Create a content plan (the wizard)
The new-plan wizard turns a niche into a complete Topic Map. It has five steps — Basics, Scale, Silo, Scan, Review — but only one field is ever required: Niche. Everything else has a sensible default or is resolved automatically, so leave a setting alone unless you have a reason to change it.
Open it from Too Much Niche → Content Plans → + New plan.
Step 1 — Basics
Your niche and the planner's assumptions.
Niche — the only required field.
Primary monetization — the model for this site. It reshapes the whole plan and is fixed once the plan is created, so choose carefully (see Monetization models). Depending on the model, you'll also pick affiliate networks, a product source, or a Business / Offer Profile here.
Market, language (English by default; see Supported languages), site stage, expertise, tone — optional baseline settings that the rest of generation inherits.
Advanced settings → Allowed formats — restrict which formats TMN may use. Leave it empty (recommended) so TMN picks the best format per topic.
Step 2 — Scale
How big the plan is and how it's paced.
Plan scale — Auto (recommended) sizes it to your niche; or choose Starter / Standard / Authority, or Custom to set hubs and depth yourself.
Pace — set a Planning horizon (finish within X) or a Publishing velocity (posts per week); TMN spreads the publishing calendar to match.
Info / Money mix — how commercial the plan leans.
Bigger isn't better. A larger plan doesn't mean more traffic — a tightly focused plan usually ranks better. Split a wide niche into a few smaller plans rather than one giant one.
Big plans (100+ articles) stretch further on your own API key — ½ credit each, with your choice of quality. See Bring your own API key.
Step 3 — Silo
The internal-linking structure — hubs, pillars, and how widely articles cross-link. The defaults produce a clean silo, so most people leave this step as-is. See Interlinking for what the controls do.
Step 4 — Scan existing site (optional)
If your site already has content, the scan lets TMN plan around the gaps instead of duplicating what you've published — and helps avoid keyword cannibalization. Skip it for a brand-new site.
Scan mode — turn it on with Scan site inventory (off by default for a fresh site).
Time window, post types & statuses, category filter — narrow what's analyzed. Up to 500 posts are included in the scan.
Include existing categories — lets the new plan reuse your existing categories where they fit the new articles, instead of always creating new ones.
You can preview what the scan picks up before continuing.
Step 5 — Review & generate
Check the summary, then click Generate plan.
After you submit
Planning runs on our servers and takes a few minutes. The plan's details page opens and shows progress as it builds — keep that page open, because it polls for the finished plan and loads it when it's ready. If you navigate away, reopen the plan from Content Plans to let it finish loading.
Once planning completes, the plan is ready — you can start generating articles right away.
Next
The Topic Map — what you get and how it's organized.
Edit your Topic Map — shape the plan before generating.
Generate & publish articles — turn the plan into posts.
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