible and editable instead of hidden behind a tag.
- Put your own macros inside an outline, so each section can pull in the values you defined.
- Every AI template shipped with SCM was updated to the new outlines, and there is a fresh set of them.
- Empty headings are skipped when the outline is read, so a stray blank one stops producing an empty section.
- Loading a prompt checks the macros that came with it, rather than the ones from the prompt you had open before.
The prompt editor stays readable
- Syntax highlighting stays on while you type. It used to drop to plain black and white the moment you edited, which is when you need it most.
- The macro window stops jumping around as you click between templates.
- HTML editors in content inserts wrap long lines instead of running off the side.
An empty search result stops killing the run
- When SERP API finds nothing for a keyword, the article carries on being written instead of the whole task stopping.
- The SERP API data error is fixed, and there is more logging when a call does not go as expected.
Write from your own articles
- Point the scraped article macros at a folder of your own content, so you can write from material you already have instead of scraping for it.
- The log names the macro each time it is used, so you can see which source went into which section.
Small things
- Image downloads give up after 60 seconds, so one dead image stops holding a task for minutes.
- Your task thread count is respected when SCM AI is the default. It used to be forced back to 2.
- A fresh install opens on the Article Creator list, not a blank page.
- Article Creator stopped crashing when loading the content cache.
- The login page tells you the fields are empty rather than spinning forever.
- The uploader logs the blog xml url before anything fails, so you can see which site the error came from.
- Search rate limit is shown as a percentage.
- The Google Maps test button works, custom list items load, and there is a tip on the csv input for the bulk WordPress creator.
Related SCM guides and product history
Full developer changelog
The summary above is written for users. The original 27-item developer changelog is preserved below for exact release detail.
January 1, 2025
- fix: New install opens to article creator list instead of blank page
December 18, 2024
- feat: Allow inline AI macros inside the AI outline tag. https://forum.seocontentmachine.com/t/allow-creating-user-macros-inside-ai-outline-tags/549/5
December 14, 2024
- fix: Load AI macro window remove layout shift when clicking between templates
December 13, 2024
- fix: Google maps test button error undefined
- feat: search rpm displayed as %
- fix: 60s wait time on download images so that task doesn't stay waiting for mins
December 12, 2024
- fix: Article creator crash when trying to load content cache
December 10, 2024
- fix: Upload poster report blog xml url before any errors
- fix: AI outline parses ignores headings with no text content
- fix: Possible fix for custom list items not loading
December 9, 2024
- feat: New updated article creator AI prompt templates
- fix: Article creator, Load prompt correctly checks newly loaded macros.
- style: Enable word wrap for html editors in content inserts when needed
December 8, 2024
- feat: New AI prompt editor text box, always on syntax highlighting, it won't change back to black/white when editing.
December 7, 2024
- feat: Updated all AI article creator templates to use new ai_outlines
- style: Reduce size of log txt
- feat: new ai_outline_prompts to replace outline tag in article creator.
- feat: if serp api returns no results found, continue content generation instead of throwing an error and stopping progress.
December 6, 2024
- fix: SERP api data error
December 4, 2024
- fix: Login page won't stuck loading if you don't enter email and password
- fix: Article thread count being set to 2 if scm ai was set to default, ignoring task preset.
- feat: Better warnings when using scraped_article macros, will log each time the macro is being used.
- feat: Article creator, scraped articles allow loading articles content from folder.
December 3, 2024
- feat: Add tip for csv input type when using bulk WP creator
- fix: serp api extra debug loggin
December 2, 2024
- style: Fixed font color darkly in article writer insert section
December 1, 2024
- other: tooltips
See all monthly updates in the SCM changelog archive. New users can also try SCM from the trial signup page.