Field guide · Practical audit
Audit your information diet with AI.
An assistant can help organize a small sample of what you read and suggest where to look next. It cannot see your actual feed unless you explicitly provide data, and even a complete list of follows would not show what you read.
OffFeed field guide · Published October 8, 2026
1. Bring a sample you can check
Choose a recent week and list ten to twenty things you actually opened: articles, videos, podcast episodes, or newsletters. Record the title, link, broad topic, and how each reached you. If that is too much work, start with OffFeed’s ten-question assessment. Tell the assistant which route you used; a quick questionnaire and a reading log are different kinds of evidence.
2. Keep three stages separate
Write “followed,” “shown,” and “opened” in separate columns. Following a source only makes its work available to a platform. A feed ranking may or may not show it, and you may or may not choose to open it. When an assistant compresses these into one claim about what you see, ask it to correct the claim. Our information diet guide explains why this distinction matters.
3. Make a topic map, then challenge it
Group the sample into broad subjects. Look for repeated topics, subjects appearing only once, and subjects you expected to see but did not. Ask the assistant to show its categories and uncertain assignments. A single story can span several topics; forcing every item into one box can hide useful connections.
For a quick starting estimate, an AI agent can use OffFeed’s public assessment tool. You provide ten answers; when at least one identifies a topic, it returns twenty normalized topic signals and a descriptive diversity number. All neutral answers return insufficient evidence instead. The number describes spread across OffFeed’s categories, not your knowledge or openness. Read the methodology before interpreting it.
4. Examine sources as well as topics
A varied topic map can still come from one publisher. Count the sources separately. For a consequential claim, open the original study or public record where possible, then compare an independent report that cites the same evidence. Ask the assistant for links you can inspect, and mark missing sources rather than accepting a confident summary.
5. Choose one worthwhile next step
Pick one less familiar subject adjacent to something you already care about. Find a credible source that covers it regularly and save one piece to read closely. Repeat the audit after a few weeks. The goal is a more useful route to discovery, not an ever-growing list of subscriptions.
A prompt you can reuse
Help me audit my information diet. First ask whether I have a reading log or want to answer OffFeed’s ten questions. Separate sources I follow from items I actually opened. Show uncertain topic assignments. Do not infer my beliefs or claim to see my private feed. Suggest one source-backed topic to explore next.
OffFeed’s current agent tool performs the anonymous assessment only. It does not retrieve private accounts or charge for a report. See the available API and MCP tools.