I'm Katie Parrott. I make stuff with words.

Essays, apps, and agents—because words are magic.

I obsess over AI and work at Every, build small tools for writers and editors, and try to figure out how technology changes how work feels by sharing how it is changing how it feels to me.

What I'm Working On

Writing, testing, and building at the edge of AI and knowledge work.

Every

Staff writer + AI editorial lead

I write, test, and build with AI, then report what works for me so others can decide what works for them.

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Compound Writing

In development

An AI writing system that helps writers develop ideas, draft, revise, and review in their own voice.

The Curiosity Gap

Personal essays

Longer, weirder, more confessional. The writing that does not fit anywhere else.

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Selected Essays

Changelog

I Vibe Coded a Security Risk

On task crossover, the illusion of explanatory depth, and why just because you can doesn't mean you should.

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Compound Writing can spot a buried lede now

BLUF—bottom line up front—checks whether the most important idea in a piece shows up where it best serves the reader. It compares what the opening promises with what the draft actually delivers, then recommends the smallest move that gets the point into the right place without bulldozing a good hook, scene, or joke.

I gave Compound Writing a first-time reader

Once I’ve stared at a draft long enough, I can’t tell what’s clear on the page and what only makes sense because I already know it. Reader gives Compound Writing a cold-read mode: it moves through the piece in order and flags where a first-time reader gets confused, loses trust, or stops.

Vibe Check: GPT-5.6 Sol Is Our Favorite Model to Collaborate With

Sol fits the way I actually work: I give lots of direction, change my mind, and revise as I go. It’s fast, resourceful, and easy to steer—everything you could possibly want in a daily driver model, honestly.

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Wordbetter

There comes a day in the life of every writer-turned-builder when you think, “I should build a document editor.” Reader, my day has come. Wordbetter puts a writing coach beside the page, with the full Compound Writing system under the hood.

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