The safe shortlist provides non-mandatory, approved third-party sources that writers can optionally reference alongside discovered web citations to prevent a repeatable citation footprint.

flowchart TD
    Draft[Outreach Draft] --> Opt1[Approved Shortlist]
    Draft --> Opt2[Web Discovery]
    
    Opt1 --> Ref1[Vetted Safe Citations]
    Opt2 --> Ref2[Fresh Dynamic Sources]
    
    Ref1 --> Merge[Citation Engine]
    Ref2 --> Merge
    
    Merge --> Out[Diverse Non-Footprinted References]