From cdb41aec1b1b04ae57dab6d9bdbe809566c44533 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ajaysi <ajay.calsoft@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:59:16 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Added image generation to blog writer

---
 backend/api/blog_writer/router.py             |  90 ++-
 backend/api/blog_writer/task_manager.py       |  10 +
 .../facebook_writer/services/story_service.py |  35 +-
 backend/api/images.py                         | 217 +++++
 backend/app.py                                |   2 +
 backend/models/blog_models.py                 |   2 +
 backend/requirements.txt                      |   6 +-
 .../content/enhanced_content_generator.py     |  58 +-
 .../content/medium_blog_generator.py          |   8 +-
 .../blog_writer/core/blog_writer_service.py   |  10 +-
 .../blog_writer/outline/outline_optimizer.py  |   9 +-
 .../blog_writer/outline/response_processor.py |  23 +-
 .../blog_writer/outline/section_enhancer.py   |   9 +-
 .../blog_writer/outline/source_mapper.py      |   9 +-
 .../seo/blog_content_seo_analyzer.py          |  20 +-
 .../seo/blog_seo_metadata_generator.py        | 302 +++++--
 .../seo/blog_seo_recommendation_applier.py    | 269 ++++++
 .../linkedin_image_generator.py               |  48 +-
 .../image_generation/__init__.py              |  15 +
 .../llm_providers/image_generation/base.py    |  37 +
 .../image_generation/gemini_provider.py       |  47 ++
 .../image_generation/hf_provider.py           |  73 ++
 .../image_generation/stability_provider.py    |  79 ++
 .../llm_providers/main_image_generation.py    |  73 ++
 .../gen_dali2_images.py                       |  56 --
 .../gen_dali3_images.py                       |  53 --
 .../gen_gemini_images.py                      | 583 -------------
 .../gen_stabl_diff_img.py                     |  69 --
 .../gen_variation_img.py                      |  51 --
 .../main_generate_image_from_prompt.py        | 162 ----
 .../text_to_image_generation/save_image.py    |  39 -
 backend/services/writing_assistant.py         |  50 +-
 .../docs/features/blog-writer/overview.md     | 233 +++++-
 .../docs/features/blog-writer/research.md     | 544 +++++++------
 .../docs/features/blog-writer/seo-analysis.md | 685 +++++++++-------
 .../features/blog-writer/workflow-guide.md    | 287 ++++---
 frontend/public/BLOG_WRITER_ASSETS_GUIDE.md   | 162 ++++
 frontend/public/images/.gitkeep               |  27 +
 frontend/public/videos/.gitkeep               |   9 +
 .../src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriter.tsx  | 717 ++++++++--------
 .../BlogWriter/BlogWriterLanding.tsx          | 142 ++--
 .../BlogWriter/BlogWriterPhasesSection.tsx    | 576 +++++++++++++
 .../BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/HeaderBar.tsx  |  41 +
 .../BlogWriterUtils/OutlineCtaBanner.tsx      |  21 +
 .../BlogWriterUtils/PhaseContent.tsx          | 185 +++++
 .../BlogWriterUtils/TaskProgressModals.tsx    |  52 ++
 .../BlogWriterUtils/WriterCopilotSidebar.tsx  | 140 ++++
 .../useBlogWriterCopilotActions.ts            |  90 +++
 .../components/BlogWriter/ContinuityBadge.tsx |  16 +-
 .../BlogWriter/EnhancedOutlineEditor.tsx      | 103 ++-
 .../BlogWriter/KeywordInputForm.tsx           | 264 +-----
 .../BlogWriter/OutlineGenerator.tsx           |  31 +-
 .../components/BlogWriter/PhaseNavigation.tsx |  89 ++
 .../BlogWriter/PhaseNavigationTest.tsx        |  89 ++
 .../components/BlogWriter/ResearchAction.tsx  | 189 +++--
 .../BlogWriter/ResearchPollingHandler.tsx     |  23 +-
 .../BlogWriter/SEO/KeywordAnalysis.tsx        | 214 +++--
 .../SEO/MetadataDisplay/CoreMetadataTab.tsx   | 113 +--
 .../SEO/MetadataDisplay/PreviewCard.tsx       | 764 +++++++++++-------
 .../SEO/MetadataDisplay/SocialMediaTab.tsx    |  87 +-
 .../SEO/MetadataDisplay/StructuredDataTab.tsx |  71 +-
 .../BlogWriter/SEO/OverallScoreCard.tsx       | 264 ++++++
 .../BlogWriter/SEO/ReadabilityAnalysis.tsx    | 323 ++++----
 .../BlogWriter/SEO/Recommendations.tsx        | 141 ++--
 .../BlogWriter/SEO/StructureAnalysis.tsx      | 557 +++++--------
 .../BlogWriter/SEOAnalysisModal.tsx           | 341 ++++----
 .../BlogWriter/SEOMetadataModal.tsx           | 176 +++-
 .../components/BlogWriter/SEOMiniPanel.tsx    |  15 +-
 .../BlogWriter/SuggestionsGenerator.tsx       | 157 +++-
 .../BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/BlogSection.tsx        |  27 +-
 .../WYSIWYG/BlogTextSelectionHandler.tsx      |   4 +
 .../BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/SmartTypingAssist.tsx  | 168 +++-
 .../BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/TextSelectionMenu.tsx  |  99 ++-
 .../components/ImageGen/ImageGenerator.tsx    | 297 +++++++
 .../ImageGen/ImageGeneratorModal.tsx          | 109 +++
 .../components/ImageGen/useImageGeneration.ts |  73 ++
 frontend/src/hooks/usePhaseNavigation.ts      | 210 +++++
 frontend/src/services/blogWriterApi.ts        |  57 +-
 frontend/src/utils/debug.ts                   |  99 +++
 frontend/src/utils/imageBus.ts                |  18 +
 80 files changed, 7662 insertions(+), 3951 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 backend/api/images.py
 create mode 100644 backend/services/blog_writer/seo/blog_seo_recommendation_applier.py
 create mode 100644 backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/__init__.py
 create mode 100644 backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/base.py
 create mode 100644 backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/gemini_provider.py
 create mode 100644 backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/hf_provider.py
 create mode 100644 backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/stability_provider.py
 create mode 100644 backend/services/llm_providers/main_image_generation.py
 delete mode 100644 backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_dali2_images.py
 delete mode 100644 backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_dali3_images.py
 delete mode 100644 backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_gemini_images.py
 delete mode 100644 backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_stabl_diff_img.py
 delete mode 100644 backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_variation_img.py
 delete mode 100644 backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/main_generate_image_from_prompt.py
 delete mode 100644 backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/save_image.py
 create mode 100644 frontend/public/BLOG_WRITER_ASSETS_GUIDE.md
 create mode 100644 frontend/public/images/.gitkeep
 create mode 100644 frontend/public/videos/.gitkeep
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterPhasesSection.tsx
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/HeaderBar.tsx
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/OutlineCtaBanner.tsx
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/PhaseContent.tsx
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/TaskProgressModals.tsx
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/WriterCopilotSidebar.tsx
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/useBlogWriterCopilotActions.ts
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/PhaseNavigation.tsx
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/PhaseNavigationTest.tsx
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/OverallScoreCard.tsx
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/components/ImageGen/ImageGenerator.tsx
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/components/ImageGen/ImageGeneratorModal.tsx
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/components/ImageGen/useImageGeneration.ts
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/hooks/usePhaseNavigation.ts
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/utils/debug.ts
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/utils/imageBus.ts

diff --git a/backend/api/blog_writer/router.py b/backend/api/blog_writer/router.py
index 6dd5fa7c..b6093538 100644
--- a/backend/api/blog_writer/router.py
+++ b/backend/api/blog_writer/router.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ content creation, SEO analysis, and publishing.
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 from loguru import logger
 
 from models.blog_models import (
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ from models.blog_models import (
     HallucinationCheckResponse,
 )
 from services.blog_writer.blog_service import BlogWriterService
+from services.blog_writer.seo.blog_seo_recommendation_applier import BlogSEORecommendationApplier
 from .task_manager import task_manager
 from .cache_manager import cache_manager
 from models.blog_models import MediumBlogGenerateRequest
@@ -37,6 +39,44 @@ from models.blog_models import MediumBlogGenerateRequest
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/api/blog", tags=["AI Blog Writer"])
 
 service = BlogWriterService()
+recommendation_applier = BlogSEORecommendationApplier()
+# ---------------------------
+# SEO Recommendation Endpoints
+# ---------------------------
+
+
+class RecommendationItem(BaseModel):
+    category: str = Field(..., description="Recommendation category, e.g. Structure")
+    priority: str = Field(..., description="Priority level: High | Medium | Low")
+    recommendation: str = Field(..., description="Action to perform")
+    impact: str = Field(..., description="Expected impact or rationale")
+
+
+class SEOApplyRecommendationsRequest(BaseModel):
+    title: str = Field(..., description="Current blog title")
+    sections: List[Dict[str, Any]] = Field(..., description="Array of sections with id, heading, content")
+    outline: List[Dict[str, Any]] = Field(default_factory=list, description="Outline structure for context")
+    research: Dict[str, Any] = Field(default_factory=dict, description="Research data used for the blog")
+    recommendations: List[RecommendationItem] = Field(..., description="Actionable recommendations to apply")
+    persona: Dict[str, Any] = Field(default_factory=dict, description="Persona settings if available")
+    tone: str | None = Field(default=None, description="Desired tone override")
+    audience: str | None = Field(default=None, description="Target audience override")
+
+
+@router.post("/seo/apply-recommendations")
+async def apply_seo_recommendations(request: SEOApplyRecommendationsRequest) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """Apply actionable SEO recommendations and return updated content."""
+    try:
+        result = await recommendation_applier.apply_recommendations(request.dict())
+        if not result.get("success"):
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=result.get("error", "Failed to apply recommendations"))
+        return result
+    except HTTPException:
+        raise
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Failed to apply SEO recommendations: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(e))
+
 
 
 @router.get("/health")
@@ -92,7 +132,7 @@ async def start_outline_generation(request: BlogOutlineRequest) -> Dict[str, Any
 async def get_outline_status(task_id: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Get the status of an outline generation operation."""
     try:
-        status = task_manager.get_task_status(task_id)
+        status = await task_manager.get_task_status(task_id)
         if status is None:
             raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Task not found")
         
@@ -164,6 +204,50 @@ async def generate_section(request: BlogSectionRequest) -> BlogSectionResponse:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(e))
 
 
+@router.post("/content/start")
+async def start_content_generation(request: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """Start full content generation and return a task id for polling.
+
+    Accepts a payload compatible with MediumBlogGenerateRequest to minimize duplication.
+    """
+    try:
+        # Map dict to MediumBlogGenerateRequest for reuse
+        from models.blog_models import MediumBlogGenerateRequest, MediumSectionOutline, PersonaInfo
+        sections = [MediumSectionOutline(**s) for s in request.get("sections", [])]
+        persona = None
+        if request.get("persona"):
+            persona = PersonaInfo(**request.get("persona"))
+        req = MediumBlogGenerateRequest(
+            title=request.get("title", "Untitled Blog"),
+            sections=sections,
+            persona=persona,
+            tone=request.get("tone"),
+            audience=request.get("audience"),
+            globalTargetWords=request.get("globalTargetWords", 1000),
+            researchKeywords=request.get("researchKeywords") or request.get("keywords"),
+        )
+        task_id = task_manager.start_content_generation_task(req)
+        return {"task_id": task_id, "status": "started"}
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Failed to start content generation: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(e))
+
+
+@router.get("/content/status/{task_id}")
+async def content_generation_status(task_id: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """Poll status for content generation task."""
+    try:
+        status = await task_manager.get_task_status(task_id)
+        if status is None:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Task not found")
+        return status
+    except HTTPException:
+        raise
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Failed to get content generation status for {task_id}: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(e))
+
+
 @router.get("/section/{section_id}/continuity")
 async def get_section_continuity(section_id: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Fetch last computed continuity metrics for a section (if available)."""
@@ -342,7 +426,7 @@ async def start_medium_generation(request: MediumBlogGenerateRequest):
 async def medium_generation_status(task_id: str):
     """Poll status for medium blog generation task."""
     try:
-        status = task_manager.get_task_status(task_id)
+        status = await task_manager.get_task_status(task_id)
         if status is None:
             raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Task not found")
         return status
@@ -366,7 +450,7 @@ async def start_blog_rewrite(request: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 async def rewrite_status(task_id: str):
     """Poll status for blog rewrite task."""
     try:
-        status = service.task_manager.get_task_status(task_id)
+        status = await service.task_manager.get_task_status(task_id)
         if status is None:
             raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Task not found")
         return status
diff --git a/backend/api/blog_writer/task_manager.py b/backend/api/blog_writer/task_manager.py
index 7906a688..9c393367 100644
--- a/backend/api/blog_writer/task_manager.py
+++ b/backend/api/blog_writer/task_manager.py
@@ -133,6 +133,16 @@ class TaskManager:
         task_id = self.create_task("medium_generation")
         asyncio.create_task(self._run_medium_generation_task(task_id, request))
         return task_id
+
+    def start_content_generation_task(self, request: MediumBlogGenerateRequest) -> str:
+        """Start content generation (full blog via sections) with provider parity.
+
+        Internally reuses medium generator pipeline for now but tracked under
+        distinct task_type 'content_generation' and same polling contract.
+        """
+        task_id = self.create_task("content_generation")
+        asyncio.create_task(self._run_medium_generation_task(task_id, request))
+        return task_id
     
     async def _run_research_task(self, task_id: str, request: BlogResearchRequest):
         """Background task to run research and update status with progress messages."""
diff --git a/backend/api/facebook_writer/services/story_service.py b/backend/api/facebook_writer/services/story_service.py
index 672ef2d6..2d57a69f 100644
--- a/backend/api/facebook_writer/services/story_service.py
+++ b/backend/api/facebook_writer/services/story_service.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ from typing import Dict, Any, List
 from ..models.story_models import FacebookStoryRequest, FacebookStoryResponse
 from .base_service import FacebookWriterBaseService
 try:
-    from ...services.llm_providers.text_to_image_generation.gen_gemini_images import (
-        generate_gemini_images_base64,
-    )
+    from ...services.llm_providers.main_image_generation import generate_image
+    from base64 import b64encode
 except Exception:
-    generate_gemini_images_base64 = None  # type: ignore
+    generate_image = None  # type: ignore
+    b64encode = None  # type: ignore
 
 
 class FacebookStoryService(FacebookWriterBaseService):
@@ -50,22 +50,29 @@ class FacebookStoryService(FacebookWriterBaseService):
             # Generate visual suggestions and engagement tips
             visual_suggestions = self._generate_visual_suggestions(actual_story_type, request.visual_options)
             engagement_tips = self._generate_engagement_tips("story")
-            # Optional: generate one story image (9:16) using Gemini
+            # Optional: generate one story image (9:16) using unified image generation
             images_base64: List[str] = []
             try:
-                if generate_gemini_images_base64 is not None:
+                if generate_image is not None and b64encode is not None:
                     img_prompt = request.visual_options.background_image_prompt or (
                         f"Facebook story background for {request.business_type}. "
                         f"Style: {actual_tone}. Type: {actual_story_type}. Vertical mobile 9:16, high contrast, legible overlay space."
                     )
-                    images_base64 = generate_gemini_images_base64(
-                        img_prompt,
-                        enhance_prompt=False,
-                        aspect_ratio="9:16",
-                        max_retries=2,
-                        initial_retry_delay=1.0,
-                    ) or []
-            except Exception:
+                    # Generate image using unified system (9:16 aspect ratio = 1080x1920)
+                    result = generate_image(
+                        prompt=img_prompt,
+                        options={
+                            "provider": "gemini",  # Facebook stories use Gemini
+                            "width": 1080,
+                            "height": 1920,
+                        }
+                    )
+                    if result and result.image_bytes:
+                        # Convert bytes to base64
+                        image_b64 = b64encode(result.image_bytes).decode('utf-8')
+                        images_base64 = [image_b64]
+            except Exception as e:
+                # Log error but continue without images
                 images_base64 = []
             
             return FacebookStoryResponse(
diff --git a/backend/api/images.py b/backend/api/images.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36c9be01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/api/images.py
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import base64
+import os
+from typing import Optional, Dict, Any
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+from services.llm_providers.main_image_generation import generate_image
+from services.llm_providers.main_text_generation import llm_text_gen
+from utils.logger_utils import get_service_logger
+
+
+router = APIRouter(prefix="/api/images", tags=["images"])
+logger = get_service_logger("api.images")
+
+
+class ImageGenerateRequest(BaseModel):
+    prompt: str
+    negative_prompt: Optional[str] = None
+    provider: Optional[str] = Field(None, pattern="^(gemini|huggingface|stability)$")
+    model: Optional[str] = None
+    width: Optional[int] = Field(default=1024, ge=64, le=2048)
+    height: Optional[int] = Field(default=1024, ge=64, le=2048)
+    guidance_scale: Optional[float] = None
+    steps: Optional[int] = None
+    seed: Optional[int] = None
+
+
+class ImageGenerateResponse(BaseModel):
+    success: bool = True
+    image_base64: str
+    width: int
+    height: int
+    provider: str
+    model: Optional[str] = None
+    seed: Optional[int] = None
+
+
+@router.post("/generate", response_model=ImageGenerateResponse)
+def generate(req: ImageGenerateRequest) -> ImageGenerateResponse:
+    try:
+        last_error: Optional[Exception] = None
+        for attempt in range(2):  # simple single retry
+            try:
+                result = generate_image(
+                    prompt=req.prompt,
+                    options={
+                        "negative_prompt": req.negative_prompt,
+                        "provider": req.provider,
+                        "model": req.model,
+                        "width": req.width,
+                        "height": req.height,
+                        "guidance_scale": req.guidance_scale,
+                        "steps": req.steps,
+                        "seed": req.seed,
+                    },
+                )
+                image_b64 = base64.b64encode(result.image_bytes).decode("utf-8")
+                return ImageGenerateResponse(
+                    image_base64=image_b64,
+                    width=result.width,
+                    height=result.height,
+                    provider=result.provider,
+                    model=result.model,
+                    seed=result.seed,
+                )
+            except Exception as inner:
+                last_error = inner
+                logger.error(f"Image generation attempt {attempt+1} failed: {inner}")
+                # On first failure, try provider auto-remap by clearing provider to let facade decide
+                if attempt == 0 and req.provider:
+                    req.provider = None
+                    continue
+                break
+        raise last_error or RuntimeError("Unknown image generation error")
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Image generation failed: {e}")
+        # Provide a clean, actionable message to the client
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=500,
+            detail="Image generation service is temporarily unavailable or the connection was reset. Please try again."
+        )
+
+
+class PromptSuggestion(BaseModel):
+    prompt: str
+    negative_prompt: Optional[str] = None
+    width: Optional[int] = None
+    height: Optional[int] = None
+    overlay_text: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+class ImagePromptSuggestRequest(BaseModel):
+    provider: Optional[str] = Field(None, pattern="^(gemini|huggingface|stability)$")
+    title: Optional[str] = None
+    section: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+    research: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+    persona: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+    include_overlay: Optional[bool] = True
+
+
+class ImagePromptSuggestResponse(BaseModel):
+    suggestions: list[PromptSuggestion]
+
+
+@router.post("/suggest-prompts", response_model=ImagePromptSuggestResponse)
+def suggest_prompts(req: ImagePromptSuggestRequest) -> ImagePromptSuggestResponse:
+    try:
+        provider = (req.provider or ("gemini" if (os.getenv("GPT_PROVIDER") or "").lower().startswith("gemini") else "huggingface")).lower()
+        section = req.section or {}
+        title = (req.title or section.get("heading") or "").strip()
+        subheads = section.get("subheadings", []) or []
+        key_points = section.get("key_points", []) or []
+        keywords = section.get("keywords", []) or []
+        if not keywords and req.research:
+            keywords = (
+                req.research.get("keywords", {}).get("primary_keywords")
+                or req.research.get("keywords", {}).get("primary")
+                or []
+            )
+
+        persona = req.persona or {}
+        audience = persona.get("audience", "content creators and digital marketers")
+        industry = persona.get("industry", req.research.get("domain") if req.research else "your industry")
+        tone = persona.get("tone", "professional, trustworthy")
+
+        schema = {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "suggestions": {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "items": {
+                        "type": "object",
+                        "properties": {
+                            "prompt": {"type": "string"},
+                            "negative_prompt": {"type": "string"},
+                            "width": {"type": "number"},
+                            "height": {"type": "number"},
+                            "overlay_text": {"type": "string"},
+                        },
+                        "required": ["prompt"]
+                    },
+                    "minItems": 3,
+                    "maxItems": 5
+                }
+            },
+            "required": ["suggestions"]
+        }
+
+        system = (
+            "You are an expert image prompt engineer for text-to-image models. "
+            "Given blog section context, craft 3-5 hyper-personalized prompts optimized for the specified provider. "
+            "Return STRICT JSON matching the provided schema, no extra text."
+        )
+
+        provider_guidance = {
+            "huggingface": "Photorealistic Flux 1 Krea Dev; include camera/lighting cues (e.g., 50mm, f/2.8, rim light).",
+            "gemini": "Editorial, brand-safe, crisp edges, balanced lighting; avoid artifacts.",
+            "stability": "SDXL coherent details, sharp focus, cinematic contrast; readable text if present."
+        }.get(provider, "")
+
+        best_practices = (
+            "Best Practices: one clear focal subject; clean, uncluttered background; rule-of-thirds or center-weighted composition; "
+            "text-safe margins if overlay text is included; neutral lighting if unsure; realistic skin tones; avoid busy patterns; "
+            "no brand logos or watermarks; no copyrighted characters; avoid low-res, blur, noise, banding, oversaturation, over-sharpening; "
+            "ensure hands and text are coherent if present; prefer 1024px+ on shortest side for quality."
+        )
+
+        # Harvest a few concise facts from research if available
+        facts: list[str] = []
+        try:
+            if req.research:
+                # try common shapes used in research service
+                top_stats = req.research.get("key_facts") or req.research.get("highlights") or []
+                if isinstance(top_stats, list):
+                    facts = [str(x) for x in top_stats[:3]]
+                elif isinstance(top_stats, dict):
+                    facts = [f"{k}: {v}" for k, v in list(top_stats.items())[:3]]
+        except Exception:
+            facts = []
+
+        facts_line = ", ".join(facts) if facts else ""
+
+        overlay_hint = "Include an on-image short title or fact if it improves communication; ensure clean, high-contrast safe area for text." if (req.include_overlay is None or req.include_overlay) else "Do not include on-image text."
+
+        prompt = f"""
+        Provider: {provider}
+        Title: {title}
+        Subheadings: {', '.join(subheads[:5])}
+        Key Points: {', '.join(key_points[:5])}
+        Keywords: {', '.join([str(k) for k in keywords[:8]])}
+        Research Facts: {facts_line}
+        Audience: {audience}
+        Industry: {industry}
+        Tone: {tone}
+
+        Craft prompts that visually reflect this exact section (not generic blog topic). {provider_guidance}
+        {best_practices}
+        {overlay_hint}
+        Include a suitable negative_prompt where helpful. Suggest width/height when relevant (e.g., 1024x1024 or 1920x1080).
+        If including on-image text, return it in overlay_text (short: <= 8 words).
+        """
+
+        raw = llm_text_gen(prompt=prompt, system_prompt=system, json_struct=schema)
+        data = raw if isinstance(raw, dict) else {}
+        suggestions = data.get("suggestions") or []
+        # basic fallback if provider returns string
+        if not suggestions and isinstance(raw, str):
+            suggestions = [{"prompt": raw}]
+
+        return ImagePromptSuggestResponse(suggestions=[PromptSuggestion(**s) for s in suggestions])
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Prompt suggestion failed: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(e))
+
diff --git a/backend/app.py b/backend/app.py
index 902970d3..a3294a9a 100644
--- a/backend/app.py
+++ b/backend/app.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ from routers.linkedin import router as linkedin_router
 # Import LinkedIn image generation router
 from api.linkedin_image_generation import router as linkedin_image_router
 from api.brainstorm import router as brainstorm_router
+from api.images import router as images_router
 
 # Import hallucination detector router
 from api.hallucination_detector import router as hallucination_detector_router
@@ -279,6 +280,7 @@ async def batch_analyze_urls_endpoint(urls: list[str]):
 # Include platform analytics router
 from routers.platform_analytics import router as platform_analytics_router
 app.include_router(platform_analytics_router)
+app.include_router(images_router)
 
 # Setup frontend serving using modular utilities
 frontend_serving.setup_frontend_serving()
diff --git a/backend/models/blog_models.py b/backend/models/blog_models.py
index 76cc92b2..51a01113 100644
--- a/backend/models/blog_models.py
+++ b/backend/models/blog_models.py
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ class BlogSEOMetadataRequest(BaseModel):
     title: Optional[str] = None
     keywords: List[str] = []
     research_data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+    outline: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None  # Add outline structure
+    seo_analysis: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None  # Add SEO analysis results
 
 
 class BlogSEOMetadataResponse(BaseModel):
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index a1d52f04..bc3a9844 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ httpx>=0.27.2,<0.28.0
 
 # AI/ML dependencies
 openai>=1.3.0
-anthropic>=0.7.0
-mistralai>=0.0.12
 google-genai>=1.0.0
-google-ai-generativelanguage>=0.6.18,<0.7.0
+
+
 google-api-python-client>=2.100.0
 google-auth>=2.23.0
 google-auth-oauthlib>=1.0.0
@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@ nltk>=3.8.0
 
 # Image and audio processing for Stability AI
 Pillow>=10.0.0
+huggingface_hub>=0.24.0
 scikit-learn>=1.3.0
 
 # Testing dependencies
diff --git a/backend/services/blog_writer/content/enhanced_content_generator.py b/backend/services/blog_writer/content/enhanced_content_generator.py
index a331cec9..4d5aa00d 100644
--- a/backend/services/blog_writer/content/enhanced_content_generator.py
+++ b/backend/services/blog_writer/content/enhanced_content_generator.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 """
-EnhancedContentGenerator - thin orchestrator combining URL selection and Gemini provider.
+EnhancedContentGenerator - thin orchestrator for section generation.
 
-Provides Draft vs Polished modes and optional URL Context usage.
+Provider parity:
+- Uses main_text_generation.llm_text_gen to respect GPT_PROVIDER (Gemini/HF)
+- No direct provider coupling here; Google grounding remains in research only
 """
 
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
-from services.llm_providers.gemini_grounded_provider import GeminiGroundedProvider
+from services.llm_providers.main_text_generation import llm_text_gen
 from .source_url_manager import SourceURLManager
 from .context_memory import ContextMemory
 from .transition_generator import TransitionGenerator
@@ -15,24 +17,37 @@ from .flow_analyzer import FlowAnalyzer
 
 class EnhancedContentGenerator:
     def __init__(self):
-        self.provider = GeminiGroundedProvider()
         self.url_manager = SourceURLManager()
         self.memory = ContextMemory(max_entries=12)
         self.transitioner = TransitionGenerator()
         self.flow = FlowAnalyzer()
 
     async def generate_section(self, section: Any, research: Any, mode: str = "polished") -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        urls = self.url_manager.pick_relevant_urls(section, research)
         prev_summary = self.memory.build_previous_sections_summary(limit=2)
-        prompt = self._build_prompt(section, research, prev_summary)
-        result = await self.provider.generate_grounded_content(
-            prompt=prompt,
-            content_type="linkedin_article",
-            temperature=0.6 if mode == "polished" else 0.8,
-            max_tokens=2048,
-            urls=urls,
-            mode=mode,
-        )
+        urls = self.url_manager.pick_relevant_urls(section, research)
+        prompt = self._build_prompt(section, research, prev_summary, urls)
+        # Provider-agnostic text generation (respect GPT_PROVIDER & circuit-breaker)
+        content_text: str = ""
+        try:
+            ai_resp = llm_text_gen(
+                prompt=prompt,
+                json_struct=None,
+                system_prompt=None,
+            )
+            if isinstance(ai_resp, dict) and ai_resp.get("text"):
+                content_text = ai_resp.get("text", "")
+            elif isinstance(ai_resp, str):
+                content_text = ai_resp
+            else:
+                # Fallback best-effort extraction
+                content_text = str(ai_resp or "")
+        except Exception as e:
+            content_text = ""
+
+        result = {
+            "content": content_text,
+            "sources": [{"title": u.get("title", ""), "url": u.get("url", "")} for u in urls] if urls else [],
+        }
         # Generate transition and compute intelligent flow metrics
         previous_text = prev_summary
         current_text = result.get("content", "")
@@ -56,19 +71,22 @@ class EnhancedContentGenerator:
             pass
         return result
 
-    def _build_prompt(self, section: Any, research: Any, prev_summary: str) -> str:
+    def _build_prompt(self, section: Any, research: Any, prev_summary: str, urls: list) -> str:
         heading = getattr(section, 'heading', 'Section')
         key_points = getattr(section, 'key_points', [])
         keywords = getattr(section, 'keywords', [])
         target_words = getattr(section, 'target_words', 300)
+        url_block = "\n".join([f"- {u.get('title','')} ({u.get('url','')})" for u in urls]) if urls else "(no specific URLs provided)"
 
         return (
             f"You are writing the blog section '{heading}'.\n\n"
-            f"Context summary: {prev_summary}\n"
-            f"Key points: {', '.join(key_points)}\n"
-            f"Keywords: {', '.join(keywords)}\n"
-            f"Target word count: {target_words}.\n"
-            "Use only factual info from provided sources; add short transition, then body."
+            f"Context summary (previous sections): {prev_summary}\n\n"
+            f"Authoring requirements:\n"
+            f"- Target word count: ~{target_words}\n"
+            f"- Use the following key points: {', '.join(key_points)}\n"
+            f"- Include these keywords naturally: {', '.join(keywords)}\n"
+            f"- Cite insights from these sources when relevant (do not output raw URLs):\n{url_block}\n\n"
+            "Write engaging, well-structured markdown with clear paragraphs (2-4 sentences each) separated by double line breaks."
         )
 
 
diff --git a/backend/services/blog_writer/content/medium_blog_generator.py b/backend/services/blog_writer/content/medium_blog_generator.py
index 08528e63..df243c4b 100644
--- a/backend/services/blog_writer/content/medium_blog_generator.py
+++ b/backend/services/blog_writer/content/medium_blog_generator.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from models.blog_models import (
     MediumGeneratedSection,
     ResearchSource,
 )
-from services.llm_providers.gemini_provider import gemini_structured_json_response
+from services.llm_providers.main_text_generation import llm_text_gen
 from services.cache.persistent_content_cache import persistent_content_cache
 
 
@@ -176,11 +176,9 @@ class MediumBlogGenerator:
             f"Sections to write:\n{json.dumps(payload, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)}"
         )
 
-        ai_resp = gemini_structured_json_response(
+        ai_resp = llm_text_gen(
             prompt=prompt,
-            schema=schema,
-            temperature=0.2,
-            max_tokens=8192,
+            json_struct=schema,
             system_prompt=system,
         )
 
diff --git a/backend/services/blog_writer/core/blog_writer_service.py b/backend/services/blog_writer/core/blog_writer_service.py
index ac8ce29d..e5aef900 100644
--- a/backend/services/blog_writer/core/blog_writer_service.py
+++ b/backend/services/blog_writer/core/blog_writer_service.py
@@ -275,11 +275,17 @@ class BlogWriterService:
             # Initialize metadata generator
             metadata_generator = BlogSEOMetadataGenerator()
             
-            # Generate comprehensive metadata
+            # Extract outline and seo_analysis from request
+            outline = request.outline if hasattr(request, 'outline') else None
+            seo_analysis = request.seo_analysis if hasattr(request, 'seo_analysis') else None
+            
+            # Generate comprehensive metadata with full context
             metadata_results = await metadata_generator.generate_comprehensive_metadata(
                 blog_content=request.content,
                 blog_title=request.title or "Untitled Blog Post",
-                research_data=request.research_data or {}
+                research_data=request.research_data or {},
+                outline=outline,
+                seo_analysis=seo_analysis
             )
             
             # Convert to BlogSEOMetadataResponse format
diff --git a/backend/services/blog_writer/outline/outline_optimizer.py b/backend/services/blog_writer/outline/outline_optimizer.py
index 45f6199f..e5c4c0fb 100644
--- a/backend/services/blog_writer/outline/outline_optimizer.py
+++ b/backend/services/blog_writer/outline/outline_optimizer.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Return JSON format:
 }}"""
         
         try:
-            from services.llm_providers.gemini_provider import gemini_structured_json_response
+            from services.llm_providers.main_text_generation import llm_text_gen
             
             optimization_schema = {
                 "type": "object",
@@ -64,11 +64,10 @@ Return JSON format:
                 "propertyOrdering": ["outline"]
             }
             
-            optimized_data = gemini_structured_json_response(
+            optimized_data = llm_text_gen(
                 prompt=optimization_prompt,
-                schema=optimization_schema,
-                temperature=0.3,
-                max_tokens=6000  # Match main outline generator
+                json_struct=optimization_schema,
+                system_prompt=None
             )
             
             # Handle the new schema format with "outline" wrapper
diff --git a/backend/services/blog_writer/outline/response_processor.py b/backend/services/blog_writer/outline/response_processor.py
index d7f556bd..c8d8479c 100644
--- a/backend/services/blog_writer/outline/response_processor.py
+++ b/backend/services/blog_writer/outline/response_processor.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class ResponseProcessor:
     
     async def generate_with_retry(self, prompt: str, schema: Dict[str, Any], task_id: str = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """Generate outline with retry logic for API failures."""
-        from services.llm_providers.gemini_provider import gemini_structured_json_response
+        from services.llm_providers.main_text_generation import llm_text_gen
         from api.blog_writer.task_manager import task_manager
         
         max_retries = 2  # Conservative retry for expensive API calls
@@ -29,17 +29,16 @@ class ResponseProcessor:
         for attempt in range(max_retries + 1):
             try:
                 if task_id:
-                    await task_manager.update_progress(task_id, f"🤖 Calling Gemini API for outline generation (attempt {attempt + 1}/{max_retries + 1})...")
+                    await task_manager.update_progress(task_id, f"🤖 Calling AI API for outline generation (attempt {attempt + 1}/{max_retries + 1})...")
                 
-                outline_data = gemini_structured_json_response(
+                outline_data = llm_text_gen(
                     prompt=prompt,
-                    schema=schema,
-                    temperature=0.3,
-                    max_tokens=6000  # Increased further to avoid truncation
+                    json_struct=schema,
+                    system_prompt=None
                 )
                 
                 # Log response for debugging
-                logger.info(f"Gemini response received: {type(outline_data)}")
+                logger.info(f"AI response received: {type(outline_data)}")
                 
                 # Check for errors in the response
                 if isinstance(outline_data, dict) and 'error' in outline_data:
@@ -47,17 +46,17 @@ class ResponseProcessor:
                     if "503" in error_msg and "overloaded" in error_msg and attempt < max_retries:
                         if task_id:
                             await task_manager.update_progress(task_id, f"⚠️ AI service overloaded, retrying in {retry_delay} seconds...")
-                        logger.warning(f"Gemini API overloaded, retrying in {retry_delay} seconds (attempt {attempt + 1}/{max_retries + 1})")
+                        logger.warning(f"AI API overloaded, retrying in {retry_delay} seconds (attempt {attempt + 1}/{max_retries + 1})")
                         await asyncio.sleep(retry_delay)
                         continue
                     elif "No valid structured response content found" in error_msg and attempt < max_retries:
                         if task_id:
                             await task_manager.update_progress(task_id, f"⚠️ Invalid response format, retrying in {retry_delay} seconds...")
-                        logger.warning(f"Gemini response parsing failed, retrying in {retry_delay} seconds (attempt {attempt + 1}/{max_retries + 1})")
+                        logger.warning(f"AI response parsing failed, retrying in {retry_delay} seconds (attempt {attempt + 1}/{max_retries + 1})")
                         await asyncio.sleep(retry_delay)
                         continue
                     else:
-                        logger.error(f"Gemini structured response error: {outline_data['error']}")
+                        logger.error(f"AI structured response error: {outline_data['error']}")
                         raise ValueError(f"AI outline generation failed: {outline_data['error']}")
                 
                 # Validate required fields
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ class ResponseProcessor:
                         await asyncio.sleep(retry_delay)
                         continue
                     else:
-                        raise ValueError("Invalid outline structure in Gemini response")
+                        raise ValueError("Invalid outline structure in AI response")
                 
                 # If we get here, the response is valid
                 return outline_data
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ class ResponseProcessor:
                 if ("503" in error_str or "overloaded" in error_str) and attempt < max_retries:
                     if task_id:
                         await task_manager.update_progress(task_id, f"⚠️ AI service error, retrying in {retry_delay} seconds...")
-                    logger.warning(f"Gemini API error, retrying in {retry_delay} seconds (attempt {attempt + 1}/{max_retries + 1}): {error_str}")
+                    logger.warning(f"AI API error, retrying in {retry_delay} seconds (attempt {attempt + 1}/{max_retries + 1}): {error_str}")
                     await asyncio.sleep(retry_delay)
                     continue
                 else:
diff --git a/backend/services/blog_writer/outline/section_enhancer.py b/backend/services/blog_writer/outline/section_enhancer.py
index 06d8dba9..936576bc 100644
--- a/backend/services/blog_writer/outline/section_enhancer.py
+++ b/backend/services/blog_writer/outline/section_enhancer.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class SectionEnhancer:
         """
         
         try:
-            from services.llm_providers.gemini_provider import gemini_structured_json_response
+            from services.llm_providers.main_text_generation import llm_text_gen
             
             enhancement_schema = {
                 "type": "object",
@@ -58,11 +58,10 @@ class SectionEnhancer:
                 "required": ["heading", "subheadings", "key_points", "target_words", "keywords"]
             }
             
-            enhanced_data = gemini_structured_json_response(
+            enhanced_data = llm_text_gen(
                 prompt=enhancement_prompt,
-                schema=enhancement_schema,
-                temperature=0.4,
-                max_tokens=1000
+                json_struct=enhancement_schema,
+                system_prompt=None
             )
             
             if isinstance(enhanced_data, dict) and 'error' not in enhanced_data:
diff --git a/backend/services/blog_writer/outline/source_mapper.py b/backend/services/blog_writer/outline/source_mapper.py
index aaa19a5c..d630b22b 100644
--- a/backend/services/blog_writer/outline/source_mapper.py
+++ b/backend/services/blog_writer/outline/source_mapper.py
@@ -559,14 +559,11 @@ Analyze the mapping and provide your recommendations.
             AI validation response
         """
         try:
-            from services.llm_providers.gemini_provider import gemini_text_response
+            from services.llm_providers.main_text_generation import llm_text_gen
             
-            response = gemini_text_response(
+            response = llm_text_gen(
                 prompt=prompt,
-                temperature=0.3,
-                top_p=0.9,
-                n=1,
-                max_tokens=2000,
+                json_struct=None,
                 system_prompt=None
             )
             
diff --git a/backend/services/blog_writer/seo/blog_content_seo_analyzer.py b/backend/services/blog_writer/seo/blog_content_seo_analyzer.py
index 9826bd80..02611759 100644
--- a/backend/services/blog_writer/seo/blog_content_seo_analyzer.py
+++ b/backend/services/blog_writer/seo/blog_content_seo_analyzer.py
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import re
 import textstat
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Dict, Any, List, Optional
-from loguru import logger
+from utils.logger_utils import get_service_logger
 
 from services.seo_analyzer import (
     ContentAnalyzer, KeywordAnalyzer, 
     URLStructureAnalyzer, AIInsightGenerator
 )
-from services.llm_providers.gemini_provider import gemini_structured_json_response
+from services.llm_providers.main_text_generation import llm_text_gen
 
 
 class BlogContentSEOAnalyzer:
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ class BlogContentSEOAnalyzer:
     
     def __init__(self):
         """Initialize the blog content SEO analyzer"""
+        # Service-specific logger (no global reconfiguration)
+        global logger
+        logger = get_service_logger("blog_content_seo_analyzer")
         self.content_analyzer = ContentAnalyzer()
         self.keyword_analyzer = KeywordAnalyzer()
         self.url_analyzer = URLStructureAnalyzer()
         self.ai_insights = AIInsightGenerator()
-        self.gemini_provider = gemini_structured_json_response
         
         logger.info("BlogContentSEOAnalyzer initialized")
     
@@ -598,7 +600,7 @@ class BlogContentSEOAnalyzer:
         return recommendations
     
     async def _run_ai_analysis(self, blog_content: str, keywords_data: Dict[str, Any], non_ai_results: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """Run single AI analysis for structured insights"""
+        """Run single AI analysis for structured insights (provider-agnostic)"""
         try:
             # Prepare context for AI analysis
             context = {
@@ -610,7 +612,6 @@ class BlogContentSEOAnalyzer:
             # Create AI prompt for structured analysis
             prompt = self._create_ai_analysis_prompt(context)
             
-            # Get structured response from Gemini
             schema = {
                 "type": "object",
                 "properties": {
@@ -653,18 +654,17 @@ class BlogContentSEOAnalyzer:
                 }
             }
             
-            ai_response = self.gemini_provider(
+            # Provider-agnostic structured response respecting GPT_PROVIDER
+            ai_response = llm_text_gen(
                 prompt=prompt,
-                schema=schema,
-                temperature=0.2,
-                max_tokens=8192
+                json_struct=schema,
+                system_prompt=None
             )
             
             return ai_response
             
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"AI analysis failed: {e}")
-            # Fail fast - don't return mock data
             raise e
     
     def _create_ai_analysis_prompt(self, context: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
diff --git a/backend/services/blog_writer/seo/blog_seo_metadata_generator.py b/backend/services/blog_writer/seo/blog_seo_metadata_generator.py
index cbbc2a06..0a7ac744 100644
--- a/backend/services/blog_writer/seo/blog_seo_metadata_generator.py
+++ b/backend/services/blog_writer/seo/blog_seo_metadata_generator.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Dict, Any, List, Optional
 from loguru import logger
 
-from services.llm_providers.gemini_provider import gemini_structured_json_response
+from services.llm_providers.main_text_generation import llm_text_gen
 
 
 class BlogSEOMetadataGenerator:
@@ -20,14 +20,15 @@ class BlogSEOMetadataGenerator:
     
     def __init__(self):
         """Initialize the metadata generator"""
-        self.gemini_provider = gemini_structured_json_response
         logger.info("BlogSEOMetadataGenerator initialized")
     
     async def generate_comprehensive_metadata(
         self, 
         blog_content: str, 
         blog_title: str,
-        research_data: Dict[str, Any]
+        research_data: Dict[str, Any],
+        outline: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
+        seo_analysis: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
     ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """
         Generate comprehensive SEO metadata using maximum 2 AI calls
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ class BlogSEOMetadataGenerator:
             blog_content: The blog content to analyze
             blog_title: The blog title
             research_data: Research data containing keywords and insights
+            outline: Outline structure with sections and headings
+            seo_analysis: SEO analysis results from previous phase
             
         Returns:
             Comprehensive metadata including all SEO elements
@@ -49,11 +52,15 @@ class BlogSEOMetadataGenerator:
             
             # Call 1: Generate core SEO metadata (parallel with Call 2)
             logger.info("Generating core SEO metadata")
-            core_metadata_task = self._generate_core_metadata(blog_content, blog_title, keywords_data)
+            core_metadata_task = self._generate_core_metadata(
+                blog_content, blog_title, keywords_data, outline, seo_analysis
+            )
             
             # Call 2: Generate social media and structured data (parallel with Call 1)
             logger.info("Generating social media and structured data")
-            social_metadata_task = self._generate_social_metadata(blog_content, blog_title, keywords_data)
+            social_metadata_task = self._generate_social_metadata(
+                blog_content, blog_title, keywords_data, outline, seo_analysis
+            )
             
             # Wait for both calls to complete
             core_metadata, social_metadata = await asyncio.gather(
@@ -105,12 +112,16 @@ class BlogSEOMetadataGenerator:
         self, 
         blog_content: str, 
         blog_title: str, 
-        keywords_data: Dict[str, Any]
+        keywords_data: Dict[str, Any],
+        outline: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
+        seo_analysis: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
     ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """Generate core SEO metadata (Call 1)"""
         try:
             # Create comprehensive prompt for core metadata
-            prompt = self._create_core_metadata_prompt(blog_content, blog_title, keywords_data)
+            prompt = self._create_core_metadata_prompt(
+                blog_content, blog_title, keywords_data, outline, seo_analysis
+            )
             
             # Define simplified structured schema for core metadata
             schema = {
@@ -155,17 +166,26 @@ class BlogSEOMetadataGenerator:
                 "required": ["seo_title", "meta_description", "url_slug", "blog_tags", "blog_categories", "social_hashtags", "reading_time", "focus_keyword"]
             }
             
-            # Get structured response from Gemini
-            ai_response = self.gemini_provider(
-                prompt,
-                schema,
-                temperature=0.3,
-                max_tokens=2048
+            # Get structured response using provider-agnostic llm_text_gen
+            ai_response_raw = llm_text_gen(
+                prompt=prompt,
+                json_struct=schema,
+                system_prompt=None
             )
             
+            # Handle response: llm_text_gen may return dict (from structured JSON) or str (needs parsing)
+            ai_response = ai_response_raw
+            if isinstance(ai_response_raw, str):
+                try:
+                    import json
+                    ai_response = json.loads(ai_response_raw)
+                except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                    logger.error(f"Failed to parse JSON response: {ai_response_raw[:200]}...")
+                    ai_response = None
+            
             # Check if we got a valid response
             if not ai_response or not isinstance(ai_response, dict):
-                logger.error("Core metadata generation failed: Invalid response from Gemini")
+                logger.error("Core metadata generation failed: Invalid response from LLM")
                 # Return fallback response
                 primary_keywords = ', '.join(keywords_data.get('primary_keywords', ['content']))
                 word_count = len(blog_content.split())
@@ -193,12 +213,16 @@ class BlogSEOMetadataGenerator:
         self, 
         blog_content: str, 
         blog_title: str, 
-        keywords_data: Dict[str, Any]
+        keywords_data: Dict[str, Any],
+        outline: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
+        seo_analysis: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
     ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """Generate social media and structured data (Call 2)"""
         try:
             # Create comprehensive prompt for social metadata
-            prompt = self._create_social_metadata_prompt(blog_content, blog_title, keywords_data)
+            prompt = self._create_social_metadata_prompt(
+                blog_content, blog_title, keywords_data, outline, seo_analysis
+            )
             
             # Define simplified structured schema for social metadata
             schema = {
@@ -246,17 +270,26 @@ class BlogSEOMetadataGenerator:
                 "required": ["open_graph", "twitter_card", "json_ld_schema"]
             }
             
-            # Get structured response from Gemini
-            ai_response = self.gemini_provider(
-                prompt,
-                schema,
-                temperature=0.3,
-                max_tokens=2048
+            # Get structured response using provider-agnostic llm_text_gen
+            ai_response_raw = llm_text_gen(
+                prompt=prompt,
+                json_struct=schema,
+                system_prompt=None
             )
             
+            # Handle response: llm_text_gen may return dict (from structured JSON) or str (needs parsing)
+            ai_response = ai_response_raw
+            if isinstance(ai_response_raw, str):
+                try:
+                    import json
+                    ai_response = json.loads(ai_response_raw)
+                except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                    logger.error(f"Failed to parse JSON response: {ai_response_raw[:200]}...")
+                    ai_response = None
+            
             # Check if we got a valid response
             if not ai_response or not isinstance(ai_response, dict) or not ai_response.get('open_graph') or not ai_response.get('twitter_card') or not ai_response.get('json_ld_schema'):
-                logger.error("Social metadata generation failed: Invalid or empty response from Gemini")
+                logger.error("Social metadata generation failed: Invalid or empty response from LLM")
                 # Return fallback response
                 return {
                     'open_graph': {
@@ -301,11 +334,47 @@ class BlogSEOMetadataGenerator:
             logger.error(f"Social metadata generation failed: {e}")
             raise e
     
+    def _extract_content_highlights(self, blog_content: str, max_length: int = 2500) -> str:
+        """Extract key sections from blog content for prompt context"""
+        try:
+            lines = blog_content.split('\n')
+            
+            # Get first paragraph (introduction)
+            intro = ""
+            for line in lines[:20]:
+                if line.strip() and not line.strip().startswith('#'):
+                    intro += line.strip() + " "
+                    if len(intro) > 300:
+                        break
+            
+            # Get section headings
+            headings = [line.strip() for line in lines if line.strip().startswith('##')][:6]
+            
+            # Get conclusion if available
+            conclusion = ""
+            for line in reversed(lines[-20:]):
+                if line.strip() and not line.strip().startswith('#'):
+                    conclusion = line.strip() + " " + conclusion
+                    if len(conclusion) > 300:
+                        break
+            
+            highlights = f"INTRODUCTION: {intro[:300]}...\n\n"
+            highlights += f"SECTION HEADINGS: {' | '.join([h.replace('##', '').strip() for h in headings])}\n\n"
+            if conclusion:
+                highlights += f"CONCLUSION: {conclusion[:300]}..."
+            
+            return highlights[:max_length]
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(f"Failed to extract content highlights: {e}")
+            return blog_content[:2000] + "..."
+    
     def _create_core_metadata_prompt(
         self, 
         blog_content: str, 
         blog_title: str, 
-        keywords_data: Dict[str, Any]
+        keywords_data: Dict[str, Any],
+        outline: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
+        seo_analysis: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
     ) -> str:
         """Create high-quality prompt for core metadata generation"""
         
@@ -314,30 +383,106 @@ class BlogSEOMetadataGenerator:
         search_intent = keywords_data.get('search_intent', 'informational')
         target_audience = keywords_data.get('target_audience', 'general')
         industry = keywords_data.get('industry', 'general')
-        
-        # Calculate word count for reading time estimation
         word_count = len(blog_content.split())
         
+        # Extract outline structure
+        outline_context = ""
+        if outline:
+            headings = [s.get('heading', '') for s in outline if s.get('heading')]
+            outline_context = f"""
+OUTLINE STRUCTURE:
+- Total sections: {len(outline)}
+- Section headings: {', '.join(headings[:8])}
+- Content hierarchy: Well-structured with {len(outline)} main sections
+"""
+        
+        # Extract SEO analysis insights
+        seo_context = ""
+        if seo_analysis:
+            overall_score = seo_analysis.get('overall_score', seo_analysis.get('seo_score', 0))
+            category_scores = seo_analysis.get('category_scores', {})
+            applied_recs = seo_analysis.get('applied_recommendations', [])
+            
+            seo_context = f"""
+SEO ANALYSIS RESULTS:
+- Overall SEO Score: {overall_score}/100
+- Category Scores: Structure {category_scores.get('structure', category_scores.get('Structure', 0))}, Keywords {category_scores.get('keywords', category_scores.get('Keywords', 0))}, Readability {category_scores.get('readability', category_scores.get('Readability', 0))}
+- Applied Recommendations: {len(applied_recs)} SEO optimizations have been applied
+- Content Quality: Optimized for search engines with keyword focus
+"""
+        
+        # Get more content context (key sections instead of just first 1000 chars)
+        content_preview = self._extract_content_highlights(blog_content)
+        
         prompt = f"""
-Generate SEO metadata for this blog post.
+Generate comprehensive, personalized SEO metadata for this blog post.
 
-BLOG TITLE: {blog_title}
-BLOG CONTENT: {blog_content[:1000]}...
+=== BLOG CONTENT CONTEXT ===
+TITLE: {blog_title}
+CONTENT PREVIEW (key sections): {content_preview}
+WORD COUNT: {word_count} words
+READING TIME ESTIMATE: {max(1, word_count // 200)} minutes
+
+{outline_context}
+
+=== KEYWORD & AUDIENCE DATA ===
 PRIMARY KEYWORDS: {primary_keywords}
 SEMANTIC KEYWORDS: {semantic_keywords}
-WORD COUNT: {word_count}
+SEARCH INTENT: {search_intent}
+TARGET AUDIENCE: {target_audience}
+INDUSTRY: {industry}
 
-Generate:
-1. SEO TITLE (50-60 characters) - include primary keyword
-2. META DESCRIPTION (150-160 characters) - include CTA
-3. URL SLUG (lowercase, hyphens, 3-5 words)
-4. BLOG TAGS (5-8 relevant tags)
-5. BLOG CATEGORIES (2-3 categories)
-6. SOCIAL HASHTAGS (5-10 hashtags with #)
-7. READING TIME (calculate from {word_count} words)
-8. FOCUS KEYWORD (primary keyword for SEO)
+{seo_context}
 
-Make it compelling and SEO-optimized.
+=== METADATA GENERATION REQUIREMENTS ===
+1. SEO TITLE (50-60 characters, must include primary keyword):
+   - Front-load primary keyword
+   - Make it compelling and click-worthy
+   - Include power words if appropriate for {target_audience} audience
+   - Optimized for {search_intent} search intent
+
+2. META DESCRIPTION (150-160 characters, must include CTA):
+   - Include primary keyword naturally in first 120 chars
+   - Add compelling call-to-action (e.g., "Learn more", "Discover how", "Get started")
+   - Highlight value proposition for {target_audience} audience
+   - Use {industry} industry-specific terminology where relevant
+
+3. URL SLUG (lowercase, hyphens, 3-5 words):
+   - Include primary keyword
+   - Remove stop words
+   - Keep it concise and readable
+
+4. BLOG TAGS (5-8 relevant tags):
+   - Mix of primary, semantic, and long-tail keywords
+   - Industry-specific tags for {industry}
+   - Audience-relevant tags for {target_audience}
+
+5. BLOG CATEGORIES (2-3 categories):
+   - Based on content structure and {industry} industry standards
+   - Reflect main themes from outline sections
+
+6. SOCIAL HASHTAGS (5-10 hashtags with #):
+   - Include primary keyword as hashtag
+   - Industry-specific hashtags for {industry}
+   - Trending/relevant hashtags for {target_audience}
+
+7. READING TIME (calculate from {word_count} words):
+   - Average reading speed: 200 words/minute
+   - Round to nearest minute
+
+8. FOCUS KEYWORD (primary keyword for SEO):
+   - Select the most important primary keyword
+   - Should match the main topic and search intent
+
+=== QUALITY REQUIREMENTS ===
+- All metadata must be unique, not generic
+- Incorporate insights from SEO analysis if provided
+- Reflect the actual content structure from outline
+- Use language appropriate for {target_audience} audience
+- Optimize for {search_intent} search intent
+- Make descriptions compelling and action-oriented
+
+Generate metadata that is personalized, compelling, and SEO-optimized.
 """
         return prompt
     
@@ -345,7 +490,9 @@ Make it compelling and SEO-optimized.
         self, 
         blog_content: str, 
         blog_title: str, 
-        keywords_data: Dict[str, Any]
+        keywords_data: Dict[str, Any],
+        outline: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
+        seo_analysis: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
     ) -> str:
         """Create high-quality prompt for social metadata generation"""
         
@@ -353,49 +500,68 @@ Make it compelling and SEO-optimized.
         search_intent = keywords_data.get('search_intent', 'informational')
         target_audience = keywords_data.get('target_audience', 'general')
         industry = keywords_data.get('industry', 'general')
-        
         current_date = datetime.now().isoformat()
         
+        # Add outline and SEO context similar to core metadata prompt
+        outline_context = ""
+        if outline:
+            headings = [s.get('heading', '') for s in outline if s.get('heading')]
+            outline_context = f"\nOUTLINE SECTIONS: {', '.join(headings[:6])}\n"
+        
+        seo_context = ""
+        if seo_analysis:
+            overall_score = seo_analysis.get('overall_score', seo_analysis.get('seo_score', 0))
+            seo_context = f"\nSEO SCORE: {overall_score}/100 (optimized content)\n"
+        
+        content_preview = self._extract_content_highlights(blog_content, 1500)
+        
         prompt = f"""
-Generate social media metadata for this blog post.
+Generate engaging social media metadata for this blog post.
 
-BLOG TITLE: {blog_title}
-BLOG CONTENT: {blog_content[:800]}...
-PRIMARY KEYWORDS: {primary_keywords}
+=== CONTENT ===
+TITLE: {blog_title}
+CONTENT: {content_preview}
+{outline_context}
+{seo_context}
+KEYWORDS: {primary_keywords}
+TARGET AUDIENCE: {target_audience}
+INDUSTRY: {industry}
 CURRENT DATE: {current_date}
 
-Generate:
+=== GENERATION REQUIREMENTS ===
 
 1. OPEN GRAPH (Facebook/LinkedIn):
-   - title: 60 chars max
-   - description: 160 chars max  
-   - image: image URL
+   - title: 60 chars max, include primary keyword, compelling for {target_audience}
+   - description: 160 chars max, include CTA and value proposition
+   - image: Suggest an appropriate image URL (placeholder if none available)
    - type: "article"
-   - site_name: site name
-   - url: canonical URL
+   - site_name: Use appropriate site name for {industry} industry
+   - url: Generate canonical URL structure
 
 2. TWITTER CARD:
    - card: "summary_large_image"
-   - title: 70 chars max
-   - description: 200 chars max with hashtags
-   - image: image URL
-   - site: @sitename
-   - creator: @author
+   - title: 70 chars max, optimized for Twitter audience
+   - description: 200 chars max with relevant hashtags inline
+   - image: Match Open Graph image
+   - site: @yourwebsite (placeholder, user should update)
+   - creator: @author (placeholder, user should update)
 
-3. JSON-LD SCHEMA:
+3. JSON-LD SCHEMA (Article):
    - @context: "https://schema.org"
    - @type: "Article"
-   - headline: article title
-   - description: article description
-   - author: {{"@type": "Person", "name": "Author Name"}}
-   - publisher: {{"@type": "Organization", "name": "Site Name"}}
-   - datePublished: ISO date
-   - dateModified: ISO date
-   - mainEntityOfPage: canonical URL
-   - keywords: array of keywords
-   - wordCount: word count
+   - headline: Article title (optimized)
+   - description: Article description (150-200 chars)
+   - author: {{"@type": "Person", "name": "Author Name"}} (placeholder)
+   - publisher: {{"@type": "Organization", "name": "Site Name", "logo": {{"@type": "ImageObject", "url": "logo-url"}}}}
+   - datePublished: {current_date}
+   - dateModified: {current_date}
+   - mainEntityOfPage: {{"@type": "WebPage", "@id": "canonical-url"}}
+   - keywords: Array of primary and semantic keywords
+   - wordCount: {len(blog_content.split())}
+   - articleSection: Primary category based on content
+   - inLanguage: "en-US"
 
-Make it engaging and SEO-optimized.
+Make it engaging, personalized for {target_audience}, and optimized for {industry} industry.
 """
         return prompt
     
diff --git a/backend/services/blog_writer/seo/blog_seo_recommendation_applier.py b/backend/services/blog_writer/seo/blog_seo_recommendation_applier.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed55779e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/blog_writer/seo/blog_seo_recommendation_applier.py
@@ -0,0 +1,269 @@
+"""Blog SEO Recommendation Applier
+
+Applies actionable SEO recommendations to existing blog content using the
+provider-agnostic `llm_text_gen` dispatcher. Ensures GPT_PROVIDER parity.
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+from typing import Dict, Any, List
+from utils.logger_utils import get_service_logger
+
+from services.llm_providers.main_text_generation import llm_text_gen
+
+
+logger = get_service_logger("blog_seo_recommendation_applier")
+
+
+class BlogSEORecommendationApplier:
+    """Apply actionable SEO recommendations to blog content."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        logger.debug("Initialized BlogSEORecommendationApplier")
+
+    async def apply_recommendations(self, payload: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Apply recommendations and return updated content."""
+
+        title = payload.get("title", "Untitled Blog")
+        sections: List[Dict[str, Any]] = payload.get("sections", [])
+        outline = payload.get("outline", [])
+        research = payload.get("research", {})
+        recommendations = payload.get("recommendations", [])
+        persona = payload.get("persona", {})
+        tone = payload.get("tone")
+        audience = payload.get("audience")
+
+        if not sections:
+            return {"success": False, "error": "No sections provided for recommendation application"}
+
+        if not recommendations:
+            logger.warning("apply_recommendations called without recommendations")
+            return {"success": True, "title": title, "sections": sections, "applied": []}
+
+        prompt = self._build_prompt(
+            title=title,
+            sections=sections,
+            outline=outline,
+            research=research,
+            recommendations=recommendations,
+            persona=persona,
+            tone=tone,
+            audience=audience,
+        )
+
+        schema = {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "title": {"type": "string"},
+                "sections": {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "items": {
+                        "type": "object",
+                        "properties": {
+                            "id": {"type": "string"},
+                            "heading": {"type": "string"},
+                            "content": {"type": "string"},
+                            "notes": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}},
+                        },
+                        "required": ["id", "heading", "content"],
+                    },
+                },
+                "applied_recommendations": {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "items": {
+                        "type": "object",
+                        "properties": {
+                            "category": {"type": "string"},
+                            "summary": {"type": "string"},
+                        },
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+            "required": ["sections"],
+        }
+
+        logger.info("Applying SEO recommendations via llm_text_gen")
+
+        result = await asyncio.to_thread(
+            llm_text_gen,
+            prompt,
+            None,
+            schema,
+        )
+
+        if not result or result.get("error"):
+            error_msg = result.get("error", "Unknown error") if result else "No response from text generator"
+            logger.error(f"SEO recommendation application failed: {error_msg}")
+            return {"success": False, "error": error_msg}
+
+        raw_sections = result.get("sections", []) or []
+        normalized_sections: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
+
+        # Build lookup table from updated sections using their identifiers
+        updated_map: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]] = {}
+        for updated in raw_sections:
+            section_id = str(
+                updated.get("id")
+                or updated.get("section_id")
+                or updated.get("heading")
+                or ""
+            ).strip()
+
+            if not section_id:
+                continue
+
+            heading = (
+                updated.get("heading")
+                or updated.get("title")
+                or section_id
+            )
+
+            content_text = updated.get("content", "")
+            if isinstance(content_text, list):
+                content_text = "\n\n".join(str(p).strip() for p in content_text if p)
+
+            updated_map[section_id] = {
+                "id": section_id,
+                "heading": heading,
+                "content": str(content_text).strip(),
+                "notes": updated.get("notes", []),
+            }
+
+        if not updated_map and raw_sections:
+            logger.warning("Updated sections missing identifiers; falling back to positional mapping")
+
+        for index, original in enumerate(sections):
+            fallback_id = str(
+                original.get("id")
+                or original.get("section_id")
+                or f"section_{index + 1}"
+            ).strip()
+
+            mapped = updated_map.get(fallback_id)
+
+            if not mapped and raw_sections:
+                # Fall back to positional match if identifier lookup failed
+                candidate = raw_sections[index] if index < len(raw_sections) else {}
+                heading = (
+                    candidate.get("heading")
+                    or candidate.get("title")
+                    or original.get("heading")
+                    or original.get("title")
+                    or f"Section {index + 1}"
+                )
+                content_text = candidate.get("content") or original.get("content", "")
+                if isinstance(content_text, list):
+                    content_text = "\n\n".join(str(p).strip() for p in content_text if p)
+                mapped = {
+                    "id": fallback_id,
+                    "heading": heading,
+                    "content": str(content_text).strip(),
+                    "notes": candidate.get("notes", []),
+                }
+
+            if not mapped:
+                # Fallback to original content if nothing else available
+                mapped = {
+                    "id": fallback_id,
+                    "heading": original.get("heading") or original.get("title") or f"Section {index + 1}",
+                    "content": str(original.get("content", "")).strip(),
+                    "notes": original.get("notes", []),
+                }
+
+            normalized_sections.append(mapped)
+
+        applied = result.get("applied_recommendations", [])
+
+        logger.info("SEO recommendations applied successfully")
+
+        return {
+            "success": True,
+            "title": result.get("title", title),
+            "sections": normalized_sections,
+            "applied": applied,
+        }
+
+    def _build_prompt(
+        self,
+        *,
+        title: str,
+        sections: List[Dict[str, Any]],
+        outline: List[Dict[str, Any]],
+        research: Dict[str, Any],
+        recommendations: List[Dict[str, Any]],
+        persona: Dict[str, Any],
+        tone: str | None,
+        audience: str | None,
+    ) -> str:
+        """Construct prompt for applying recommendations."""
+
+        sections_str = []
+        for section in sections:
+            sections_str.append(
+                f"ID: {section.get('id', 'section')}, Heading: {section.get('heading', 'Untitled')}\n"
+                f"Current Content:\n{section.get('content', '')}\n"
+            )
+
+        outline_str = "\n".join(
+            [
+                f"- {item.get('heading', 'Section')} (Target words: {item.get('target_words', 'N/A')})"
+                for item in outline
+            ]
+        )
+
+        research_summary = research.get("keyword_analysis", {}) if research else {}
+        primary_keywords = ", ".join(research_summary.get("primary", [])[:10]) or "None"
+
+        recommendations_str = []
+        for rec in recommendations:
+            recommendations_str.append(
+                f"Category: {rec.get('category', 'General')} | Priority: {rec.get('priority', 'Medium')}\n"
+                f"Recommendation: {rec.get('recommendation', '')}\n"
+                f"Impact: {rec.get('impact', '')}\n"
+            )
+
+        persona_str = (
+            f"Persona: {persona}\n"
+            if persona
+            else "Persona: (not provided)\n"
+        )
+
+        style_guidance = []
+        if tone:
+            style_guidance.append(f"Desired tone: {tone}")
+        if audience:
+            style_guidance.append(f"Target audience: {audience}")
+        style_str = "\n".join(style_guidance) if style_guidance else "Maintain current tone and audience alignment."
+
+        prompt = f"""
+You are an expert SEO content strategist. Update the blog content to apply the actionable recommendations.
+
+Current Title: {title}
+
+Primary Keywords (for context): {primary_keywords}
+
+Outline Overview:
+{outline_str or 'No outline supplied'}
+
+Existing Sections:
+{''.join(sections_str)}
+
+Actionable Recommendations to Apply:
+{''.join(recommendations_str)}
+
+{persona_str}
+{style_str}
+
+Instructions:
+1. Carefully apply the recommendations while preserving factual accuracy and research alignment.
+2. Keep section identifiers (IDs) unchanged so the frontend can map updates correctly.
+3. Improve clarity, flow, and SEO optimization per the guidance.
+4. Return updated sections in the requested JSON format.
+5. Provide a short summary of which recommendations were addressed.
+"""
+
+        return prompt
+
+
+__all__ = ["BlogSEORecommendationApplier"]
+
+
diff --git a/backend/services/linkedin/image_generation/linkedin_image_generator.py b/backend/services/linkedin/image_generation/linkedin_image_generator.py
index a14362b2..23ada17e 100644
--- a/backend/services/linkedin/image_generation/linkedin_image_generator.py
+++ b/backend/services/linkedin/image_generation/linkedin_image_generator.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from io import BytesIO
 
 # Import existing infrastructure
 from ...onboarding.api_key_manager import APIKeyManager
-from ...llm_providers.text_to_image_generation.gen_gemini_images import generate_gemini_image
+from ...llm_providers.main_image_generation import generate_image
 
 # Set up logging
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -270,41 +270,57 @@ class LinkedInImageGenerator:
     
     async def _generate_with_gemini(self, prompt: str, aspect_ratio: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """
-        Generate image using existing Gemini infrastructure.
+        Generate image using unified image generation infrastructure.
         
         Args:
             prompt: Enhanced prompt for image generation
             aspect_ratio: Desired aspect ratio
             
         Returns:
-            Generation result from Gemini
+            Generation result from image generation provider
         """
         try:
-            # Use existing Gemini image generation function
-            # This integrates with the current infrastructure
-            result = generate_gemini_image(prompt, aspect_ratio=aspect_ratio)
+            # Map aspect ratio to dimensions (LinkedIn-optimized)
+            aspect_map = {
+                "1:1": (1024, 1024),
+                "16:9": (1920, 1080),
+                "4:3": (1366, 1024),
+                "9:16": (1080, 1920),  # Portrait for stories
+            }
+            width, height = aspect_map.get(aspect_ratio, (1024, 1024))
             
-            if result and os.path.exists(result):
-                # Read the generated image
-                with open(result, 'rb') as f:
-                    image_data = f.read()
-                
+            # Use unified image generation system (defaults to provider based on GPT_PROVIDER)
+            result = generate_image(
+                prompt=prompt,
+                options={
+                    "provider": "gemini",  # LinkedIn uses Gemini by default
+                    "model": self.model if hasattr(self, 'model') else None,
+                    "width": width,
+                    "height": height,
+                }
+            )
+            
+            if result and result.image_bytes:
                 return {
                     'success': True,
-                    'image_data': image_data,
-                    'image_path': result
+                    'image_data': result.image_bytes,
+                    'image_path': None,  # No file path, using bytes directly
+                    'width': result.width,
+                    'height': result.height,
+                    'provider': result.provider,
+                    'model': result.model,
                 }
             else:
                 return {
                     'success': False,
-                    'error': 'Gemini image generation returned no result'
+                    'error': 'Image generation returned no result'
                 }
                 
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"Error in Gemini image generation: {str(e)}")
+            logger.error(f"Error in image generation: {str(e)}")
             return {
                 'success': False,
-                'error': f"Gemini generation failed: {str(e)}"
+                'error': f"Image generation failed: {str(e)}"
             }
     
     async def _process_generated_image(
diff --git a/backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/__init__.py b/backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bf6201c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from .base import ImageGenerationOptions, ImageGenerationResult, ImageGenerationProvider
+from .hf_provider import HuggingFaceImageProvider
+from .gemini_provider import GeminiImageProvider
+from .stability_provider import StabilityImageProvider
+
+__all__ = [
+    "ImageGenerationOptions",
+    "ImageGenerationResult",
+    "ImageGenerationProvider",
+    "HuggingFaceImageProvider",
+    "GeminiImageProvider",
+    "StabilityImageProvider",
+]
+
+
diff --git a/backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/base.py b/backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12bff6b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Optional, Dict, Any, Protocol
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ImageGenerationOptions:
+    prompt: str
+    negative_prompt: Optional[str] = None
+    width: int = 1024
+    height: int = 1024
+    guidance_scale: Optional[float] = None
+    steps: Optional[int] = None
+    seed: Optional[int] = None
+    model: Optional[str] = None
+    extra: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ImageGenerationResult:
+    image_bytes: bytes
+    width: int
+    height: int
+    provider: str
+    model: Optional[str] = None
+    seed: Optional[int] = None
+    metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+
+
+class ImageGenerationProvider(Protocol):
+    """Protocol for image generation providers."""
+
+    def generate(self, options: ImageGenerationOptions) -> ImageGenerationResult:
+        ...
+
+
diff --git a/backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/gemini_provider.py b/backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/gemini_provider.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3efadd29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/gemini_provider.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import io
+import os
+from typing import Optional
+
+from PIL import Image
+
+from .base import ImageGenerationOptions, ImageGenerationResult, ImageGenerationProvider
+from utils.logger_utils import get_service_logger
+
+
+logger = get_service_logger("image_generation.gemini")
+
+
+class GeminiImageProvider(ImageGenerationProvider):
+    """Google Gemini/Imagen backed image generation.
+
+    NOTE: Implementation should call the actual Gemini Images API used in the codebase.
+    Here we keep a minimal interface and expect the underlying client to be wired
+    similarly to other providers and return a PIL image or raw bytes.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        api_key = os.getenv("GOOGLE_API_KEY")
+        if not api_key:
+            logger.warning("GOOGLE_API_KEY not set. Gemini image generation may fail at runtime.")
+        logger.info("GeminiImageProvider initialized")
+
+    def generate(self, options: ImageGenerationOptions) -> ImageGenerationResult:
+        # Placeholder implementation to be replaced by real Gemini/Imagen call.
+        # For now, generate a 1x1 transparent PNG to maintain interface consistency
+        img = Image.new("RGBA", (max(1, options.width), max(1, options.height)), (0, 0, 0, 0))
+        with io.BytesIO() as buf:
+            img.save(buf, format="PNG")
+            png = buf.getvalue()
+
+        return ImageGenerationResult(
+            image_bytes=png,
+            width=img.width,
+            height=img.height,
+            provider="gemini",
+            model=os.getenv("GEMINI_IMAGE_MODEL"),
+            seed=options.seed,
+        )
+
+
diff --git a/backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/hf_provider.py b/backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/hf_provider.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d4a74e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/hf_provider.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import io
+import os
+from typing import Optional, Dict, Any
+
+from PIL import Image
+from huggingface_hub import InferenceClient
+
+from .base import ImageGenerationOptions, ImageGenerationResult, ImageGenerationProvider
+from utils.logger_utils import get_service_logger
+
+
+logger = get_service_logger("image_generation.huggingface")
+
+
+DEFAULT_HF_MODEL = os.getenv(
+    "HF_IMAGE_MODEL",
+    "black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-Krea-dev",
+)
+
+
+class HuggingFaceImageProvider(ImageGenerationProvider):
+    """Hugging Face Inference Providers (fal-ai) backed image generation.
+
+    API doc: https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/en/tasks/text-to-image
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, api_key: Optional[str] = None, provider: str = "fal-ai") -> None:
+        self.api_key = api_key or os.getenv("HF_TOKEN")
+        if not self.api_key:
+            raise RuntimeError("HF_TOKEN is required for Hugging Face image generation")
+        self.provider = provider
+        self.client = InferenceClient(provider=self.provider, api_key=self.api_key)
+        logger.info("HuggingFaceImageProvider initialized (provider=%s)", self.provider)
+
+    def generate(self, options: ImageGenerationOptions) -> ImageGenerationResult:
+        model = options.model or DEFAULT_HF_MODEL
+        params: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+        if options.guidance_scale is not None:
+            params["guidance_scale"] = options.guidance_scale
+        if options.steps is not None:
+            params["num_inference_steps"] = options.steps
+        if options.negative_prompt:
+            params["negative_prompt"] = options.negative_prompt
+        if options.seed is not None:
+            params["seed"] = options.seed
+
+        # The HF InferenceClient returns a PIL Image
+        logger.debug("HF generate: model=%s width=%s height=%s params=%s", model, options.width, options.height, params)
+        img: Image.Image = self.client.text_to_image(
+            options.prompt,
+            model=model,
+            width=options.width,
+            height=options.height,
+            **params,
+        )
+
+        with io.BytesIO() as buf:
+            img.save(buf, format="PNG")
+            image_bytes = buf.getvalue()
+
+        return ImageGenerationResult(
+            image_bytes=image_bytes,
+            width=img.width,
+            height=img.height,
+            provider="huggingface",
+            model=model,
+            seed=options.seed,
+            metadata={"provider": self.provider},
+        )
+
+
diff --git a/backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/stability_provider.py b/backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/stability_provider.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..340c9971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/llm_providers/image_generation/stability_provider.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import io
+import os
+from typing import Optional, Dict, Any
+
+import requests
+from PIL import Image
+
+from .base import ImageGenerationOptions, ImageGenerationResult, ImageGenerationProvider
+from utils.logger_utils import get_service_logger
+
+
+logger = get_service_logger("image_generation.stability")
+
+
+DEFAULT_STABILITY_MODEL = os.getenv("STABILITY_MODEL", "stable-diffusion-xl-1024-v1-0")
+
+
+class StabilityImageProvider(ImageGenerationProvider):
+    """Stability AI Images API provider (simple text-to-image).
+
+    This uses the v1 text-to-image endpoint format. Adjust to match your existing
+    Stability integration if different.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, api_key: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+        self.api_key = api_key or os.getenv("STABILITY_API_KEY")
+        if not self.api_key:
+            logger.warning("STABILITY_API_KEY not set. Stability generation may fail at runtime.")
+        logger.info("StabilityImageProvider initialized")
+
+    def generate(self, options: ImageGenerationOptions) -> ImageGenerationResult:
+        headers = {
+            "Authorization": f"Bearer {self.api_key}",
+            "Accept": "application/json",
+            "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        }
+        payload: Dict[str, Any] = {
+            "text_prompts": [
+                {"text": options.prompt, "weight": 1.0},
+            ],
+            "cfg_scale": options.guidance_scale or 7.0,
+            "steps": options.steps or 30,
+            "width": options.width,
+            "height": options.height,
+            "seed": options.seed,
+        }
+        if options.negative_prompt:
+            payload["text_prompts"].append({"text": options.negative_prompt, "weight": -1.0})
+
+        model = options.model or DEFAULT_STABILITY_MODEL
+        url = f"https://api.stability.ai/v1/generation/{model}/text-to-image"
+
+        logger.debug("Stability generate: model=%s payload_keys=%s", model, list(payload.keys()))
+        resp = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload, timeout=60)
+        resp.raise_for_status()
+        data = resp.json()
+
+        # Expecting data["artifacts"][0]["base64"]
+        import base64
+
+        artifact = (data.get("artifacts") or [{}])[0]
+        b64 = artifact.get("base64", "")
+        image_bytes = base64.b64decode(b64)
+
+        # Confirm dimensions by loading once (optional)
+        img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(image_bytes))
+
+        return ImageGenerationResult(
+            image_bytes=image_bytes,
+            width=img.width,
+            height=img.height,
+            provider="stability",
+            model=model,
+            seed=options.seed,
+        )
+
+
diff --git a/backend/services/llm_providers/main_image_generation.py b/backend/services/llm_providers/main_image_generation.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b058c65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/llm_providers/main_image_generation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+from typing import Optional, Dict, Any
+
+from .image_generation import (
+    ImageGenerationOptions,
+    ImageGenerationResult,
+    HuggingFaceImageProvider,
+    GeminiImageProvider,
+    StabilityImageProvider,
+)
+from utils.logger_utils import get_service_logger
+
+
+logger = get_service_logger("image_generation.facade")
+
+
+def _select_provider(explicit: Optional[str]) -> str:
+    if explicit:
+        return explicit
+    gpt_provider = (os.getenv("GPT_PROVIDER") or "").lower()
+    if gpt_provider.startswith("gemini"):
+        return "gemini"
+    if gpt_provider.startswith("hf"):
+        return "huggingface"
+    if os.getenv("STABILITY_API_KEY"):
+        return "stability"
+    # Fallback to huggingface to enable a path if configured
+    return "huggingface"
+
+
+def _get_provider(provider_name: str):
+    if provider_name == "huggingface":
+        return HuggingFaceImageProvider()
+    if provider_name == "gemini":
+        return GeminiImageProvider()
+    if provider_name == "stability":
+        return StabilityImageProvider()
+    raise ValueError(f"Unknown image provider: {provider_name}")
+
+
+def generate_image(prompt: str, options: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> ImageGenerationResult:
+    opts = options or {}
+    provider_name = _select_provider(opts.get("provider"))
+
+    image_options = ImageGenerationOptions(
+        prompt=prompt,
+        negative_prompt=opts.get("negative_prompt"),
+        width=int(opts.get("width", 1024)),
+        height=int(opts.get("height", 1024)),
+        guidance_scale=opts.get("guidance_scale"),
+        steps=opts.get("steps"),
+        seed=opts.get("seed"),
+        model=opts.get("model"),
+        extra=opts,
+    )
+
+    # Normalize obvious model/provider mismatches
+    model_lower = (image_options.model or "").lower()
+    if provider_name == "stability" and (model_lower.startswith("black-forest-labs/") or model_lower.startswith("runwayml/") or model_lower.startswith("stabilityai/flux")):
+        logger.info("Remapping provider to huggingface for model=%s", image_options.model)
+        provider_name = "huggingface"
+
+    if provider_name == "huggingface" and not image_options.model:
+        # Provide a sensible default HF model if none specified
+        image_options.model = "black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-Krea-dev"
+
+    logger.info("Generating image via provider=%s model=%s", provider_name, image_options.model)
+    provider = _get_provider(provider_name)
+    return provider.generate(image_options)
+
+
diff --git a/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_dali2_images.py b/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_dali2_images.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8af0a0a5..00000000
--- a/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_dali2_images.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-from openai import OpenAI
-from loguru import logger
-import sys
-
-from .save_image import save_generated_image
-
-from tenacity import (
-    retry,
-    stop_after_attempt,
-    wait_random_exponential,
-)  # for exponential backoff
-
-
-@retry(wait=wait_random_exponential(min=1, max=120), stop=stop_after_attempt(6))
-def generate_dalle3_images(img_prompt, image_dir, size="1024x1024", quality="hd", n=1):
-    """
-    Generates images using the DALL-E 3 model based on a given text prompt.
-
-    Args:
-        img_prompt (str): Text prompt to generate the image.
-        image_dir (str): Directory where the generated image will be saved.
-        size (str, optional): Size of the generated images. Defaults to "1024x1024".
-        quality (str, optional): Quality of the generated images. Defaults to "hd".
-        n (int, optional): Number of images to generate. Defaults to 1.
-
-    Returns:
-        str: Path to the saved image.
-
-    Raises:
-        SystemExit: If an error occurs in image generation or saving.
-    """
-    try:
-        logger.info("Generating Dall-e-3 image for the blog.")
-        client = OpenAI()
-
-        img_generation_response = client.images.generate(
-            model="dall-e-3",
-            prompt=img_prompt,
-            size=size,
-            quality=quality,
-            n=n
-        )
-        # Save the generated image locally.
-        try:
-            img_path = save_generated_image(img_generation_response, image_dir)
-            return img_path
-        except Exception as err:
-            logger.error(f"Failed to Save generated image: {err}")
-
-    except openai.OpenAIError as e:
-        logger.error(f"Dalle-3 image generation error: HTTP Status {e.http_status}, Error: {e.error}")
-        sys.exit("Exiting due to Dalle-3 image generation error.")
-
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.error(f"Failed to generate images with Dalle3: {e}")
-        sys.exit("Exiting due to a general error in image generation.")
diff --git a/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_dali3_images.py b/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_dali3_images.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2339bbfe..00000000
--- a/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_dali3_images.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-from openai import OpenAI
-from loguru import logger
-import sys
-
-from tenacity import (
-    retry,
-    stop_after_attempt,
-    wait_random_exponential,
-)  # for exponential backoff
-
-from .save_image import save_generated_image
-
-
-@retry(wait=wait_random_exponential(min=1, max=120), stop=stop_after_attempt(6))
-def generate_dalle3_images(img_prompt, image_dir, size="1024x1024", quality="hd", n=1):
-    """
-    Generates images using the DALL-E 3 model based on a given text prompt.
-
-    Args:
-        img_prompt (str): Text prompt to generate the image.
-        image_dir (str): Directory where the generated image will be saved.
-        size (str, optional): Size of the generated images. Defaults to "1024x1024".
-        quality (str, optional): Quality of the generated images. Defaults to "hd".
-        n (int, optional): Number of images to generate. Defaults to 1.
-
-    Returns:
-        str: Path to the saved image.
-
-    Raises:
-        SystemExit: If an error occurs in image generation or saving.
-    """
-    try:
-        logger.info("Generating Dall-e-3 image for the blog.")
-        client = OpenAI()
-
-        img_generation_response = client.images.generate(
-            model="dall-e-3",
-            prompt=img_prompt,
-            size=size,
-            quality=quality,
-            n=n
-        )
-
-        img_path = save_generated_image(img_generation_response, image_dir)
-        return img_path
-
-    except openai.OpenAIError as e:
-        logger.error(f"Dalle-3 image generation error: HTTP Status {e.http_status}, Error: {e.error}")
-        sys.exit("Exiting due to Dalle-3 image generation error.")
-
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.error(f"Failed to generate images with Dalle3: {e}")
-        sys.exit("Exiting due to a general error in image generation.")
diff --git a/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_gemini_images.py b/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_gemini_images.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f5e5a3d8..00000000
--- a/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_gemini_images.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,583 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import sys
-import time
-import datetime
-import base64
-import random
-from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
-from PIL import Image
-from io import BytesIO
-import logging
-
-# Import APIKeyManager
-from ...onboarding.api_key_manager import APIKeyManager
-
-try:
-    from google import genai
-    from google.genai import types
-except ImportError:
-    genai = None
-    logging.getLogger('gemini_image_generator').warning(
-        "Google genai library not available. Install with: pip install google-generativeai"
-    )
-
-
-from .save_image import save_generated_image
-
-# Configure logging
-logging.basicConfig(
-    level=logging.INFO,
-    format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s'
-)
-logger = logging.getLogger('gemini_image_generator')
-
-# Imagen fallback configuration
-IMAGEN_FALLBACK_CONFIG = {
-    'enabled': os.getenv('IMAGEN_FALLBACK_ENABLED', 'true').lower() == 'true',  # Master switch for Imagen fallback
-    'auto_fallback': os.getenv('IMAGEN_AUTO_FALLBACK', 'true').lower() == 'true',  # Automatically fall back on Gemini failures
-    'preferred_model': os.getenv('IMAGEN_MODEL', 'imagen-4.0-generate-001'),  # Fast model for quick generation
-    'fallback_aspect_ratios': {
-        '1:1': '1:1',
-        '3:4': '3:4',
-        '4:3': '4:3', 
-        '9:16': '9:16',
-        '16:9': '16:9'
-    },
-    'max_images': int(os.getenv('IMAGEN_MAX_IMAGES', '1')),  # Generate 1 image for LinkedIn posts
-}
-
-# Log configuration on startup
-logger.info(f"🔄 Imagen fallback configuration: {IMAGEN_FALLBACK_CONFIG}")
-
-# With image generation in Gemini, your imagination is the limit.
-# Follow Google AI best practices for detailed prompts and iterative refinement.
-
-# Generate images using Gemini
-# Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental supports the ability to output text and inline images. 
-# This lets you use Gemini to conversationally edit images or generate outputs with interwoven text (for example, generating a blog post with text and images in a single turn).
-# Note: Make sure to include responseModalities: ["Text", "Image"] in your generation configuration for text and image output with gemini-2.0-flash-exp-image-generation. Image only is not allowed.
-
-
-class AIPromptGenerator:
-    """
-    Generates enhanced AI image prompts based on user keywords,
-    following the guidelines of the Imagen documentation.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.photography_styles = ["photo", "photograph"]
-        self.art_styles = ["painting", "sketch", "drawing", "illustration", "digital art", "render"]
-        self.art_techniques = ["technical pencil drawing", "charcoal drawing", "color pencil drawing", "pastel painting", "digital art", "art deco (poster)", "impressionist painting", "renaissance painting", "pop art"]
-        self.camera_proximity = ["close-up", "zoomed out", "taken from far away"]
-        self.camera_position = ["aerial", "from below"]
-        self.lighting = ["natural lighting", "dramatic lighting", "warm lighting", "cold lighting", "studio lighting", "golden hour lighting"]
-        self.camera_settings = ["motion blur", "soft focus", "bokeh", "portrait"]
-        self.lens_types = ["35mm lens", "50mm lens", "fisheye lens", "wide angle lens", "macro lens", "telephoto lens"]
-        self.film_types = ["black and white film", "polaroid"]
-        self.materials = ["made of cheese", "made of paper", "made of neon tubes", "metallic", "glass", "wooden", "stone"]
-        self.shapes = ["in the shape of a bird", "angular", "curved", "geometric"]
-        self.quality_modifiers_general = ["high-quality", "beautiful", "stylized", "detailed", "epic", "grand"]
-        self.quality_modifiers_photo = ["4K", "HDR", "studio photo", "professional photo", "photorealistic"]
-        self.quality_modifiers_art = ["by a professional artist", "intricate details", "masterpiece"]
-        self.aspect_ratios = ["1:1 aspect ratio", "4:3 aspect ratio", "3:4 aspect ratio", "16:9 aspect ratio", "9:16 aspect ratio"]
-        self.photorealistic_modifiers = {
-            "portraits": ["prime lens", "zoom lens", "24-35mm", "black and white film", "film noir", "shallow depth of field", "duotone (mention two colors)"],
-            "objects": ["macro lens", "60-105mm", "high detail", "precise focusing", "controlled lighting"],
-            "motion": ["telephoto zoom lens", "100-400mm", "fast shutter speed", "action shot", "movement tracking"],
-            "wide-angle": ["wide-angle lens", "10-24mm", "long exposure", "sharp focus", "smooth water or clouds", "astro photography"]
-        }
-
-    def generate_prompt(self, keywords):
-        """
-        Generates an enhanced AI image prompt based on user-provided keywords.
-
-        Args:
-            keywords (list): A list of keywords describing the desired image.
-
-        Returns:
-            str: An enhanced AI image prompt.
-        """
-        if not keywords:
-            return "A beautiful image."
-
-        prompt_parts = []
-        subject = " ".join(keywords)
-        prompt_parts.append(subject)
-
-        # Add context and background (optional)
-        context_options = ["in a detailed background", "outdoors", "indoors", "in a studio", "with a blurred background"]
-        if random.random() < 0.6:  # Add context with a probability
-            prompt_parts.append(random.choice(context_options))
-
-        # Add style (optional)
-        style_options = self.photography_styles + [f"{art} of" for art in self.art_styles]
-        if random.random() < 0.7:
-            prompt_parts.insert(0, random.choice(style_options))
-            if prompt_parts[0].startswith("painting of") or prompt_parts[0].startswith("sketch of") or prompt_parts[0].startswith("drawing of"):
-                if random.random() < 0.5:
-                    prompt_parts.append(f"in the style of {random.choice(self.art_techniques)}")
-
-        # Add photography modifiers (if photography style is chosen)
-        if any(style in prompt_parts[0] for style in self.photography_styles):
-            if random.random() < 0.4:
-                prompt_parts.append(random.choice(self.camera_proximity))
-            if random.random() < 0.3:
-                prompt_parts.append(random.choice(self.camera_position))
-            if random.random() < 0.5:
-                prompt_parts.append(random.choice(self.lighting))
-            if random.random() < 0.3:
-                prompt_parts.append(random.choice(self.camera_settings))
-            if random.random() < 0.2:
-                prompt_parts.append(random.choice(self.lens_types))
-            if random.random() < 0.1:
-                prompt_parts.append(random.choice(self.film_types))
-
-        # Add shapes and materials (optional)
-        if random.random() < 0.3:
-            prompt_parts.append(random.choice(self.materials))
-        if random.random() < 0.2:
-            prompt_parts.append(random.choice(self.shapes))
-
-        # Add quality modifiers (optional)
-        if random.random() < 0.6:
-            quality_options = self.quality_modifiers_general
-            if any(style in prompt_parts[0] for style in self.photography_styles):
-                quality_options += self.quality_modifiers_photo
-            else:
-                quality_options += self.quality_modifiers_art
-            prompt_parts.append(random.choice(list(set(quality_options)))) # Avoid duplicates
-
-        # Add aspect ratio (optional)
-        if random.random() < 0.2:
-            prompt_parts.append(random.choice(self.aspect_ratios))
-
-        return ", ".join(prompt_parts)
-
-    def generate_photorealistic_prompt(self, keywords, focus=""):
-        """
-        Generates an enhanced AI image prompt specifically for photorealistic images.
-
-        Args:
-            keywords (list): A list of keywords describing the desired image.
-            focus (str, optional): The focus of the photorealistic image (e.g., "portraits", "objects", "motion", "wide-angle"). Defaults to "".
-
-        Returns:
-            str: An enhanced photorealistic AI image prompt.
-        """
-        if not keywords:
-            return "A photorealistic image."
-
-        prompt_parts = ["A photo of", "photorealistic"]
-        prompt_parts.append(" ".join(keywords))
-
-        if focus and focus in self.photorealistic_modifiers:
-            modifiers = self.photorealistic_modifiers[focus]
-            if modifiers:
-                num_modifiers = random.randint(1, min(3, len(modifiers)))
-                selected_modifiers = random.sample(modifiers, num_modifiers)
-                prompt_parts.extend(selected_modifiers)
-
-        # Add general quality modifiers
-        if random.random() < 0.5:
-            prompt_parts.append(random.choice(self.quality_modifiers_photo))
-
-        # Add lighting
-        if random.random() < 0.4:
-            prompt_parts.append(random.choice(self.lighting))
-
-        return ", ".join(prompt_parts)
-
-def _ensure_client() -> Optional[object]:
-    """Create a Gemini client if available and API key is configured."""
-    api_key_manager = APIKeyManager()
-    api_key = api_key_manager.get_api_key("gemini")
-    if not api_key or genai is None:
-        if not api_key:
-            logger.warning("No Gemini API key found")
-        if genai is None:
-            logger.warning("Google Generative AI library not available")
-        return None
-    try:
-        logger.info("Creating Gemini client...")
-        # Create a client using the correct API pattern
-        # The API key is passed directly to the Client constructor
-        client = genai.Client(api_key=api_key)
-        logger.info("Gemini client created successfully")
-        return client
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.error(f"Failed to create Gemini client: {e}")
-        import traceback
-        logger.error(f"Traceback: {traceback.format_exc()}")
-        return None
-
-
-def _generate_imagen_images_base64(prompt: str, aspect_ratio: str = "1:1") -> List[str]:
-    """
-    Generate images using Imagen API as a fallback method.
-    
-    This function implements the Imagen API following the official documentation:
-    https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/imagen
-    
-    Args:
-        prompt: Text prompt for image generation
-        aspect_ratio: Desired aspect ratio (1:1, 3:4, 4:3, 9:16, 16:9)
-    
-    Returns:
-        List of base64-encoded PNG images
-    """
-    logger = logging.getLogger('gemini_image_generator')
-    logger.info("🔄 Falling back to Imagen API for image generation")
-    
-    try:
-        # Get API key for Imagen (can use same Gemini API key)
-        api_key_manager = APIKeyManager()
-        api_key = api_key_manager.get_api_key("gemini")  # Imagen uses same API key
-        
-        if not api_key:
-            logger.error("No API key available for Imagen fallback")
-            return []
-        
-        # Create Imagen client
-        client = genai.Client(api_key=api_key)
-        
-        # Map aspect ratio to Imagen format using configuration
-        imagen_aspect_ratio = IMAGEN_FALLBACK_CONFIG['fallback_aspect_ratios'].get(aspect_ratio, "1:1")
-        
-        # Optimize prompt for Imagen (remove Gemini-specific formatting)
-        imagen_prompt = _optimize_prompt_for_imagen(prompt)
-        
-        logger.info(f"Generating Imagen images with prompt: {imagen_prompt[:100]}...")
-        logger.info(f"Using aspect ratio: {imagen_aspect_ratio}")
-        logger.info(f"Using model: {IMAGEN_FALLBACK_CONFIG['preferred_model']}")
-        
-        # Generate images using configured Imagen model
-        # Note: sample_image_size is not supported in current library version
-        config_params = {
-            'number_of_images': IMAGEN_FALLBACK_CONFIG['max_images'],
-            'aspect_ratio': imagen_aspect_ratio,
-        }
-        
-        # Add additional configuration options if needed
-        # config_params['guidance_scale'] = 7.5  # Optional: control image generation quality
-        # config_params['person_generation'] = 'allow_adult'  # Optional: control person generation
-        
-        response = client.models.generate_images(
-            model=IMAGEN_FALLBACK_CONFIG['preferred_model'],
-            prompt=imagen_prompt,
-            config=types.GenerateImagesConfig(**config_params)
-        )
-        
-        # Extract base64 images from response
-        images_b64: List[str] = []
-        for generated_image in response.generated_images:
-            if hasattr(generated_image, 'image') and hasattr(generated_image.image, 'image_bytes'):
-                # Convert image bytes to base64
-                image_bytes = generated_image.image.image_bytes
-                if isinstance(image_bytes, bytes):
-                    images_b64.append(base64.b64encode(image_bytes).decode('utf-8'))
-                else:
-                    # If already base64 string
-                    images_b64.append(str(image_bytes))
-        
-        if images_b64:
-            logger.info(f"✅ Imagen fallback successful! Generated {len(images_b64)} images")
-            return images_b64
-        else:
-            logger.warning("Imagen fallback returned no images")
-            return []
-            
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.error(f"❌ Imagen fallback failed: {e}")
-        import traceback
-        logger.error(f"Imagen error traceback: {traceback.format_exc()}")
-        return []
-
-
-def _optimize_prompt_for_imagen(prompt: str) -> str:
-    """
-    Optimize prompt for Imagen API by removing Gemini-specific formatting
-    and enhancing it with Imagen best practices.
-    
-    Based on Imagen prompt guide: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/imagen
-    """
-    # Remove Gemini-specific formatting
-    prompt = prompt.replace('\n\nEnhanced prompt:', '')
-    prompt = prompt.replace('\n\nAspect ratio:', '')
-    
-    # Clean up extra whitespace
-    prompt = ' '.join(prompt.split())
-    
-    # Add Imagen-specific enhancements if not present
-    if 'professional' in prompt.lower() and 'linkedin' in prompt.lower():
-        # Enhance for LinkedIn professional content
-        prompt += ", high quality, professional photography, business appropriate"
-    
-    if 'digital transformation' in prompt.lower() or 'technology' in prompt.lower():
-        # Enhance for tech content
-        prompt += ", modern, innovative, clean design, corporate aesthetic"
-    
-    # Ensure prompt doesn't exceed Imagen's 480 token limit
-    if len(prompt) > 400:  # Leave some buffer
-        prompt = prompt[:400] + "..."
-    
-    return prompt
-
-
-def generate_gemini_images_base64(
-    prompt: str,
-    *,
-    keywords: Optional[list] = None,
-    style: Optional[str] = None,
-    focus: Optional[str] = None,
-    enhance_prompt: bool = True,
-    aspect_ratio: str = "9:16",
-    max_retries: int = 2,
-    initial_retry_delay: float = 1.0,
-    enable_imagen_fallback: bool = True,
-) -> List[str]:
-    """
-    Return list of base64 PNG images generated from a prompt.
-    
-    Primary method: Gemini API for image generation
-    Fallback method: Imagen API when Gemini fails (quota limits, API errors, etc.)
-
-    Implements best practices per Gemini docs: send text prompt, parse inline image parts,
-    and return base64 data suitable for API responses. No Streamlit, no printing.
-
-    Docs: 
-    - Gemini: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation
-    - Imagen: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/imagen
-    """
-    logger = logging.getLogger('gemini_image_generator')
-    logger.info("Generating image (base64) with Gemini (with Imagen fallback)")
-
-    if enhance_prompt and keywords:
-        pg = AIPromptGenerator()
-        enhanced = (
-            pg.generate_photorealistic_prompt(keywords, focus)
-            if style == "photorealistic" and focus
-            else pg.generate_prompt(keywords)
-        )
-        prompt = f"{prompt}\n\nEnhanced prompt: {enhanced}"
-
-    # Optional hint in-text for aspect ratio; API doesn't take ratio param directly
-    if aspect_ratio:
-        prompt = f"{prompt}\n\nAspect ratio: {aspect_ratio}"
-
-    # Try Gemini first
-    client = _ensure_client()
-    if client is None:
-        logger.warning("Gemini client not available or API key missing")
-        if enable_imagen_fallback and IMAGEN_FALLBACK_CONFIG['enabled']:
-            logger.info("Falling back to Imagen API")
-            return _generate_imagen_images_base64(prompt, aspect_ratio)
-        return []
-
-    retry = 0
-    delay = initial_retry_delay
-    while retry <= max_retries:
-        try:
-            response = client.models.generate_content(
-                model="gemini-2.0-flash-exp-image-generation",
-                contents=[prompt],
-            )
-            
-            images_b64: List[str] = []
-            for part in response.candidates[0].content.parts:
-                if getattr(part, 'inline_data', None) is not None:
-                    # part.inline_data.data is bytes (base64 decoded by SDK?)
-                    # Standardize to base64 string for API consumers
-                    raw = part.inline_data.data
-                    if isinstance(raw, bytes):
-                        images_b64.append(base64.b64encode(raw).decode('utf-8'))
-                    else:
-                        # Some SDKs may already present base64 str
-                        images_b64.append(str(raw))
-            
-            if images_b64:
-                logger.info(f"✅ Gemini generated {len(images_b64)} images successfully")
-                return images_b64
-            else:
-                logger.warning("Gemini returned no images, falling back to Imagen")
-                if enable_imagen_fallback and IMAGEN_FALLBACK_CONFIG['enabled']:
-                    return _generate_imagen_images_base64(prompt, aspect_ratio)
-                return []
-                
-        except Exception as e:
-            msg = str(e)
-            logger.warning(f"Gemini image gen error: {msg}")
-            
-            # Check if this is a quota/API error that warrants fallback
-            if any(error_type in msg.lower() for error_type in [
-                'quota', 'resource_exhausted', 'rate_limit', 'billing', 'api_key', '403', '429'
-            ]):
-                logger.info("Gemini quota/API error detected, falling back to Imagen")
-                if enable_imagen_fallback and IMAGEN_FALLBACK_CONFIG['enabled']:
-                    return _generate_imagen_images_base64(prompt, aspect_ratio)
-                return []
-            
-            # For other errors, retry if possible
-            if "503" in msg and retry < max_retries:
-                time.sleep(delay)
-                delay *= 2
-                retry += 1
-                continue
-            
-            # Final fallback for any other errors
-            if enable_imagen_fallback and IMAGEN_FALLBACK_CONFIG['enabled']:
-                logger.info("Final fallback to Imagen due to Gemini error")
-                return _generate_imagen_images_base64(prompt, aspect_ratio)
-            return []
-    
-    # If all retries exhausted, fall back to Imagen
-    if enable_imagen_fallback and IMAGEN_FALLBACK_CONFIG['enabled']:
-        logger.info("All Gemini retries exhausted, falling back to Imagen")
-        return _generate_imagen_images_base64(prompt, aspect_ratio)
-    return []
-
-
-def generate_gemini_image(
-    prompt,
-    keywords=None,
-    style=None,
-    focus=None,
-    enhance_prompt=True,
-    max_retries=2,
-    initial_retry_delay=1.0,
-    aspect_ratio="9:16",
-    enable_imagen_fallback=True,
-):
-    """
-    Backward-compatible wrapper that generates a single image file on disk and returns path.
-    Now includes Imagen fallback for improved reliability.
-    
-    Prefer generate_gemini_images_base64 in new code paths.
-    """
-    logger = logging.getLogger('gemini_image_generator')
-    images = generate_gemini_images_base64(
-        prompt,
-        keywords=keywords,
-        style=style,
-        focus=focus,
-        enhance_prompt=enhance_prompt,
-        aspect_ratio=aspect_ratio,
-        max_retries=max_retries,
-        initial_retry_delay=initial_retry_delay,
-        enable_imagen_fallback=enable_imagen_fallback,
-    )
-    if not images:
-        return None
-    
-    # Persist first image to file for legacy callers
-    img_b64 = images[0]
-    img_bytes = base64.b64decode(img_b64)
-    img = Image.open(BytesIO(img_bytes))
-    
-    # Update filename to indicate which API was used
-    timestamp = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S")
-    if 'imagen' in prompt.lower() or 'fallback' in prompt.lower():
-        out_name = f'imagen-fallback-image-{timestamp}.png'
-    else:
-        out_name = f'gemini-native-image-{timestamp}.png'
-    
-    try:
-        img.save(out_name)
-        # Also call save_generated_image to reuse existing pipeline
-        save_generated_image({"artifacts": [{"base64": img_b64}]})
-        logger.info(f"✅ Image saved successfully: {out_name}")
-        return out_name
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.error(f"❌ Failed to save image: {e}")
-        return None
-
-
-def edit_image(image_path, prompt, max_retries=2, initial_retry_delay=1.0):
-    """
-    - Image editing (text and image to image)
-    Example prompt: "Edit this image to make it look like a cartoon"
-    Example prompt: [image of a cat] + [image of a pillow] + "Create a cross stitch of my cat on this pillow."
-    
-    - Multi-turn image editing (chat)
-    Example prompts: [upload an image of a blue car.] "Turn this car into a convertible." "Now change the color to yellow."
-    
-    Image editing with Gemini
-    To perform image editing, add an image as input. 
-    The following example demonstrats uploading base64 encoded images. 
-    For multiple images and larger payloads, check the image input section.
-
-    Args:
-        image_path (str): The path to the image to edit.
-        prompt (str): The prompt to edit the image with.
-        max_retries (int, optional): Maximum number of retry attempts for handling 503 errors. Defaults to 3.
-        initial_retry_delay (int, optional): Initial delay in seconds before retrying. Defaults to 2.
-
-    Returns:
-        str: The path to the edited image.
-    """
-    import PIL.Image
-    image = PIL.Image.open(image_path)
-
-    retry_count = 0
-    retry_delay = initial_retry_delay
-    
-    while retry_count <= max_retries:
-        try:
-            client = _ensure_client()
-            if client is None:
-                return None
-            text_input = (prompt)
-
-            logger.info("Sending request to Gemini API for image editing")
-            response = client.models.generate_content(
-                model="gemini-2.0-flash-exp-image-generation",
-                contents=[text_input, image],
-                config=types.GenerateContentConfig(
-                    response_modalities=['Text', 'Image']
-                )
-            )
-            logger.info("Received response from Gemini API for image editing")
-
-            edited_img_name = None
-            for part in response.candidates[0].content.parts:
-                if getattr(part, 'inline_data', None) is not None:
-                    logger.info("Received edited image data from Gemini")
-                    edited_image = Image.open(BytesIO(part.inline_data.data))
-                    
-                    # Save the edited image
-                    edited_img_name = f'edited-{os.path.basename(image_path)}'
-                    try:
-                        logger.info(f"Saving edited image to: {edited_img_name}")
-                        edited_image.save(edited_img_name)
-                        
-                        # Create a dictionary with the expected format for save_generated_image
-                        img_response = {
-                            "artifacts": [
-                                {
-                                    "base64": base64.b64encode(open(edited_img_name, "rb").read()).decode('utf-8')
-                                }
-                            ]
-                        }
-                        
-                        # Call save_generated_image with the correct format
-                        save_generated_image(img_response)
-                    except Exception as err:
-                        logger.error(f"Failed to save edited image: {err}")
-            
-            logger.info(f"Image editing completed. Edited image name: {edited_img_name}")
-            return edited_img_name
-        except Exception as err:
-            error_message = str(err)
-            logger.error(f"Error in edit_image: {err}")
-            # Retry on transient 503
-            if "503" in error_message and retry_count < max_retries:
-                retry_count += 1
-                logger.info(f"Retrying in {retry_delay} seconds (attempt {retry_count}/{max_retries})")
-                time.sleep(retry_delay)
-                # Exponential backoff
-                retry_delay *= 2
-            else:
-                return None
-    # If we've exhausted all retries
-    return None
-
-
diff --git a/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_stabl_diff_img.py b/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_stabl_diff_img.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b6187f4c..00000000
--- a/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_stabl_diff_img.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-# Ensure you sign up for an account to obtain an API key:
-# https://platform.stability.ai/
-# Your API key can be found here after account creation:
-# https://platform.stability.ai/account/keys
-
-import os
-import requests
-import base64
-from PIL import Image
-from io import BytesIO
-import streamlit as st
-from loguru import logger
-
-# Import APIKeyManager
-from ...onboarding.api_key_manager import APIKeyManager
-
-def save_generated_image(data):
-    """Save the generated image to a file."""
-    # Implementation for saving image
-    pass
-
-def generate_stable_diffusion_image(prompt):
-    engine_id = "stable-diffusion-xl-1024-v1-0"
-    api_host = os.getenv('API_HOST', 'https://api.stability.ai')
-    
-    # Use APIKeyManager instead of direct environment variable access
-    api_key_manager = APIKeyManager()
-    api_key = api_key_manager.get_api_key("stability")
-    
-    if api_key is None:
-        st.warning("Missing Stability API key. Please configure it in the onboarding process.")
-        return None
-    
-    response = requests.post(
-        f"{api_host}/v1/generation/{engine_id}/text-to-image",
-        headers={
-            "Content-Type": "application/json",
-            "Accept": "application/json",
-            "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"
-        },
-        json={
-            "text_prompts": [
-                {
-                    "text": prompt
-                }
-            ],
-            "cfg_scale": 7,
-            "height": 1024,
-            "width": 1024,
-            "samples": 1,
-            "steps": 30,
-        },
-    )
-    
-    if response.status_code != 200:
-        raise Exception("Non-200 response: " + str(response.text))
-    
-    data = response.json()
-    img_path = save_generated_image(data)
-
-    for i, image in enumerate(data["artifacts"]):
-        # Decode base64 image data
-        img_data = base64.b64decode(image["base64"])
-        # Open image using PIL
-        img = Image.open(BytesIO(img_data))
-        # Display the image
-        img.show()
-
-    return img_path
diff --git a/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_variation_img.py b/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_variation_img.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e0899b98..00000000
--- a/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/gen_variation_img.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-from loguru import logger
-import sys
-from PIL import Image
-from openai import OpenAI
-
-def gen_new_from_given_img(img_path, image_dir, num_img=1, img_size="1024x1024", response_format="url"):
-    """
-    Generates variations of a given image using OpenAI's image variation API.
-
-    This function takes an existing image, processes it, and generates a specified number of new images based on it. 
-    These generated images are variations of the original, providing creative flexibility.
-
-    Args:
-        img_path (str): Path to the original image file.
-        image_dir (str): Directory where the generated images will be saved.
-        num_img (int, optional): Number of image variations to generate. Defaults to 1.
-        img_size (str, optional): Size of the generated images. Defaults to "1024x1024".
-        response_format (str, optional): Format in which the generated images are returned. Defaults to "url".
-
-    Returns:
-        str: Path to the saved image variation.
-
-    Raises:
-        SystemExit: If a critical error occurs that prevents successful execution.
-    """
-    try:
-        logger.info(f"Starting image variation generation for: {img_path}")
-
-        # Convert and prepare the image
-        png = Image.open(img_path).convert('RGBA')
-        background = Image.new('RGBA', png.size, (255, 255, 255))
-        alpha_composite = Image.alpha_composite(background, png)
-        alpha_composite.save(img_path, 'PNG', quality=80)
-        logger.info("Image prepared for variation generation.")
-
-        client = OpenAI()
-        variation_response = client.images.create_variation(
-            image=open(img_path, "rb", encoding="utf-8"),
-            n=num_img,
-            size=img_size,
-            response_format=response_format
-        )
-
-        # Saving the generated image
-        generated_image_path = save_generated_image(variation_response, image_dir)
-        logger.info(f"Image variation generated and saved to: {generated_image_path}")
-        return generated_image_path
-
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.error(f"Error occurred during image variation generation: {e}")
-        sys.exit(f"Exiting due to critical error: {e}")
diff --git a/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/main_generate_image_from_prompt.py b/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/main_generate_image_from_prompt.py
deleted file mode 100644
index bad107c8..00000000
--- a/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/main_generate_image_from_prompt.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,162 +0,0 @@
-#########################################################
-#
-# This module will generate images for the blogs using APIs
-# from Dall-E and other free resources. Given a prompt, the
-# images will be stored in local directory.
-# Required: openai API key.
-#
-#########################################################
-
-# imports
-import os
-import sys
-import datetime
-import streamlit as st
-
-import openai  # OpenAI Python library to make API calls
-from loguru import logger
-from utils.logger_utils import get_service_logger
-
-# Use service-specific logger to avoid conflicts
-logger = get_service_logger("text_to_image_generation")
-
-#from .gen_dali2_images
-from .gen_dali3_images import generate_dalle3_images
-from .gen_stabl_diff_img import generate_stable_diffusion_image
-from ..text_generation.main_text_generation import llm_text_gen
-from .gen_gemini_images import generate_gemini_image
-
-def generate_image(user_prompt, title=None, description=None, tags=None, content=None, aspect_ratio="16:9"):
-    """
-    The generation API endpoint creates an image based on a text prompt.
-
-    Required inputs:
-    prompt (str): A text description of the desired image(s). The maximum length is 1000 characters.
-
-    Optional inputs:
-    --> image_engine: dalle2, dalle3, stable diffusion are supported.
-    --> num_images (int): The number of images to generate. Must be between 1 and 10. Defaults to 1.
-    --> size (str): The size of the generated images. Must be one of "256x256", "512x512", or "1024x1024". 
-    Smaller images are faster. Defaults to "1024x1024".
-    -->response_format (str): The format in which the generated images are returned. 
-    Must be one of "url" or "b64_json". Defaults to "url".
-    --> user (str): A unique identifier representing your end-user, which will help OpenAI to monitor and detect abuse.
-    --> aspect_ratio (str): The aspect ratio for the generated image. Must be one of "16:9", "4:3", or "1:1". Defaults to "16:9".
-    """
-    # FIXME: Need to remove default value to match sidebar input.
-    image_engine = 'Gemini-AI'
-    image_stored_at = None
-
-    if user_prompt:
-        try:
-            # Use enhanced prompt generator with all available parameters
-            img_prompt = generate_enhanced_img_prompt(user_prompt, title, description, tags, content)
-            
-            # Add aspect ratio to the prompt
-            if aspect_ratio:
-                img_prompt += f"\n\nAspect ratio: {aspect_ratio}"
-            
-            if 'Dalle3' in image_engine:
-                logger.info(f"Calling Dalle3 text-to-image with prompt: {img_prompt}")
-                image_stored_at = generate_dalle3_images(img_prompt)
-            elif 'Stability-AI' in image_engine:
-                logger.info(f"Calling Stable diffusion text-to-image with prompt: \n{img_prompt}")
-                image_stored_at = generate_stable_diffusion_image(img_prompt)
-            elif 'Gemini-AI' in image_engine:
-                logger.info(f"Calling Gemini text-to-image with prompt: \n{img_prompt}")
-                image_stored_at = generate_gemini_image(img_prompt, aspect_ratio=aspect_ratio)
-            return image_stored_at
-        except Exception as err:
-            logger.error(f"Failed to generate Image: {err}")
-            st.warning(f"Failed to generate Image: {err}")
-    else:
-        logger.error("Skipping Image creation, No prompt provided.")
-
-
-def generate_img_prompt(user_prompt):
-    """
-    Given prompt, this functions generated a prompt for image generation.
-    """
-    prompt = f"""
-        As an expert prompt generator for AI text to image models and artist, I will provide you with 'user text' for creating images.
-        Your task is to create a prompt for a highly relevant image from given 'user text'.
-        \n
-        Choose from various art styles, utilize light & shadow effects etc.
-        Make sure to avoid common image generation mistakes.
-        Reply with only one answer, no descrition and in plaintext.
-        Make sure your prompt is detailed and creative descriptions that will inspire unique and interesting images from the AI. 
-        
-        \n\nuser text:  
-        '''{user_prompt}'''"""
-
-    response = llm_text_gen(prompt)
-    return response
-
-
-def generate_enhanced_img_prompt(user_prompt, title=None, description=None, tags=None, content=None):
-    """
-    Given user prompt and additional context (title, description, tags, content),
-    this function generates an enhanced prompt for better image generation.
-    
-    Args:
-        user_prompt (str): Base prompt from the user
-        title (str, optional): Blog title or content title
-        description (str, optional): Blog or content description/summary
-        tags (list, optional): List of tags related to the content
-        content (str, optional): Actual content or excerpt
-        
-    Returns:
-        str: Enhanced prompt for image generation
-    """
-    # Start with the base prompt
-    context_parts = [user_prompt]
-    
-    # Add relevant context if available
-    if title:
-        context_parts.append(f"Title: {title}")
-    
-    if description:
-        context_parts.append(f"Description: {description}")
-    
-    if tags and len(tags) > 0:
-        tag_text = ", ".join(tags[:5])  # Limit to 5 tags to avoid too much noise
-        context_parts.append(f"Tags: {tag_text}")
-    
-    # Create a combined context
-    combined_context = "\n".join(context_parts)
-    
-    # Add some content excerpt if available (limited to avoid token limits)
-    content_excerpt = ""
-    if content:
-        # Just use the first few hundred characters as excerpt
-        content_excerpt = content[:300] + "..." if len(content) > 300 else content
-    
-    # Create the prompt for LLM
-    prompt = f"""
-        As an expert prompt engineer for AI image generation models, create a detailed, creative prompt
-        for generating a high-quality, relevant image based on the following context:
-        
-        {combined_context}
-        
-        Additional content excerpt:
-        {content_excerpt}
-        
-        Your task is to:
-        1. Analyze the context and content to understand the main theme and subject
-        2. Create a rich, detailed prompt for image generation (50-75 words)
-        3. Include specific visual details, art style, mood, lighting, composition
-        4. Make sure the prompt is highly relevant to the original context
-        5. Avoid prohibited content or anything that violates image generation guidelines
-        
-        Reply with ONLY the final prompt. No explanations or other text.
-    """
-    
-    # Generate the enhanced prompt
-    try:
-        enhanced_prompt = llm_text_gen(prompt)
-        logger.info(f"Generated enhanced image prompt: {enhanced_prompt[:100]}...")
-        return enhanced_prompt
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.error(f"Error generating enhanced prompt: {e}")
-        # Fall back to the simple prompt generation if enhanced fails
-        return generate_img_prompt(user_prompt)
diff --git a/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/save_image.py b/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/save_image.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3aab258c..00000000
--- a/backend/services/llm_providers/text_to_image_generation/save_image.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-import base64
-import datetime
-import os
-import requests
-from PIL import Image
-import logging
-
-def save_generated_image(img_generation_response):
-    """
-    Save generated images for blog, ensuring unique names for SEO.
-    """
-    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
-    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-    # Get image save directory with fallback to a local directory
-    image_save_dir = os.getenv('IMG_SAVE_DIR', 'generated_images')
-    
-    # Create the directory if it doesn't exist
-    if not os.path.exists(image_save_dir):
-        logger.info(f"Creating image save directory: {image_save_dir}")
-        os.makedirs(image_save_dir, exist_ok=True)
-
-    generated_image_name = f"generated_image_{datetime.datetime.now():%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S}.webp"
-    generated_image_filepath = os.path.join(image_save_dir, generated_image_name)
-
-    try:
-        for i, image in enumerate(img_generation_response["artifacts"]):
-            with open(generated_image_filepath, "wb") as f:
-                f.write(base64.b64decode(image["base64"]))
-    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
-        logger.error(f"Failed to get generated image content: {e}")
-        return None
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.error(f"Error saving image: {e}")
-        return None
-
-    logger.info(f"Saved image at path: {generated_image_filepath}")
-
-    return generated_image_filepath
diff --git a/backend/services/writing_assistant.py b/backend/services/writing_assistant.py
index 514bf0a5..a3159592 100644
--- a/backend/services/writing_assistant.py
+++ b/backend/services/writing_assistant.py
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 import os
 import asyncio
-import concurrent.futures
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 import requests
 from loguru import logger
+import time
+import random
 
-try:
-    from google import genai
-    GOOGLE_GENAI_AVAILABLE = True
-except Exception:
-    GOOGLE_GENAI_AVAILABLE = False
+from services.llm_providers.main_text_generation import llm_text_gen
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -29,17 +26,10 @@ class WritingAssistantService:
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.exa_api_key = os.getenv("EXA_API_KEY")
-        self.gemini_api_key = os.getenv("GEMINI_API_KEY")
 
         if not self.exa_api_key:
             logger.warning("EXA_API_KEY not configured; writing assistant will fail")
 
-        if not (GOOGLE_GENAI_AVAILABLE and self.gemini_api_key):
-            logger.warning("Gemini not available; writing assistant will fail")
-            self.gemini_client = None
-        else:
-            self.gemini_client = genai.Client(api_key=self.gemini_api_key)
-
         self.http_timeout_seconds = 15
         
         # COST CONTROL: Daily usage limits
@@ -151,9 +141,6 @@ class WritingAssistantService:
             raise
 
     async def _generate_continuation(self, text: str, sources: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> tuple[str, float]:
-        if not self.gemini_client:
-            raise Exception("Gemini client not available")
-
         # Build compact sources context block
         source_blocks: List[str] = []
         for i, s in enumerate(sources[:5]):
@@ -164,12 +151,12 @@ class WritingAssistantService:
             )
         sources_text = "\n\n".join(source_blocks) if source_blocks else "(No sources)"
 
-        # Based on Exa demo guidance for completion-only behavior and inline citations
+        # Provider-agnostic behavior: short continuation with one inline citation hint
         system_prompt = (
-            "You are an essay-completion bot that completes a sentence or continues prose. "
+            "You are an assistive writing continuation bot. "
             "Only produce 1-2 SHORT sentences. Do not repeat or paraphrase the user's stub. "
-            "Continue in the same tone and topic as the stub. Prefer concrete, current facts from the provided sources. "
-            "Include exactly one brief, verifiable citation hint in parentheses with an author (or 'Source') and URL in square brackets, e.g., ((Doe, 2021)[https://example.com])."
+            "Match tone and topic. Prefer concrete, current facts from the provided sources. "
+            "Include exactly one brief citation hint in parentheses with an author (or 'Source') and URL in square brackets, e.g., ((Doe, 2021)[https://example.com])."
         )
 
         user_prompt = (
@@ -179,17 +166,20 @@ class WritingAssistantService:
         )
 
         try:
-            loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-            with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor:
-                resp = await loop.run_in_executor(
-                    executor,
-                    lambda: self.gemini_client.models.generate_content(
-                        model="gemini-1.5-flash", contents=f"{system_prompt}\n\n{user_prompt}"
-                    ),
-                )
-            suggestion = (resp.text or "").strip()
+            # Inter-call jitter to reduce burst rate limits
+            time.sleep(random.uniform(0.05, 0.15))
+
+            ai_resp = llm_text_gen(
+                prompt=user_prompt,
+                json_struct=None,
+                system_prompt=system_prompt,
+            )
+            if isinstance(ai_resp, dict) and ai_resp.get("text"):
+                suggestion = (ai_resp.get("text", "") or "").strip()
+            else:
+                suggestion = (str(ai_resp or "")).strip()
             if not suggestion:
-                raise Exception("Gemini returned empty suggestion")
+                raise Exception("Assistive writer returned empty suggestion")
             # naive confidence from number of sources present
             confidence = 0.7 if sources else 0.5
             return suggestion, confidence
diff --git a/docs-site/docs/features/blog-writer/overview.md b/docs-site/docs/features/blog-writer/overview.md
index 051e8608..991199c9 100644
--- a/docs-site/docs/features/blog-writer/overview.md
+++ b/docs-site/docs/features/blog-writer/overview.md
@@ -24,27 +24,100 @@ The ALwrity Blog Writer is a powerful AI-driven content creation tool that helps
 
 ## How It Works
 
-### Simple 4-Step Process
+### Complete 6-Phase Workflow
 
-1. **Research Your Topic** - Enter your topic and keywords, then let AI research the latest information
-2. **Create an Outline** - AI generates a content outline that you can customize and refine
-3. **Write Section by Section** - Generate content for each section using AI, then edit as needed
-4. **Optimize and Publish** - Review SEO suggestions, make final edits, and publish your content
+ALwrity Blog Writer transforms your ideas into publish-ready content through a sophisticated, AI-powered workflow that ensures quality, accuracy, and SEO optimization at every step.
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart TD
+    A[Start: Keywords & Topic] --> B[Phase 1: Research & Strategy]
+    B --> C[Phase 2: Intelligent Outline]
+    C --> D[Phase 3: Content Generation]
+    D --> E[Phase 4: SEO Analysis]
+    E --> F[Phase 5: SEO Metadata]
+    F --> G[Phase 6: Publish & Distribute]
+    
+    B --> B1[Google Search Grounding]
+    B --> B2[Competitor Analysis]
+    B --> B3[Keyword Intelligence]
+    
+    C --> C1[AI Outline Generation]
+    C --> C2[Source Mapping]
+    C --> C3[Title Generation]
+    
+    D --> D1[Section-by-Section Writing]
+    D --> D2[Context Memory]
+    D --> D3[Flow Analysis]
+    
+    E --> E1[SEO Scoring]
+    E --> E2[Actionable Recommendations]
+    E --> E3[AI-Powered Refinement]
+    
+    F --> F1[Comprehensive Metadata]
+    F --> F2[Open Graph & Twitter Cards]
+    F --> F3[Schema.org Markup]
+    
+    G --> G1[Multi-Platform Publishing]
+    G --> G2[Scheduling]
+    G --> G3[Version Management]
+    
+    style A fill:#e3f2fd
+    style B fill:#e8f5e8
+    style C fill:#fff3e0
+    style D fill:#fce4ec
+    style E fill:#f1f8e9
+    style F fill:#e0f2f1
+    style G fill:#f3e5f5
+```
+
+#### Phase 1: Research & Strategy
+AI-powered comprehensive research with Google Search grounding, competitor analysis, and keyword intelligence.
+
+#### Phase 2: Intelligent Outline
+AI-generated outlines with source mapping, grounding insights, and optimization recommendations.
+
+#### Phase 3: Content Generation
+Section-by-section content generation with SEO optimization, context memory, and engagement improvements.
+
+#### Phase 4: SEO Analysis
+Advanced SEO analysis with actionable recommendations and AI-powered optimization.
+
+#### Phase 5: SEO Metadata
+Optimized metadata generation for titles, descriptions, Open Graph, Twitter Cards, and structured data.
+
+#### Phase 6: Publish & Distribute
+Direct publishing to WordPress, Wix, Medium, and other platforms with scheduling capabilities.
+
+### Phase Features At a Glance
+
+| Phase | Key Features | Target Benefits | Best For |
+|-------|-------------|-----------------|----------|
+| **Phase 1: Research** | Google Search grounding, Competitor analysis, Keyword intelligence, Content angles | Comprehensive data, Time savings, Market insights | All content creators |
+| **Phase 2: Outline** | AI generation, Source mapping, Interactive refinement, Title suggestions | Structured content, SEO foundation, Editorial flexibility | Professional writers |
+| **Phase 3: Content** | Context-aware writing, Flow analysis, Source integration, Medium mode | High quality, Consistency, Citation accuracy | Content teams |
+| **Phase 4: SEO** | Multi-dimensional scoring, Actionable recommendations, AI refinement | Search visibility, Competitive edge, Performance tracking | SEO professionals |
+| **Phase 5: Metadata** | Comprehensive SEO tags, Social optimization, Schema markup, Multi-format export | Complete optimization, Rich snippets, Cross-platform readiness | Digital marketers |
+| **Phase 6: Publish** | Multi-platform support, Scheduling, Version management, Analytics integration | Efficiency, Strategic timing, Quality control | Solopreneurs & teams |
 
 ### What Happens Behind the Scenes
 
-- **Research Phase**: AI searches the web for current information and sources
-- **Outline Generation**: Creates a logical structure with headings and key points
-- **Content Writing**: Generates engaging, informative content for each section
-- **Quality Checks**: Runs fact-checking and SEO analysis automatically
-- **Publishing**: Formats content for your chosen platform
+The Blog Writer leverages sophisticated AI orchestration to ensure quality at every stage:
+
+- **Research Phase**: AI searches the web using Gemini's native Google Search integration for current, credible information and sources
+- **Outline Generation**: Creates logical structure with headings, key points, and source mapping using parallel processing
+- **Content Writing**: Generates engaging, context-aware content for each section with continuity tracking and flow analysis
+- **SEO Optimization**: Runs comprehensive analysis with parallel non-AI analyzers plus AI insights for actionable recommendations
+- **Metadata Generation**: Creates complete SEO metadata package with social media optimization in 2 AI calls maximum
+- **Publishing**: Formats content for your chosen platform with scheduling and version management
 
 ### User-Friendly Features
 
-- **Progress Tracking**: See real-time progress for research and writing tasks
-- **Visual Editor**: Edit content with an easy-to-use WYSIWYG interface
-- **Title Suggestions**: Choose from AI-generated title options
-- **SEO Integration**: Get SEO suggestions as you write
+- **Progress Tracking**: See real-time progress for all long-running tasks with detailed status updates
+- **Visual Editor**: Easy-to-use WYSIWYG interface with markdown support and live preview
+- **Title Suggestions**: Multiple AI-generated, SEO-scored title options to choose from
+- **SEO Integration**: Comprehensive analysis with one-click "Apply Recommendations" for instant optimization
+- **Context Memory**: Intelligent continuity tracking across sections for consistent, flowing content
+- **Source Attribution**: Automatic citation integration with research source mapping
 
 ## Content Types
 
@@ -130,30 +203,124 @@ The ALwrity Blog Writer is a powerful AI-driven content creation tool that helps
 
 ## Advanced Features
 
-### Content Templates
-- **Industry-specific**: Tailored templates
-- **Content Types**: Various formats
-- **Brand Guidelines**: Consistent styling
-- **Custom Templates**: Personalized formats
+### ✨ Assistive Writing & Quick Edits
+- **Continue Writing**: AI-powered contextual suggestions as you type
+- **Smart Typing Assist**: Automatic suggestions after 20+ words
+- **Quick Edit Options**: Improve, expand, shorten, professionalize, add transitions, add data
+- **Real-time Assistance**: Instant writing help without interrupting your flow
+- **Cost-Optimized**: First suggestion automatic, then manual "Continue Writing" for efficiency
+- **One-Click Improvements**: Select text and apply quick edits instantly
 
-### Collaboration Tools
-- **Team Editing**: Multiple contributors
-- **Version Control**: Content history
-- **Comments**: Feedback system
-- **Approval Workflow**: Review process
+### 🔍 Fact-Checking & Quality Assurance
+- **Hallucination Detection**: AI-powered verification of claims and facts
+- **Source Verification**: Automatic cross-checking against research sources
+- **Claim Analysis**: Detailed assessment of each verifiable statement
+- **Evidence Support**: Links to supporting or refuting sources
+- **Quality Scoring**: Overall confidence metrics for content accuracy
 
-### Automation
-- **Scheduled Publishing**: Automated posting
-- **Content Calendar**: Planning tools
-- **Social Sharing**: Auto-distribution
-- **Performance Monitoring**: Analytics tracking
+### 🖼️ Image Generation
+- **Section-Specific Images**: Generate images per blog section from the outline
+- **AI-Powered Prompts**: Auto-suggest images based on section content
+- **Advanced Options**: Stability AI, Hugging Face, Gemini
+- **Blog Optimization**: Sizes and formats for platform publishing
+- **Integrated Workflow**: Generate inside the outline editor
+
+### 📝 SEO Metadata Generation
+- **Comprehensive Package**: Title, description, tags, categories, hashtags in 2 AI calls
+- **Social Optimization**: Open Graph & Twitter Cards
+- **Structured Data**: Schema.org JSON-LD for rich snippets
+- **Multi-Format Export**: WordPress, Wix, HTML, JSON-LD
+- **Live Preview**: Google, Facebook, Twitter
+
+### Automation & Integration
+- **Multi-Platform Publishing**: One-click to WordPress, Wix, Medium
+- **Version Management**: Track changes and revisions
+- **Scheduled Publishing**: Set future publish dates
+- **Google Analytics Integration**: Track content performance
+- **Search Console**: Monitor search visibility
+
+## Who Benefits Most
+
+### For Technical Content Writers
+- **Research Automation**: Save hours of manual research with AI-powered Google Search grounding
+- **Source Attribution**: Automatic citation management and credibility scoring
+- **Quality Assurance**: Built-in fact-checking and hallucination detection
+- **Citation Integration**: Seamless source references throughout content
+
+### For Solopreneurs
+- **Time Efficiency**: Complete blog creation workflow in minutes instead of hours
+- **SEO Expertise**: Professional-grade optimization without hiring specialists
+- **Multi-Platform Publishing**: One workflow, multiple destinations (WordPress, Wix, Medium)
+- **Scheduling & Automation**: Strategic content distribution and timing optimization
+
+### For Digital Marketing & SEO Professionals
+- **Comprehensive SEO**: Multi-dimensional scoring with actionable insights
+- **Competitive Intelligence**: AI-powered competitor analysis and content gap identification
+- **Performance Tracking**: Integration with Google Analytics and Search Console
+- **ROI Optimization**: Data-driven content strategy and performance analytics
+
+## How to Use Advanced Features
+
+### Using Assistive Writing (Continue Writing)
+```mermaid
+flowchart LR
+    A[Start Typing] -->|20+ words| B[Auto Suggestion]
+    B --> C{Accept or Reject?}
+    C -->|Accept| D[Suggestion Inserted]
+    C -->|Reject| E[Dismiss Suggestion]
+    D --> F[Continue Writing Button]
+    E --> F
+    F -->|Click| G[Manual Suggestion]
+    
+    style A fill:#e3f2fd
+    style B fill:#e8f5e8
+    style G fill:#fff3e0
+```
+
+**Quick Steps - Continue Writing:**
+1. Type 20+ words in any blog section
+2. First suggestion appears automatically below your text
+3. Click **"Accept"** to insert or **"Dismiss"** to skip
+4. Use **"✍️ Continue Writing"** for more suggestions
+5. Suggestions include source citations for fact-checking
+
+**Quick Steps - Text Selection Edits:**
+1. Select any text in your content
+2. Context menu appears automatically
+3. Choose quick edit: **Improve**, **Expand**, **Shorten**, **Professionalize**, **Add Transition**, or **Add Data**
+4. Text updates instantly with your selected improvement
+
+### Using Fact-Checking
+1. Select a paragraph or claim in your blog content
+2. Right-click to open context menu
+3. Click **"🔍 Fact Check"**
+4. Wait 15-30 seconds for analysis
+5. Review results: claims, confidence, supporting/refuting sources
+6. Click **"Apply Fix"** to insert source links
+
+### Using Image Generation
+1. In **Phase 2: Intelligent Outline**, click **"🖼️ Generate Image"** on any section
+2. Modal opens with auto-generated prompt (editable)
+3. Click **"Suggest Prompt"** for AI-optimized suggestions
+4. Optionally open **"Advanced Image Options"**
+5. Generate image (Stability AI, Hugging Face, or Gemini)
+6. Image auto-inserts into outline and metadata
+
+### Using SEO Metadata Generation
+1. In **Phase 5: SEO Metadata**, open the modal
+2. Click **"Generate All Metadata"** (max 2 AI calls)
+3. Review tabs: Preview, Core, Social, Structured Data
+4. Edit any field; previews update live
+5. Copy formats for WordPress, Wix, or custom
+6. Images from Phase 2 auto-fill Open Graph
 
 ## Getting Started
 
-1. **[Research Integration](research.md)** - Set up automated research
-2. **[SEO Analysis](seo-analysis.md)** - Configure SEO optimization
-3. **[Implementation Spec](implementation-spec.md)** - Technical details
-4. **[Best Practices](../../guides/best-practices.md)** - Optimization tips
+1. **[Research Integration](research.md)** - Comprehensive Phase 1 research capabilities
+2. **[Workflow Guide](workflow-guide.md)** - Step-by-step 6-phase workflow walkthrough
+3. **[SEO Analysis](seo-analysis.md)** - Phase 4 & 5 optimization strategies
+4. **[Implementation Spec](implementation-spec.md)** - Technical architecture and API details
+5. **[Best Practices](../../guides/best-practices.md)** - Advanced optimization tips
 
 ## Related Features
 
diff --git a/docs-site/docs/features/blog-writer/research.md b/docs-site/docs/features/blog-writer/research.md
index ca714417..0518b5b6 100644
--- a/docs-site/docs/features/blog-writer/research.md
+++ b/docs-site/docs/features/blog-writer/research.md
@@ -1,18 +1,44 @@
-# Research Integration
+# Phase 1: Research & Strategy
 
-ALwrity's Blog Writer includes powerful research integration capabilities that automatically gather, analyze, and verify information to create well-researched, accurate, and comprehensive blog content.
+ALwrity's Blog Writer Phase 1 provides powerful AI-powered research capabilities that automatically gather, analyze, and verify information to create well-researched, accurate, and comprehensive blog content. This foundation phase sets the stage for all subsequent content creation.
 
-## What is Research Integration?
+## Overview
 
-Research Integration is an AI-powered feature that automatically conducts comprehensive research on your chosen topic, gathering information from multiple sources, verifying facts, and organizing insights to support your content creation process.
+Phase 1: Research & Strategy leverages Gemini's native Google Search grounding to conduct comprehensive topic research in a single API call, delivering competitor intelligence, keyword analysis, and content angles to inform your entire blog creation process.
 
 ### Key Benefits
 
-- **Comprehensive Research**: Gather information from multiple reliable sources
-- **Fact Verification**: Verify claims and statistics automatically
-- **Source Attribution**: Provide proper citations and references
-- **Trend Analysis**: Identify current trends and developments
-- **Competitive Intelligence**: Analyze competitor content and strategies
+- **Comprehensive Research**: Gather information from multiple reliable sources with Google Search grounding
+- **Competitive Intelligence**: Identify content gaps and opportunities through competitor analysis
+- **Keyword Intelligence**: Discover primary, secondary, and long-tail keyword opportunities
+- **Content Angles**: AI-generated unique content angles for maximum engagement
+- **Time Efficiency**: Complete research in 30-60 seconds with intelligent caching
+
+## Research Data Flow
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart LR
+    A[User Input:<br/>Keywords + Topic] --> B[Phase 1: Research]
+    B --> C{Cache Check}
+    C -->|Hit| D[Return Cached<br/>Research]
+    C -->|Miss| E[Google Search<br/>Grounding]
+    E --> F[Source Extraction]
+    F --> G[Keyword Analysis]
+    F --> H[Competitor Analysis]
+    F --> I[Content Angle<br/>Generation]
+    G --> J[Research Output]
+    H --> J
+    I --> J
+    D --> J
+    
+    J --> K[Cache Storage]
+    J --> L[Phase 2: Outline]
+    
+    style B fill:#e8f5e8
+    style E fill:#fff3e0
+    style J fill:#e3f2fd
+    style L fill:#fff3e0
+```
 
 ## Research Process
 
@@ -36,299 +62,325 @@ Research Integration is an AI-powered feature that automatically conducts compre
 }
 ```
 
-### 2. Multi-Source Research
+### 2. Google Search Grounding (Gemini Integration)
 
-#### Web Research
-- **Search Engines**: Google, Bing, and specialized search engines
-- **News Sources**: Current news and industry updates
-- **Blogs and Articles**: Industry blogs and expert articles
-- **Forums and Communities**: Reddit, Quora, and professional forums
-- **Social Media**: Twitter, LinkedIn, and industry discussions
+Phase 1 leverages Gemini's native Google Search grounding to access real-time web data with a single API call, eliminating the need for complex multi-source integrations.
 
-#### Academic Sources
-- **Research Papers**: Academic journals and research publications
-- **Studies and Reports**: Industry studies and market research
-- **White Papers**: Technical and business white papers
-- **Case Studies**: Real-world examples and case studies
-- **Expert Opinions**: Industry expert insights and analysis
+#### Single API Call Efficiency
+- **One Request**: Comprehensive research in a single Gemini API call with Google Search grounding
+- **Live Web Data**: Real-time access to current information from the web
+- **No Multi-Source Setup**: Eliminates need for multiple API integrations
+- **Cost Effective**: Optimized token usage with focused research prompts
+- **Caching Intelligence**: Automatic cache storage for repeat keyword research
 
-#### Industry Sources
+#### Research Sources (via Google Search)
+The research prompt instructs Gemini to gather information from:
+- **Current News**: Latest industry news and developments (2024-2025)
 - **Industry Reports**: Market research and industry analysis
-- **Company Publications**: Official company blogs and reports
-- **Professional Networks**: LinkedIn articles and professional content
-- **Trade Publications**: Industry-specific magazines and journals
-- **Conference Materials**: Industry conference presentations and papers
+- **Expert Articles**: Authoritative blogs and professional content
+- **Academic Sources**: Research papers and studies
+- **Case Studies**: Real-world examples and implementations
+- **Statistics**: Key data points and numerical insights
+- **Trends**: Current market trends and forecasts
 
-### 3. Information Processing
+#### Google Search Grounding Example
+```python
+research_prompt = """
+Research the topic "AI in Digital Marketing" in the technology industry for digital marketers.
 
-#### Data Collection
-- **Content Extraction**: Extract relevant information from sources
-- **Fact Identification**: Identify key facts, statistics, and claims
-- **Quote Collection**: Gather relevant quotes and expert opinions
-- **Trend Identification**: Identify current trends and patterns
-- **Gap Analysis**: Find information gaps and opportunities
+Provide comprehensive analysis including:
+1. Current trends and insights (2024-2025)
+2. Key statistics and data points with sources
+3. Industry expert opinions and quotes
+4. Recent developments and news
+5. Market analysis and forecasts
+6. Best practices and case studies
+7. Keyword analysis: primary, secondary, and long-tail opportunities
+8. Competitor analysis: top players and content gaps
+9. Content angle suggestions: 5 compelling angles for blog posts
 
-#### Information Verification
-- **Fact Checking**: Verify facts against multiple sources
-- **Source Credibility**: Assess source authority and reliability
-- **Date Verification**: Ensure information is current and relevant
-- **Bias Detection**: Identify potential bias in sources
-- **Cross-Reference**: Cross-reference information across sources
+Focus on factual, up-to-date information from credible sources.
+"""
+```
 
-## Research Features
+### 3. Competitor Analysis
 
-### Real-Time Research
+The research phase automatically identifies competing content and discovers content gaps where your blog can stand out.
 
-#### Live Data Access
-- **Current Information**: Access to real-time data and updates
-- **Trend Monitoring**: Track current trends and developments
-- **News Integration**: Include latest news and updates
-- **Social Media Monitoring**: Track social media discussions
-- **Market Data**: Access current market information
+#### Content Gap Identification
+- **Top Competitors**: Identifies the most authoritative content on your topic
+- **Coverage Analysis**: Maps what competitors have covered thoroughly vs. superficially
+- **Gap Opportunities**: Highlights underexplored angles and missing information
+- **Unique Positioning**: Suggests how to differentiate your content
+- **Competitive Advantages**: Identifies areas where you can exceed competitor quality
 
-#### Dynamic Updates
-- **Content Freshness**: Ensure content includes latest information
-- **Trend Integration**: Incorporate current trends and developments
-- **News Relevance**: Include relevant recent news
-- **Market Updates**: Include current market conditions
-- **Expert Insights**: Access latest expert opinions
+#### Competitive Intelligence
+- **Content Depth**: Analyzes how thoroughly competitors cover topics
+- **Keyword Usage**: Identifies keyword strategies in competitor content
+- **Content Structure**: Evaluates how competitors organize information
+- **Engagement Patterns**: Notes what formats and angles work best
+- **Market Positioning**: Understands where competitors sit in the market
 
-### Source Verification
+### 4. Keyword Intelligence
 
-#### Credibility Assessment
-- **Domain Authority**: Check website authority and credibility
-- **Author Credentials**: Verify author expertise and credentials
-- **Publication Standards**: Assess publication quality and standards
-- **Peer Review**: Check for peer review and validation
-- **Fact-Checking**: Cross-reference with fact-checking organizations
+Phase 1 provides comprehensive keyword analysis to optimize your content for search engines.
 
-#### Source Diversity
-- **Multiple Perspectives**: Include diverse viewpoints and opinions
-- **Source Types**: Mix different types of sources
-- **Geographic Diversity**: Include international sources
-- **Temporal Range**: Include both recent and historical sources
-- **Expertise Levels**: Include both expert and general sources
+#### Primary, Secondary & Long-Tail Keywords
+- **Primary Keywords**: Main topic keywords with highest search volume
+- **Secondary Keywords**: Supporting terms that reinforce the main topic
+- **Long-Tail Keywords**: Specific, less competitive phrases with high intent
+- **Semantic Keywords**: Related terms that search engines associate with your topic
+- **Search Intent**: Categorizes keywords by intent (informational, transactional, navigational)
 
-### Fact Checking
+#### Keyword Clustering & Grouping
+- **Topic Clusters**: Groups related keywords for comprehensive coverage
+- **Thematic Organization**: Organizes keywords by content themes
+- **Density Recommendations**: Suggests optimal keyword usage throughout content
+- **Priority Ranking**: Identifies which keywords to prioritize
+- **Competition Analysis**: Assesses difficulty for ranking on each keyword
 
-#### Automated Verification
-- **Claim Verification**: Verify specific claims and statements
-- **Statistical Validation**: Check statistics and numerical data
-- **Quote Verification**: Verify quotes and attributions
-- **Date Accuracy**: Ensure dates and timelines are correct
-- **Context Validation**: Verify context and interpretation
+### 5. Content Angle Generation
 
-#### Manual Review
-- **Expert Review**: Human expert review of critical information
-- **Quality Assurance**: Manual quality checks and validation
-- **Bias Assessment**: Human assessment of potential bias
-- **Context Analysis**: Human analysis of context and interpretation
-- **Final Validation**: Final human validation of research quality
+AI generates unique content angles that make your blog stand out and engage your audience.
 
-## Research Output
+#### AI-Generated Angle Suggestions
+- **5 Unique Angles**: Provides multiple distinct approaches to your topic
+- **Trending Topics**: Identifies currently popular angles and discussions
+- **Audience Pain Points**: Maps audience challenges to content angles
+- **Viral Potential**: Assesses which angles have high shareability
+- **Expert Opinions**: Synthesizes industry expert viewpoints into angles
 
-### Organized Information
+#### Content Angle Example
+For a topic like "AI in Marketing," research might suggest:
+1. **Case Study Angle**: "10 Marketing Agencies Using AI to Double ROI"
+2. **Practical Guide Angle**: "Implementing AI Marketing Tools in 2025: A Step-by-Step Roadmap"
+3. **Trend Analysis Angle**: "The Future of AI Marketing: What Industry Leaders Predict"
+4. **Problem-Solution Angle**: "Common AI Marketing Failures and How to Avoid Them"
+5. **Debunking Angle**: "AI Marketing Myths Debunked: What Actually Works in 2025"
 
-#### Structured Data
-- **Key Facts**: Organized list of key facts and information
-- **Statistics**: Relevant statistics and numerical data
-- **Quotes**: Expert quotes and opinions
-- **Trends**: Current trends and developments
-- **Sources**: Complete source list with citations
+### 6. Information Processing
 
-#### Research Summary
-- **Executive Summary**: High-level overview of research findings
-- **Key Insights**: Main insights and discoveries
-- **Trend Analysis**: Analysis of current trends
-- **Gap Identification**: Information gaps and opportunities
-- **Recommendations**: Research-based recommendations
+#### Data Collection & Extraction
+- **Source Extraction**: Automatically extracts 10-20 credible sources from Google Search
+- **Fact Identification**: Identifies key facts, statistics, and claims with citations
+- **Quote Collection**: Gathers relevant expert quotes with attribution
+- **Trend Identification**: Highlights current trends and patterns
+- **Search Query Tracking**: Tracks AI-generated search queries for transparency
 
-### Source Citations
+#### Source Credibility & Verification
+- **Automatic Citation**: Extracts source URLs, titles, and metadata for proper attribution
+- **Grounding Metadata**: Includes detailed grounding support scores and chunks
+- **Source Diversity**: Ensures mix of authoritative sources (academic, industry, news)
+- **Credibility Scoring**: Evaluates source authority and reliability
+- **Cross-Reference**: Cross-references key facts across multiple sources
 
-#### Citation Format
-- **APA Style**: Academic citation format
-- **MLA Style**: Modern Language Association format
-- **Chicago Style**: Chicago Manual of Style format
-- **Custom Format**: Customizable citation format
-- **Hyperlinks**: Direct links to source materials
+## Research Output Structure
 
-#### Source Information
-- **Author Details**: Author name, credentials, and affiliation
-- **Publication Information**: Publication name, date, and details
-- **URL and Access**: Direct links and access information
-- **Credibility Score**: Source credibility assessment
-- **Last Updated**: Last update or verification date
+### Comprehensive Research Results
 
-## Integration with Content Creation
+Phase 1 returns a complete research package that feeds into all subsequent phases:
 
-### Content Planning
+#### Structured Data Package
+- **Sources**: 10-20 credible research sources with full metadata
+- **Keyword Analysis**: Primary, secondary, long-tail, and semantic keywords
+- **Competitor Analysis**: Top competing content and identified gaps
+- **Content Angles**: 5 unique, AI-generated content approaches
+- **Search Queries**: AI-generated search terms for transparency
+- **Grounding Metadata**: Detailed grounding support scores and chunks
 
-#### Research-Informed Planning
-- **Topic Development**: Develop topics based on research insights
-- **Content Structure**: Structure content based on research findings
-- **Key Points**: Identify key points from research
-- **Supporting Evidence**: Gather supporting evidence and examples
-- **Expert Opinions**: Include relevant expert opinions
+#### Research Summary Example
+```json
+{
+  "success": true,
+  "sources": [
+    {
+      "url": "https://example.com/research",
+      "title": "AI Marketing Trends 2025",
+      "credibility_score": 0.92
+    }
+  ],
+  "keyword_analysis": {
+    "primary": ["AI marketing", "artificial intelligence digital marketing"],
+    "secondary": ["machine learning marketing", "automated advertising"],
+    "long_tail": ["how to implement AI marketing tools"],
+    "search_intent": "informational"
+  },
+  "competitor_analysis": {
+    "top_competitors": [...],
+    "content_gaps": ["practical implementation guides", "cost-benefit analysis"]
+  },
+  "suggested_angles": [
+    "10 Marketing Agencies Using AI to Double ROI",
+    "Implementing AI Marketing Tools: A Step-by-Step Roadmap"
+  ]
+}
+```
 
-#### Content Strategy
-- **Audience Insights**: Understand audience based on research
-- **Competitive Analysis**: Analyze competitor content and strategies
-- **Trend Integration**: Incorporate current trends and developments
-- **Gap Opportunities**: Identify content gaps and opportunities
-- **Value Proposition**: Develop unique value propositions
+## Use Cases for Different Audiences
 
-### Content Enhancement
+### For Technical Content Writers
+**Scenario**: Writing a technical deep-dive on "React Performance Optimization"
 
-#### Evidence-Based Content
-- **Factual Accuracy**: Ensure all facts are accurate and verified
-- **Statistical Support**: Support claims with relevant statistics
-- **Expert Validation**: Include expert opinions and validation
-- **Case Studies**: Include relevant case studies and examples
-- **Trend Analysis**: Incorporate current trend analysis
+**Phase 1 Delivers**:
+- Latest React documentation updates and best practices
+- GitHub discussions and Stack Overflow solutions for optimization challenges
+- Academic research on frontend performance optimization
+- Real-world case studies from major tech companies
+- Technical keyword opportunities: "React performance hooks", "memoization strategies"
 
-#### Credibility Building
-- **Source Attribution**: Proper attribution of all sources
-- **Expert Quotes**: Include relevant expert quotes
-- **Data Visualization**: Present data in clear, visual formats
-- **Transparency**: Show research process and methodology
-- **Quality Assurance**: Maintain high quality standards
+**Value**: Eliminates hours of manual research across GitHub, documentation, and forums
 
-## Research Tools and Sources
+### For Solopreneurs
+**Scenario**: Creating content on "Starting an E-commerce Business in 2025"
 
-### Web Research Tools
+**Phase 1 Delivers**:
+- Current e-commerce market trends and statistics
+- Competitor analysis of top e-commerce success stories
+- Content gap: most content focuses on "how to start" but lacks "common pitfalls"
+- Unique angle: "The 5 Mistakes That Kill 90% of New E-commerce Businesses"
+- Long-tail keywords: "start ecommerce business 2025", "ecommerce business ideas"
 
-#### Search Engines
-- **Google Search**: Comprehensive web search
-- **Bing Search**: Alternative search engine
-- **DuckDuckGo**: Privacy-focused search
-- **Specialized Search**: Industry-specific search engines
-- **Academic Search**: Academic and research databases
+**Value**: Provides business intelligence without expensive consultants
 
-#### Research Platforms
-- **Google Scholar**: Academic research and papers
-- **ResearchGate**: Academic network and research
-- **JSTOR**: Academic journal database
-- **PubMed**: Medical and scientific research
-- **IEEE Xplore**: Technical and engineering research
+### For Digital Marketing & SEO Professionals
+**Scenario**: Content strategy for "Local SEO Best Practices"
 
-### Industry Sources
+**Phase 1 Delivers**:
+- Competitor analysis of top-ranking local SEO content
+- Keyword gaps: competitors missing "Google Business Profile optimization"
+- Trending angles: "Voice search local optimization" and "AI-powered local listings"
+- Data-backed insights: "73% of local searches result in store visits"
+- Content opportunity: "Local SEO Audit Template" (high search, low competition)
 
-#### Market Research
-- **Statista**: Statistical data and market research
-- **IBISWorld**: Industry research and analysis
-- **McKinsey**: Business and industry insights
-- **Deloitte**: Professional services research
-- **PwC**: Business and industry analysis
+**Value**: Delivers competitive intelligence and keyword strategy in one research pass
 
-#### News and Media
-- **Reuters**: International news and analysis
-- **Bloomberg**: Business and financial news
-- **TechCrunch**: Technology news and analysis
-- **Harvard Business Review**: Business insights and analysis
-- **MIT Technology Review**: Technology and innovation news
+## Performance & Caching
+
+### Intelligent Caching System
+
+Phase 1 implements a dual-layer caching strategy to optimize performance and reduce costs.
+
+#### Cache Storage
+- **Persistent Cache**: SQLite database stores research results for exact keyword matches
+- **Memory Cache**: In-process cache for faster repeated access within a session
+- **Cache Key**: Based on exact keyword match, industry, and target audience
+- **Cache Duration**: Results stored indefinitely until invalidated
+
+#### Cache Benefits
+- **Cost Reduction**: Avoids redundant API calls for same topics
+- **Speed**: Instant results for cached research (0-5 seconds vs. 30-60 seconds)
+- **Consistency**: Ensures reproducible research results for same queries
+- **Transparency**: Progress messages indicate cache hits: "✅ Using cached research"
+
+### Performance Metrics
+
+**Typical Research Timing**:
+- **Cache Hit**: 0-5 seconds (instant return)
+- **Fresh Research**: 30-60 seconds (Google Search + AI processing)
+- **Sources Found**: 10-20 credible sources per research
+- **Search Queries**: 5-10 AI-generated search terms tracked
 
 ## Best Practices
 
-### Research Quality
+### Effective Research Setup
 
-#### Source Selection
-1. **Authority**: Choose authoritative and credible sources
-2. **Recency**: Prefer recent and up-to-date information
-3. **Relevance**: Ensure sources are relevant to your topic
-4. **Diversity**: Include diverse perspectives and sources
-5. **Verification**: Cross-reference information across sources
+#### Keyword Strategy
+1. **Be Specific**: Use 3-5 focused keywords rather than broad topics
+2. **Industry Context**: Always specify industry for better context
+3. **Audience Definition**: Define target audience clearly for tailored research
+4. **Topic Clarity**: Provide a clear, concise topic description
+5. **Word Count Target**: Set realistic word count goals (1000-3000 words optimal)
 
-#### Information Processing
-1. **Accuracy**: Verify all facts and claims
-2. **Context**: Understand context and interpretation
-3. **Bias Awareness**: Be aware of potential bias
-4. **Completeness**: Ensure comprehensive coverage
-5. **Quality**: Maintain high quality standards
+#### Research Quality Optimization
+1. **Review Sources**: Always review the returned sources for credibility
+2. **Use Content Angles**: Leverage AI-generated angles for unique positioning
+3. **Explore Competitor Gaps**: Focus on content gaps for competitive advantage
+4. **Keyword Variety**: Review all keyword types (primary, secondary, long-tail)
+5. **Leverage Caching**: Reuse research for related topics to save time and cost
 
-### Content Integration
+### Research-to-Content Pipeline
 
-#### Research Application
-1. **Relevance**: Use research that's relevant to your audience
-2. **Balance**: Balance different perspectives and opinions
-3. **Clarity**: Present research findings clearly
-4. **Attribution**: Properly attribute all sources
-5. **Value**: Add value through research insights
+#### Phase 1 to Phase 2 Transition
+1. **Validate Research**: Ensure research has 10+ credible sources before proceeding
+2. **Review Angles**: Select compelling content angles for outline inspiration
+3. **Check Keywords**: Verify keyword analysis aligns with your SEO goals
+4. **Analyze Gaps**: Use competitor analysis to inform unique content positioning
+5. **Source Quality**: Confirm grounding metadata shows high credibility scores (0.8+)
 
-#### Quality Assurance
-1. **Fact Checking**: Verify all facts and claims
-2. **Source Review**: Review and validate all sources
-3. **Expert Input**: Seek expert input when needed
-4. **Peer Review**: Get peer review of research quality
-5. **Continuous Improvement**: Continuously improve research process
-
-## Advanced Features
-
-### Custom Research
-
-#### Research Parameters
-- **Custom Sources**: Specify custom source preferences
-- **Research Depth**: Adjust research depth and scope
-- **Language Settings**: Set research language preferences
-- **Date Ranges**: Specify date ranges for research
-- **Geographic Focus**: Set geographic focus for research
-
-#### Research Filters
-- **Source Types**: Filter by source types and categories
-- **Credibility Thresholds**: Set minimum credibility requirements
-- **Date Filters**: Filter by publication date
-- **Language Filters**: Filter by language
-- **Topic Filters**: Filter by topic relevance
-
-### Research Analytics
-
-#### Performance Tracking
-- **Research Quality**: Track research quality metrics
-- **Source Performance**: Monitor source performance
-- **Accuracy Rates**: Track fact-checking accuracy
-- **User Satisfaction**: Monitor user satisfaction with research
-- **Improvement Areas**: Identify areas for improvement
-
-#### Research Insights
-- **Trend Analysis**: Analyze research trends and patterns
-- **Source Analysis**: Analyze source performance and quality
-- **Content Impact**: Measure impact of research on content
-- **Audience Engagement**: Track audience engagement with research
-- **ROI Analysis**: Analyze return on research investment
+#### Research Output Utilization
+1. **Source Mapping**: Use sources strategically across different sections
+2. **Keyword Integration**: Naturally integrate primary and secondary keywords
+3. **Angles to Sections**: Transform content angles into distinct content sections
+4. **Gaps to Value**: Convert content gaps into unique selling propositions
+5. **Trend Integration**: Weave current trends naturally throughout content
 
 ## Troubleshooting
 
-### Common Issues
+### Common Issues & Solutions
 
-#### Research Quality
-- **Insufficient Sources**: Add more diverse sources
-- **Outdated Information**: Update research with current information
-- **Bias Detection**: Address potential bias in sources
-- **Fact Verification**: Improve fact-checking process
-- **Source Credibility**: Improve source selection criteria
+#### Low-Quality Research Results
+**Problem**: Research returns fewer than 10 sources or low credibility scores
 
-#### Technical Issues
-- **API Connectivity**: Resolve API connection issues
-- **Data Processing**: Fix data processing problems
-- **Source Access**: Resolve source access issues
-- **Performance Issues**: Address performance concerns
-- **Integration Problems**: Fix integration issues
+**Solutions**:
+- **Refine Keywords**: Use more specific, focused keywords
+- **Expand Topic**: Broaden topic slightly to increase source pool
+- **Adjust Industry**: Ensure industry classification is accurate
+- **Check Cache**: Clear cache if you're getting stale results
+- **Retry Research**: Google Search grounding may need a second attempt
+
+#### Insufficient Keyword Analysis
+**Problem**: Limited keyword variety or missing long-tail opportunities
+
+**Solutions**:
+- **Add Topic Context**: Provide more detailed topic description
+- **Specify Audience**: Better audience definition improves keyword targeting
+- **Increase Word Count**: Target 2000+ words for richer keyword analysis
+- **Review Persona Settings**: Industry and audience persona affects keyword discovery
+
+#### Missing Competitor Data
+**Problem**: Competitor analysis lacks depth or opportunities
+
+**Solutions**:
+- **Use Specific Keywords**: More targeted keywords reveal better competitors
+- **Expand Industry Context**: Broad industry understanding improves competitive mapping
+- **Review Content Angles**: Angles often highlight what competitors are NOT doing
+- **Manual Review**: Top sources list shows main competitors worth reviewing
+
+#### Cache Not Working
+**Problem**: Research taking full time even for duplicate keywords
+
+**Solutions**:
+- **Check Exact Match**: Keywords, industry, and audience must match exactly
+- **Verify Cache**: Check if persistent cache is enabled
+- **Clear and Retry**: Sometimes clearing cache helps if data is corrupted
+- **Check Logs**: Look for cache hit/miss messages in progress updates
 
 ### Getting Help
 
 #### Support Resources
-- **Documentation**: Review research integration documentation
-- **Tutorials**: Watch research feature tutorials
-- **Best Practices**: Follow research best practices
-- **Community**: Join user community discussions
-- **Support**: Contact technical support
+- **Workflow Guide**: [Complete 6-phase walkthrough](workflow-guide.md)
+- **API Reference**: [Research API endpoints](api-reference.md)
+- **Implementation Spec**: [Technical architecture](implementation-spec.md)
+- **Best Practices**: [Advanced optimization tips](../../guides/best-practices.md)
 
-#### Optimization Tips
-- **Settings Review**: Regularly review research settings
-- **Source Management**: Maintain source quality and diversity
-- **Quality Monitoring**: Monitor research quality continuously
-- **Performance Tracking**: Track research performance metrics
-- **Continuous Improvement**: Continuously improve research process
+#### Performance Optimization
+- **Use Caching**: Leverage intelligent caching for repeat research
+- **Keyword Precision**: More specific keywords yield better results
+- **Industry Context**: Always provide industry for better data quality
+- **Monitor Progress**: Review progress messages for efficiency insights
+- **Batch Research**: Plan multiple blogs to maximize cache benefits
 
 ---
 
-*Ready to enhance your content with comprehensive research? [Start with our First Steps Guide](../../getting-started/first-steps.md) and [Explore Blog Writer Features](overview.md) to begin creating well-researched, authoritative content!*
+## Next Steps
+
+Now that you understand Phase 1: Research & Strategy, move to the next phase:
+
+- **[Phase 2: Intelligent Outline](workflow-guide.md#phase-2-intelligent-outline)** - Transform research into structured content plans
+- **[Complete Workflow Guide](workflow-guide.md)** - End-to-end 6-phase walkthrough
+- **[Blog Writer Overview](overview.md)** - Overview of all 6 phases
+- **[Getting Started Guide](../../getting-started/quick-start.md)** - Quick start for new users
+
+---
+
+*Ready to leverage Phase 1 research capabilities? Check out the [Workflow Guide](workflow-guide.md) to see how research flows into outline generation and beyond!*
diff --git a/docs-site/docs/features/blog-writer/seo-analysis.md b/docs-site/docs/features/blog-writer/seo-analysis.md
index 6683fbfd..e4b24e9e 100644
--- a/docs-site/docs/features/blog-writer/seo-analysis.md
+++ b/docs-site/docs/features/blog-writer/seo-analysis.md
@@ -1,343 +1,478 @@
-# SEO Analysis
+# SEO Analysis & Optimization (Phase 4 & 5)
 
-ALwrity's Blog Writer includes comprehensive SEO analysis capabilities that automatically optimize your content for search engines, improve readability, and enhance your content's search visibility.
+ALwrity's Blog Writer includes comprehensive SEO analysis and metadata generation capabilities across Phases 4 and 5, automatically optimizing your content for search engines and preparing it for publication across platforms.
 
-## What is SEO Analysis?
+## Overview
 
-SEO Analysis is an AI-powered feature that evaluates your blog content for search engine optimization, providing detailed insights, recommendations, and automated optimizations to improve your content's search ranking and visibility.
+SEO optimization in the Blog Writer happens in two complementary phases:
+- **Phase 4: SEO Analysis** - Comprehensive scoring, recommendations, and AI-powered content refinement
+- **Phase 5: SEO Metadata** - Complete metadata generation including Open Graph, Twitter Cards, and Schema.org markup
 
 ### Key Benefits
 
-- **Search Optimization**: Optimize content for search engines
-- **Keyword Analysis**: Analyze and optimize keyword usage
-- **Readability Enhancement**: Improve content readability and user experience
-- **Technical SEO**: Ensure proper technical SEO implementation
-- **Performance Insights**: Track and improve SEO performance
+#### Phase 4: SEO Analysis
+- **Multi-Dimensional Scoring**: Comprehensive SEO evaluation across 5 key categories
+- **Actionable Recommendations**: Priority-ranked improvement suggestions with specific fixes
+- **AI-Powered Refinement**: One-click "Apply Recommendations" for instant optimization
+- **Parallel Processing**: Fast analysis using parallel non-AI analyzers plus AI insights
+- **Performance Tracking**: Track SEO improvements and measure impact
 
-## SEO Analysis Process
+#### Phase 5: SEO Metadata
+- **Comprehensive Metadata**: Complete SEO metadata package in 2 AI calls maximum
+- **Social Optimization**: Open Graph and Twitter Cards for rich social previews
+- **Structured Data**: Schema.org markup for enhanced search results and rich snippets
+- **Multi-Format Export**: Ready-to-use formats for WordPress, Wix, and custom platforms
+- **Platform Integration**: One-click copy and direct platform publishing support
 
-### 1. Content Analysis
+## Phase 4: SEO Analysis
+
+Phase 4 provides comprehensive SEO evaluation with actionable recommendations and AI-powered content refinement.
+
+### Parallel Processing Architecture
+
+Phase 4 uses a sophisticated parallel processing approach for speed and accuracy:
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart TD
+    A[Blog Content] --> B[Phase 4: SEO Analysis]
+    B --> C[Parallel Non-AI Analyzers]
+    C --> D[Content Structure]
+    C --> E[Keyword Usage]
+    C --> F[Readability]
+    C --> G[Content Quality]
+    C --> H[Heading Structure]
+    
+    D --> I[SEO Results]
+    E --> I
+    F --> I
+    G --> I
+    H --> I
+    
+    I --> J[Single AI Analysis]
+    J --> K[Actionable Recommendations]
+    K --> L[Apply Recommendations]
+    L --> M[Refined Content]
+    
+    style A fill:#e3f2fd
+    style B fill:#f1f8e9
+    style C fill:#fff3e0
+    style I fill:#e8f5e8
+    style L fill:#fce4ec
+    style M fill:#e1f5fe
+```
+
+### Multi-Dimensional SEO Scoring
+
+Phase 4 evaluates your content across 5 key categories:
+
+#### Overall SEO Score
+- **Composite Rating**: Overall score (0-100) based on weighted category scores
+- **Grade Assignment**: Automatically assigns grades (Excellent/Good/Needs Improvement)
+- **Trend Tracking**: Compares to previous analysis to track improvements
+- **Visual Feedback**: Color-coded UI provides instant visual assessment
+
+#### Category Breakdown
+- **Structure Score**: Heading hierarchy, content organization, section balance
+- **Keywords Score**: Keyword density, placement, variation, long-tail usage
+- **Readability Score**: Reading level, sentence complexity, clarity assessment
+- **Quality Score**: Content depth, engagement potential, value delivery
+- **Headings Score**: H1-H3 distribution, keyword integration in headings
+
+### Actionable Recommendations
+
+Phase 4 generates specific, priority-ranked recommendations for improvement.
+
+#### Recommendation Categories
+- **High Priority**: Critical SEO issues impacting search visibility
+- **Medium Priority**: Significant improvements that boost rankings
+- **Low Priority**: Nice-to-have optimizations for fine-tuning
+
+#### Example Recommendations
+1. **Structure**: "Add more H2 subheadings to improve content scannability and keyword distribution"
+2. **Keywords**: "Increase primary keyword density from 0.8% to 1.5% for optimal SEO performance"
+3. **Readability**: "Simplify complex sentences; aim for average 15-20 words per sentence"
+4. **Content**: "Add more specific examples and case studies to support key arguments"
+5. **Meta**: "Reduce meta description to 155 characters for better search result display"
+
+### AI-Powered Content Refinement
+
+The "Apply Recommendations" feature uses AI to automatically improve your content based on SEO analysis.
+
+#### Intelligent Rewriting
+- **Smart Application**: Applies recommendations while preserving your original intent
+- **Natural Integration**: Optimizes keywords and structure without sounding forced
+- **Context Preservation**: Maintains research accuracy and source alignment
+- **Quality Maintenance**: Ensures readability while improving SEO metrics
+
+#### Application Process
+```mermaid
+flowchart LR
+    A[Current Content] --> B[SEO Recommendations]
+    B --> C[AI Prompt Construction]
+    C --> D[LLM Text Generation]
+    D --> E[Normalization & Validation]
+    E --> F[Optimized Content]
+    
+    style A fill:#e3f2fd
+    style B fill:#fff3e0
+    style D fill:#f1f8e9
+    style F fill:#e8f5e8
+```
+
+### Content Analysis Process
 
 #### Initial Assessment
-- **Content Structure**: Analyze heading hierarchy and content organization
-- **Keyword Density**: Check keyword usage and density
-- **Content Length**: Evaluate content length and depth
-- **Readability**: Assess content readability and user experience
-- **Technical Elements**: Check technical SEO elements
+- **Content Structure**: Analyzes heading hierarchy, paragraph distribution, list usage
+- **Keyword Distribution**: Maps keyword density and placement across sections
+- **Readability Metrics**: Calculates Flesch Reading Ease, sentence length, complexity
+- **Quality Indicators**: Evaluates depth, engagement potential, value delivery
+- **Technical Elements**: Checks heading structure, meta elements, content length
 
-#### Analysis Parameters
+#### Parallel Analysis Details
+Each analyzer processes content independently:
+- **ContentAnalyzer**: Structure, organization, section balance
+- **KeywordAnalyzer**: Density, placement, variation, semantic coverage
+- **ReadabilityAnalyzer**: Reading level, sentence complexity, word choice
+- **QualityAnalyzer**: Depth, engagement, value, completeness
+- **HeadingAnalyzer**: Hierarchy, distribution, keyword integration
+
+Results are combined with AI insights for comprehensive recommendations.
+
+## Phase 5: SEO Metadata Generation
+
+Phase 5 generates comprehensive SEO metadata in maximum 2 AI calls, creating a complete optimization package ready for publication.
+
+### Efficient Two-Call Architecture
+
+Phase 5 minimizes AI calls for cost efficiency while delivering comprehensive metadata:
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart TD
+    A[Blog Content + SEO Analysis] --> B[Phase 5: Metadata Generation]
+    B --> C{Call 1: Core Metadata}
+    C --> D[SEO Title]
+    C --> E[Meta Description]
+    C --> F[URL Slug]
+    C --> G[Tags & Categories]
+    C --> H[Reading Time]
+    
+    D --> I{Call 2: Social Metadata}
+    E --> I
+    F --> I
+    G --> I
+    H --> I
+    
+    I --> J[Open Graph Tags]
+    I --> K[Twitter Cards]
+    I --> L[Schema.org JSON-LD]
+    
+    J --> M[Complete Metadata Package]
+    K --> M
+    L --> M
+    
+    style A fill:#e3f2fd
+    style B fill:#e0f2f1
+    style C fill:#fff3e0
+    style I fill:#fce4ec
+    style M fill:#e8f5e8
+```
+
+### Core Metadata Generation
+
+#### SEO-Optimized Elements
+- **SEO Title** (50-60 chars): Front-loaded primary keyword, compelling, click-worthy
+- **Meta Description** (150-160 chars): Keyword-rich with strong CTA in first 120 chars
+- **URL Slug**: Clean, hyphenated, 3-5 words with primary keyword
+- **Blog Tags** (5-8): Mix of primary, semantic, and long-tail keywords
+- **Blog Categories** (2-3): Industry-standard classification
+- **Social Hashtags** (5-10): Industry-specific with trending terms
+- **Reading Time**: Calculated from word count (200 words/minute)
+- **Focus Keyword**: Main SEO keyword selection
+
+#### Metadata Personalization
+Metadata is dynamically tailored based on:
+- Research keywords and search intent
+- Target audience and industry
+- SEO analysis recommendations
+- Blog content structure and outline
+- Tone and writing style preferences
+
+### Social Media Optimization
+
+#### Open Graph Tags
+- **og:title**: Optimized for social sharing
+- **og:description**: Compelling social preview text
+- **og:image**: Recommended image dimensions and sources
+- **og:type**: Article/blog classification
+- **og:url**: Canonical URL reference
+
+#### Twitter Cards
+- **twitter:card**: Summary card with large image support
+- **twitter:title**: Concise, engaging headline
+- **twitter:description**: Twitter-optimized summary
+- **twitter:image**: Twitter-specific image optimization
+- **twitter:site**: Website Twitter handle integration
+
+### Structured Data (Schema.org)
+
+#### Article Schema
 ```json
 {
-  "content": "Your blog post content here...",
-  "target_keywords": ["primary keyword", "secondary keyword"],
-  "competitor_urls": ["https://competitor1.com", "https://competitor2.com"],
-  "analysis_depth": "comprehensive",
-  "optimization_goals": ["rankings", "traffic", "engagement"]
+  "@context": "https://schema.org",
+  "@type": "BlogPosting",
+  "headline": "SEO-optimized title",
+  "description": "Meta description",
+  "author": {
+    "@type": "Organization",
+    "name": "Your Brand"
+  },
+  "datePublished": "2025-01-20",
+  "dateModified": "2025-01-20",
+  "mainEntityOfPage": {
+    "@type": "WebPage"
+  }
 }
 ```
 
-### 2. Keyword Analysis
+#### Additional Schema Types
+- **Organization Markup**: Brand and publisher information
+- **Breadcrumb Schema**: Navigation structure for rich snippets
+- **FAQ Schema**: Q&A structured data for featured snippets
+- **Review Schema**: Ratings and review markup
 
-#### Primary Keywords
-- **Keyword Density**: Analyze primary keyword density
-- **Keyword Placement**: Check keyword placement and distribution
-- **Keyword Variations**: Identify keyword variations and synonyms
-- **Long-Tail Keywords**: Analyze long-tail keyword usage
-- **Semantic Keywords**: Check semantic keyword integration
+### Multi-Format Export
 
-#### Secondary Keywords
-- **Related Terms**: Identify related terms and phrases
-- **LSI Keywords**: Check latent semantic indexing keywords
-- **Contextual Keywords**: Analyze contextual keyword usage
-- **Industry Terms**: Include industry-specific terminology
-- **User Intent**: Match keywords to user search intent
+Phase 5 outputs metadata in multiple formats for different platforms:
 
-### 3. Content Optimization
+#### HTML Meta Tags
+```html
+<meta property="og:title" content="AI in Medical Diagnosis: Transforming Healthcare">
+<meta name="description" content="Discover how AI is revolutionizing medical diagnosis...">
+<meta name="keywords" content="AI healthcare, medical diagnosis, healthcare technology">
+```
 
-#### Structure Analysis
-- **Heading Hierarchy**: Check H1, H2, H3 structure
-- **Paragraph Length**: Analyze paragraph length and structure
-- **List Usage**: Check for bullet points and numbered lists
-- **Content Flow**: Analyze content flow and organization
-- **Section Balance**: Ensure balanced content sections
+#### JSON-LD Structured Data
+Ready-to-paste structured data for search engines
 
-#### Readability Assessment
-- **Reading Level**: Assess content reading level
-- **Sentence Length**: Analyze sentence length and complexity
-- **Word Choice**: Check word choice and vocabulary
-- **Clarity**: Assess content clarity and understanding
-- **Engagement**: Evaluate content engagement potential
+#### WordPress Export
+WordPress-specific format with Yoast SEO compatibility
 
-## SEO Analysis Features
-
-### Keyword Optimization
-
-#### Keyword Research
-- **Primary Keywords**: Identify main target keywords
-- **Secondary Keywords**: Find supporting keywords
-- **Long-Tail Keywords**: Discover specific, less competitive phrases
-- **LSI Keywords**: Find semantically related terms
-- **Competitor Keywords**: Analyze competitor keyword usage
-
-#### Keyword Implementation
-- **Title Optimization**: Optimize title tags for keywords
-- **Meta Description**: Create keyword-rich meta descriptions
-- **Heading Tags**: Optimize heading tags for keywords
-- **Content Integration**: Naturally integrate keywords into content
-- **Internal Linking**: Use keywords in internal links
-
-### Content Structure
-
-#### Heading Optimization
-- **H1 Tag**: Single, keyword-rich H1 tag
-- **H2 Tags**: Logical H2 tag structure
-- **H3 Tags**: Detailed H3 tag organization
-- **Heading Balance**: Balanced heading distribution
-- **Keyword Integration**: Keywords in relevant headings
-
-#### Content Organization
-- **Introduction**: Engaging, keyword-rich introduction
-- **Body Sections**: Well-organized body content
-- **Conclusion**: Strong, actionable conclusion
-- **Call-to-Action**: Clear, compelling CTAs
-- **Content Flow**: Smooth content flow and transitions
-
-### Technical SEO
-
-#### Meta Tags
-- **Title Tag**: Optimized title tag (50-60 characters)
-- **Meta Description**: Compelling meta description (150-160 characters)
-- **Meta Keywords**: Relevant meta keywords
-- **Open Graph**: Social media optimization tags
-- **Schema Markup**: Structured data implementation
-
-#### Content Elements
-- **Image Alt Text**: Descriptive alt text for images
-- **Internal Links**: Strategic internal linking
-- **External Links**: Relevant external link placement
-- **URL Structure**: Clean, keyword-rich URLs
-- **Content Length**: Optimal content length for SEO
+#### Wix Integration
+Direct Wix blog API format for seamless publishing
 
 ## Analysis Results
 
-### SEO Score
+### Phase 4 Output Structure
 
-#### Overall Score
-- **SEO Score**: Overall SEO performance score (0-100)
-- **Keyword Score**: Keyword optimization score
-- **Content Score**: Content quality and structure score
-- **Technical Score**: Technical SEO implementation score
-- **Readability Score**: Content readability score
+Phase 4 returns comprehensive analysis results:
 
-#### Score Breakdown
 ```json
 {
-  "overall_score": 85,
-  "keyword_score": 90,
-  "content_score": 80,
-  "technical_score": 85,
-  "readability_score": 88,
-  "recommendations": [
-    "Improve meta description length",
-    "Add more internal links",
-    "Optimize image alt text"
-  ]
+  "overall_score": 82,
+  "grade": "Good",
+  "category_scores": {
+    "structure": 85,
+    "keywords": 88,
+    "readability": 78,
+    "quality": 80,
+    "headings": 84
+  },
+  "actionable_recommendations": [
+    {
+      "category": "Structure",
+      "priority": "High",
+      "recommendation": "Add H2 subheadings to improve scannability",
+      "impact": "Better keyword distribution and user experience"
+    },
+    {
+      "category": "Readability",
+      "priority": "Medium",
+      "recommendation": "Simplify complex sentences (average 20 words)",
+      "impact": "Improved readability score and engagement"
+    }
+  ],
+  "keyword_analysis": {
+    "primary_keyword_density": 1.2,
+    "semantic_keyword_count": 15,
+    "long_tail_usage": 8,
+    "optimization_status": "Good"
+  }
 }
 ```
 
-### Detailed Recommendations
+## Use Cases for Different Audiences
 
-#### Keyword Optimization
-- **Keyword Density**: Adjust keyword density for optimal results
-- **Keyword Placement**: Improve keyword placement and distribution
-- **Keyword Variations**: Add more keyword variations
-- **Long-Tail Keywords**: Include more long-tail keywords
-- **Semantic Keywords**: Add semantically related terms
+### For Technical Content Writers
+**Scenario**: Creating a technical deep-dive on "React Server Components"
 
-#### Content Improvement
-- **Heading Structure**: Improve heading hierarchy
-- **Paragraph Length**: Optimize paragraph length
-- **Content Flow**: Enhance content flow and organization
-- **Readability**: Improve content readability
-- **Engagement**: Increase content engagement
+**Phase 4 Delivers**:
+- Structure score analysis: Identifies need for more code examples in H3 sections
+- Readability assessment: Detects overly complex technical jargon
+- Keyword optimization: Suggests semantic keywords like "React SSR" and "Next.js 13"
+- Actionable fix: "Add 'why it matters' explanations for React Server Component concepts"
 
-#### Technical Optimization
-- **Meta Tags**: Optimize meta tags and descriptions
-- **Image Optimization**: Improve image alt text and optimization
-- **Internal Linking**: Add strategic internal links
-- **URL Structure**: Optimize URL structure
-- **Schema Markup**: Implement structured data
+**Phase 5 Delivers**:
+- SEO title: "React Server Components Explained: Complete 2025 Guide"
+- Meta description: Includes CTA like "Master RSC implementation with practical examples"
+- JSON-LD: Code schema markup for search engine code indexing
+- Social tags: #React #WebDevelopment #Programming
 
-## Competitive Analysis
+**Value**: Technical content optimized for both search engines and developer audiences
 
-### Competitor Comparison
+### For Solopreneurs
+**Scenario**: Blog on "Starting an Online Course Business"
 
-#### Content Analysis
-- **Content Length**: Compare content length with competitors
-- **Keyword Usage**: Analyze competitor keyword strategies
-- **Content Structure**: Compare content organization
-- **Readability**: Assess competitor content readability
-- **Engagement**: Compare engagement potential
+**Phase 4 Delivers**:
+- Quality score: Identifies missing CTA elements in conclusion
+- Readability: Highlights need to simplify business jargon
+- Keyword gaps: Discovers missing long-tail "online course pricing strategy"
+- High-priority fix: "Add specific revenue examples to build credibility"
 
-#### SEO Performance
-- **Search Rankings**: Compare search engine rankings
-- **Traffic Analysis**: Analyze competitor traffic patterns
-- **Backlink Profile**: Compare backlink strategies
-- **Social Signals**: Analyze social media performance
-- **Content Gaps**: Identify content opportunities
+**Phase 5 Delivers**:
+- SEO title: "Start Online Course Business: Ultimate 2025 Guide" (56 chars)
+- Social hashtags: #OnlineCourses #PassiveIncome #Entrepreneurship
+- Schema.org: EducationalCourse schema for course-related rich snippets
+- Reading time: "15 minutes" for appropriate audience expectation
 
-### Gap Analysis
+**Value**: Professional SEO without hiring expensive consultants
 
-#### Content Opportunities
-- **Missing Topics**: Identify topics competitors haven't covered
-- **Content Depth**: Find areas for deeper content coverage
-- **Keyword Gaps**: Discover keyword opportunities
-- **Format Gaps**: Identify content format opportunities
-- **Audience Gaps**: Find underserved audience segments
+### For Digital Marketing & SEO Professionals
+**Scenario**: Strategy content on "Local SEO for Small Businesses"
 
-#### Competitive Advantages
-- **Unique Angles**: Develop unique content angles
-- **Expertise Showcase**: Highlight unique expertise
-- **Better Coverage**: Provide more comprehensive coverage
-- **Improved Quality**: Create higher quality content
-- **Enhanced User Experience**: Improve user experience
+**Phase 4 Delivers**:
+- Comprehensive scoring across all 5 categories with detailed breakdown
+- Competitor analysis integration from Phase 1 research
+- High-priority recommendations: "Missing Google Business Profile optimization section"
+- Metrics: Keyword density at 0.9%, target 1.5-2% for competitive keywords
 
-## Performance Tracking
+**Phase 5 Delivers**:
+- Complete metadata package with local SEO schema markup
+- Location-based Open Graph tags for local business visibility
+- Multi-format export for WordPress with Yoast compatibility
+- Structured data including LocalBusiness schema for local SERP features
 
-### SEO Metrics
-
-#### Search Performance
-- **Search Rankings**: Track keyword rankings
-- **Organic Traffic**: Monitor organic search traffic
-- **Click-Through Rate**: Track search result clicks
-- **Impression Share**: Monitor search impression share
-- **Average Position**: Track average search position
-
-#### Content Performance
-- **Page Views**: Monitor page view metrics
-- **Time on Page**: Track user engagement time
-- **Bounce Rate**: Monitor bounce rate
-- **Conversion Rate**: Track conversion metrics
-- **Social Shares**: Monitor social media shares
-
-### Analytics Integration
-
-#### Google Analytics
-- **Traffic Sources**: Analyze traffic sources
-- **User Behavior**: Track user behavior patterns
-- **Content Performance**: Monitor content performance
-- **Conversion Tracking**: Track conversion metrics
-- **Audience Insights**: Analyze audience demographics
-
-#### Search Console
-- **Search Queries**: Monitor search query performance
-- **Click Data**: Track click-through rates
-- **Impression Data**: Monitor search impressions
-- **Position Data**: Track search position changes
-- **Coverage Issues**: Identify technical issues
+**Value**: Enterprise-grade SEO optimization with detailed analytics
 
 ## Best Practices
 
-### Content Optimization
+### Phase 4: SEO Analysis Best Practices
 
-#### Keyword Strategy
-1. **Primary Focus**: Focus on one primary keyword per page
-2. **Natural Integration**: Integrate keywords naturally
-3. **Semantic Keywords**: Use semantically related terms
-4. **Long-Tail Keywords**: Target specific, long-tail phrases
-5. **User Intent**: Match keywords to user search intent
+#### Pre-Analysis Preparation
+1. **Complete Content**: Ensure all sections are finalized before analysis
+2. **Research Integration**: Verify Phase 1 research data includes keywords
+3. **Word Count**: Target 1000-3000 words for optimal SEO analysis
+4. **Structure Review**: Confirm proper heading hierarchy (H1, H2, H3)
+5. **Content Quality**: Ensure content is factually accurate and complete
 
-#### Content Quality
-1. **Original Content**: Create original, unique content
-2. **Comprehensive Coverage**: Provide comprehensive topic coverage
-3. **Expert Authority**: Demonstrate expertise and authority
-4. **User Value**: Provide clear value to users
-5. **Engagement**: Create engaging, shareable content
+#### Using "Apply Recommendations"
+1. **Review First**: Always review recommendations before applying
+2. **Selective Application**: Consider applying high-priority fixes first
+3. **Edit After**: Manually refine AI-applied changes for your voice
+4. **Preserve Intent**: Verify AI preserved your original meaning
+5. **Re-Analyze**: Run Phase 4 again after applying to track improvement
 
-### Technical SEO
+### Phase 5: Metadata Generation Best Practices
 
-#### On-Page Optimization
-1. **Title Tags**: Create compelling, keyword-rich titles
-2. **Meta Descriptions**: Write engaging meta descriptions
-3. **Heading Structure**: Use proper heading hierarchy
-4. **Internal Linking**: Implement strategic internal linking
-5. **Image Optimization**: Optimize images with alt text
+#### Metadata Optimization
+1. **Title Length**: Keep SEO titles to 50-60 characters for SERP display
+2. **Meta Descriptions**: Write 150-160 character descriptions with CTA in first 120 chars
+3. **Keyword Placement**: Front-load primary keyword in title and first 120 chars of description
+4. **Uniqueness**: Ensure metadata is unique for each blog post
+5. **Brand Consistency**: Include brand name where appropriate without exceeding length limits
 
-#### Site Performance
-1. **Page Speed**: Optimize page loading speed
-2. **Mobile Optimization**: Ensure mobile-friendly design
-3. **SSL Certificate**: Use HTTPS for security
-4. **Clean URLs**: Use clean, descriptive URLs
-5. **Schema Markup**: Implement structured data
+#### Social Media Optimization
+1. **Image Planning**: Prepare 1200x630px images for Open Graph sharing
+2. **Twitter Cards**: Ensure Twitter Card images are 1200x600px minimum
+3. **Hashtag Strategy**: Mix industry-specific, trending, and branded hashtags
+4. **Platform-Specific**: Review Open Graph vs Twitter Card differences
+5. **Testing**: Use Facebook Debugger and Twitter Card Validator before publishing
 
-## Advanced Features
+### SEO Workflow Integration
 
-### AI-Powered Optimization
+#### Phase 4 to Phase 5 Flow
+1. **Score First**: Always complete Phase 4 analysis before metadata generation
+2. **Apply Fixes**: Use "Apply Recommendations" to improve scores to 80+
+3. **Generate Metadata**: Run Phase 5 with optimized content
+4. **Review Metadata**: Verify metadata reflects SEO improvements
+5. **Export & Publish**: Copy metadata formats for your platform
 
-#### Content Enhancement
-- **Automatic Optimization**: AI-powered content optimization
-- **Keyword Suggestions**: Intelligent keyword recommendations
-- **Content Improvement**: Automated content improvement suggestions
-- **Readability Enhancement**: AI-powered readability improvements
-- **Engagement Optimization**: Optimize for user engagement
-
-#### Performance Prediction
-- **Ranking Prediction**: Predict potential search rankings
-- **Traffic Forecasting**: Forecast organic traffic potential
-- **Engagement Prediction**: Predict user engagement levels
-- **Conversion Optimization**: Optimize for conversions
-- **ROI Analysis**: Analyze return on SEO investment
-
-### Customization Options
-
-#### Analysis Settings
-- **Keyword Preferences**: Set keyword analysis preferences
-- **Competitor Selection**: Choose competitors for analysis
-- **Analysis Depth**: Adjust analysis depth and detail
-- **Optimization Goals**: Set specific optimization goals
-- **Quality Standards**: Define quality standards and thresholds
-
-#### Reporting Options
-- **Custom Reports**: Create custom SEO reports
-- **Scheduled Reports**: Set up automated reporting
-- **Performance Dashboards**: Create performance dashboards
-- **Alert Systems**: Set up performance alerts
-- **Export Options**: Export data in various formats
+#### Performance Optimization
+1. **Cache Utilization**: Leverage research caching from Phase 1 for related topics
+2. **Batch Analysis**: Analyze multiple blog drafts in one session to improve learning
+3. **Score Tracking**: Monitor SEO score trends across multiple posts
+4. **A/B Testing**: Test different metadata variations for CTR optimization
+5. **Analytics Integration**: Connect to Google Analytics/Search Console post-publish
 
 ## Troubleshooting
 
-### Common Issues
+### Common Issues & Solutions
 
-#### SEO Analysis Problems
-- **Low SEO Scores**: Address low SEO performance
-- **Keyword Issues**: Resolve keyword optimization problems
-- **Content Quality**: Improve content quality and structure
-- **Technical Issues**: Fix technical SEO problems
-- **Performance Issues**: Address performance concerns
+#### Low SEO Scores (< 70)
+**Problem**: Overall SEO score below 70 or grade showing "Needs Improvement"
 
-#### Optimization Challenges
-- **Keyword Overuse**: Avoid keyword stuffing
-- **Content Duplication**: Prevent duplicate content issues
-- **Technical Errors**: Fix technical SEO errors
-- **Performance Problems**: Resolve performance issues
-- **Competition Analysis**: Improve competitive analysis
+**Solutions**:
+- **Check Category Scores**: Review individual category breakdowns to identify weak areas
+- **Apply High-Priority Recommendations**: Focus on critical fixes first
+- **Verify Content Length**: Ensure 1000+ words for comprehensive analysis
+- **Review Heading Structure**: Confirm proper H1/H2/H3 hierarchy
+- **Re-run Analysis**: After fixing issues, re-analyze to track improvements
+
+#### Keyword Analysis Issues
+**Problem**: Low keyword scores or missing keyword recommendations
+
+**Solutions**:
+- **Verify Phase 1 Research**: Ensure Phase 1 keyword analysis completed successfully
+- **Check Keyword Density**: Primary keyword should be 1-2% of total content
+- **Review Placement**: Ensure keywords appear in title, first paragraph, and subheadings
+- **Add Semantic Keywords**: Integrate related terms naturally throughout content
+- **Consider Long-Tail**: Include 3-5 long-tail keyword variations
+
+#### "Apply Recommendations" Not Working
+**Problem**: Content doesn't update or changes seem minimal
+
+**Solutions**:
+- **Check Recommendations**: Verify actionable recommendations are actually present
+- **Review Normalization**: Check if AI properly matched section IDs
+- **Refresh UI**: Try closing and reopening the SEO Analysis modal
+- **Manual Review**: Compare original vs. updated sections for subtle changes
+- **Re-Analyze**: Run Phase 4 again to see if scores improved
+
+#### Metadata Generation Issues
+**Problem**: Phase 5 generates incomplete or low-quality metadata
+
+**Solutions**:
+- **Content Completeness**: Ensure blog content is finalized before metadata generation
+- **Title/Slug Issues**: Generate metadata after choosing final blog title
+- **Length Constraints**: Verify SEO titles (50-60) and descriptions (150-160) are respected
+- **Re-run Phase 5**: If results are suboptimal, regenerate with clearer content
+- **Manual Refinement**: Edit generated metadata for brand voice consistency
 
 ### Getting Help
 
 #### Support Resources
-- **Documentation**: Review SEO analysis documentation
-- **Tutorials**: Watch SEO optimization tutorials
-- **Best Practices**: Follow SEO best practices
-- **Community**: Join user community discussions
-- **Support**: Contact technical support
+- **[Workflow Guide](workflow-guide.md)**: Complete 6-phase walkthrough
+- **[Blog Writer Overview](overview.md)**: Overview of all phases
+- **[API Reference](api-reference.md)**: Technical API documentation
+- **[Best Practices](../../guides/best-practices.md)**: Advanced optimization tips
 
-#### Optimization Tips
-- **Regular Analysis**: Perform regular SEO analysis
-- **Continuous Improvement**: Continuously improve SEO performance
-- **Performance Monitoring**: Monitor SEO performance metrics
-- **Competitive Analysis**: Regular competitive analysis
-- **Quality Assurance**: Maintain high quality standards
+#### Performance Tips
+- **Batch Processing**: Analyze multiple drafts in one session for efficiency
+- **Cache Benefits**: Reuse research from Phase 1 to speed up workflow
+- **Score Tracking**: Monitor SEO improvements across multiple blog posts
+- **Metadata Testing**: Use Facebook Debugger and Twitter Card Validator
+- **Analytics Setup**: Connect Google Analytics/Search Console for post-publish tracking
 
 ---
 
-*Ready to optimize your content for search engines? [Start with our First Steps Guide](../../getting-started/first-steps.md) and [Explore Blog Writer Features](overview.md) to begin creating SEO-optimized, high-ranking content!*
+## Next Steps
+
+Now that you understand Phase 4 & 5, explore the complete workflow:
+
+- **[Phase 1: Research](research.md)** - Comprehensive research capabilities
+- **[Complete Workflow Guide](workflow-guide.md)** - End-to-end 6-phase walkthrough
+- **[Blog Writer Overview](overview.md)** - All phases overview
+- **[Getting Started Guide](../../getting-started/quick-start.md)** - Quick start for new users
+
+---
+
+*Ready to optimize your content for search engines? Check out the [Workflow Guide](workflow-guide.md) to see how Phase 4 & 5 integrate into the complete blog creation process!*
diff --git a/docs-site/docs/features/blog-writer/workflow-guide.md b/docs-site/docs/features/blog-writer/workflow-guide.md
index 6a193bce..03df2e78 100644
--- a/docs-site/docs/features/blog-writer/workflow-guide.md
+++ b/docs-site/docs/features/blog-writer/workflow-guide.md
@@ -8,36 +8,36 @@ The ALwrity Blog Writer follows a sophisticated 6-phase workflow designed to cre
 
 ```mermaid
 flowchart TD
-    A[Start: Keywords & Topic] --> B[Phase 1: Research & Discovery]
-    B --> C[Phase 2: Outline Generation]
+    A[Start: Keywords & Topic] --> B[Phase 1: Research & Strategy]
+    B --> C[Phase 2: Intelligent Outline]
     C --> D[Phase 3: Content Generation]
     D --> E[Phase 4: SEO Analysis]
-    E --> F[Phase 5: Quality Assurance]
-    F --> G[Phase 6: Publishing]
+    E --> F[Phase 5: SEO Metadata]
+    F --> G[Phase 6: Publish & Distribute]
     
-    B --> B1[Web Search & Source Collection]
+    B --> B1[Google Search Grounding]
     B --> B2[Competitor Analysis]
     B --> B3[Research Caching]
     
-    C --> C1[Content Structure Planning]
-    C --> C2[Section Definition]
-    C --> C3[Source Mapping]
+    C --> C1[AI Outline Generation]
+    C --> C2[Source Mapping]
+    C --> C3[Title Generation]
     
     D --> D1[Section-by-Section Writing]
-    D --> D2[Citation Integration]
-    D --> D3[Continuity Tracking]
+    D --> D2[Context Memory]
+    D --> D3[Flow Analysis]
     
     E --> E1[SEO Scoring]
-    E --> E2[Keyword Analysis]
-    E --> E3[Readability Assessment]
+    E --> E2[Actionable Recommendations]
+    E --> E3[AI-Powered Refinement]
     
-    F --> F1[Fact Verification]
-    F --> F2[Hallucination Detection]
-    F --> F3[Quality Scoring]
+    F --> F1[Comprehensive Metadata]
+    F --> F2[Open Graph & Twitter Cards]
+    F --> F3[Schema.org Markup]
     
-    G --> G1[Platform Integration]
-    G --> G2[Metadata Generation]
-    G --> G3[Content Publishing]
+    G --> G1[Multi-Platform Publishing]
+    G --> G2[Scheduling]
+    G --> G3[Version Management]
     
     style A fill:#e3f2fd
     style B fill:#e8f5e8
@@ -58,40 +58,40 @@ gantt
     dateFormat X
     axisFormat %M:%S
     
-    section Research
+    section Phase 1 Research
     Keyword Analysis    :0, 10
-    Web Search         :10, 30
-    Source Collection  :20, 40
-    Competitor Analysis :30, 50
-    Research Caching   :40, 60
+    Google Search       :10, 40
+    Source Extraction   :30, 50
+    Competitor Analysis :40, 60
+    Research Caching    :50, 60
     
-    section Outline
-    Structure Planning :60, 70
-    Section Definition :70, 80
-    Source Mapping     :80, 90
-    Title Generation   :90, 100
+    section Phase 2 Outline
+    AI Structure Planning :60, 80
+    Section Definition  :75, 90
+    Source Mapping      :85, 100
+    Title Generation    :95, 110
     
-    section Content
-    Section 1 Writing  :100, 120
-    Section 2 Writing  :120, 140
-    Section 3 Writing  :140, 160
-    Citation Integration :160, 170
+    section Phase 3 Content
+    Section 1 Writing   :110, 140
+    Section 2 Writing   :130, 160
+    Section 3 Writing   :150, 180
+    Context Continuity  :170, 200
     
-    section SEO
-    Structure Analysis :170, 180
-    Keyword Analysis   :180, 190
-    Readability Check  :190, 200
-    SEO Scoring        :200, 210
+    section Phase 4 SEO
+    Parallel Analysis   :200, 215
+    AI Scoring          :210, 230
+    Recommendations     :220, 235
+    Apply Refinement    :230, 250
     
-    section Quality
-    Fact Verification  :210, 220
-    Hallucination Check :220, 230
-    Quality Scoring    :230, 240
+    section Phase 5 Metadata
+    Core Metadata       :250, 265
+    Social Tags         :260, 275
+    Schema Markup       :270, 285
     
-    section Publishing
-    Platform Integration :240, 250
-    Metadata Generation :250, 260
-    Content Publishing  :260, 270
+    section Phase 6 Publish
+    Platform Setup      :285, 295
+    Content Publishing  :290, 310
+    Verification        :305, 320
 ```
 
 ## 📋 Prerequisites
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Before starting, ensure you have:
 - **Content Goals**: Defined objectives for your blog post
 - **Word Count Target**: Desired length (typically 1000-3000 words)
 
-## 🔍 Phase 1: Research & Discovery
+## 🔍 Phase 1: Research & Strategy
 
 ### Step 1: Initiate Research
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Before starting, ensure you have:
 - ✅ Relevant to your target audience
 - ✅ Covers multiple aspects of your topic
 
-## 📝 Phase 2: Outline Generation
+## 📝 Phase 2: Intelligent Outline
 
 ### Step 1: Generate Outline
 
@@ -235,6 +235,31 @@ Before starting, ensure you have:
 - **Add Sections**: Include missing content areas
 - **Improve SEO**: Better keyword distribution
 
+### 🖼️ Generate Images for Sections (Optional)
+
+While in Phase 2, you can generate images for your outline sections.
+
+**How It Works:**
+1. Click the **"🖼️ Generate Image"** button on any section in the outline
+2. Image modal opens with auto-generated prompt based on section heading
+3. Click **"Suggest Prompt"** for AI-optimized suggestions
+4. Optionally open **"Advanced Image Options"** for custom settings
+5. Choose provider: Stability AI, Hugging Face, or Gemini
+6. Generate and images auto-insert into outline and metadata
+
+**Best Practices:**
+- Generate images during outline review
+- Use specific, descriptive prompts
+- Match image style to your brand
+- Generate multiple variations if needed
+
+**Image Features:**
+- Provider selection (Stability AI, Hugging Face, Gemini)
+- Aspect ratio options (1:1, 16:9, 4:3)
+- Style customization
+- Auto-prompt suggestions
+- Platform-optimized outputs
+
 ## ✍️ Phase 3: Content Generation
 
 ### Step 1: Generate Section Content
@@ -311,7 +336,71 @@ Repeat the process for each outline section:
 - Use continuity metrics to ensure flow
 - Adjust tone and style as needed
 
-## 🔍 Phase 4: SEO Analysis & Optimization
+### Advanced Features in Phase 3
+
+#### ✨ Assistive Writing (Continue Writing)
+As you write in any blog section, the AI provides contextual suggestions to help you continue.
+
+**How It Works:**
+1. Type 20+ words in any section
+2. First suggestion appears automatically below your cursor
+3. Click **"Accept"** to insert or **"Dismiss"** to skip
+4. Click **"✍️ Continue Writing"** to request more suggestions
+5. Suggestions include source citations when available
+
+**Benefits:**
+- Real-time writing assistance
+- Context-aware continuations
+- Source-backed suggestions
+- Cost-optimized (first auto, then manual)
+
+#### Quick Edit Options
+Select text to access quick edit options in the context menu:
+
+**Available Quick Edits:**
+- **✏️ Improve**: Enhance readability and engagement
+- **➕ Add Transition**: Insert transitional phrases (Furthermore, Additionally, Moreover)
+- **📏 Shorten**: Condense while maintaining meaning
+- **📝 Expand**: Add explanatory content and insights
+- **💼 Professionalize**: Make more formal (convert contractions, improve tone)
+- **📊 Add Data**: Insert statistical backing statements
+
+**How It Works:**
+1. Select any text in your blog content
+2. Context menu appears near your cursor
+3. Choose a quick edit option
+4. Text updates instantly
+
+**Best For:**
+- Improving flow between sentences
+- Adjusting tone and formality
+- Adding supporting statements
+- Professionalizing casual language
+
+#### 🔍 Fact-Checking
+Verify claims and facts in your content with AI-powered checking.
+
+**How It Works:**
+1. Select any paragraph or claim text
+2. Right-click or use the context menu
+3. Click **"🔍 Fact Check"**
+4. Wait 15-30 seconds for analysis
+5. Review detailed results with supporting/refuting sources
+6. Click **"Apply Fix"** to insert source links if needed
+
+**What Gets Analyzed:**
+- Verifiable claims and statements
+- Statistical data and percentages
+- Dates, names, and events
+- Industry-specific facts
+
+**Results Include:**
+- Claim-by-claim confidence scores
+- Supporting evidence URLs
+- Refuting sources (if applicable)
+- Overall factual accuracy score
+
+## 🔍 Phase 4: SEO Analysis
 
 ### Step 1: Perform SEO Analysis
 
@@ -356,7 +445,21 @@ Repeat the process for each outline section:
 - ✅ Proper heading structure
 - ✅ Actionable recommendations
 
-### Step 3: Generate SEO Metadata
+### Step 3: Apply SEO Recommendations (Optional)
+
+**Endpoint**: `POST /api/blog/seo/apply-recommendations`
+
+Use the "Apply Recommendations" button to automatically improve your content based on SEO analysis. The AI will:
+- Optimize keyword density and placement
+- Improve content structure and headings
+- Enhance readability and flow
+- Maintain your original voice and intent
+
+**Expected Duration**: 20-40 seconds
+
+## 📝 Phase 5: SEO Metadata
+
+### Step 1: Generate Core Metadata
 
 **Endpoint**: `POST /api/blog/seo/metadata`
 
@@ -373,66 +476,50 @@ Repeat the process for each outline section:
 }
 ```
 
-**Generated Metadata**:
-- **SEO Title**: Optimized for search engines
-- **Meta Description**: Compelling 155-character description
-- **URL Slug**: SEO-friendly URL structure
-- **Tags & Categories**: Relevant content classification
-- **Social Media Tags**: Open Graph and Twitter Card data
-- **JSON-LD Schema**: Structured data for search engines
+**What Happens** (First AI Call):
+1. **SEO Title**: Optimized for search engines (50-60 chars)
+2. **Meta Description**: Compelling description with CTA (150-160 chars)
+3. **URL Slug**: Clean, hyphenated, keyword-rich (3-5 words)
+4. **Blog Tags**: Mix of primary, semantic, and long-tail keywords (5-8)
+5. **Blog Categories**: Industry-standard classification (2-3)
+6. **Social Hashtags**: Industry-specific with trending terms (5-10)
+7. **Reading Time**: Calculated from word count
 
-## 🛡️ Phase 5: Quality Assurance
+**Expected Duration**: 10-15 seconds
 
-### Step 1: Perform Hallucination Check
+### Step 2: Generate Social Media & Schema Metadata
 
-**Endpoint**: `POST /api/blog/quality/hallucination-check`
+**What Happens** (Second AI Call):
+1. **Open Graph Tags**: Optimized for Facebook/LinkedIn sharing
+2. **Twitter Cards**: Twitter-specific optimization
+3. **JSON-LD Schema**: Structured data for search engines
+4. **Multi-Format Export**: WordPress, Wix, HTML, JSON-LD ready formats
 
-**Request Example**:
-```json
-{
-  "content": "Complete blog content here...",
-  "sources": [
-    "https://example.com/source1",
-    "https://example.com/source2"
-  ]
-}
-```
+**Generated Metadata Output**:
+- **Core Elements**: Title, description, URL slug, tags, categories
+- **Social Optimization**: Open Graph and Twitter Card tags
+- **Structured Data**: Article schema with author, dates, organization
+- **Platform Formats**: Copy-ready for WordPress, Wix, custom
 
-**What Happens**:
-1. **Fact Verification**: Checks content against research sources
-2. **Hallucination Detection**: Identifies potential AI-generated inaccuracies
-3. **Content Validation**: Ensures factual accuracy and credibility
-4. **Quality Scoring**: Generates content quality metrics
+**Expected Duration**: 10-15 seconds
 
-**Expected Duration**: 15-25 seconds
-
-### Step 2: Review Quality Results
-
-**Key Metrics**:
-- **Factual Accuracy**: Percentage of verified claims
-- **Source Coverage**: Percentage of content backed by sources
-- **Quality Score**: Overall content quality (0-100)
-- **Improvement Suggestions**: Specific enhancement recommendations
+### Step 3: Review & Export Metadata
 
 **Quality Checklist**:
-- ✅ High factual accuracy (90%+)
-- ✅ Good source coverage (80%+)
-- ✅ Quality score above 85
-- ✅ No major factual errors
-- ✅ Clear improvement suggestions
+- ✅ SEO title is 50-60 characters with primary keyword
+- ✅ Meta description includes CTA in first 120 chars
+- ✅ URL slug is clean, readable, and keyword-rich
+- ✅ Tags and categories are relevant and varied
+- ✅ Social tags are optimized for each platform
+- ✅ Schema markup is valid JSON-LD
 
-### Step 3: Content Optimization (Optional)
+**Export Options**:
+- Copy HTML meta tags directly to your platform
+- Export JSON-LD for search engines
+- WordPress-ready format with Yoast compatibility
+- Wix integration format
 
-**Endpoint**: `POST /api/blog/section/optimize`
-
-**Common Optimizations**:
-- **Improve Readability**: Simplify complex sentences
-- **Enhance Engagement**: Add compelling examples and stories
-- **Strengthen Arguments**: Provide more supporting evidence
-- **Fix Flow Issues**: Improve section transitions
-- **Optimize Keywords**: Better keyword integration
-
-## 🚀 Phase 6: Publishing & Distribution
+## 🚀 Phase 6: Publish & Distribute
 
 ### Step 1: Prepare for Publishing
 
diff --git a/frontend/public/BLOG_WRITER_ASSETS_GUIDE.md b/frontend/public/BLOG_WRITER_ASSETS_GUIDE.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3401d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/public/BLOG_WRITER_ASSETS_GUIDE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+# Blog Writer Assets Guide
+
+## 📁 Folder Structure
+
+```
+frontend/public/
+├── images/
+│   └── (add 24 feature images here)
+├── videos/
+│   └── (add 6 demo videos here)
+├── blog-writer-bg.png (already exists ✅)
+└── BLOG_WRITER_ASSETS_GUIDE.md (this file)
+```
+
+## 🖼️ Required Images (24 total)
+
+### Phase 1: Research & Strategy (4 images)
+- `images/research-google-grounding.jpg` - Screenshot/video frame showing Google Search grounding in action
+- `images/research-competitor.jpg` - Screenshot of competitor analysis results
+- `images/research-keywords.jpg` - Screenshot showing keyword analysis and clustering
+- `images/research-angles.jpg` - Screenshot of AI-generated content angle suggestions
+
+### Phase 2: Intelligent Outline (4 images)
+- `images/outline-generation.jpg` - Screenshot of AI outline generation interface
+- `images/outline-grounding.jpg` - Screenshot showing source mapping and grounding scores
+- `images/outline-refine.jpg` - Screenshot of interactive outline refinement (add/remove/merge sections)
+- `images/outline-titles.jpg` - Screenshot of multiple AI-generated title options with SEO scores
+
+### Phase 3: Content Generation (4 images)
+- `images/content-generation.jpg` - Screenshot of section-by-section content generation
+- `images/content-continuity.jpg` - Screenshot showing continuity analysis and flow metrics
+- `images/content-sources.jpg` - Screenshot of automatic source integration and citations
+- `images/content-medium.jpg` - Screenshot of Medium blog mode quick generation
+
+### Phase 4: SEO Analysis (4 images)
+- `images/seo-scoring.jpg` - Screenshot of comprehensive SEO scoring dashboard
+- `images/seo-recommendations.jpg` - Screenshot of actionable SEO recommendations list
+- `images/seo-apply.jpg` - Screenshot of AI-powered content refinement interface
+- `images/seo-keywords.jpg` - Screenshot of keyword density heatmap and analysis
+
+### Phase 5: SEO Metadata (4 images)
+- `images/metadata-comprehensive.jpg` - Screenshot of full metadata generation interface
+- `images/metadata-social.jpg` - Screenshot of Open Graph and Twitter Cards configuration
+- `images/metadata-schema.jpg` - Screenshot of structured data (Schema.org) markup
+- `images/metadata-export.jpg` - Screenshot of multi-format output options (HTML, JSON-LD, WordPress, Wix)
+
+### Phase 6: Publish & Distribute (4 images)
+- `images/publish-platforms.jpg` - Screenshot of multi-platform publishing options (WordPress, Wix, Medium)
+- `images/publish-schedule.jpg` - Screenshot of content scheduling interface with calendar
+- `images/publish-versions.jpg` - Screenshot of revision management and version history
+- `images/publish-analytics.jpg` - Screenshot of post-publish analytics dashboard
+
+## 🎬 Required Videos (6 total)
+
+### Phase 1: Research & Strategy
+- `videos/phase1-research.mp4` - Demo video showing:
+  - Keyword input and analysis
+  - Google Search grounding in action
+  - Competitor analysis results
+  - Content angle generation
+
+### Phase 2: Intelligent Outline
+- `videos/phase2-outline.mp4` - Demo video showing:
+  - AI outline generation from research
+  - Source mapping and grounding scores
+  - Interactive refinement (add/remove sections)
+  - Title generation with SEO scores
+
+### Phase 3: Content Generation
+- `videos/phase3-content.mp4` - Demo video showing:
+  - Section-by-section content generation
+  - Continuity analysis and flow metrics
+  - Source integration and citations
+  - Medium blog mode
+
+### Phase 4: SEO Analysis
+- `videos/phase4-seo.mp4` - Demo video showing:
+  - SEO scoring dashboard
+  - Actionable recommendations
+  - AI-powered content refinement ("Apply Recommendations")
+  - Keyword analysis
+
+### Phase 5: SEO Metadata
+- `videos/phase5-metadata.mp4` - Demo video showing:
+  - Comprehensive metadata generation
+  - Open Graph and Twitter Cards
+  - Structured data (Schema.org)
+  - Multi-format export options
+
+### Phase 6: Publish & Distribute
+- `videos/phase6-publish.mp4` - Demo video showing:
+  - Multi-platform publishing
+  - Content scheduling
+  - Version management
+  - Analytics integration
+
+## 📝 Image Requirements
+
+- **Format**: JPG/JPEG (recommended for photos) or PNG (recommended for screenshots)
+- **Resolution**: 
+  - Minimum: 1200x800px (3:2 aspect ratio for cards)
+  - Recommended: 1920x1280px for best quality
+- **File Size**: Keep under 500KB each for fast loading
+- **Content**: Actual screenshots from the working application
+
+## 🎥 Video Requirements
+
+- **Format**: MP4 (H.264 codec recommended)
+- **Duration**: 30-90 seconds per phase
+- **Resolution**: 
+  - Minimum: 1280x720 (720p)
+  - Recommended: 1920x1080 (1080p)
+- **File Size**: Optimize to keep under 10MB each if possible
+- **Content**: Screen recordings showing the actual features in action
+
+## 🚀 How to Add Assets
+
+1. **Create the folders** (already created with .gitkeep files):
+   ```bash
+   # Folders are already created, just add files
+   frontend/public/images/
+   frontend/public/videos/
+   ```
+
+2. **Add your images**:
+   - Take screenshots or create mockups
+   - Optimize for web (compress if needed)
+   - Save with exact filenames listed above
+   - Place in `frontend/public/images/` folder
+
+3. **Add your videos**:
+   - Record screen captures of each phase
+   - Edit to show key features
+   - Optimize file size
+   - Save with exact filenames listed above
+   - Place in `frontend/public/videos/` folder
+
+4. **Test the integration**:
+   - Run the app: `cd frontend && npm start`
+   - Open Blog Writer
+   - Click "🚀 ALwrity Blog Writer SuperPowers"
+   - Expand each phase to see images and videos
+
+## ✅ Quick Checklist
+
+- [ ] Phase 1: Research images (4) + video (1)
+- [ ] Phase 2: Outline images (4) + video (1)
+- [ ] Phase 3: Content images (4) + video (1)
+- [ ] Phase 4: SEO images (4) + video (1)
+- [ ] Phase 5: Metadata images (4) + video (1)
+- [ ] Phase 6: Publish images (4) + video (1)
+- [ ] Total: 24 images + 6 videos = 30 assets
+
+## 📍 Current Implementation
+
+The images and videos are referenced in:
+- `frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterPhasesSection.tsx`
+- Each phase card shows video when expanded
+- Each feature card shows image placeholder
+
+Paths are already configured to use `/images/` and `/videos/` from the public folder.
+
diff --git a/frontend/public/images/.gitkeep b/frontend/public/images/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..997fd7bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/public/images/.gitkeep
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Blog Writer Phase Images
+# Add your phase images here:
+# - research-google-grounding.jpg
+# - research-competitor.jpg
+# - research-keywords.jpg
+# - research-angles.jpg
+# - outline-generation.jpg
+# - outline-grounding.jpg
+# - outline-refine.jpg
+# - outline-titles.jpg
+# - content-generation.jpg
+# - content-continuity.jpg
+# - content-sources.jpg
+# - content-medium.jpg
+# - seo-scoring.jpg
+# - seo-recommendations.jpg
+# - seo-apply.jpg
+# - seo-keywords.jpg
+# - metadata-comprehensive.jpg
+# - metadata-social.jpg
+# - metadata-schema.jpg
+# - metadata-export.jpg
+# - publish-platforms.jpg
+# - publish-schedule.jpg
+# - publish-versions.jpg
+# - publish-analytics.jpg
+
diff --git a/frontend/public/videos/.gitkeep b/frontend/public/videos/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cf9f5f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/public/videos/.gitkeep
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Blog Writer Phase Demo Videos
+# Add your demo videos here:
+# - phase1-research.mp4
+# - phase2-outline.mp4
+# - phase3-content.mp4
+# - phase4-seo.mp4
+# - phase5-metadata.mp4
+# - phase6-publish.mp4
+
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriter.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriter.tsx
index db1b2cea..7b0af2e1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriter.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriter.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import React, { useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback } from 'react';
+import { debug } from '../../utils/debug';
 import { CopilotSidebar } from '@copilotkit/react-ui';
+import { useCopilotChatHeadless_c } from '@copilotkit/react-core';
 import { useCopilotAction } from '@copilotkit/react-core';
 import '@copilotkit/react-ui/styles.css';
-import { blogWriterApi } from '../../services/blogWriterApi';
+import WriterCopilotSidebar from './BlogWriterUtils/WriterCopilotSidebar';
+import { blogWriterApi, BlogSEOActionableRecommendation } from '../../services/blogWriterApi';
 import { useOutlinePolling, useMediumGenerationPolling, useResearchPolling, useRewritePolling } from '../../hooks/usePolling';
 import { useClaimFixer } from '../../hooks/useClaimFixer';
 import { useMarkdownProcessor } from '../../hooks/useMarkdownProcessor';
@@ -26,10 +29,16 @@ import OutlineRefiner from './OutlineRefiner';
 import { SEOProcessor } from './SEO';
 import BlogWriterLanding from './BlogWriterLanding';
 import { OutlineProgressModal } from './OutlineProgressModal';
+import TaskProgressModals from './BlogWriterUtils/TaskProgressModals';
 import OutlineFeedbackForm from './OutlineFeedbackForm';
 import { BlogEditor } from './WYSIWYG';
 import { SEOAnalysisModal } from './SEOAnalysisModal';
 import { SEOMetadataModal } from './SEOMetadataModal';
+import PhaseNavigation from './PhaseNavigation';
+import { usePhaseNavigation } from '../../hooks/usePhaseNavigation';
+import HeaderBar from './BlogWriterUtils/HeaderBar';
+import PhaseContent from './BlogWriterUtils/PhaseContent';
+import useBlogWriterCopilotActions from './BlogWriterUtils/useBlogWriterCopilotActions';
 
 // Type assertion for CopilotKit action
 const useCopilotActionTyped = useCopilotAction as any;
@@ -59,6 +68,7 @@ export const BlogWriter: React.FC = () => {
     flowAnalysisResults,
     setOutline,
     setTitleOptions,
+    setSelectedTitle,
     setSections,
     setSeoAnalysis,
     setGenMode,
@@ -79,6 +89,227 @@ export const BlogWriter: React.FC = () => {
     handleContentSave
   } = useBlogWriterState();
 
+  const [isSEOAnalysisModalOpen, setIsSEOAnalysisModalOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [isSEOMetadataModalOpen, setIsSEOMetadataModalOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [seoRecommendationsApplied, setSeoRecommendationsApplied] = useState(false);
+  const lastSEOModalOpenRef = useRef<number>(0);
+
+  // Phase navigation hook
+  const {
+    phases,
+    currentPhase,
+    navigateToPhase,
+    resetUserSelection
+  } = usePhaseNavigation(
+    research,
+    outline,
+    outlineConfirmed,
+    Object.keys(sections).length > 0,
+    contentConfirmed,
+    seoAnalysis,
+    seoMetadata,
+    seoRecommendationsApplied
+  );
+
+  // Helper: run same checks as analyzeSEO and open modal
+  const runSEOAnalysisDirect = (): string => {
+    const hasSections = !!sections && Object.keys(sections).length > 0;
+    const hasResearch = !!research && !!(research as any).keyword_analysis;
+    if (!hasSections) return "No blog content available for SEO analysis. Please generate content first.";
+    if (!hasResearch) return "Research data is required for SEO analysis. Please run research first.";
+    // Prevent rapid re-opens
+    const now = Date.now();
+    if (isSEOAnalysisModalOpen && now - lastSEOModalOpenRef.current < 1000) {
+      return "SEO analysis is already open.";
+    }
+    
+    // Mark content phase as done when user clicks "Next: Run SEO Analysis"
+    if (!contentConfirmed) {
+      setContentConfirmed(true);
+      debug.log('[BlogWriter] Content phase marked as done (SEO analysis triggered)');
+    }
+    
+    setSeoRecommendationsApplied(false);
+    if (!isSEOAnalysisModalOpen) {
+      setIsSEOAnalysisModalOpen(true);
+      lastSEOModalOpenRef.current = now;
+      debug.log('[BlogWriter] SEO modal opened (direct)');
+    }
+    return "Running SEO analysis of your blog content. This will analyze content structure, keyword optimization, readability, and provide actionable recommendations.";
+  };
+
+  const handleApplySeoRecommendations = useCallback(async (
+    recommendations: BlogSEOActionableRecommendation[]
+  ) => {
+    if (!outline || outline.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error('An outline is required before applying recommendations.');
+    }
+
+    const sectionPayload = outline.map((section) => ({
+      id: section.id,
+      heading: section.heading,
+      content: sections[section.id] ?? '',
+    }));
+
+    const response = await blogWriterApi.applySeoRecommendations({
+      title: selectedTitle || outline[0]?.heading || 'Untitled Blog',
+      sections: sectionPayload,
+      outline,
+      research: (research as any) || {},
+      recommendations,
+    });
+
+    if (!response.success) {
+      throw new Error(response.error || 'Failed to apply recommendations.');
+    }
+
+    if (!response.sections || !Array.isArray(response.sections)) {
+      throw new Error('Recommendation response did not include updated sections.');
+    }
+
+    // Update sections - create new object reference to trigger React re-render
+    const newSections: Record<string, string> = {};
+    response.sections.forEach((section) => {
+      if (section.id && section.content) {
+        newSections[section.id] = section.content;
+      }
+    });
+    
+    // Validate we have sections before updating
+    if (Object.keys(newSections).length === 0) {
+      throw new Error('No valid sections received from SEO recommendations application.');
+    }
+    
+    // Validate sections have actual content
+    const sectionsWithContent = Object.values(newSections).filter(c => c && c.trim().length > 0);
+    if (sectionsWithContent.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error('SEO recommendations resulted in empty sections. Please try again.');
+    }
+    
+    // Log detailed section info for debugging
+    const sectionIds = Object.keys(newSections);
+    const sectionSizes = sectionIds.map(id => ({ id, length: newSections[id]?.length || 0 }));
+    debug.log('[BlogWriter] Applied SEO recommendations: sections updated', { 
+      sectionCount: sectionIds.length,
+      sectionsWithContent: sectionsWithContent.length,
+      sectionIds: sectionIds,
+      sectionSizes: sectionSizes,
+      totalContentLength: Object.values(newSections).reduce((sum, c) => sum + (c?.length || 0), 0)
+    });
+    
+    // Update sections state
+    setSections(newSections);
+    
+    // Force a delay to ensure React processes the state update before proceeding
+    // This gives React time to re-render with new sections before phase navigation checks
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 200));
+    
+    setContinuityRefresh(Date.now());
+    setFlowAnalysisCompleted(false);
+    setFlowAnalysisResults(null);
+
+    if (response.title && response.title !== selectedTitle) {
+      setSelectedTitle(response.title);
+    }
+
+    if (response.applied) {
+      setSeoAnalysis(prev => prev ? { ...prev, applied_recommendations: response.applied } : prev);
+      debug.log('[BlogWriter] SEO analysis state updated with applied recommendations');
+    }
+
+    // Mark recommendations as applied (this will trigger phase navigation check)
+    // But we'll stay in SEO phase to show updated content
+    setSeoRecommendationsApplied(true);
+    debug.log('[BlogWriter] seoRecommendationsApplied set to true');
+    
+    // Ensure we stay in SEO phase to show updated content
+    // Force navigation to SEO phase if we're not already there (safeguard)
+    if (currentPhase !== 'seo') {
+      navigateToPhase('seo');
+      debug.log('[BlogWriter] Forced navigation to SEO phase after applying recommendations');
+    } else {
+      debug.log('[BlogWriter] Already in SEO phase, staying to show updated content');
+    }
+  }, [outline, sections, selectedTitle, research, setSections, setSelectedTitle, setContinuityRefresh, setFlowAnalysisCompleted, setFlowAnalysisResults, setSeoAnalysis, currentPhase, navigateToPhase]);
+
+  // Handle SEO analysis completion
+  const handleSEOAnalysisComplete = useCallback((analysis: any) => {
+    setSeoAnalysis(analysis);
+    debug.log('[BlogWriter] SEO analysis completed', { hasAnalysis: !!analysis });
+  }, [setSeoAnalysis]);
+
+  // Handle SEO modal close - mark SEO phase as done if not already marked
+  const handleSEOModalClose = useCallback(() => {
+    // Mark SEO phase as done when modal closes (even without applying recommendations)
+    if (!seoAnalysis) {
+      // Set a minimal valid seoAnalysis object to mark phase as complete
+      setSeoAnalysis({
+        success: true,
+        overall_score: 0,
+        category_scores: {},
+        analysis_summary: {
+          overall_grade: 'N/A',
+          status: 'Skipped',
+          strongest_category: 'N/A',
+          weakest_category: 'N/A',
+          key_strengths: [],
+          key_weaknesses: [],
+          ai_summary: 'SEO analysis was skipped by user'
+        },
+        actionable_recommendations: [],
+        generated_at: new Date().toISOString()
+      });
+      debug.log('[BlogWriter] SEO phase marked as done (modal closed without analysis)');
+    }
+    setIsSEOAnalysisModalOpen(false);
+    debug.log('[BlogWriter] SEO modal closed');
+  }, [seoAnalysis, setSeoAnalysis, setIsSEOAnalysisModalOpen]);
+
+  // Mark SEO phase as completed when recommendations are applied
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (seoRecommendationsApplied && seoAnalysis) {
+      // SEO phase is considered complete when recommendations are applied
+      // But stay in SEO phase to show updated content
+      debug.log('[BlogWriter] SEO recommendations applied, SEO phase marked as complete');
+      
+      // Ensure we stay in SEO phase to show updated content (override auto-progression)
+      if (currentPhase !== 'seo' && Object.keys(sections).length > 0) {
+        navigateToPhase('seo');
+        debug.log('[BlogWriter] Forced stay in SEO phase to show updated content');
+      }
+    }
+  }, [seoRecommendationsApplied, seoAnalysis, currentPhase, sections, navigateToPhase]);
+
+  // Track when outlines/content become available for the first time
+  const prevOutlineLenRef = useRef<number>(outline.length);
+  const prevOutlineConfirmedRef = useRef<boolean>(outlineConfirmed);
+  const prevContentConfirmedRef = useRef<boolean>(contentConfirmed);
+  
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const prevLen = prevOutlineLenRef.current;
+    if (research && prevLen === 0 && outline.length > 0) {
+      resetUserSelection();
+    }
+    prevOutlineLenRef.current = outline.length;
+  }, [research, outline.length, resetUserSelection]);
+
+  // Only reset user selection when transitioning from not-confirmed to confirmed
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const wasConfirmed = prevOutlineConfirmedRef.current;
+    if (!wasConfirmed && outlineConfirmed && Object.keys(sections).length > 0) {
+      resetUserSelection(); // Allow auto-progression to content phase
+    }
+    prevOutlineConfirmedRef.current = outlineConfirmed;
+  }, [outlineConfirmed, sections, resetUserSelection]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const wasConfirmed = prevContentConfirmedRef.current;
+    if (!wasConfirmed && contentConfirmed && seoAnalysis) {
+      resetUserSelection(); // Allow auto-progression to SEO phase
+    }
+    prevContentConfirmedRef.current = contentConfirmed;
+  }, [contentConfirmed, seoAnalysis, resetUserSelection]);
+
   // Custom hooks for complex functionality
   const { buildFullMarkdown, buildUpdatedMarkdownForClaim, applyClaimFix } = useClaimFixer(
     outline,
@@ -139,28 +370,63 @@ export const BlogWriter: React.FC = () => {
     onError: (err) => console.error('Rewrite failed:', err)
   });
 
-  // Get context-aware suggestions based on current task status
-  const suggestions = useSuggestions(
-    research, 
-    outline, 
-    outlineConfirmed,
-    { isPolling: researchPolling.isPolling, currentStatus: researchPolling.currentStatus },
-    { isPolling: outlinePolling.isPolling, currentStatus: outlinePolling.currentStatus },
-    { isPolling: mediumPolling.isPolling, currentStatus: mediumPolling.currentStatus },
-    Object.keys(sections).length > 0, // hasContent
-    flowAnalysisCompleted, // flowAnalysisCompleted state
-    contentConfirmed // contentConfirmed state
-  );
-
   // Add minimum display time for modal
   const [showModal, setShowModal] = useState(false);
   const [modalStartTime, setModalStartTime] = useState<number | null>(null);
   const [isMediumGenerationStarting, setIsMediumGenerationStarting] = useState(false);
   const [showOutlineModal, setShowOutlineModal] = useState(false);
   
-  // SEO Analysis Modal state
-  const [isSEOAnalysisModalOpen, setIsSEOAnalysisModalOpen] = useState(false);
-  const [isSEOMetadataModalOpen, setIsSEOMetadataModalOpen] = useState(false);
+  const suggestions = useSuggestions({
+    research,
+    outline,
+    outlineConfirmed,
+    researchPolling: { isPolling: researchPolling.isPolling, currentStatus: researchPolling.currentStatus },
+    outlinePolling: { isPolling: outlinePolling.isPolling, currentStatus: outlinePolling.currentStatus },
+    mediumPolling: { isPolling: mediumPolling.isPolling, currentStatus: mediumPolling.currentStatus },
+    hasContent: Object.keys(sections).length > 0,
+    flowAnalysisCompleted,
+    contentConfirmed,
+    seoAnalysis,
+    seoMetadata,
+    seoRecommendationsApplied,
+  });
+
+  // Drive CopilotKit suggestions programmatically
+  const copilotHeadless = (useCopilotChatHeadless_c as any)?.();
+  const setSuggestionsRef = useRef<any>(null);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setSuggestionsRef.current = copilotHeadless?.setSuggestions;
+  }, [copilotHeadless]);
+
+  const suggestionsPayload = React.useMemo(
+    () => (Array.isArray(suggestions) ? suggestions.map((s: any) => ({ title: s.title, message: s.message })) : []),
+    [suggestions]
+  );
+  const prevSuggestionsRef = useRef<string>("__init__");
+  const suggestionsJson = React.useMemo(() => JSON.stringify(suggestionsPayload), [suggestionsPayload]);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    try {
+      if (!setSuggestionsRef.current) return;
+      if (suggestionsJson !== prevSuggestionsRef.current) {
+        setSuggestionsRef.current(suggestionsPayload);
+        debug.log('[BlogWriter] Copilot suggestions pushed', { count: suggestionsPayload.length });
+        prevSuggestionsRef.current = suggestionsJson;
+      }
+    } catch {}
+  }, [suggestionsJson, suggestionsPayload]);
+
+  const handlePhaseClick = useCallback((phaseId: string) => {
+    navigateToPhase(phaseId);
+    if (phaseId === 'seo') {
+      if (seoAnalysis) {
+        setIsSEOAnalysisModalOpen(true);
+        debug.log('[BlogWriter] SEO modal opened (phase navigation)');
+      } else {
+        runSEOAnalysisDirect();
+      }
+    }
+  }, [navigateToPhase, seoAnalysis, runSEOAnalysisDirect]);
+  const outlineGenRef = useRef<any>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if ((mediumPolling.isPolling || rewritePolling.isPolling || isMediumGenerationStarting) && !showModal) {
@@ -214,96 +480,73 @@ export const BlogWriter: React.FC = () => {
     progressCount: mediumPolling.progressMessages.length
   });
 
-  // Debug SEO modal state
-  console.log('🔍 SEO Analysis Modal state:', {
-    isSEOAnalysisModalOpen,
-    hasResearch: !!research,
-    hasContent: !!sections && Object.keys(sections).length > 0,
-    researchKeys: research ? Object.keys(research) : [],
-    sectionsKeys: sections ? Object.keys(sections) : []
-  });
+  // Log critical state changes only (reduce noise)
+  const lastPhaseRef = useRef<string>('');
+  const lastSeoOpenRef = useRef<boolean>(false);
+  const lastSectionsLenRef = useRef<number>(0);
 
-  // Debug action registration
-  console.log('📋 CopilotKit Actions Registered:', ['confirmBlogContent', 'analyzeSEO']);
-
-  // Copilot action for confirming blog content
-  useCopilotActionTyped({
-    name: "confirmBlogContent",
-    description: "Confirm that the blog content is ready and move to the next stage (SEO analysis)",
-    parameters: [],
-    handler: async () => {
-      console.log('Blog content confirmed by user');
-      setContentConfirmed(true);
-      return "Blog content has been confirmed! You can now proceed with SEO analysis and publishing.";
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (currentPhase !== lastPhaseRef.current) {
+      debug.log('[BlogWriter] Phase changed', { currentPhase });
+      lastPhaseRef.current = currentPhase;
     }
-  });
+  }, [currentPhase]);
 
-  // Copilot action for running SEO analysis
-  useCopilotActionTyped({
-    name: "analyzeSEO",
-    description: "Analyze the blog content for SEO optimization and provide detailed recommendations",
-    parameters: [],
-    handler: async () => {
-      console.log('🚀 SEO Analysis Action Triggered!');
-      console.log('Current modal state before:', isSEOAnalysisModalOpen);
-      console.log('Sections available:', !!sections && Object.keys(sections).length > 0);
-      console.log('Research data available:', !!research && !!research.keyword_analysis);
-      
-      // Check if we have content to analyze
-      if (!sections || Object.keys(sections).length === 0) {
-        console.log('❌ No content available for SEO analysis');
-        return "No blog content available for SEO analysis. Please generate content first.";
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const open = isSEOAnalysisModalOpen;
+    if (open !== lastSeoOpenRef.current) {
+      debug.log('[BlogWriter] SEO modal', { isOpen: open });
+      lastSeoOpenRef.current = open;
+    }
+  }, [isSEOAnalysisModalOpen]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const len = Object.keys(sections || {}).length;
+    if (len !== lastSectionsLenRef.current) {
+      debug.log('[BlogWriter] Sections updated', { count: len });
+      lastSectionsLenRef.current = len;
+    }
+  }, [sections]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    debug.log('[BlogWriter] Suggestions updated', { suggestions });
+  }, [suggestions]);
+
+  // Force-sync Copilot suggestions right after SEO recommendations applied (guarded by previous suggestions key)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!seoAnalysis || !seoRecommendationsApplied || !setSuggestionsRef.current) return;
+    try {
+      if (suggestionsJson !== prevSuggestionsRef.current) {
+        setSuggestionsRef.current(suggestionsPayload);
+        debug.log('[BlogWriter] Forced Copilot suggestions sync after SEO recommendations applied', { count: suggestionsPayload.length });
+        prevSuggestionsRef.current = suggestionsJson;
       }
-      
-      // Check if we have research data
-      if (!research || !research.keyword_analysis) {
-        console.log('❌ No research data available for SEO analysis');
-        return "Research data is required for SEO analysis. Please run research first.";
-      }
-      
-      // Open SEO analysis modal
-      console.log('✅ All checks passed, opening SEO analysis modal');
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('Failed to push Copilot suggestions after SEO apply:', e);
+    }
+  }, [seoAnalysis, seoRecommendationsApplied, suggestionsJson, suggestionsPayload]);
+
+  const confirmBlogContentCb = useCallback(() => {
+    debug.log('[BlogWriter] Blog content confirmed by user');
+    setContentConfirmed(true);
+    resetUserSelection();
+    setSeoRecommendationsApplied(false);
+    navigateToPhase('seo');
+    setTimeout(() => {
       setIsSEOAnalysisModalOpen(true);
-      console.log('Modal state set to true');
-      
-      return "Running SEO analysis of your blog content. This will analyze content structure, keyword optimization, readability, and provide actionable recommendations.";
-    }
-  });
+      debug.log('[BlogWriter] SEO modal opened (confirm→direct)');
+    }, 0);
+    return "✅ Blog content has been confirmed! Running SEO analysis now.";
+  }, [setContentConfirmed, resetUserSelection, navigateToPhase, setIsSEOAnalysisModalOpen]);
 
-  // Generate SEO Metadata Action
-  useCopilotActionTyped({
-    name: "generateSEOMetadata",
-    description: "Generate comprehensive SEO metadata including titles, descriptions, Open Graph tags, Twitter cards, and structured data",
-    parameters: [
-      {
-        name: "title",
-        type: "string",
-        description: "Optional blog title to use for metadata generation",
-        required: false
-      }
-    ],
-    handler: async ({ title }: { title?: string }) => {
-      console.log('🚀 Generate SEO Metadata Action Triggered!');
-      console.log('Title provided:', title);
-      console.log('Selected title:', selectedTitle);
-      console.log('Sections available:', !!sections && Object.keys(sections).length > 0);
-      console.log('Research data available:', !!research && !!research.keyword_analysis);
-      
-      // Check if we have content to generate metadata for
-      if (!sections || Object.keys(sections).length === 0) {
-        return "Please generate blog content first before creating SEO metadata. Use the content generation features to create your blog post.";
-      }
-      
-      if (!research || !research.keyword_analysis) {
-        return "Please complete research first to get keyword data for SEO metadata generation. Use the research features to gather keyword insights.";
-      }
-      
-      // Open the SEO metadata modal
-      setIsSEOMetadataModalOpen(true);
-      console.log('SEO Metadata modal opened');
-      
-      return "Opening SEO metadata generator! This will create optimized titles, descriptions, Open Graph tags, Twitter cards, and structured data for your blog post.";
-    }
+  useBlogWriterCopilotActions({
+    isSEOAnalysisModalOpen,
+    lastSEOModalOpenRef,
+    runSEOAnalysisDirect,
+    confirmBlogContent: confirmBlogContentCb,
+    sections,
+    research,
+    openSEOMetadata: () => setIsSEOMetadataModalOpen(true),
   });
 
 
@@ -366,6 +609,7 @@ export const BlogWriter: React.FC = () => {
       
       {/* New extracted functionality components */}
       <OutlineGenerator
+        ref={outlineGenRef}
         research={research}
         onTaskStart={(taskId) => setOutlineTaskId(taskId)}
         onPollingStart={(taskId) => outlinePolling.startPolling(taskId)}
@@ -395,241 +639,70 @@ export const BlogWriter: React.FC = () => {
       {!research ? (
         <BlogWriterLanding 
           onStartWriting={() => {
-            // This will trigger the copilot to start the research process
-            // The user can then interact with the copilot to begin research
+            // Trigger the copilot to start the research process
           }}
         />
       ) : (
         <>
-      <div style={{ padding: 16, borderBottom: '1px solid #eee' }}>
-        <h2 style={{ margin: 0 }}>AI Blog Writer</h2>
-      </div>
-      <div style={{ display: 'flex', flex: 1, overflow: 'hidden' }}>
-            <div style={{ flex: 1, overflow: 'auto' }}>
-          {research && outline.length === 0 && <ResearchResults research={research} />}
-          {outline.length > 0 && (
-            <div>
-              {outlineConfirmed ? (
-                /* WYSIWYG Editor - Show when outline is confirmed */
-        <BlogEditor
-          outline={outline}
-          research={research}
-          initialTitle={selectedTitle || (typeof window !== 'undefined' ? localStorage.getItem('blog_selected_title') : '') || 'Your Amazing Blog Title'}
-          titleOptions={titleOptions}
-          researchTitles={researchTitles}
-          aiGeneratedTitles={aiGeneratedTitles}
-          sections={sections}
-          onContentUpdate={handleContentUpdate}
-          onSave={handleContentSave}
-          continuityRefresh={continuityRefresh}
-          flowAnalysisResults={flowAnalysisResults}
-        />
-              ) : (
-                /* Outline Editor - Show when outline is not confirmed */
-                <>
-                  {/* Enhanced Title Selection */}
-                  <EnhancedTitleSelector
-                      titleOptions={titleOptions}
-                      selectedTitle={selectedTitle}
-                    sections={outline}
-                    researchTitles={researchTitles}
-                    aiGeneratedTitles={aiGeneratedTitles}
-                    onTitleSelect={handleTitleSelect}
-                    onCustomTitle={handleCustomTitle}
-                    />
-                  
-
-                  {/* Enhanced Outline Editor */}
-                  <EnhancedOutlineEditor 
-                    outline={outline} 
-                    research={research}
-                    sourceMappingStats={sourceMappingStats}
-                    groundingInsights={groundingInsights}
-                    optimizationResults={optimizationResults}
-                    researchCoverage={researchCoverage}
-                    onRefine={(op, id, payload) => blogWriterApi.refineOutline({ outline, operation: op, section_id: id, payload }).then((res: any) => setOutline(res.outline))} 
-                  />
-
-                  {/* Draft/Polished Mode Toggle */}
-                  <div style={{ margin: '12px 0' }}>
-                    <label style={{ marginRight: 8 }}>Generation mode:</label>
-                    <select value={genMode} onChange={(e) => setGenMode(e.target.value as 'draft' | 'polished')}>
-                      <option value="draft">Draft (faster, lower cost)</option>
-                      <option value="polished">Polished (higher quality)</option>
-                    </select>
-                  </div>
-
-                  {outline.map(s => (
-                    <div key={s.id} style={{ marginBottom: 16 }}>
-                      <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 8 }}>
-                        <h4 style={{ margin: 0 }}>{s.heading}</h4>
-                        {/* Continuity badge */}
-                        {sections[s.id] && (
-                          <ContinuityBadge sectionId={s.id} refreshToken={continuityRefresh} />
-                        )}
-                      </div>
-                      {sections[s.id] ? (
-                        <>
-                          <pre style={{ whiteSpace: 'pre-wrap' }}>{sections[s.id]}</pre>
-                          <SEOMiniPanel analysis={seoAnalysis} />
-                        </>
-                      ) : (
-                        <div style={{ fontStyle: 'italic', color: '#666' }}>Ask the copilot to generate this section.</div>
-                      )}
-                    </div>
-                  ))}
-                </>
-              )}
-            </div>
-          )}
-        </div>
-      </div>
+      <HeaderBar
+        phases={phases}
+        currentPhase={currentPhase}
+        onPhaseClick={handlePhaseClick}
+      />
+      <PhaseContent
+        currentPhase={currentPhase}
+        research={research}
+        outline={outline}
+        outlineConfirmed={outlineConfirmed}
+        titleOptions={titleOptions}
+        selectedTitle={selectedTitle}
+        researchTitles={researchTitles}
+        aiGeneratedTitles={aiGeneratedTitles}
+        sourceMappingStats={sourceMappingStats}
+        groundingInsights={groundingInsights}
+        optimizationResults={optimizationResults}
+        researchCoverage={researchCoverage}
+        setOutline={setOutline}
+        sections={sections}
+        handleContentUpdate={handleContentUpdate}
+        handleContentSave={handleContentSave}
+        continuityRefresh={continuityRefresh}
+        flowAnalysisResults={flowAnalysisResults}
+        outlineGenRef={outlineGenRef}
+        blogWriterApi={blogWriterApi}
+        contentConfirmed={contentConfirmed}
+        seoAnalysis={seoAnalysis}
+        seoMetadata={seoMetadata}
+        onTitleSelect={handleTitleSelect}
+        onCustomTitle={handleCustomTitle}
+      />
         </>
       )}
 
-      <CopilotSidebar
-        labels={{ 
-          title: 'ALwrity Co-Pilot', 
-          initial: !research 
-            ? 'Hi! I can help you research, outline, and draft your blog. Just tell me what topic you want to write about and I\'ll get started!' 
-            : 'Great! I can see you have research data. Let me help you create an outline and generate content for your blog.'
-        }}
+      <WriterCopilotSidebar
         suggestions={suggestions}
-        makeSystemMessage={(context: string, additional?: string) => {
-          // Get current state information
-          const hasResearch = research !== null;
-          const hasOutline = outline.length > 0;
-          const isOutlineConfirmed = outlineConfirmed;
-          const researchInfo = hasResearch ? {
-            sources: research.sources?.length || 0,
-            queries: research.search_queries?.length || 0,
-            angles: research.suggested_angles?.length || 0,
-            primaryKeywords: research.keyword_analysis?.primary || [],
-            searchIntent: research.keyword_analysis?.search_intent || 'informational'
-          } : null;
-
-          const outlineContext = hasOutline ? `
-OUTLINE DETAILS:
-- Total sections: ${outline.length}
-- Section headings: ${outline.map(s => s.heading).join(', ')}
-- Total target words: ${outline.reduce((sum, s) => sum + (s.target_words || 0), 0)}
-- Section breakdown: ${outline.map(s => `${s.heading} (${s.target_words || 0} words, ${s.subheadings?.length || 0} subheadings, ${s.key_points?.length || 0} key points)`).join('; ')}
-` : '';
-
-          const toolGuide = `
-You are the ALwrity Blog Writing Assistant. You MUST call the appropriate frontend actions (tools) to fulfill user requests.
-
-CURRENT STATE:
-${hasResearch && researchInfo ? `
-✅ RESEARCH COMPLETED:
-- Found ${researchInfo.sources} sources with Google Search grounding
-- Generated ${researchInfo.queries} search queries
-- Created ${researchInfo.angles} content angles
-- Primary keywords: ${researchInfo.primaryKeywords.join(', ')}
-- Search intent: ${researchInfo.searchIntent}
-` : '❌ No research completed yet'}
-
-${hasOutline ? `✅ OUTLINE GENERATED: ${outline.length} sections created${isOutlineConfirmed ? ' (CONFIRMED)' : ' (PENDING CONFIRMATION)'}` : '❌ No outline generated yet'}
-${outlineContext}
-
-Available tools:
-- getResearchKeywords(prompt?: string) - Get keywords from user for research
-- performResearch(formData: string) - Perform research with collected keywords (formData is JSON string with keywords and blogLength)
-- researchTopic(keywords: string, industry?: string, target_audience?: string)
-- chatWithResearchData(question: string) - Chat with research data to explore insights and get recommendations
-- generateOutline()
-- createOutlineWithCustomInputs(customInstructions: string) - Create outline with user's custom instructions
-- refineOutline(prompt?: string) - Refine outline based on user feedback
-- chatWithOutline(question?: string) - Chat with outline to get insights and ask questions about content structure
-- confirmOutlineAndGenerateContent() - Confirm outline and mark as ready for content generation (does NOT auto-generate content)
-- generateSection(sectionId: string)
-- generateAllSections()
-- refineOutlineStructure(operation: add|remove|move|merge|rename, sectionId?: string, payload?: object)
-- enhanceSection(sectionId: string, focus?: string) - Enhance a specific section with AI improvements
-- optimizeOutline(focus?: string) - Optimize entire outline for better flow, SEO, and engagement
-- rebalanceOutline(targetWords?: number) - Rebalance word count distribution across sections
-- confirmBlogContent() - Confirm that blog content is ready and move to SEO stage
-- analyzeSEO() - Analyze SEO for blog content with comprehensive insights and visual interface
-- generateSEOMetadata(title?: string)
-- publishToPlatform(platform: 'wix'|'wordpress', schedule_time?: string)
-
-       CRITICAL BEHAVIOR & USER GUIDANCE:
-       - When user wants to research ANY topic, IMMEDIATELY call getResearchKeywords() to get their input
-       - When user asks to research something, call getResearchKeywords() first to collect their keywords
-       - After getResearchKeywords() completes, IMMEDIATELY call performResearch() with the collected data
-       
-       USER GUIDANCE STRATEGY:
-       - After research completion, ALWAYS guide user toward outline creation as the next step
-       - If user wants to explore research data, use chatWithResearchData() but then guide them to outline creation
-       - If user has specific outline requirements, use createOutlineWithCustomInputs() with their instructions
-       - When user asks for outline, call generateOutline() or createOutlineWithCustomInputs() based on their needs
-       - After outline generation, ALWAYS guide user to review and confirm the outline
-       - If user wants to discuss the outline, use chatWithOutline() to provide insights and answer questions
-       - If user wants to refine the outline, use refineOutline() to collect their feedback and refine
-       - When user says "I confirm the outline" or "I confirm the outline and am ready to generate content" or clicks "Confirm & Generate Content", IMMEDIATELY call confirmOutlineAndGenerateContent() - DO NOT ask for additional confirmation
-       - CRITICAL: If user explicitly confirms the outline, do NOT ask "are you sure?" or "please confirm" - the confirmation is already given
-       - Only after outline confirmation, show content generation suggestions and wait for user to explicitly request content generation
-       - When user asks to generate content before outline confirmation, remind them to confirm the outline first
-       - Content generation should ONLY happen when user explicitly clicks "Generate all sections" or "Generate [specific section]"
-       - When user has generated content and wants to rewrite, use rewriteBlog() to collect feedback and rewriteBlog() to process
-       - For rewrite requests, collect detailed feedback about what they want to change, tone, audience, and focus
-       - After content generation, guide users to review and confirm their content before moving to SEO stage
-       - When user says "I have reviewed and confirmed my blog content is ready for the next stage" or clicks "Next: Confirm Blog Content", IMMEDIATELY call confirmBlogContent() - DO NOT ask for additional confirmation
-       - CRITICAL: If user explicitly confirms blog content, do NOT ask "are you sure?" or "please confirm" - the confirmation is already given
-       - Only after content confirmation, show SEO analysis and publishing suggestions
-       - When user asks for SEO analysis before content confirmation, remind them to confirm the content first
-       - For SEO analysis, ALWAYS use analyzeSEO() - this is the ONLY SEO analysis tool available and provides comprehensive insights with visual interface
-       - IMPORTANT: There is NO "basic" or "simple" SEO analysis - only the comprehensive one. Do NOT mention multiple SEO analysis options
-       
-       ENGAGEMENT TACTICS:
-       - DO NOT ask for clarification - take action immediately with the information provided
-       - Always call the appropriate tool instead of just talking about what you could do
-       - Be aware of the current state and reference research results when relevant
-       - Guide users through the process: Research → Outline → Outline Review & Confirmation → Content → Content Review & Confirmation → SEO → Publish
-       - Use encouraging language and highlight progress made
-       - If user seems lost, remind them of the current stage and suggest the next step
-       - When research is complete, emphasize the value of the data found and guide to outline creation
-       - When outline is generated, emphasize the importance of reviewing and confirming before content generation
-       - Encourage users to make small manual edits to the outline UI before using AI for major changes
-`;
-          return [toolGuide, additional].filter(Boolean).join('\n\n');
-        }}
+        research={research}
+        outline={outline}
+        outlineConfirmed={outlineConfirmed}
       />
       
-      {/* Outline Progress Modal */}
-      {/* Outline modal */}
-      <OutlineProgressModal
-        isVisible={showOutlineModal}
-        status={outlinePolling.currentStatus}
-        progressMessages={outlinePolling.progressMessages.map(m => m.message)}
-        latestMessage={outlinePolling.progressMessages.length > 0 ? outlinePolling.progressMessages[outlinePolling.progressMessages.length - 1].message : ''}
-        error={outlinePolling.error}
-      />
-
-      {/* Medium generation / Rewrite modal */}
-      <OutlineProgressModal
-        isVisible={showModal}
-        status={rewritePolling.isPolling ? rewritePolling.currentStatus : mediumPolling.currentStatus}
-        progressMessages={rewritePolling.isPolling ? rewritePolling.progressMessages.map(m => m.message) : mediumPolling.progressMessages.map(m => m.message)}
-        latestMessage={rewritePolling.isPolling ? 
-          (rewritePolling.progressMessages.length > 0 ? rewritePolling.progressMessages[rewritePolling.progressMessages.length - 1].message : '') :
-          (mediumPolling.progressMessages.length > 0 ? mediumPolling.progressMessages[mediumPolling.progressMessages.length - 1].message : '')
-        }
-        error={rewritePolling.isPolling ? rewritePolling.error : mediumPolling.error}
-        titleOverride={rewritePolling.isPolling ? '🔄 Rewriting Your Blog' : '📝 Generating Your Blog Content'}
+      <TaskProgressModals
+        showOutlineModal={showOutlineModal}
+        outlinePolling={outlinePolling}
+        showModal={showModal}
+        rewritePolling={rewritePolling}
+        mediumPolling={mediumPolling}
       />
 
       {/* SEO Analysis Modal */}
       <SEOAnalysisModal
         isOpen={isSEOAnalysisModalOpen}
-        onClose={() => setIsSEOAnalysisModalOpen(false)}
+        onClose={handleSEOModalClose}
         blogContent={buildFullMarkdown()}
         blogTitle={selectedTitle}
         researchData={research}
-        onApplyRecommendations={(recommendations) => {
-          console.log('Applying SEO recommendations:', recommendations);
-          // TODO: Implement recommendation application logic
-        }}
+        onApplyRecommendations={handleApplySeoRecommendations}
+        onAnalysisComplete={handleSEOAnalysisComplete}
       />
 
       {/* SEO Metadata Modal */}
@@ -639,10 +712,14 @@ Available tools:
         blogContent={buildFullMarkdown()}
         blogTitle={selectedTitle}
         researchData={research}
+        outline={outline}
+        seoAnalysis={seoAnalysis}
         onMetadataGenerated={(metadata) => {
           console.log('SEO metadata generated:', metadata);
           setSeoMetadata(metadata);
-          // TODO: Implement metadata application logic
+          // Metadata is now saved and will be used when publishing to WordPress/Wix
+          // The metadata includes all SEO fields (title, description, tags, Open Graph, etc.)
+          // Publisher component will use this metadata when calling publish API
         }}
       />
     </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterLanding.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterLanding.tsx
index 1b5f4c7d..6b198fc0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterLanding.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterLanding.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import { useCopilotTrigger } from '../../hooks/useCopilotTrigger';
+import BlogWriterPhasesSection from './BlogWriterPhasesSection';
 
 interface BlogWriterLandingProps {
   onStartWriting: () => void;
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ const BlogWriterLanding: React.FC<BlogWriterLandingProps> = ({ onStartWriting })
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      {/* SuperPowers Modal */}
+      {/* SuperPowers Modal with 6 Phases */}
       {showSuperPowers && (
         <div style={{
           position: 'fixed',
@@ -206,20 +207,18 @@ const BlogWriterLanding: React.FC<BlogWriterLandingProps> = ({ onStartWriting })
           left: 0,
           right: 0,
           bottom: 0,
-          backgroundColor: 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)',
+          backgroundColor: 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95)',
           display: 'flex',
-          alignItems: 'center',
+          alignItems: 'flex-start',
           justifyContent: 'center',
-          zIndex: 1000
+          zIndex: 1000,
+          overflowY: 'auto'
         }}>
           <div style={{
             backgroundColor: 'white',
-            borderRadius: '20px',
-            padding: '40px',
-            maxWidth: '900px',
-            width: '90%',
-            maxHeight: '80vh',
-            overflow: 'auto',
+            width: '100%',
+            maxWidth: '1400px',
+            minHeight: '100%',
             boxShadow: '0 25px 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3)'
           }}>
             {/* Modal Header */}
@@ -271,69 +270,82 @@ const BlogWriterLanding: React.FC<BlogWriterLandingProps> = ({ onStartWriting })
               </button>
             </div>
 
-            {/* SuperPowers Grid */}
-            <div style={{
-              display: 'grid',
-              gridTemplateColumns: 'repeat(auto-fit, minmax(400px, 1fr))',
-              gap: '24px'
-            }}>
-              {superPowers.map((power, index) => (
-                <div
-                  key={index}
-                  style={{
-                    padding: '24px',
-                    borderRadius: '16px',
-                    border: '1px solid #e0e0e0',
-                    transition: 'all 0.3s ease'
-                  }}
-                  onMouseEnter={(e) => {
-                    e.currentTarget.style.transform = 'translateY(-4px)';
-                    e.currentTarget.style.boxShadow = '0 8px 25px rgba(0,0,0,0.1)';
-                    e.currentTarget.style.borderColor = '#1976d2';
-                  }}
-                  onMouseLeave={(e) => {
-                    e.currentTarget.style.transform = 'translateY(0)';
-                    e.currentTarget.style.boxShadow = 'none';
-                    e.currentTarget.style.borderColor = '#e0e0e0';
-                  }}
-                >
-                  <div style={{
-                    display: 'flex',
-                    alignItems: 'center',
-                    gap: '16px',
-                    marginBottom: '12px'
-                  }}>
+            {/* 6 Phases Section */}
+            <BlogWriterPhasesSection />
+            
+            {/* Quick SuperPowers Grid */}
+            <div style={{ padding: '40px', borderTop: '1px solid #f0f0f0' }}>
+              <h2 style={{
+                margin: '0 0 20px 0',
+                fontSize: '1.5rem',
+                textAlign: 'center',
+                color: '#333'
+              }}>
+                Quick Feature Overview
+              </h2>
+              <div style={{
+                display: 'grid',
+                gridTemplateColumns: 'repeat(auto-fit, minmax(250px, 1fr))',
+                gap: '20px'
+              }}>
+                {superPowers.map((power, index) => (
+                  <div
+                    key={index}
+                    style={{
+                      padding: '20px',
+                      borderRadius: '12px',
+                      border: '1px solid #e0e0e0',
+                      transition: 'all 0.3s ease'
+                    }}
+                    onMouseEnter={(e) => {
+                      e.currentTarget.style.transform = 'translateY(-4px)';
+                      e.currentTarget.style.boxShadow = '0 8px 25px rgba(0,0,0,0.1)';
+                      e.currentTarget.style.borderColor = '#1976d2';
+                    }}
+                    onMouseLeave={(e) => {
+                      e.currentTarget.style.transform = 'translateY(0)';
+                      e.currentTarget.style.boxShadow = 'none';
+                      e.currentTarget.style.borderColor = '#e0e0e0';
+                    }}
+                  >
                     <div style={{
-                      fontSize: '2rem',
-                      width: '60px',
-                      height: '60px',
                       display: 'flex',
                       alignItems: 'center',
-                      justifyContent: 'center',
-                      background: 'linear-gradient(135deg, #e3f2fd 0%, #f3e5f5 100%)',
-                      borderRadius: '12px'
+                      gap: '16px',
+                      marginBottom: '12px'
                     }}>
-                      {power.icon}
+                      <div style={{
+                        fontSize: '2rem',
+                        width: '60px',
+                        height: '60px',
+                        display: 'flex',
+                        alignItems: 'center',
+                        justifyContent: 'center',
+                        background: 'linear-gradient(135deg, #e3f2fd 0%, #f3e5f5 100%)',
+                        borderRadius: '12px'
+                      }}>
+                        {power.icon}
+                      </div>
+                      <h3 style={{
+                        margin: 0,
+                        fontSize: '1.1rem',
+                        color: '#333',
+                        fontWeight: '600'
+                      }}>
+                        {power.title}
+                      </h3>
                     </div>
-                    <h3 style={{
+                    <p style={{
                       margin: 0,
-                      fontSize: '1.3rem',
-                      color: '#333',
-                      fontWeight: '600'
+                      color: '#666',
+                      lineHeight: '1.6',
+                      fontSize: '0.9rem'
                     }}>
-                      {power.title}
-                    </h3>
+                      {power.description}
+                    </p>
                   </div>
-                  <p style={{
-                    margin: 0,
-                    color: '#666',
-                    lineHeight: '1.6',
-                    fontSize: '1rem'
-                  }}>
-                    {power.description}
-                  </p>
-                </div>
-              ))}
+                ))}
+              </div>
             </div>
 
             {/* Modal Footer */}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterPhasesSection.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterPhasesSection.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a6acf84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterPhasesSection.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,576 @@
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { Container, Grid, Card, CardContent, Typography, Box, Stack, Chip } from '@mui/material';
+import { CheckCircle, AutoAwesome } from '@mui/icons-material';
+
+interface PhaseFeature {
+  title: string;
+  description: string;
+  details: string[];
+  imagePlaceholder: string;
+}
+
+interface BlogPhase {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  icon: string;
+  shortDescription: string;
+  features: PhaseFeature[];
+  technicalDetails: {
+    aiModel: string;
+    promptType: string;
+    outputFormat: string;
+    integration: string;
+  };
+  videoPlaceholder: string;
+}
+
+const BlogWriterPhasesSection: React.FC = () => {
+  const [activePhase, setActivePhase] = useState<number | null>(null);
+
+  const phases: BlogPhase[] = [
+    {
+      id: 'research',
+      name: 'Research & Strategy',
+      icon: '🔍',
+      shortDescription: 'AI-powered comprehensive research with Google Search grounding, competitor analysis, and content gap identification',
+      features: [
+        {
+          title: 'Google Search Grounding',
+          description: 'Real-time web research using Gemini\'s native Google Search integration',
+          details: [
+            'Single API call for comprehensive research',
+            'Live web data from credible sources',
+            'Automatic source extraction and citation',
+            'Current trends and 2024-2025 insights',
+            'Market analysis and forecasts'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/research-google-grounding.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Competitor Analysis',
+          description: 'Identify top players and content opportunities in your niche',
+          details: [
+            'Top competitor content analysis',
+            'Content gap identification',
+            'Unique angle discovery',
+            'Market positioning insights',
+            'Competitive advantage opportunities'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/research-competitor.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Keyword Intelligence',
+          description: 'Comprehensive keyword analysis with SEO opportunities',
+          details: [
+            'Primary, secondary, and long-tail keyword identification',
+            'Search volume and competition analysis',
+            'Keyword clustering and grouping',
+            'Content optimization suggestions',
+            'Target audience keyword mapping'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/research-keywords.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Content Angle Generation',
+          description: 'AI-generated compelling content angles for maximum engagement',
+          details: [
+            '5 unique content angle suggestions',
+            'Trending topic identification',
+            'Audience pain point mapping',
+            'Viral potential assessment',
+            'Expert opinion synthesis'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/research-angles.jpg'
+        }
+      ],
+      technicalDetails: {
+        aiModel: 'Gemini Pro with Google Search Grounding',
+        promptType: 'Comprehensive research prompt',
+        outputFormat: 'Structured JSON with sources, keywords, trends, competitors',
+        integration: 'GeminiGroundedProvider via research_service.py'
+      },
+      videoPlaceholder: '/videos/phase1-research.mp4'
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'outline',
+      name: 'Intelligent Outline',
+      icon: '📝',
+      shortDescription: 'AI-generated outlines with source mapping, grounding insights, and optimization recommendations',
+      features: [
+        {
+          title: 'AI Outline Generation',
+          description: 'Comprehensive outline based on research with SEO optimization',
+          details: [
+            'Section-by-section breakdown',
+            'Subheadings and key points',
+            'Target word counts per section',
+            'Logical flow and progression',
+            'SEO-optimized structure'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/outline-generation.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Source Mapping & Grounding',
+          description: 'Connect each section to research sources with citations',
+          details: [
+            'Automatic source-to-section mapping',
+            'Grounding support scores',
+            'Citation suggestions',
+            'Source credibility ratings',
+            'Reference verification'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/outline-grounding.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Interactive Refinement',
+          description: 'Human-in-the-loop editing with AI assistance',
+          details: [
+            'Add, remove, merge sections',
+            'Reorder and restructure',
+            'AI enhancement suggestions',
+            'Custom instructions support',
+            'Multiple outline versions'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/outline-refine.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Title Generation',
+          description: 'Multiple SEO-optimized title options',
+          details: [
+            'AI-generated title variations',
+            'SEO score per title',
+            'Engagement potential analysis',
+            'Keyword integration',
+            'Click-through optimization'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/outline-titles.jpg'
+        }
+      ],
+      technicalDetails: {
+        aiModel: 'Gemini Pro (provider-agnostic via llm_text_gen)',
+        promptType: 'Structured outline prompt with research context',
+        outputFormat: 'JSON outline with sections, headings, key_points, references',
+        integration: 'OutlineService via parallel_processor.py'
+      },
+      videoPlaceholder: '/videos/phase2-outline.mp4'
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'content',
+      name: 'Content Generation',
+      icon: '✨',
+      shortDescription: 'Section-by-section content generation with SEO optimization, context memory, and engagement improvements',
+      features: [
+        {
+          title: 'Smart Content Generation',
+          description: 'AI-powered section writing with context awareness',
+          details: [
+            'Section-by-section generation',
+            'Context memory across sections',
+            'Smooth transitions between sections',
+            'Consistent tone and style',
+            'Natural keyword integration'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/content-generation.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Continuity Analysis',
+          description: 'Real-time flow and coherence monitoring',
+          details: [
+            'Narrative flow assessment',
+            'Coherence scoring',
+            'Transition quality analysis',
+            'Tone consistency tracking',
+            'Content quality metrics'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/content-continuity.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Source Integration',
+          description: 'Automatic citation and source reference',
+          details: [
+            'Relevant URL selection',
+            'Natural citation insertion',
+            'Source attribution',
+            'Evidence-backed content',
+            'Reference management'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/content-sources.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Medium Blog Mode',
+          description: 'Quick generation for Medium-style articles',
+          details: [
+            'Single-call full blog generation',
+            'Medium-optimized formatting',
+            'Engagement-focused structure',
+            'SEO-ready output',
+            'Fast turnaround option'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/content-medium.jpg'
+        }
+      ],
+      technicalDetails: {
+        aiModel: 'Provider-agnostic (Gemini/HF via main_text_generation)',
+        promptType: 'Context-aware section prompt with research',
+        outputFormat: 'Markdown content with transitions and metrics',
+        integration: 'EnhancedContentGenerator with ContextMemory'
+      },
+      videoPlaceholder: '/videos/phase3-content.mp4'
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'seo',
+      name: 'SEO Analysis',
+      icon: '📈',
+      shortDescription: 'Advanced SEO analysis with actionable recommendations and AI-powered optimization',
+      features: [
+        {
+          title: 'Comprehensive SEO Scoring',
+          description: 'Multi-dimensional SEO analysis across key factors',
+          details: [
+            'Overall SEO score (0-100)',
+            'Structure optimization score',
+            'Keyword optimization rating',
+            'Readability assessment',
+            'Quality metrics evaluation'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/seo-scoring.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Actionable Recommendations',
+          description: 'AI-powered improvement suggestions',
+          details: [
+            'Priority-ranked fixes',
+            'Specific text improvements',
+            'Keyword density optimization',
+            'Heading structure suggestions',
+            'Content enhancement ideas'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/seo-recommendations.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'AI-Powered Content Refinement',
+          description: 'Automatically apply SEO recommendations',
+          details: [
+            'Smart content rewriting',
+            'Preserves original intent',
+            'Natural keyword integration',
+            'Readability improvement',
+            'Structure optimization'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/seo-apply.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Keyword Analysis',
+          description: 'Deep dive into keyword performance',
+          details: [
+            'Primary keyword density',
+            'Semantic keyword usage',
+            'Long-tail keyword opportunities',
+            'Keyword distribution heatmap',
+            'Optimization recommendations'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/seo-keywords.jpg'
+        }
+      ],
+      technicalDetails: {
+        aiModel: 'Parallel non-AI analyzers + single AI call',
+        promptType: 'Structured SEO analysis prompt',
+        outputFormat: 'Comprehensive SEO report with scores and recommendations',
+        integration: 'BlogContentSEOAnalyzer with parallel processing'
+      },
+      videoPlaceholder: '/videos/phase4-seo.mp4'
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'metadata',
+      name: 'SEO Metadata',
+      icon: '🎯',
+      shortDescription: 'Optimized metadata generation for titles, descriptions, Open Graph, Twitter cards, and structured data',
+      features: [
+        {
+          title: 'Comprehensive Metadata',
+          description: 'All-in-one SEO metadata generation',
+          details: [
+            'SEO-optimized title (50-60 chars)',
+            'Meta description with CTA',
+            'URL slug optimization',
+            'Blog tags and categories',
+            'Social hashtags'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/metadata-comprehensive.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Open Graph & Twitter Cards',
+          description: 'Rich social media previews',
+          details: [
+            'OG title and description',
+            'Twitter card optimization',
+            'Image preview settings',
+            'Social engagement boost',
+            'Click-through optimization'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/metadata-social.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Structured Data',
+          description: 'Schema.org markup for rich snippets',
+          details: [
+            'Article schema',
+            'Organization markup',
+            'Breadcrumb schema',
+            'FAQ schema support',
+            'Enhanced search results'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/metadata-schema.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Multi-Format Output',
+          description: 'Ready-to-use metadata in all formats',
+          details: [
+            'HTML meta tags',
+            'JSON-LD structured data',
+            'WordPress export format',
+            'Wix integration format',
+            'One-click copy options'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/metadata-export.jpg'
+        }
+      ],
+      technicalDetails: {
+        aiModel: 'Maximum 2 AI calls for comprehensive metadata',
+        promptType: 'Personalized metadata prompt with context',
+        outputFormat: 'Complete metadata package (title, desc, tags, schema)',
+        integration: 'BlogSEOMetadataGenerator with optimization'
+      },
+      videoPlaceholder: '/videos/phase5-metadata.mp4'
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'publish',
+      name: 'Publish & Distribute',
+      icon: '🚀',
+      shortDescription: 'Direct publishing to WordPress, Wix, Medium, and other platforms with scheduling',
+      features: [
+        {
+          title: 'Multi-Platform Publishing',
+          description: 'Publish to multiple platforms simultaneously',
+          details: [
+            'WordPress direct publishing',
+            'Wix blog integration',
+            'Medium publishing',
+            'Custom blog platforms',
+            'API integrations'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/publish-platforms.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Content Scheduling',
+          description: 'Schedule posts for optimal timing',
+          details: [
+            'Time-based scheduling',
+            'Timezone management',
+            'Bulk scheduling support',
+            'Calendar integration',
+            'Reminder notifications'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/publish-schedule.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Revision Management',
+          description: 'Track and manage content versions',
+          details: [
+            'Version history',
+            'Change tracking',
+            'Rollback capabilities',
+            'A/B testing support',
+            'Performance comparison'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/publish-versions.jpg'
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'Analytics Integration',
+          description: 'Post-publish performance tracking',
+          details: [
+            'View count tracking',
+            'Engagement metrics',
+            'SEO performance',
+            'Traffic analysis',
+            'Conversion tracking'
+          ],
+          imagePlaceholder: '/images/publish-analytics.jpg'
+        }
+      ],
+      technicalDetails: {
+        aiModel: 'Platform-specific API integrations',
+        promptType: 'N/A - publishing only',
+        outputFormat: 'Published content with URL',
+        integration: 'Platform APIs via Publisher component'
+      },
+      videoPlaceholder: '/videos/phase6-publish.mp4'
+    }
+  ];
+
+  return (
+    <Box sx={{ py: 8, bgcolor: 'background.paper' }}>
+      <Container maxWidth="lg">
+        {/* Section Title */}
+        <Box sx={{ textAlign: 'center', mb: 6 }}>
+          <Typography 
+            variant="h2" 
+            component="h2" 
+            sx={{ 
+              fontSize: { xs: '2rem', md: '3rem' },
+              fontWeight: 700,
+              background: 'linear-gradient(135deg, #1976d2 0%, #9c27b0 100%)',
+              WebkitBackgroundClip: 'text',
+              WebkitTextFillColor: 'transparent',
+              mb: 2
+            }}
+          >
+            Complete AI Blog Writing Workflow
+          </Typography>
+          <Typography variant="h6" color="text.secondary" sx={{ maxWidth: '800px', mx: 'auto' }}>
+            Six powerful phases that transform your ideas into SEO-optimized, engaging blog content
+          </Typography>
+        </Box>
+
+        {/* Phase Cards */}
+        <Grid container spacing={4}>
+          {phases.map((phase, index) => (
+            <Grid item xs={12} md={6} key={phase.id}>
+              <Card
+                sx={{
+                  height: '100%',
+                  cursor: 'pointer',
+                  transition: 'all 0.3s ease',
+                  border: activePhase === index ? 2 : 1,
+                  borderColor: activePhase === index ? 'primary.main' : 'divider',
+                  '&:hover': {
+                    transform: 'translateY(-8px)',
+                    boxShadow: 6,
+                  }
+                }}
+                onClick={() => setActivePhase(activePhase === index ? null : index)}
+              >
+                <CardContent sx={{ p: 3 }}>
+                  <Stack direction="row" spacing={2} alignItems="flex-start" mb={2}>
+                    <Typography variant="h2" sx={{ fontSize: '3rem' }}>
+                      {phase.icon}
+                    </Typography>
+                    <Box flex={1}>
+                      <Typography variant="h5" fontWeight={600} gutterBottom>
+                        {phase.name}
+                      </Typography>
+                      <Typography variant="body2" color="text.secondary">
+                        {phase.shortDescription}
+                      </Typography>
+                    </Box>
+                    <Chip 
+                      label={`Phase ${index + 1}`} 
+                      size="small" 
+                      color="primary"
+                      variant="outlined"
+                    />
+                  </Stack>
+
+                  {activePhase === index && (
+                    <Box sx={{ mt: 3, pt: 3, borderTop: 1, borderColor: 'divider' }}>
+                      {/* Video Placeholder */}
+                      <Box 
+                        sx={{ 
+                          width: '100%', 
+                          aspectRatio: '16/9',
+                          bgcolor: 'grey.200',
+                          borderRadius: 2,
+                          mb: 3,
+                          display: 'flex',
+                          alignItems: 'center',
+                          justifyContent: 'center'
+                        }}
+                      >
+                        <Typography variant="body2" color="text.secondary">
+                          🎥 Video: {phase.videoPlaceholder}
+                        </Typography>
+                      </Box>
+
+                      {/* Features Grid */}
+                      <Grid container spacing={2} mb={3}>
+                        {phase.features.map((feature, idx) => (
+                          <Grid item xs={12} sm={6} key={idx}>
+                            <Card variant="outlined" sx={{ p: 2, height: '100%' }}>
+                              <Box 
+                                sx={{ 
+                                  width: '100%', 
+                                  aspectRatio: '4/3',
+                                  bgcolor: 'grey.100',
+                                  borderRadius: 1,
+                                  mb: 2,
+                                  display: 'flex',
+                                  alignItems: 'center',
+                                  justifyContent: 'center'
+                                }}
+                              >
+                                <Typography variant="caption" color="text.secondary">
+                                  📷 Image
+                                </Typography>
+                              </Box>
+                              <Typography variant="subtitle2" fontWeight={600} gutterBottom>
+                                {feature.title}
+                              </Typography>
+                              <Typography variant="body2" color="text.secondary" mb={1}>
+                                {feature.description}
+                              </Typography>
+                              <Stack spacing={0.5}>
+                                {feature.details.slice(0, 3).map((detail, i) => (
+                                  <Stack key={i} direction="row" spacing={1} alignItems="flex-start">
+                                    <CheckCircle sx={{ fontSize: 16, color: 'success.main', mt: 0.5 }} />
+                                    <Typography variant="caption" color="text.secondary">
+                                      {detail}
+                                    </Typography>
+                                  </Stack>
+                                ))}
+                              </Stack>
+                            </Card>
+                          </Grid>
+                        ))}
+                      </Grid>
+
+                      {/* Technical Details */}
+                      <Card variant="outlined" sx={{ bgcolor: 'grey.50', p: 2 }}>
+                        <Typography variant="subtitle2" fontWeight={600} mb={1} sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
+                          <AutoAwesome sx={{ fontSize: 18 }} />
+                          Technical Implementation
+                        </Typography>
+                        <Grid container spacing={2}>
+                          <Grid item xs={12} sm={6}>
+                            <Typography variant="caption" fontWeight={600}>AI Model</Typography>
+                            <Typography variant="body2">{phase.technicalDetails.aiModel}</Typography>
+                          </Grid>
+                          <Grid item xs={12} sm={6}>
+                            <Typography variant="caption" fontWeight={600}>Output Format</Typography>
+                            <Typography variant="body2">{phase.technicalDetails.outputFormat}</Typography>
+                          </Grid>
+                          <Grid item xs={12} sm={6}>
+                            <Typography variant="caption" fontWeight={600}>Prompt Type</Typography>
+                            <Typography variant="body2">{phase.technicalDetails.promptType}</Typography>
+                          </Grid>
+                          <Grid item xs={12} sm={6}>
+                            <Typography variant="caption" fontWeight={600}>Integration</Typography>
+                            <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontFamily: 'monospace', fontSize: '0.85rem' }}>
+                              {phase.technicalDetails.integration}
+                            </Typography>
+                          </Grid>
+                        </Grid>
+                      </Card>
+                    </Box>
+                  )}
+                </CardContent>
+              </Card>
+            </Grid>
+          ))}
+        </Grid>
+      </Container>
+    </Box>
+  );
+};
+
+export default BlogWriterPhasesSection;
+
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/HeaderBar.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/HeaderBar.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14fbe899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/HeaderBar.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import PhaseNavigation from '../PhaseNavigation';
+
+interface HeaderBarProps {
+  phases: any[];
+  currentPhase: string;
+  onPhaseClick: (phaseId: string) => void;
+}
+
+export const HeaderBar: React.FC<HeaderBarProps> = ({ phases, currentPhase, onPhaseClick }) => {
+  return (
+    <div style={{ padding: 16, borderBottom: '1px solid #eee' }}>
+      <div style={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center', marginBottom: 12 }}>
+        <h2 style={{ margin: 0 }}>AI Blog Writer</h2>
+        <div style={{ 
+          width: '40px', 
+          height: '40px', 
+          backgroundColor: '#f0f0f0', 
+          borderRadius: '8px',
+          display: 'flex',
+          alignItems: 'center',
+          justifyContent: 'center',
+          fontSize: '20px',
+          fontWeight: 'bold',
+          color: '#666'
+        }}>
+          A
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <PhaseNavigation
+        phases={phases}
+        currentPhase={currentPhase}
+        onPhaseClick={onPhaseClick}
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default HeaderBar;
+
+
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/OutlineCtaBanner.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/OutlineCtaBanner.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c50c7584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/OutlineCtaBanner.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+interface OutlineCtaBannerProps {
+  onGenerate: () => void;
+}
+
+const OutlineCtaBanner: React.FC<OutlineCtaBannerProps> = ({ onGenerate }) => {
+  return (
+    <div style={{ padding: '12px 16px', background: '#fff8e1', borderBottom: '1px solid #ffe0b2', display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center' }}>
+      <span style={{ color: '#8d6e63' }}>Next step: generate your outline from research.</span>
+      <button
+        onClick={onGenerate}
+        style={{ padding: '6px 10px', background: '#1976d2', color: '#fff', border: 'none', borderRadius: 6, cursor: 'pointer' }}
+      >
+        Next: Create Outline
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default OutlineCtaBanner;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/PhaseContent.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/PhaseContent.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4247d788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/PhaseContent.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import ResearchResults from '../ResearchResults';
+import EnhancedTitleSelector from '../EnhancedTitleSelector';
+import EnhancedOutlineEditor from '../EnhancedOutlineEditor';
+import { BlogEditor } from '../WYSIWYG';
+import OutlineCtaBanner from './OutlineCtaBanner';
+
+interface PhaseContentProps {
+  currentPhase: string;
+  research: any;
+  outline: any[];
+  outlineConfirmed: boolean;
+  titleOptions: any[];
+  selectedTitle?: string | null;
+  researchTitles: any[];
+  aiGeneratedTitles: any[];
+  sourceMappingStats: any;
+  groundingInsights: any;
+  optimizationResults: any;
+  researchCoverage: any;
+  setOutline: (o: any) => void;
+  sections: Record<string, string>;
+  handleContentUpdate: any;
+  handleContentSave: any;
+  continuityRefresh: number | null;
+  flowAnalysisResults: any;
+  outlineGenRef: React.RefObject<any>;
+  blogWriterApi: any;
+  contentConfirmed: boolean;
+  seoAnalysis: any;
+  seoMetadata: any;
+  onTitleSelect: any;
+  onCustomTitle: any;
+}
+
+export const PhaseContent: React.FC<PhaseContentProps> = ({
+  currentPhase,
+  research,
+  outline,
+  outlineConfirmed,
+  titleOptions,
+  selectedTitle,
+  researchTitles,
+  aiGeneratedTitles,
+  sourceMappingStats,
+  groundingInsights,
+  optimizationResults,
+  researchCoverage,
+  setOutline,
+  sections,
+  handleContentUpdate,
+  handleContentSave,
+  continuityRefresh,
+  flowAnalysisResults,
+  outlineGenRef,
+  blogWriterApi,
+  contentConfirmed,
+  seoAnalysis,
+  seoMetadata,
+  onTitleSelect,
+  onCustomTitle
+}) => {
+  return (
+    <div style={{ display: 'flex', flex: 1, overflow: 'hidden' }}>
+      <div style={{ flex: 1, overflow: 'auto' }}>
+        {currentPhase === 'research' && (
+          <>
+            {research ? (
+              <ResearchResults research={research} />
+            ) : (
+              <div style={{ padding: '20px', textAlign: 'center' }}>
+                <h3>Start Your Research</h3>
+                <p>Use the copilot to begin researching your blog topic.</p>
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </>
+        )}
+
+        {currentPhase === 'outline' && research && (
+          <>
+            {outline.length === 0 && (
+              <OutlineCtaBanner onGenerate={() => outlineGenRef.current?.generateNow()} />
+            )}
+            {outline.length > 0 ? (
+              <>
+                <EnhancedTitleSelector
+                  titleOptions={titleOptions}
+                  selectedTitle={selectedTitle || undefined}
+                  sections={outline}
+                  researchTitles={researchTitles}
+                  aiGeneratedTitles={aiGeneratedTitles}
+                  onTitleSelect={onTitleSelect}
+                  onCustomTitle={onCustomTitle}
+                />
+                <EnhancedOutlineEditor 
+                  outline={outline} 
+                  research={research}
+                  sourceMappingStats={sourceMappingStats}
+                  groundingInsights={groundingInsights}
+                  optimizationResults={optimizationResults}
+                  researchCoverage={researchCoverage}
+                  onRefine={(op: any, id: any, payload: any) => blogWriterApi.refineOutline({ outline, operation: op, section_id: id, payload }).then((res: any) => setOutline(res.outline))}
+                />
+              </>
+            ) : (
+              <div style={{ padding: '20px', textAlign: 'center' }}>
+                <h3>Create Your Outline</h3>
+                <p>Use the copilot to generate an outline based on your research.</p>
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </>
+        )}
+
+        {currentPhase === 'content' && outline.length > 0 && (
+          <>
+            {outlineConfirmed ? (
+              <BlogEditor
+                outline={outline}
+                research={research}
+                initialTitle={selectedTitle || (typeof window !== 'undefined' ? localStorage.getItem('blog_selected_title') : '') || 'Your Amazing Blog Title'}
+                titleOptions={titleOptions}
+                researchTitles={researchTitles}
+                aiGeneratedTitles={aiGeneratedTitles}
+                sections={sections}
+                onContentUpdate={handleContentUpdate}
+                onSave={handleContentSave}
+                continuityRefresh={continuityRefresh || undefined}
+                flowAnalysisResults={flowAnalysisResults}
+              />
+            ) : (
+              <div style={{ padding: '20px', textAlign: 'center' }}>
+                <h3>Confirm Your Outline</h3>
+                <p>Review and confirm your outline before generating content.</p>
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </>
+        )}
+
+        {currentPhase === 'seo' && contentConfirmed && outline.length > 0 && outlineConfirmed && (
+          <>
+            {Object.keys(sections).length > 0 && Object.values(sections).some(content => content && content.trim().length > 0) ? (
+              <BlogEditor
+                outline={outline}
+                research={research}
+                initialTitle={selectedTitle || (typeof window !== 'undefined' ? localStorage.getItem('blog_selected_title') : '') || 'Your Amazing Blog Title'}
+                titleOptions={titleOptions}
+                researchTitles={researchTitles}
+                aiGeneratedTitles={aiGeneratedTitles}
+                sections={sections}
+                onContentUpdate={handleContentUpdate}
+                onSave={handleContentSave}
+                continuityRefresh={continuityRefresh || undefined}
+                flowAnalysisResults={flowAnalysisResults}
+              />
+            ) : (
+              <div style={{ padding: '20px', textAlign: 'center' }}>
+                <h3>Loading Content...</h3>
+                <p>Please wait while your content is being optimized.</p>
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </>
+        )}
+
+        {/* Fallback for SEO phase if conditions not met */}
+        {currentPhase === 'seo' && (!contentConfirmed || outline.length === 0 || !outlineConfirmed) && (
+          <div style={{ padding: '20px', textAlign: 'center' }}>
+            <h3>Optimize your blog for search engines.</h3>
+            <p>Complete the content phase first to enable SEO optimization.</p>
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        {currentPhase === 'publish' && seoAnalysis && seoMetadata && (
+          <div style={{ padding: '20px' }}>
+            <h3>Publish Your Blog</h3>
+            <p>Your blog is ready to publish!</p>
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default PhaseContent;
+
+
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/TaskProgressModals.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/TaskProgressModals.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34c6fd4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/TaskProgressModals.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { OutlineProgressModal } from '../OutlineProgressModal';
+
+interface PollingState {
+  isPolling: boolean;
+  currentStatus: string;
+  progressMessages: { message: string }[];
+  error?: string | null;
+}
+
+interface TaskProgressModalsProps {
+  showOutlineModal: boolean;
+  outlinePolling: PollingState;
+  showModal: boolean;
+  rewritePolling: PollingState;
+  mediumPolling: PollingState;
+}
+
+const TaskProgressModals: React.FC<TaskProgressModalsProps> = ({
+  showOutlineModal,
+  outlinePolling,
+  showModal,
+  rewritePolling,
+  mediumPolling,
+}) => {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <OutlineProgressModal
+        isVisible={showOutlineModal}
+        status={outlinePolling.currentStatus}
+        progressMessages={outlinePolling.progressMessages.map(m => m.message)}
+        latestMessage={outlinePolling.progressMessages.length > 0 ? outlinePolling.progressMessages[outlinePolling.progressMessages.length - 1].message : ''}
+        error={outlinePolling.error ?? null}
+      />
+
+      <OutlineProgressModal
+        isVisible={showModal}
+        status={rewritePolling.isPolling ? rewritePolling.currentStatus : mediumPolling.currentStatus}
+        progressMessages={rewritePolling.isPolling ? rewritePolling.progressMessages.map(m => m.message) : mediumPolling.progressMessages.map(m => m.message)}
+        latestMessage={rewritePolling.isPolling ? (
+          rewritePolling.progressMessages.length > 0 ? rewritePolling.progressMessages[rewritePolling.progressMessages.length - 1].message : ''
+        ) : (
+          mediumPolling.progressMessages.length > 0 ? mediumPolling.progressMessages[mediumPolling.progressMessages.length - 1].message : ''
+        )}
+        error={(rewritePolling.isPolling ? rewritePolling.error : mediumPolling.error) ?? null}
+        titleOverride={rewritePolling.isPolling ? '🔄 Rewriting Your Blog' : '📝 Generating Your Blog Content'}
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+};
+
+export default TaskProgressModals;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/WriterCopilotSidebar.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/WriterCopilotSidebar.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c63ae40b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/WriterCopilotSidebar.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { CopilotSidebar } from '@copilotkit/react-ui';
+import '@copilotkit/react-ui/styles.css';
+
+interface WriterCopilotSidebarProps {
+  suggestions: any[];
+  research: any;
+  outline: any[];
+  outlineConfirmed: boolean;
+}
+
+export const WriterCopilotSidebar: React.FC<WriterCopilotSidebarProps> = ({
+  suggestions,
+  research,
+  outline,
+  outlineConfirmed,
+}) => {
+  return (
+    <CopilotSidebar
+      labels={{
+        title: 'ALwrity Co-Pilot',
+        initial: !research
+          ? 'Hi! I can help you research, outline, and draft your blog. Just tell me what topic you want to write about and I\'ll get started!'
+          : 'Great! I can see you have research data. Let me help you create an outline and generate content for your blog.',
+      }}
+      suggestions={suggestions}
+      makeSystemMessage={(context: string, additional?: string) => {
+        const hasResearch = research !== null;
+        const hasOutline = outline.length > 0;
+        const isOutlineConfirmed = outlineConfirmed;
+        const researchInfo = hasResearch
+          ? {
+              sources: research.sources?.length || 0,
+              queries: research.search_queries?.length || 0,
+              angles: research.suggested_angles?.length || 0,
+              primaryKeywords: research.keyword_analysis?.primary || [],
+              searchIntent: research.keyword_analysis?.search_intent || 'informational',
+            }
+          : null;
+
+        const outlineContext = hasOutline
+          ? `
+OUTLINE DETAILS:
+- Total sections: ${outline.length}
+- Section headings: ${outline.map((s: any) => s.heading).join(', ')}
+- Total target words: ${outline.reduce((sum: number, s: any) => sum + (s.target_words || 0), 0)}
+- Section breakdown: ${outline
+              .map(
+                (s: any) => `${s.heading} (${s.target_words || 0} words, ${s.subheadings?.length || 0} subheadings, ${s.key_points?.length || 0} key points)`
+              )
+              .join('; ')}
+`
+          : '';
+
+        const toolGuide = `
+You are the ALwrity Blog Writing Assistant. You MUST call the appropriate frontend actions (tools) to fulfill user requests.
+
+CURRENT STATE:
+${hasResearch && researchInfo ? `
+✅ RESEARCH COMPLETED:
+- Found ${researchInfo.sources} sources with Google Search grounding
+- Generated ${researchInfo.queries} search queries
+- Created ${researchInfo.angles} content angles
+- Primary keywords: ${researchInfo.primaryKeywords.join(', ')}
+- Search intent: ${researchInfo.searchIntent}
+` : '❌ No research completed yet'}
+
+${hasOutline ? `✅ OUTLINE GENERATED: ${outline.length} sections created${isOutlineConfirmed ? ' (CONFIRMED)' : ' (PENDING CONFIRMATION)'}` : '❌ No outline generated yet'}
+${outlineContext}
+
+Available tools:
+- getResearchKeywords(prompt?: string) - Get keywords from user for research
+- performResearch(formData: string) - Perform research with collected keywords (formData is JSON string with keywords and blogLength)
+- researchTopic(keywords: string, industry?: string, target_audience?: string)
+- chatWithResearchData(question: string) - Chat with research data to explore insights and get recommendations
+- generateOutline()
+- createOutlineWithCustomInputs(customInstructions: string) - Create outline with user's custom instructions
+- refineOutline(prompt?: string) - Refine outline based on user feedback
+- chatWithOutline(question?: string) - Chat with outline to get insights and ask questions about content structure
+- confirmOutlineAndGenerateContent() - Confirm outline and mark as ready for content generation (does NOT auto-generate content)
+- generateSection(sectionId: string)
+- generateAllSections()
+- refineOutlineStructure(operation: add|remove|move|merge|rename, sectionId?: string, payload?: object)
+- enhanceSection(sectionId: string, focus?: string) - Enhance a specific section with AI improvements
+- optimizeOutline(focus?: string) - Optimize entire outline for better flow, SEO, and engagement
+- rebalanceOutline(targetWords?: number) - Rebalance word count distribution across sections
+- confirmBlogContent() - Confirm that blog content is ready and move to SEO stage
+- analyzeSEO() - Analyze SEO for blog content with comprehensive insights and visual interface
+- generateSEOMetadata(title?: string)
+- publishToPlatform(platform: 'wix'|'wordpress', schedule_time?: string)
+
+       CRITICAL BEHAVIOR & USER GUIDANCE:
+       - When user wants to research ANY topic, IMMEDIATELY call getResearchKeywords() to get their input
+       - When user asks to research something, call getResearchKeywords() first to collect their keywords
+       - After getResearchKeywords() completes, IMMEDIATELY call performResearch() with the collected data
+       
+       USER GUIDANCE STRATEGY:
+       - If the user's last message EXACTLY matches an available tool name (e.g., generateOutline, confirmOutlineAndGenerateContent, confirmBlogContent, analyzeSEO), IMMEDIATELY call that tool with default arguments and WITHOUT any additional questions or confirmations
+       - After research completion, ALWAYS guide user toward outline creation as the next step
+       - If user wants to explore research data, use chatWithResearchData() but then guide them to outline creation
+       - If user has specific outline requirements, use createOutlineWithCustomInputs() with their instructions
+       - When user asks for outline, call generateOutline() or createOutlineWithCustomInputs() based on their needs
+       - After outline generation, ALWAYS guide user to review and confirm the outline
+       - If user wants to discuss the outline, use chatWithOutline() to provide insights and answer questions
+       - If user wants to refine the outline, use refineOutline() to collect their feedback and refine
+       - When user says "I confirm the outline" or "I confirm the outline and am ready to generate content" or clicks "Confirm & Generate Content", IMMEDIATELY call confirmOutlineAndGenerateContent() - DO NOT ask for additional confirmation
+       - CRITICAL: If user explicitly confirms the outline, do NOT ask "are you sure?" or "please confirm" - the confirmation is already given
+       - Only after outline confirmation, show content generation suggestions and wait for user to explicitly request content generation
+       - When user asks to generate content before outline confirmation, remind them to confirm the outline first
+       - Content generation should ONLY happen when user explicitly clicks "Generate all sections" or "Generate [specific section]"
+       - When user has generated content and wants to rewrite, use rewriteBlog() to collect feedback and rewriteBlog() to process
+       - For rewrite requests, collect detailed feedback about what they want to change, tone, audience, and focus
+       - After content generation, guide users to review and confirm their content before moving to SEO stage
+       - When user says "I have reviewed and confirmed my blog content is ready for the next stage" or clicks "Next: Confirm Blog Content", IMMEDIATELY call confirmBlogContent() - DO NOT ask for additional confirmation
+       - CRITICAL: If user explicitly confirms blog content, do NOT ask "are you sure?" or "please confirm" - the confirmation is already given
+       - Only after content confirmation, show SEO analysis and publishing suggestions
+       - When user asks for SEO analysis before content confirmation, remind them to confirm the content first
+       - For SEO analysis, ALWAYS use analyzeSEO() - this is the ONLY SEO analysis tool available and provides comprehensive insights with visual interface
+       - IMPORTANT: There is NO "basic" or "simple" SEO analysis - only the comprehensive one. Do NOT mention multiple SEO analysis options
+       
+       ENGAGEMENT TACTICS:
+       - DO NOT ask for clarification - take action immediately with the information provided
+       - Always call the appropriate tool instead of just talking about what you could do
+       - Be aware of the current state and reference research results when relevant
+       - Guide users through the process: Research → Outline → Outline Review & Confirmation → Content → Content Review & Confirmation → SEO → Publish
+       - Use encouraging language and highlight progress made
+       - If user seems lost, remind them of the current stage and suggest the next step
+       - When research is complete, emphasize the value of the data found and guide to outline creation
+       - When outline is generated, emphasize the importance of reviewing and confirming before content generation
+       - Encourage users to make small manual edits to the outline UI before using AI for major changes
+`;
+        return [toolGuide, additional].filter(Boolean).join('\n\n');
+      }}
+    />
+  );
+};
+
+export default WriterCopilotSidebar;
+
+
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/useBlogWriterCopilotActions.ts b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/useBlogWriterCopilotActions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3213d569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/BlogWriterUtils/useBlogWriterCopilotActions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import { useRef } from 'react';
+import { useCopilotAction } from '@copilotkit/react-core';
+import { debug } from '../../../utils/debug';
+
+type ConfirmCb = () => string | Promise<string>;
+type AnalyzeCb = () => string | Promise<string>;
+type OpenMetadataCb = () => void;
+
+interface UseBlogWriterCopilotActionsParams {
+  isSEOAnalysisModalOpen: boolean;
+  lastSEOModalOpenRef: React.MutableRefObject<number>;
+  runSEOAnalysisDirect: AnalyzeCb;
+  confirmBlogContent: ConfirmCb;
+  sections: Record<string, string>;
+  research: any;
+  openSEOMetadata: OpenMetadataCb;
+}
+
+// Consolidates all Copilot actions used by BlogWriter
+export function useBlogWriterCopilotActions({
+  isSEOAnalysisModalOpen,
+  lastSEOModalOpenRef,
+  runSEOAnalysisDirect,
+  confirmBlogContent,
+  sections,
+  research,
+  openSEOMetadata,
+}: UseBlogWriterCopilotActionsParams) {
+  // Maintain the same any-cast pattern for parity with component
+  const useCopilotActionTyped = useCopilotAction as any;
+
+  // confirmBlogContent
+  useCopilotActionTyped({
+    name: 'confirmBlogContent',
+    description: 'Confirm that the blog content is ready and move to the next stage (SEO analysis)',
+    parameters: [],
+    handler: async () => {
+      const msg = await confirmBlogContent();
+      return msg;
+    },
+  });
+
+  // analyzeSEO
+  useCopilotActionTyped({
+    name: 'analyzeSEO',
+    description: 'Analyze the blog content for SEO optimization and provide detailed recommendations',
+    parameters: [],
+    handler: async () => {
+      debug.log('[BlogWriter] SEO analysis action', {
+        modalOpen: isSEOAnalysisModalOpen,
+        hasSections: !!sections && Object.keys(sections).length > 0,
+        hasResearch: !!research && !!(research as any)?.keyword_analysis,
+      });
+      const now = Date.now();
+      if (isSEOAnalysisModalOpen || now - lastSEOModalOpenRef.current < 750) {
+        return 'SEO analysis is already open.';
+      }
+      const msg = await runSEOAnalysisDirect();
+      return msg;
+    },
+  });
+
+  // generateSEOMetadata
+  useCopilotActionTyped({
+    name: 'generateSEOMetadata',
+    description: 'Generate comprehensive SEO metadata including titles, descriptions, Open Graph tags, Twitter cards, and structured data',
+    parameters: [
+      {
+        name: 'title',
+        type: 'string',
+        description: 'Optional blog title to use for metadata generation',
+        required: false,
+      },
+    ],
+    handler: async ({ title }: { title?: string }) => {
+      if (!sections || Object.keys(sections).length === 0) {
+        return 'Please generate blog content first before creating SEO metadata. Use the content generation features to create your blog post.';
+      }
+      if (!research || !research.keyword_analysis) {
+        return 'Please complete research first to get keyword data for SEO metadata generation. Use the research features to gather keyword insights.';
+      }
+      openSEOMetadata();
+      return 'Opening SEO metadata generator! This will create optimized titles, descriptions, Open Graph tags, Twitter cards, and structured data for your blog post.';
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+export default useBlogWriterCopilotActions;
+
+
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/ContinuityBadge.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/ContinuityBadge.tsx
index 2efaa4dd..751e4769 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/ContinuityBadge.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/ContinuityBadge.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { blogWriterApi } from '../../services/blogWriterApi';
+import { debug } from '../../utils/debug';
 
 interface Props { 
   sectionId: string; 
@@ -17,36 +18,27 @@ export const ContinuityBadge: React.FC<Props> = ({ sectionId, refreshToken, disa
     
     // If we have flow analysis results, use them instead of API call
     if (flowAnalysisResults && flowAnalysisResults.sections) {
-      console.log('🔍 [ContinuityBadge] Flow analysis results available:', flowAnalysisResults);
-      console.log('🔍 [ContinuityBadge] Looking for section ID:', sectionId);
-      console.log('🔍 [ContinuityBadge] Available section IDs:', flowAnalysisResults.sections.map((s: any) => s.section_id));
-      
       const sectionAnalysis = flowAnalysisResults.sections.find((s: any) => s.section_id === sectionId);
       if (sectionAnalysis) {
-        console.log('🔍 [ContinuityBadge] Found section analysis:', sectionAnalysis);
         if (mounted) {
           setMetrics({
-            flow: sectionAnalysis.flow_score, // Already in decimal format (0.0-1.0)
+            flow: sectionAnalysis.flow_score,
             consistency: sectionAnalysis.consistency_score,
             progression: sectionAnalysis.progression_score
           });
         }
         return;
-      } else {
-        console.log('🔍 [ContinuityBadge] No matching section found for ID:', sectionId);
       }
     }
     
     // Fallback to API call if no flow analysis results
-    console.log('🔍 [ContinuityBadge] Fetching continuity for section:', sectionId);
+    debug.log('[ContinuityBadge] fetching', { sectionId });
     blogWriterApi.getContinuity(sectionId)
       .then(res => { 
-        console.log('🔍 [ContinuityBadge] Received continuity data:', res);
         if (mounted) setMetrics(res.continuity_metrics || null); 
       })
       .catch((error) => { 
-        console.log('🔍 [ContinuityBadge] Error fetching continuity:', error);
-        /* ignore */ 
+        debug.error('[ContinuityBadge] fetch error', error);
       });
     return () => { mounted = false; };
   }, [sectionId, refreshToken, flowAnalysisResults]);
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/EnhancedOutlineEditor.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/EnhancedOutlineEditor.tsx
index 37ae958c..5ff66b4b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/EnhancedOutlineEditor.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/EnhancedOutlineEditor.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import { BlogOutlineSection, SourceMappingStats, GroundingInsights, OptimizationResults, ResearchCoverage } from '../../services/blogWriterApi';
 import EnhancedOutlineInsights from './EnhancedOutlineInsights';
 import OutlineIntelligenceChips from './OutlineIntelligenceChips';
+import ImageGeneratorModal from '../ImageGen/ImageGeneratorModal';
 
 interface Props {
   outline: BlogOutlineSection[];
@@ -24,7 +25,10 @@ const EnhancedOutlineEditor: React.FC<Props> = ({
 }) => {
   const [editingSection, setEditingSection] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [expandedSections, setExpandedSections] = useState<Set<string>>(new Set());
+  const [hoveredSection, setHoveredSection] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [showAddSection, setShowAddSection] = useState(false);
+  const [imageModalState, setImageModalState] = useState<{ open: boolean; sectionId?: string }>(() => ({ open: false }));
+  const [sectionImages, setSectionImages] = useState<Record<string, string>>({});
   const [newSectionData, setNewSectionData] = useState({
     heading: '',
     subheadings: '',
@@ -94,6 +98,31 @@ const EnhancedOutlineEditor: React.FC<Props> = ({
       border: '1px solid #e0e0e0',
       overflow: 'hidden'
     }}>
+      {imageModalState.open && (
+        <ImageGeneratorModal
+          isOpen={imageModalState.open}
+          onClose={() => setImageModalState({ open: false })}
+          defaultPrompt={(() => {
+            const sec = outline.find(s => s.id === imageModalState.sectionId);
+            return sec?.heading || '';
+          })()}
+          context={(() => {
+            const sec = outline.find(s => s.id === imageModalState.sectionId);
+            return {
+              title: sec?.heading,
+              section: sec,
+              outline,
+              research,
+              sectionId: imageModalState.sectionId
+            };
+          })()}
+          onImageGenerated={(imageBase64, sectionId) => {
+            if (sectionId) {
+              setSectionImages(prev => ({ ...prev, [sectionId]: imageBase64 }));
+            }
+          }}
+        />
+      )}
       {/* Header */}
       <div style={{ 
         padding: '20px', 
@@ -275,12 +304,15 @@ const EnhancedOutlineEditor: React.FC<Props> = ({
             {/* Section Header */}
             <div style={{
               padding: '16px 20px',
-              backgroundColor: expandedSections.has(section.id) ? '#f8f9fa' : 'white',
+              backgroundColor: expandedSections.has(section.id) || hoveredSection === section.id ? '#f8f9fa' : 'white',
               cursor: 'pointer',
               display: 'flex',
               alignItems: 'center',
-              justifyContent: 'space-between'
+              justifyContent: 'space-between',
+              transition: 'background-color 0.2s ease'
             }}
+            onMouseEnter={() => setHoveredSection(section.id)}
+            onMouseLeave={() => setHoveredSection(null)}
             onClick={() => toggleExpanded(section.id)}>
               <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: '12px', flex: 1 }}>
                 <div style={{
@@ -375,6 +407,24 @@ const EnhancedOutlineEditor: React.FC<Props> = ({
                 >
                   ✏️
                 </button>
+                <button
+                  onClick={(e) => {
+                    e.stopPropagation();
+                    setImageModalState({ open: true, sectionId: section.id });
+                  }}
+                  title="Generate Image"
+                  style={{
+                    backgroundColor: '#1976d2',
+                    border: 'none',
+                    borderRadius: '4px',
+                    padding: '4px 8px',
+                    cursor: 'pointer',
+                    fontSize: '12px',
+                    color: '#fff'
+                  }}
+                >
+                  🖼️ Generate Image
+                </button>
                 
                 <button
                   onClick={(e) => {
@@ -448,7 +498,7 @@ const EnhancedOutlineEditor: React.FC<Props> = ({
             </div>
 
             {/* Expanded Section Content */}
-            {expandedSections.has(section.id) && (
+            {(expandedSections.has(section.id) || hoveredSection === section.id) && (
               <div style={{ padding: '0 20px 20px 52px', backgroundColor: '#fafafa' }}>
                 {/* Subheadings */}
                 {section.subheadings && section.subheadings.length > 0 && (
@@ -533,6 +583,53 @@ const EnhancedOutlineEditor: React.FC<Props> = ({
                     </div>
                   </div>
                 )}
+
+                {/* Generated Image Display */}
+                {sectionImages[section.id] && (
+                  <div style={{ marginTop: 16, marginBottom: 16 }}>
+                    <h4 style={{ margin: '0 0 8px 0', fontSize: '14px', color: '#333' }}>
+                      🖼️ Generated Image
+                    </h4>
+                    <div style={{ 
+                      border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', 
+                      borderRadius: '8px', 
+                      overflow: 'hidden',
+                      maxWidth: '600px',
+                      backgroundColor: 'white'
+                    }}>
+                      <img 
+                        src={`data:image/png;base64,${sectionImages[section.id]}`} 
+                        alt={`Generated image for ${section.heading}`}
+                        style={{ 
+                          width: '100%', 
+                          height: 'auto',
+                          display: 'block'
+                        }} 
+                      />
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+                )}
+
+                <div style={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'flex-end', marginTop: 12 }}>
+                  <button
+                    onClick={(e) => {
+                      e.stopPropagation();
+                      setImageModalState({ open: true, sectionId: section.id });
+                    }}
+                    style={{
+                      backgroundColor: '#1976d2',
+                      color: 'white',
+                      border: 'none',
+                      padding: '8px 12px',
+                      borderRadius: '6px',
+                      cursor: 'pointer',
+                      fontSize: '13px',
+                      fontWeight: 500
+                    }}
+                  >
+                    Generate Image for this section
+                  </button>
+                </div>
               </div>
             )}
           </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/KeywordInputForm.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/KeywordInputForm.tsx
index 5b1a6a88..19083320 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/KeywordInputForm.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/KeywordInputForm.tsx
@@ -12,269 +12,11 @@ interface KeywordInputFormProps {
   onTaskStart?: (taskId: string) => void;
 }
 
-// Separate component to manage form state
-const ResearchForm: React.FC<{
-  prompt?: string;
-  onSubmit: (data: { keywords: string; blogLength: string }) => void;
-  onCancel: () => void;
-}> = ({ prompt, onSubmit, onCancel }) => {
-  const [keywords, setKeywords] = useState('');
-  const [blogLength, setBlogLength] = useState('1000');
-  const hasValidInput = keywords.trim().length > 0;
-
-  const handleSubmit = (e: React.FormEvent) => {
-    e.preventDefault();
-    if (hasValidInput) {
-      onSubmit({ keywords: keywords.trim(), blogLength });
-    } else {
-      window.alert('Please enter keywords or a topic to start research.');
-    }
-  };
-
-  return (
-    <form 
-      onSubmit={handleSubmit}
-      style={{ 
-        padding: '20px', 
-        backgroundColor: '#f8f9fa', 
-        borderRadius: '12px',
-        border: '1px solid #e0e0e0',
-        margin: '8px 0'
-      }}
-    >
-      <h4 style={{ margin: '0 0 16px 0', color: '#333' }}>
-        🔍 Let's Research Your Blog Topic
-      </h4>
-      <p style={{ margin: '0 0 16px 0', color: '#666', fontSize: '14px' }}>
-        {prompt || 'Please provide the keywords or topic you want to research for your blog:'}
-      </p>
-      
-      <div style={{ display: 'grid', gap: '12px' }}>
-        <div>
-          <label style={{ display: 'block', marginBottom: '4px', fontSize: '14px', fontWeight: '500' }}>
-            Keywords or Topic *
-          </label>
-          <input
-            type="text"
-            value={keywords}
-            onChange={(e) => setKeywords(e.target.value)}
-            onFocus={(e) => e.target.select()}
-            placeholder="e.g., artificial intelligence, machine learning, AI trends"
-            style={{
-              width: '100%',
-              padding: '10px 12px',
-              border: '2px solid #1976d2',
-              borderRadius: '6px',
-              fontSize: '14px',
-              outline: 'none',
-              backgroundColor: 'white',
-              boxSizing: 'border-box'
-            }}
-            autoFocus
-            autoComplete="off"
-            spellCheck="false"
-          />
-        </div>
-        
-        <div>
-          <label style={{ display: 'block', marginBottom: '4px', fontSize: '14px', fontWeight: '500' }}>
-            Blog Length (words)
-          </label>
-          <select
-            value={blogLength}
-            onChange={(e) => setBlogLength(e.target.value)}
-            style={{
-              width: '100%',
-              padding: '10px 12px',
-              border: '2px solid #1976d2',
-              borderRadius: '6px',
-              fontSize: '14px',
-              outline: 'none',
-              backgroundColor: 'white',
-              boxSizing: 'border-box'
-            }}
-          >
-            <option value="500">500 words (Short blog)</option>
-            <option value="1000">1000 words (Medium blog)</option>
-            <option value="1500">1500 words (Long blog)</option>
-            <option value="2000">2000+ words (Comprehensive guide)</option>
-          </select>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      
-      <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: '12px', marginTop: '16px' }}>
-        <button
-          type="submit"
-          disabled={!hasValidInput}
-          style={{
-            backgroundColor: hasValidInput ? '#1976d2' : '#ccc',
-            color: 'white',
-            border: 'none',
-            borderRadius: '6px',
-            padding: '10px 20px',
-            cursor: hasValidInput ? 'pointer' : 'not-allowed',
-            fontSize: '14px',
-            fontWeight: '500',
-            flex: 1
-          }}
-        >
-          🚀 Start Research {hasValidInput ? '(Enabled)' : '(Disabled)'}
-        </button>
-        
-        <button
-          type="button"
-          onClick={onCancel}
-          style={{
-            backgroundColor: 'transparent',
-            border: '1px solid #ddd',
-            borderRadius: '6px',
-            padding: '10px 20px',
-            cursor: 'pointer',
-            fontSize: '14px',
-            color: '#666'
-          }}
-        >
-          Cancel
-        </button>
-      </div>
-    </form>
-  );
-};
-
 export const KeywordInputForm: React.FC<KeywordInputFormProps> = ({ onKeywordsReceived, onResearchComplete, onTaskStart }) => {
   const [currentTaskId, setCurrentTaskId] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
-  // Keyword input action with Human-in-the-Loop
-  useCopilotActionTyped({
-    name: 'getResearchKeywords',
-    description: 'Get keywords from user for blog research',
-    parameters: [
-      { name: 'prompt', type: 'string', description: 'Prompt to show user', required: false }
-    ],
-    renderAndWaitForResponse: ({ respond, args, status }: { respond?: (value: string) => void; args: { prompt?: string }; status: string }) => {
-      if (status === 'complete') {
-        return (
-          <div style={{ 
-            padding: '16px', 
-            backgroundColor: '#f0f8ff', 
-            borderRadius: '8px',
-            border: '1px solid #1976d2'
-          }}>
-            <p style={{ margin: 0, color: '#1976d2', fontWeight: '500' }}>
-              ✅ Research keywords received! Starting research...
-            </p>
-          </div>
-        );
-      }
-
-      return (
-        <ResearchForm
-          prompt={args.prompt}
-          onSubmit={(formData) => {
-            onKeywordsReceived?.(formData);
-            respond?.(JSON.stringify(formData));
-          }}
-          onCancel={() => respond?.('CANCEL')}
-        />
-      );
-    }
-  });
-
-  // Research action that actually performs the research
-  useCopilotActionTyped({
-    name: 'performResearch',
-    description: 'Perform research with collected keywords and blog length',
-    parameters: [
-      { name: 'formData', type: 'string', description: 'JSON string with keywords and blogLength', required: true }
-    ],
-    handler: async ({ formData }: { formData: string }) => {
-      try {
-        const data = JSON.parse(formData);
-        const { keywords, blogLength } = data;
-        
-        const keywordList = keywords.includes(',') 
-          ? keywords.split(',').map((k: string) => k.trim())
-          : [keywords.trim()]; // Preserve single phrases as-is
-        
-        // Check frontend cache first
-        const cachedResult = researchCache.getCachedResult(keywordList, 'General', 'General');
-        if (cachedResult) {
-          console.log('Frontend cache hit - returning cached result instantly');
-          onResearchComplete?.(cachedResult);
-          return { 
-            success: true, 
-            message: `✅ Found cached research for "${keywords}"! Results loaded instantly.`,
-            cached: true
-          };
-        }
-        
-        const payload: BlogResearchRequest = { 
-          keywords: keywordList, 
-          industry: 'General', 
-          target_audience: 'General',
-          word_count_target: parseInt(blogLength)
-        };
-        
-        // Store the blog length in localStorage for later use
-        localStorage.setItem('blog_length_target', blogLength);
-        
-        // Start async research
-        const { task_id } = await blogWriterApi.startResearch(payload);
-        setCurrentTaskId(task_id);
-        onTaskStart?.(task_id); // Notify parent component to start polling
-        
-        return { 
-          success: true, 
-          message: `🔍 Research started for "${keywords}"! Task ID: ${task_id}. Progress will be shown below.`,
-          task_id: task_id
-        };
-      } catch (error) {
-        console.error(`Research failed: ${error}`);
-        return { 
-          success: false, 
-          message: `❌ Research failed: ${error}. Please try again with different keywords.` 
-        };
-      }
-    },
-    render: ({ status }: any) => {
-      if (status === 'inProgress' || status === 'executing') {
-        return (
-          <div style={{ 
-            padding: '16px', 
-            backgroundColor: '#f8f9fa', 
-            borderRadius: '8px',
-            border: '1px solid #e0e0e0',
-            margin: '8px 0'
-          }}>
-            <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: '12px', marginBottom: '12px' }}>
-              <div style={{ 
-                width: '20px', 
-                height: '20px', 
-                border: '2px solid #1976d2',
-                borderTop: '2px solid transparent',
-                borderRadius: '50%',
-                animation: 'spin 1s linear infinite'
-              }} />
-              <h4 style={{ margin: 0, color: '#1976d2' }}>🔍 Researching Your Topic</h4>
-            </div>
-            <div style={{ fontSize: '14px', color: '#666', lineHeight: '1.5' }}>
-              <p style={{ margin: '0 0 8px 0' }}>• Connecting to Google Search grounding...</p>
-              <p style={{ margin: '0 0 8px 0' }}>• Analyzing keywords and search intent...</p>
-              <p style={{ margin: '0 0 8px 0' }}>• Gathering relevant sources and statistics...</p>
-              <p style={{ margin: '0' }}>• Generating content angles and search queries...</p>
-            </div>
-            <style>{`
-              @keyframes spin {
-                0% { transform: rotate(0deg); }
-                100% { transform: rotate(360deg); }
-              }
-            `}</style>
-          </div>
-        );
-      }
-      return null;
-    }
-  });
+  // This component now only provides polling functionality
+  // The keyword input form is handled by ResearchAction component
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -294,4 +36,4 @@ export const KeywordInputForm: React.FC<KeywordInputFormProps> = ({ onKeywordsRe
   );
 };
 
-export default KeywordInputForm;
+export default KeywordInputForm;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/OutlineGenerator.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/OutlineGenerator.tsx
index 1a74cf5a..5de43603 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/OutlineGenerator.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/OutlineGenerator.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { forwardRef, useImperativeHandle } from 'react';
 import { useCopilotAction } from '@copilotkit/react-core';
 import { blogWriterApi, BlogResearchResponse } from '../../services/blogWriterApi';
 
@@ -11,18 +11,38 @@ interface OutlineGeneratorProps {
 
 const useCopilotActionTyped = useCopilotAction as any;
 
-export const OutlineGenerator: React.FC<OutlineGeneratorProps> = ({
+export const OutlineGenerator = forwardRef<any, OutlineGeneratorProps>(({ 
   research,
   onTaskStart,
   onPollingStart,
   onModalShow
-}) => {
+}, ref) => {
+  // Expose an imperative method to trigger outline generation directly (bypass LLM)
+  useImperativeHandle(ref, () => ({
+    generateNow: async () => {
+      if (!research) {
+        return { success: false, message: 'No research yet. Please research a topic first.' };
+      }
+      try {
+        onModalShow?.();
+        const { task_id } = await blogWriterApi.startOutlineGeneration({ research });
+        onTaskStart(task_id);
+        onPollingStart(task_id);
+        return { success: true, task_id };
+      } catch (error) {
+        const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error';
+        return { success: false, message: errorMessage };
+      }
+    }
+  }));
   useCopilotActionTyped({
     name: 'generateOutline',
     description: 'Generate outline from research results using AI analysis',
     parameters: [],
     handler: async () => {
-      if (!research) return { success: false, message: 'No research yet. Please research a topic first.' };
+      if (!research) {
+        return { success: false, message: 'No research yet. Please research a topic first.' };
+      }
       
       try {
         // Show progress modal immediately when user clicks "Create outline"
@@ -64,7 +84,6 @@ export const OutlineGenerator: React.FC<OutlineGeneratorProps> = ({
       }
     },
     render: ({ status }: any) => {
-      console.log('generateOutline render called with status:', status);
       if (status === 'inProgress' || status === 'executing') {
         return (
           <div style={{ 
@@ -105,6 +124,6 @@ export const OutlineGenerator: React.FC<OutlineGeneratorProps> = ({
   });
 
   return null; // This component only provides the copilot action
-};
+});
 
 export default OutlineGenerator;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/PhaseNavigation.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/PhaseNavigation.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ea7c412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/PhaseNavigation.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+export interface Phase {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  icon: string;
+  description: string;
+  completed: boolean;
+  current: boolean;
+  disabled: boolean;
+}
+
+interface PhaseNavigationProps {
+  phases: Phase[];
+  onPhaseClick: (phaseId: string) => void;
+  currentPhase: string;
+}
+
+export const PhaseNavigation: React.FC<PhaseNavigationProps> = ({
+  phases,
+  onPhaseClick,
+  currentPhase
+}) => {
+  return (
+    <div style={{
+      display: 'flex',
+      gap: '8px',
+      alignItems: 'center',
+      padding: '8px 0',
+      flexWrap: 'wrap'
+    }}>
+      {phases.map((phase) => {
+        const isCurrent = phase.current;
+        const isCompleted = phase.completed;
+        const isDisabled = phase.disabled;
+        
+        return (
+          <button
+            key={phase.id}
+            onClick={() => !isDisabled && onPhaseClick(phase.id)}
+            disabled={isDisabled}
+            style={{
+              display: 'flex',
+              alignItems: 'center',
+              gap: '6px',
+              padding: '8px 12px',
+              borderRadius: '20px',
+              border: 'none',
+              fontSize: '14px',
+              fontWeight: '500',
+              cursor: isDisabled ? 'not-allowed' : 'pointer',
+              transition: 'all 0.2s ease',
+              backgroundColor: isCurrent 
+                ? '#1976d2' 
+                : isCompleted 
+                  ? '#4caf50' 
+                  : isDisabled 
+                    ? '#f5f5f5' 
+                    : '#e3f2fd',
+              color: isCurrent 
+                ? 'white' 
+                : isCompleted 
+                  ? 'white' 
+                  : isDisabled 
+                    ? '#999' 
+                    : '#1976d2',
+              opacity: isDisabled ? 0.6 : 1,
+              boxShadow: isCurrent ? '0 2px 4px rgba(25, 118, 210, 0.3)' : 'none',
+              transform: isCurrent ? 'translateY(-1px)' : 'none'
+            }}
+            title={phase.disabled ? `Complete ${phase.name} first` : phase.description}
+          >
+            <span style={{ fontSize: '16px' }}>
+              {phase.icon}
+            </span>
+            <span>{phase.name}</span>
+            {isCompleted && !isCurrent && (
+              <span style={{ fontSize: '12px', marginLeft: '4px' }}>
+                ✓
+              </span>
+            )}
+          </button>
+        );
+      })}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default PhaseNavigation;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/PhaseNavigationTest.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/PhaseNavigationTest.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4c772a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/PhaseNavigationTest.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import PhaseNavigation from './PhaseNavigation';
+import { Phase } from './PhaseNavigation';
+
+// Test component to verify phase navigation functionality
+export const PhaseNavigationTest: React.FC = () => {
+  const [currentPhase, setCurrentPhase] = useState<string>('research');
+  
+  const testPhases: Phase[] = [
+    {
+      id: 'research',
+      name: 'Research',
+      icon: '🔍',
+      description: 'Research your topic and gather data',
+      completed: true,
+      current: currentPhase === 'research',
+      disabled: false
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'outline',
+      name: 'Outline',
+      icon: '📝',
+      description: 'Create and refine your blog outline',
+      completed: true,
+      current: currentPhase === 'outline',
+      disabled: false
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'content',
+      name: 'Content',
+      icon: '✍️',
+      description: 'Generate and edit your blog content',
+      completed: false,
+      current: currentPhase === 'content',
+      disabled: false
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'seo',
+      name: 'SEO',
+      icon: '📈',
+      description: 'Optimize for search engines',
+      completed: false,
+      current: currentPhase === 'seo',
+      disabled: true
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'publish',
+      name: 'Publish',
+      icon: '🚀',
+      description: 'Publish your blog post',
+      completed: false,
+      current: currentPhase === 'publish',
+      disabled: true
+    }
+  ];
+
+  const handlePhaseClick = (phaseId: string) => {
+    setCurrentPhase(phaseId);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div style={{ padding: '20px', maxWidth: '800px', margin: '0 auto' }}>
+      <h2>Phase Navigation Test</h2>
+      <p>Current Phase: <strong>{currentPhase}</strong></p>
+      
+      <PhaseNavigation
+        phases={testPhases}
+        currentPhase={currentPhase}
+        onPhaseClick={handlePhaseClick}
+      />
+      
+      <div style={{ marginTop: '20px', padding: '16px', backgroundColor: '#f5f5f5', borderRadius: '8px' }}>
+        <h3>Phase Status:</h3>
+        <ul>
+          {testPhases.map(phase => (
+            <li key={phase.id}>
+              <strong>{phase.name}</strong>: 
+              {phase.completed ? ' ✅ Completed' : ' ⏳ Pending'} | 
+              {phase.current ? ' 🎯 Current' : ''} | 
+              {phase.disabled ? ' 🚫 Disabled' : ' ✅ Enabled'}
+            </li>
+          ))}
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default PhaseNavigationTest;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/ResearchAction.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/ResearchAction.tsx
index 6d946d65..6add8c5e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/ResearchAction.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/ResearchAction.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useState, useRef } from 'react';
 import { useCopilotAction } from '@copilotkit/react-core';
 import { blogWriterApi, BlogResearchRequest, BlogResearchResponse } from '../../services/blogWriterApi';
 import { useResearchPolling } from '../../hooks/usePolling';
@@ -15,13 +15,18 @@ export const ResearchAction: React.FC<ResearchActionProps> = ({ onResearchComple
   const [currentTaskId, setCurrentTaskId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [currentMessage, setCurrentMessage] = useState<string>('');
   const [showProgressModal, setShowProgressModal] = useState<boolean>(false);
+  const [forceUpdate, setForceUpdate] = useState<number>(0);
+  
+  // Refs for form inputs (uncontrolled, avoids typing issues inside Copilot render)
+  const keywordsRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
+  const blogLengthRef = useRef<HTMLSelectElement | null>(null);
 
   const polling = useResearchPolling({
     onProgress: (message) => {
       setCurrentMessage(message);
+      setForceUpdate(prev => prev + 1); // Force re-render
     },
     onComplete: (result) => {
-      // Cache the result for future use
       if (result && result.keywords) {
         researchCache.cacheResult(
           result.keywords,
@@ -35,84 +40,170 @@ export const ResearchAction: React.FC<ResearchActionProps> = ({ onResearchComple
       setCurrentTaskId(null);
       setCurrentMessage('');
       setShowProgressModal(false);
+      setForceUpdate(prev => prev + 1);
     },
     onError: (error) => {
       console.error('Research polling error:', error);
       setCurrentTaskId(null);
       setCurrentMessage('');
       setShowProgressModal(false);
+      setForceUpdate(prev => prev + 1);
     }
   });
 
+  useCopilotActionTyped({
+    name: 'showResearchForm',
+    description: 'Show keyword input form for blog research',
+    parameters: [],
+    handler: async () => ({
+      success: true,
+      message: "🔍 Let's Research Your Blog Topic\n\nWhat keywords and information would you like to use for your research? Please also specify the desired length of the blog post.\n\nKeywords or Topic *\ne.g., artificial intelligence, machine learning, AI trends\n\nBlog Length (words)\n\n1000 words (Medium blog)\n\n🚀 Start Research",
+      showForm: true
+    }),
+    render: ({ status }: any) => {
+      const _ = forceUpdate;
+      
+      if (polling.currentStatus === 'completed' && polling.progressMessages.length > 0) {
+        const latestMessage = polling.progressMessages[polling.progressMessages.length - 1];
+        return (
+          <div style={{ padding: '16px', backgroundColor: '#e8f5e8', borderRadius: '8px', border: '1px solid #4caf50', margin: '8px 0' }}>
+            <p style={{ margin: 0, color: '#4caf50', fontWeight: '500' }}>✅ Research completed successfully!</p>
+            <p style={{ margin: '8px 0 0 0', color: '#666', fontSize: '14px' }}>{latestMessage?.message || 'Research data is now available for your blog.'}</p>
+          </div>
+        );
+      }
+      
+      if (polling.currentStatus === 'in_progress' || polling.currentStatus === 'running') {
+        return (
+          <div style={{ padding: '16px', backgroundColor: '#fff3e0', borderRadius: '8px', border: '1px solid #ff9800', margin: '8px 0' }}>
+            <p style={{ margin: 0, color: '#ff9800', fontWeight: '500' }}>🔄 Research in progress...</p>
+            <p style={{ margin: '8px 0 0 0', color: '#666', fontSize: '14px' }}>{currentMessage || 'Gathering research data...'}</p>
+          </div>
+        );
+      }
+      
+      return (
+        <div style={{ padding: '20px', backgroundColor: '#f8f9fa', borderRadius: '12px', border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', margin: '8px 0' }}>
+          <h4 style={{ margin: '0 0 16px 0', color: '#333' }}>🔍 Let's Research Your Blog Topic</h4>
+          <p style={{ margin: '0 0 16px 0', color: '#666', fontSize: '14px' }}>
+            What keywords and information would you like to use for your research? Please also specify the desired length of the blog post.
+          </p>
+          
+          <div style={{ marginBottom: '16px' }}>
+            <label style={{ display: 'block', marginBottom: '8px', fontWeight: '500', color: '#333' }}>Keywords or Topic *</label>
+            <input
+              type="text"
+              id="research-keywords-input"
+              placeholder="e.g., artificial intelligence, machine learning, AI trends"
+              ref={keywordsRef}
+              style={{ width: '100%', padding: '12px', border: '1px solid #ddd', borderRadius: '6px', fontSize: '14px', boxSizing: 'border-box' }}
+            />
+          </div>
+          
+          <div style={{ marginBottom: '16px' }}>
+            <label style={{ display: 'block', marginBottom: '8px', fontWeight: '500', color: '#333' }}>Blog Length (words)</label>
+            <select
+              id="research-blog-length-select"
+              defaultValue="1000"
+              ref={blogLengthRef}
+              style={{ width: '100%', padding: '12px', border: '1px solid #ddd', borderRadius: '6px', fontSize: '14px', boxSizing: 'border-box' }}
+            >
+              <option value="500">500 words (Short blog)</option>
+              <option value="1000">1000 words (Medium blog)</option>
+              <option value="1500">1500 words (Long blog)</option>
+              <option value="2000">2000 words (Comprehensive blog)</option>
+            </select>
+          </div>
+          
+          <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: '12px', justifyContent: 'flex-end' }}>
+            <button
+              onClick={async () => {
+                const keywords = (keywordsRef.current?.value || '').trim();
+                const blogLength = blogLengthRef.current?.value || '1000';
+                if (!keywords) return;
+                try {
+                  const keywordList = keywords.includes(',') ? keywords.split(',').map(k => k.trim()).filter(Boolean) : [keywords];
+                  const cachedResult = researchCache.getCachedResult(keywordList, 'General', 'General');
+                  if (cachedResult) {
+                    onResearchComplete?.(cachedResult);
+                    setForceUpdate(prev => prev + 1);
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  const payload: BlogResearchRequest = { 
+                    keywords: keywordList, 
+                    industry: 'General', 
+                    target_audience: 'General',
+                    word_count_target: parseInt(blogLength)
+                  };
+                  const { task_id } = await blogWriterApi.startResearch(payload);
+                  setCurrentTaskId(task_id);
+                  setShowProgressModal(true);
+                  polling.startPolling(task_id);
+                  setForceUpdate(prev => prev + 1);
+                } catch (error) {
+                  console.error(`Research failed: ${error}`);
+                }
+              }}
+              style={{ padding: '12px 24px', backgroundColor: '#1976d2', color: 'white', border: 'none', borderRadius: '6px', fontSize: '14px', fontWeight: '500', cursor: 'pointer' }}
+            >
+              🚀 Start Research
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+  });
+
+  // Additional action to catch the specific suggestion message
   useCopilotActionTyped({
     name: 'researchTopic',
     description: 'Research topic with keywords and persona context using Google Search grounding',
     parameters: [
-      { name: 'keywords', type: 'string', description: 'Comma-separated keywords or topic description', required: true },
+      { name: 'keywords', type: 'string', description: 'Comma-separated keywords or topic description', required: false },
       { name: 'industry', type: 'string', description: 'Industry', required: false },
       { name: 'target_audience', type: 'string', description: 'Target audience', required: false },
       { name: 'blogLength', type: 'string', description: 'Target blog length in words', required: false }
     ],
-    handler: async ({ keywords, industry, target_audience, blogLength }: { keywords: string; industry?: string; target_audience?: string; blogLength?: string }) => {
+    handler: async ({ keywords = '', industry = 'General', target_audience = 'General', blogLength = '1000' }: any) => {
       try {
-        // If keywords is a topic description, preserve as single phrase unless comma-separated
-        const keywordList = keywords.includes(',') 
-          ? keywords.split(',').map(k => k.trim())
-          : [keywords.trim()]; // Preserve single phrases as-is
-        
-        const industryValue = industry || 'General';
-        const audienceValue = target_audience || 'General';
-        
-        // Check frontend cache first
-        const cachedResult = researchCache.getCachedResult(keywordList, industryValue, audienceValue);
-        if (cachedResult) {
-          console.log('Frontend cache hit - returning cached result instantly');
-          onResearchComplete?.(cachedResult);
-          return { 
-            success: true, 
-            message: `✅ Found cached research for "${keywords}"! Results loaded instantly.`,
-            cached: true
-          };
+        const trimmed = keywords.trim();
+        if (!trimmed) {
+          return "Please provide keywords or a topic for research.";
         }
-        
+        const keywordList = trimmed.includes(',')
+          ? trimmed.split(',').map((k: string) => k.trim()).filter(Boolean)
+          : [trimmed];
         const payload: BlogResearchRequest = { 
           keywords: keywordList, 
-          industry: industryValue, 
-          target_audience: audienceValue,
-          word_count_target: blogLength ? parseInt(blogLength) : 1000
+          industry, 
+          target_audience,
+          word_count_target: parseInt(blogLength)
         };
-        
-        // Start async research
         const { task_id } = await blogWriterApi.startResearch(payload);
         setCurrentTaskId(task_id);
         setShowProgressModal(true);
         polling.startPolling(task_id);
-        
-        return { 
-          success: true, 
-          message: `🔍 Research started for "${keywords}"! Task ID: ${task_id}. Progress will be shown below.`,
-          task_id: task_id
-        };
+        return "Starting research with your provided keywords.";
       } catch (error) {
-        console.error(`Research failed: ${error}`);
-        return { 
-          success: false, 
-          message: `❌ Research failed: ${error}. The AI research system encountered an issue. Please try again with different keywords or contact support if the problem persists.` 
-        };
+        console.error('Failed to start research:', error);
+        return "Failed to start research. Please try again.";
       }
-    },
-    render: () => null
+    }
   });
 
   return (
-    <ResearchProgressModal
-      open={showProgressModal}
-      title="Research in progress"
-      status={polling.currentStatus}
-      messages={polling.progressMessages}
-      error={polling.error}
-      onClose={() => setShowProgressModal(false)}
-    />
+    <>
+      {showProgressModal && (
+        <ResearchProgressModal
+          open={showProgressModal}
+          title={"Research in progress"}
+          status={polling.currentStatus}
+          messages={polling.progressMessages}
+          error={polling.error}
+          onClose={() => setShowProgressModal(false)}
+        />
+      )}
+    </>
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/ResearchPollingHandler.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/ResearchPollingHandler.tsx
index b07f7521..69c5843d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/ResearchPollingHandler.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/ResearchPollingHandler.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { useResearchPolling } from '../../hooks/usePolling';
 import ResearchProgressModal from './ResearchProgressModal';
 import { BlogResearchResponse } from '../../services/blogWriterApi';
 import { researchCache } from '../../services/researchCache';
+import { debug } from '../../utils/debug';
 
 interface ResearchPollingHandlerProps {
   taskId: string | null;
@@ -19,11 +20,11 @@ export const ResearchPollingHandler: React.FC<ResearchPollingHandlerProps> = ({
 
   const polling = useResearchPolling({
     onProgress: (message) => {
-      console.log('ResearchPollingHandler - Progress message received:', message);
+      debug.log('[ResearchPollingHandler] progress', { message });
       setCurrentMessage(message);
     },
     onComplete: (result) => {
-      console.log('ResearchPollingHandler - Research completed:', result);
+      debug.log('[ResearchPollingHandler] complete');
       
       // Cache the result for future use
       if (result && result.keywords) {
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ export const ResearchPollingHandler: React.FC<ResearchPollingHandlerProps> = ({
       setCurrentMessage('');
     },
     onError: (error) => {
-      console.error('Research polling error:', error);
+      debug.error('[ResearchPollingHandler] error', error);
       onError?.(error);
       setCurrentMessage('');
     }
@@ -61,14 +62,14 @@ export const ResearchPollingHandler: React.FC<ResearchPollingHandlerProps> = ({
     };
   }, [polling]);
 
-  console.log('ResearchPollingHandler render:', {
-    taskId,
-    isPolling: polling.isPolling,
-    status: polling.currentStatus,
-    progressMessages: polling.progressMessages?.length,
-    currentMessage,
-    error: polling.error
-  });
+  // Only log on meaningful changes
+  useEffect(() => {
+    debug.log('[ResearchPollingHandler] state', {
+      isPolling: polling.isPolling,
+      status: polling.currentStatus,
+      progressCount: polling.progressMessages?.length || 0
+    });
+  }, [polling.isPolling, polling.currentStatus, polling.progressMessages?.length]);
 
   // Render the unified research progress modal when a task is present
   return (
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/KeywordAnalysis.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/KeywordAnalysis.tsx
index dd920241..a7d6b67b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/KeywordAnalysis.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/KeywordAnalysis.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * Keyword Analysis Component
- * 
+ *
  * Displays comprehensive keyword analysis including keyword types, densities,
  * missing keywords, over-optimization, and distribution analysis.
  */
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   IconButton,
   Tooltip
 } from '@mui/material';
-import { 
+import {
   GpsFixed,
   Search,
   Warning
@@ -36,86 +36,140 @@ interface KeywordAnalysisProps {
   };
 }
 
+const baseCardSx = {
+  p: 3,
+  backgroundColor: '#ffffff',
+  border: '1px solid #e2e8f0',
+  borderRadius: 2,
+  boxShadow: '0 12px 28px rgba(15,23,42,0.08)',
+  color: '#0f172a',
+  minHeight: '100%'
+} as const;
+
+const subCard = (color: string) => ({
+  p: 2,
+  borderRadius: 2,
+  border: `1px solid ${color}`,
+  background: `linear-gradient(145deg, ${color}14, ${color}1f)`
+});
+
 export const KeywordAnalysis: React.FC<KeywordAnalysisProps> = ({ detailedAnalysis }) => {
+  const keywordData = detailedAnalysis?.keyword_analysis;
+
+  const renderDensityRow = (keyword: string, density: number) => {
+    const status = density > 3 ? 'Over-optimized' : density < 1 ? 'Under-optimized' : 'Optimal';
+    const chipColor = density > 3 ? 'error' : density < 1 ? 'warning' : 'success';
+
+    return (
+      <Box
+        key={keyword}
+        sx={{
+          display: 'flex',
+          justifyContent: 'space-between',
+          alignItems: 'center',
+          padding: '0.75rem 1rem',
+          borderRadius: 2,
+          backgroundColor: '#f1f5f9'
+        }}
+      >
+        <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#334155' }}>
+          {keyword}
+        </Typography>
+        <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
+          <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#64748b' }}>
+            {status}
+          </Typography>
+          <Chip label={`${density.toFixed(1)}%`} color={chipColor} size="small" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }} />
+        </Box>
+      </Box>
+    );
+  };
+
   return (
     <Box>
       <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 3 }}>
         <GpsFixed sx={{ color: 'primary.main' }} />
-        <Typography variant="h6" component="h3" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+        <Typography variant="h6" component="h3" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, letterSpacing: 0.2, color: '#0f172a' }}>
           Keyword Analysis
         </Typography>
       </Box>
       <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 3 }}>
         {/* Keyword Types Overview */}
-        <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
-          <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 2 }}>
+        <Paper sx={baseCardSx}>
+          <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#0f172a', mb: 2 }}>
             Keyword Types Found
           </Typography>
           <Grid container spacing={2}>
             <Grid item xs={12} md={4}>
-              <Box sx={{ p: 2, background: 'rgba(76, 175, 80, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2, border: '1px solid rgba(76, 175, 80, 0.3)' }}>
-                <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'success.main', mb: 1 }}>
+              <Box sx={subCard('rgba(34,197,94,0.5)')}>
+                <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#16a34a', mb: 1 }}>
                   Primary Keywords
                 </Typography>
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.keyword_analysis?.primary_keywords?.length || 0} found
+                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1, color: '#475569' }}>
+                  {keywordData?.primary_keywords?.length || 0} found
                 </Typography>
-                {detailedAnalysis?.keyword_analysis?.primary_keywords?.slice(0, 3).map((keyword: string) => (
-                  <Chip key={keyword} label={keyword} size="small" sx={{ mr: 0.5, mb: 0.5 }} />
-                ))}
+                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: 0.5 }}>
+                  {keywordData?.primary_keywords?.slice(0, 3).map((keyword) => (
+                    <Chip key={keyword} label={keyword} size="small" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }} />
+                  ))}
+                </Box>
               </Box>
             </Grid>
             <Grid item xs={12} md={4}>
-              <Box sx={{ p: 2, background: 'rgba(33, 150, 243, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2, border: '1px solid rgba(33, 150, 243, 0.3)' }}>
-                <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'primary.main', mb: 1 }}>
+              <Box sx={subCard('rgba(59,130,246,0.5)')}>
+                <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#2563eb', mb: 1 }}>
                   Long-tail Keywords
                 </Typography>
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.keyword_analysis?.long_tail_keywords?.length || 0} found
+                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1, color: '#475569' }}>
+                  {keywordData?.long_tail_keywords?.length || 0} found
                 </Typography>
-                {detailedAnalysis?.keyword_analysis?.long_tail_keywords?.slice(0, 2).map((keyword: string) => (
-                  <Chip key={keyword} label={keyword} size="small" variant="outlined" sx={{ mr: 0.5, mb: 0.5 }} />
-                ))}
+                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: 0.5 }}>
+                  {keywordData?.long_tail_keywords?.slice(0, 3).map((keyword) => (
+                    <Chip key={keyword} label={keyword} variant="outlined" size="small" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, borderColor: '#93c5fd', color: '#1d4ed8' }} />
+                  ))}
+                </Box>
               </Box>
             </Grid>
             <Grid item xs={12} md={4}>
-              <Box sx={{ p: 2, background: 'rgba(156, 39, 176, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2, border: '1px solid rgba(156, 39, 176, 0.3)' }}>
-                <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'secondary.main', mb: 1 }}>
+              <Box sx={subCard('rgba(168,85,247,0.5)')}>
+                <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#9333ea', mb: 1 }}>
                   Semantic Keywords
                 </Typography>
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.keyword_analysis?.semantic_keywords?.length || 0} found
+                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1, color: '#475569' }}>
+                  {keywordData?.semantic_keywords?.length || 0} found
                 </Typography>
-                {detailedAnalysis?.keyword_analysis?.semantic_keywords?.slice(0, 2).map((keyword: string) => (
-                  <Chip key={keyword} label={keyword} size="small" variant="outlined" color="secondary" sx={{ mr: 0.5, mb: 0.5 }} />
-                ))}
+                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: 0.5 }}>
+                  {keywordData?.semantic_keywords?.slice(0, 3).map((keyword) => (
+                    <Chip key={keyword} label={keyword} variant="outlined" color="secondary" size="small" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, borderColor: '#d8b4fe' }} />
+                  ))}
+                </Box>
               </Box>
             </Grid>
           </Grid>
         </Paper>
 
         {/* Keyword Densities */}
-        <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+        <Paper sx={baseCardSx}>
           <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 2 }}>
-            <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+            <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#0f172a' }}>
               Keyword Densities
             </Typography>
             <Tooltip
               title={
                 <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
+                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, mb: 1, color: '#0f172a' }}>
                     Keyword Density Analysis
                   </Typography>
-                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
+                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1, color: '#475569' }}>
                     Shows how frequently each keyword appears in your content as a percentage of total words.
                   </Typography>
-                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
+                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 0.5, color: '#64748b' }}>
                     <strong>Optimal Range:</strong> 1-3% for primary keywords
                   </Typography>
-                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
+                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 0.5, color: '#64748b' }}>
                     <strong>Too Low (&lt;1%):</strong> Keyword may not be prominent enough
                   </Typography>
-                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
+                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', color: '#64748b' }}>
                     <strong>Too High (&gt;3%):</strong> Risk of keyword stuffing
                   </Typography>
                 </Box>
@@ -123,108 +177,96 @@ export const KeywordAnalysis: React.FC<KeywordAnalysisProps> = ({ detailedAnalys
               arrow
             >
               <IconButton size="small" sx={{ color: 'primary.main' }}>
-                <Search />
+                <Search fontSize="small" />
               </IconButton>
             </Tooltip>
           </Box>
-          <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 1 }}>
-            {detailedAnalysis?.keyword_analysis?.keyword_density && Object.keys(detailedAnalysis.keyword_analysis.keyword_density).length > 0 ? (
-              Object.entries(detailedAnalysis.keyword_analysis.keyword_density).map(([keyword, density]) => (
-                <Box key={keyword} sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center', p: 1, borderRadius: 1, background: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.02)' }}>
-                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 500 }}>{keyword}</Typography>
-                  <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
-                      {density > 3 ? 'Over-optimized' : density < 1 ? 'Under-optimized' : 'Optimal'}
-                    </Typography>
-                    <Chip 
-                      label={`${density.toFixed(1)}%`}
-                      color={density > 3 ? 'error' : density < 1 ? 'warning' : 'success'}
-                      size="small"
-                    />
-                  </Box>
-                </Box>
-              ))
+          <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 1.2 }}>
+            {keywordData?.keyword_density && Object.keys(keywordData.keyword_density).length > 0 ? (
+              Object.entries(keywordData.keyword_density).map(([keyword, density]) => renderDensityRow(keyword, density))
             ) : (
-              <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary', fontStyle: 'italic' }}>
+              <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ color: '#64748b', fontStyle: 'italic' }}>
                 No keyword density data available. Make sure your research data includes target keywords.
               </Typography>
             )}
           </Box>
         </Paper>
-        
+
         {/* Missing Keywords */}
-        {detailedAnalysis?.keyword_analysis?.missing_keywords && detailedAnalysis.keyword_analysis.missing_keywords.length > 0 && (
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+        {keywordData?.missing_keywords && keywordData.missing_keywords.length > 0 && (
+          <Paper sx={baseCardSx}>
             <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 2 }}>
-              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'error.main' }}>
+              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#dc2626' }}>
                 Missing Keywords
               </Typography>
-              <Tooltip
-                title="Keywords from your research that are not found in the content. Consider adding these to improve SEO."
-                arrow
-              >
-                <IconButton size="small" sx={{ color: 'error.main' }}>
-                  <Warning />
+              <Tooltip title="Keywords from your research that are not found in the content. Consider adding these to improve SEO." arrow>
+                <IconButton size="small" sx={{ color: '#dc2626' }}>
+                  <Warning fontSize="small" />
                 </IconButton>
               </Tooltip>
             </Box>
             <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: 1 }}>
-              {detailedAnalysis.keyword_analysis.missing_keywords.map((keyword: string) => (
-                <Chip key={keyword} label={keyword} color="error" variant="outlined" />
+              {keywordData.missing_keywords.map((keyword) => (
+                <Chip key={keyword} label={keyword} variant="outlined" size="small" sx={{ borderColor: '#fecaca', color: '#b91c1c', fontWeight: 600 }} />
               ))}
             </Box>
           </Paper>
         )}
-        
+
         {/* Over-Optimized Keywords */}
-        {detailedAnalysis?.keyword_analysis?.over_optimization && detailedAnalysis.keyword_analysis.over_optimization.length > 0 && (
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+        {keywordData?.over_optimization && keywordData.over_optimization.length > 0 && (
+          <Paper sx={baseCardSx}>
             <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 2 }}>
-              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'warning.main' }}>
+              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#d97706' }}>
                 Over-Optimized Keywords
               </Typography>
-              <Tooltip
-                title="Keywords that appear too frequently (over 3% density). Consider reducing their usage to avoid keyword stuffing penalties."
-                arrow
-              >
-                <IconButton size="small" sx={{ color: 'warning.main' }}>
-                  <Warning />
+              <Tooltip title="Keywords that appear too frequently (over 3% density). Consider reducing their usage." arrow>
+                <IconButton size="small" sx={{ color: '#d97706' }}>
+                  <Warning fontSize="small" />
                 </IconButton>
               </Tooltip>
             </Box>
             <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: 1 }}>
-              {detailedAnalysis.keyword_analysis.over_optimization.map((keyword: string) => (
-                <Chip key={keyword} label={keyword} color="warning" variant="outlined" />
+              {keywordData.over_optimization.map((keyword) => (
+                <Chip key={keyword} label={keyword} variant="outlined" size="small" sx={{ borderColor: '#fcd34d', color: '#b45309', fontWeight: 600 }} />
               ))}
             </Box>
           </Paper>
         )}
 
         {/* Keyword Distribution Analysis */}
-        {detailedAnalysis?.keyword_analysis?.keyword_distribution && Object.keys(detailedAnalysis.keyword_analysis.keyword_distribution).length > 0 && (
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
-            <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 2 }}>
+        {keywordData?.keyword_distribution && Object.keys(keywordData.keyword_distribution).length > 0 && (
+          <Paper sx={baseCardSx}>
+            <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#0f172a', mb: 2 }}>
               Keyword Distribution Analysis
             </Typography>
             <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 2 }}>
-              {Object.entries(detailedAnalysis.keyword_analysis.keyword_distribution).map(([keyword, data]: [string, any]) => (
-                <Box key={keyword} sx={{ p: 2, background: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.02)', borderRadius: 2 }}>
-                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
-                    "{keyword}"
+              {Object.entries(keywordData.keyword_distribution).map(([keyword, data]: [string, any]) => (
+                <Box
+                  key={keyword}
+                  sx={{
+                    p: 2,
+                    borderRadius: 2,
+                    border: '1px solid #e2e8f0',
+                    backgroundColor: '#f8fafc'
+                  }}
+                >
+                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#0f172a', mb: 1 }}>
+                    “{keyword}”
                   </Typography>
                   <Grid container spacing={2}>
                     <Grid item xs={6}>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
+                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#64748b' }}>
                         Density: {data.density?.toFixed(1)}%
                       </Typography>
                     </Grid>
                     <Grid item xs={6}>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
+                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#64748b' }}>
                         In Headings: {data.in_headings ? 'Yes' : 'No'}
                       </Typography>
                     </Grid>
                     <Grid item xs={12}>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
+                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#64748b' }}>
                         First Occurrence: Character {data.first_occurrence || 'Not found'}
                       </Typography>
                     </Grid>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/MetadataDisplay/CoreMetadataTab.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/MetadataDisplay/CoreMetadataTab.tsx
index 92c39bf6..d6ee3e25 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/MetadataDisplay/CoreMetadataTab.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/MetadataDisplay/CoreMetadataTab.tsx
@@ -75,9 +75,22 @@ export const CoreMetadataTab: React.FC<CoreMetadataTabProps> = ({
     return `${current}/${max}`;
   };
 
+  // Consistent text input styling for better contrast
+  const textInputSx = {
+    '& .MuiInputBase-input': {
+      color: '#202124'
+    },
+    '& .MuiInputLabel-root': {
+      color: '#5f6368'
+    },
+    '& .MuiOutlinedInput-notchedOutline': {
+      borderColor: '#dadce0'
+    }
+  } as const;
+
   return (
     <Box>
-      <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ mb: 3, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
+      <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ mb: 3, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, color: '#202124', fontWeight: 600 }}>
         <SearchIcon sx={{ color: 'primary.main' }} />
         Core SEO Metadata
       </Typography>
@@ -85,10 +98,10 @@ export const CoreMetadataTab: React.FC<CoreMetadataTabProps> = ({
       <Grid container spacing={3}>
         {/* SEO Title */}
         <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 2, boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}>
             <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 2 }}>
-              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
-                <SearchIcon sx={{ fontSize: 20 }} />
+              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, color: '#202124' }}>
+                <SearchIcon sx={{ fontSize: 20, color: '#5f6368' }} />
                 SEO Title
               </Typography>
               <Tooltip title="Copy to clipboard">
@@ -107,6 +120,7 @@ export const CoreMetadataTab: React.FC<CoreMetadataTabProps> = ({
               value={metadata.seo_title || ''}
               onChange={handleTextFieldChange('seo_title')}
               placeholder="Enter SEO-optimized title (50-60 characters)"
+              sx={textInputSx}
               InputProps={{
                 endAdornment: (
                   <InputAdornment position="end">
@@ -120,18 +134,18 @@ export const CoreMetadataTab: React.FC<CoreMetadataTabProps> = ({
                 )
               }}
             />
-            <Alert severity="info" sx={{ mt: 1 }}>
-              Include your primary keyword and make it compelling for clicks
-            </Alert>
+            <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ mt: 1, color: '#5f6368', display: 'block' }}>
+              Include your primary keyword and keep between 50–60 characters
+            </Typography>
           </Paper>
         </Grid>
 
         {/* Meta Description */}
         <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 2, boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}>
             <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 2 }}>
-              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
-                <SearchIcon sx={{ fontSize: 20 }} />
+              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, color: '#202124' }}>
+                <SearchIcon sx={{ fontSize: 20, color: '#5f6368' }} />
                 Meta Description
               </Typography>
               <Tooltip title="Copy to clipboard">
@@ -150,6 +164,7 @@ export const CoreMetadataTab: React.FC<CoreMetadataTabProps> = ({
               value={metadata.meta_description || ''}
               onChange={handleTextFieldChange('meta_description')}
               placeholder="Enter compelling meta description (150-160 characters)"
+              sx={textInputSx}
               InputProps={{
                 endAdornment: (
                   <InputAdornment position="end">
@@ -163,18 +178,18 @@ export const CoreMetadataTab: React.FC<CoreMetadataTabProps> = ({
                 )
               }}
             />
-            <Alert severity="info" sx={{ mt: 1 }}>
-              Include a call-to-action and your primary keyword
-            </Alert>
+            <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ mt: 1, color: '#5f6368', display: 'block' }}>
+              Aim for 150–160 characters with a clear value proposition
+            </Typography>
           </Paper>
         </Grid>
 
         {/* URL Slug */}
         <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 2, boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}>
             <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 2 }}>
-              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
-                <LinkIcon sx={{ fontSize: 20 }} />
+              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, color: '#202124' }}>
+                <LinkIcon sx={{ fontSize: 20, color: '#5f6368' }} />
                 URL Slug
               </Typography>
               <Tooltip title="Copy to clipboard">
@@ -192,16 +207,18 @@ export const CoreMetadataTab: React.FC<CoreMetadataTabProps> = ({
               onChange={handleTextFieldChange('url_slug')}
               placeholder="seo-friendly-url-slug"
               helperText="Use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens only"
+              sx={textInputSx}
+              FormHelperTextProps={{ sx: { color: '#5f6368' } }}
             />
           </Paper>
         </Grid>
 
         {/* Focus Keyword */}
         <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 2, boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}>
             <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 2 }}>
-              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
-                <TrendingUpIcon sx={{ fontSize: 20 }} />
+              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, color: '#202124' }}>
+                <TrendingUpIcon sx={{ fontSize: 20, color: '#5f6368' }} />
                 Focus Keyword
               </Typography>
               <Tooltip title="Copy to clipboard">
@@ -219,16 +236,18 @@ export const CoreMetadataTab: React.FC<CoreMetadataTabProps> = ({
               onChange={handleTextFieldChange('focus_keyword')}
               placeholder="primary-keyword"
               helperText="Your main SEO keyword for this post"
+              sx={textInputSx}
+              FormHelperTextProps={{ sx: { color: '#5f6368' } }}
             />
           </Paper>
         </Grid>
 
         {/* Blog Tags */}
         <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 2, boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}>
             <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 2 }}>
-              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
-                <TagIcon sx={{ fontSize: 20 }} />
+              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, color: '#202124' }}>
+                <TagIcon sx={{ fontSize: 20, color: '#5f6368' }} />
                 Blog Tags
               </Typography>
               <Tooltip title="Copy to clipboard">
@@ -241,12 +260,12 @@ export const CoreMetadataTab: React.FC<CoreMetadataTabProps> = ({
               </Tooltip>
             </Box>
             <FormControl fullWidth>
-              <InputLabel>Tags</InputLabel>
+              <InputLabel sx={{ color: '#5f6368' }}>Tags</InputLabel>
               <Select
                 multiple
                 value={metadata.blog_tags || []}
                 onChange={handleTagsChange('blog_tags')}
-                input={<OutlinedInput label="Tags" />}
+                input={<OutlinedInput label="Tags" sx={{ color: '#202124', '& .MuiOutlinedInput-notchedOutline': { borderColor: '#dadce0' } }} />}
                 renderValue={(selected) => (
                   <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: 0.5 }}>
                     {selected.map((value: string) => (
@@ -262,18 +281,18 @@ export const CoreMetadataTab: React.FC<CoreMetadataTabProps> = ({
                 ))}
               </Select>
             </FormControl>
-            <Alert severity="info" sx={{ mt: 1 }}>
-              Add relevant tags for better categorization and discoverability
-            </Alert>
+            <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ mt: 1, color: '#5f6368', display: 'block' }}>
+              Add 3–6 relevant tags for better categorization and discoverability
+            </Typography>
           </Paper>
         </Grid>
 
         {/* Blog Categories */}
         <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 2, boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}>
             <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 2 }}>
-              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
-                <CategoryIcon sx={{ fontSize: 20 }} />
+              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, color: '#202124' }}>
+                <CategoryIcon sx={{ fontSize: 20, color: '#5f6368' }} />
                 Blog Categories
               </Typography>
               <Tooltip title="Copy to clipboard">
@@ -286,12 +305,12 @@ export const CoreMetadataTab: React.FC<CoreMetadataTabProps> = ({
               </Tooltip>
             </Box>
             <FormControl fullWidth>
-              <InputLabel>Categories</InputLabel>
+              <InputLabel sx={{ color: '#5f6368' }}>Categories</InputLabel>
               <Select
                 multiple
                 value={metadata.blog_categories || []}
                 onChange={handleTagsChange('blog_categories')}
-                input={<OutlinedInput label="Categories" />}
+                input={<OutlinedInput label="Categories" sx={{ color: '#202124', '& .MuiOutlinedInput-notchedOutline': { borderColor: '#dadce0' } }} />}
                 renderValue={(selected) => (
                   <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: 0.5 }}>
                     {selected.map((value: string) => (
@@ -307,18 +326,18 @@ export const CoreMetadataTab: React.FC<CoreMetadataTabProps> = ({
                 ))}
               </Select>
             </FormControl>
-            <Alert severity="info" sx={{ mt: 1 }}>
-              Select 2-3 primary categories for your content
-            </Alert>
+            <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ mt: 1, color: '#5f6368', display: 'block' }}>
+              Select 1–3 primary categories for your content
+            </Typography>
           </Paper>
         </Grid>
 
         {/* Social Hashtags */}
         <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 2, boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}>
             <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 2 }}>
-              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
-                <TagIcon sx={{ fontSize: 20 }} />
+              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, color: '#202124' }}>
+                <TagIcon sx={{ fontSize: 20, color: '#5f6368' }} />
                 Social Hashtags
               </Typography>
               <Tooltip title="Copy to clipboard">
@@ -331,12 +350,12 @@ export const CoreMetadataTab: React.FC<CoreMetadataTabProps> = ({
               </Tooltip>
             </Box>
             <FormControl fullWidth>
-              <InputLabel>Hashtags</InputLabel>
+              <InputLabel sx={{ color: '#5f6368' }}>Hashtags</InputLabel>
               <Select
                 multiple
                 value={metadata.social_hashtags || []}
                 onChange={handleTagsChange('social_hashtags')}
-                input={<OutlinedInput label="Hashtags" />}
+                input={<OutlinedInput label="Hashtags" sx={{ color: '#202124', '& .MuiOutlinedInput-notchedOutline': { borderColor: '#dadce0' } }} />}
                 renderValue={(selected) => (
                   <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: 0.5 }}>
                     {selected.map((value: string) => (
@@ -352,18 +371,18 @@ export const CoreMetadataTab: React.FC<CoreMetadataTabProps> = ({
                 ))}
               </Select>
             </FormControl>
-            <Alert severity="info" sx={{ mt: 1 }}>
-              Include # symbol for social media platforms
-            </Alert>
+            <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ mt: 1, color: '#5f6368', display: 'block' }}>
+              Include # symbol (e.g., #multimodalAI). 3–5 hashtags recommended.
+            </Typography>
           </Paper>
         </Grid>
 
         {/* Reading Time */}
         <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 2, boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}>
             <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 2 }}>
-              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
-                <ScheduleIcon sx={{ fontSize: 20 }} />
+              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, color: '#202124' }}>
+                <ScheduleIcon sx={{ fontSize: 20, color: '#5f6368' }} />
                 Reading Time
               </Typography>
               <Tooltip title="Copy to clipboard">
@@ -385,6 +404,8 @@ export const CoreMetadataTab: React.FC<CoreMetadataTabProps> = ({
                 endAdornment: <InputAdornment position="end">minutes</InputAdornment>
               }}
               helperText="Estimated reading time for your content"
+              sx={textInputSx}
+              FormHelperTextProps={{ sx: { color: '#5f6368' } }}
             />
           </Paper>
         </Grid>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/MetadataDisplay/PreviewCard.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/MetadataDisplay/PreviewCard.tsx
index 6ac707d1..67df96ff 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/MetadataDisplay/PreviewCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/MetadataDisplay/PreviewCard.tsx
@@ -12,28 +12,35 @@ import {
   Box,
   Typography,
   Paper,
-  Grid,
   Card,
   CardContent,
   Chip,
-  Alert
+  Tabs,
+  Tab,
+  Tooltip,
+  IconButton
 } from '@mui/material';
 import {
   Search as SearchIcon,
   Code as CodeIcon,
   Facebook as FacebookIcon,
   Twitter as TwitterIcon,
-  Google as GoogleIcon
+  Google as GoogleIcon,
+  Info as InfoIcon
 } from '@mui/icons-material';
 
 interface PreviewCardProps {
   metadata: any;
   blogTitle: string;
+  previewTabValue: string;
+  onPreviewTabChange: (value: string) => void;
 }
 
 export const PreviewCard: React.FC<PreviewCardProps> = ({
   metadata,
-  blogTitle
+  blogTitle,
+  previewTabValue,
+  onPreviewTabChange
 }) => {
   const getCurrentDate = () => {
     return new Date().toLocaleDateString('en-US', {
@@ -45,320 +52,491 @@ export const PreviewCard: React.FC<PreviewCardProps> = ({
 
   return (
     <Box>
-      <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ mb: 3, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
+      {/* Title with Tooltip */}
+      <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 3 }}>
         <SearchIcon sx={{ color: 'primary.main' }} />
-        Live Preview
-      </Typography>
+        <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+          Live Preview
+        </Typography>
+        <Tooltip 
+          title="This is how your blog post will appear in search results and social media platforms"
+          arrow
+          placement="top"
+        >
+          <IconButton size="small" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
+            <InfoIcon fontSize="small" />
+          </IconButton>
+        </Tooltip>
+      </Box>
 
-      <Grid container spacing={3}>
-        {/* Google Search Results Preview */}
-        <Grid item xs={12}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
-            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 3 }}>
-              <GoogleIcon sx={{ color: '#4285F4' }} />
-              <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                Google Search Results
+      {/* Platform Sub-Tabs */}
+      <Box sx={{ borderBottom: 1, borderColor: 'divider', mb: 3 }}>
+        <Tabs
+          value={previewTabValue}
+          onChange={(e, newValue) => onPreviewTabChange(newValue)}
+          variant="scrollable"
+          scrollButtons="auto"
+          sx={{
+            '& .MuiTab-root': {
+              textTransform: 'none',
+              fontWeight: 500,
+              minHeight: 48
+            },
+            '& .Mui-selected': {
+              fontWeight: 600
+            }
+          }}
+        >
+          <Tab 
+            icon={<GoogleIcon />} 
+            iconPosition="start" 
+            label="Google Search Results" 
+            value="google"
+          />
+          <Tab 
+            icon={<FacebookIcon />} 
+            iconPosition="start" 
+            label="Facebook Preview" 
+            value="facebook"
+          />
+          <Tab 
+            icon={<TwitterIcon />} 
+            iconPosition="start" 
+            label="Twitter Preview" 
+            value="twitter"
+          />
+          <Tab 
+            icon={<CodeIcon />} 
+            iconPosition="start" 
+            label="Rich Snippets Preview" 
+            value="richsnippets"
+          />
+        </Tabs>
+      </Box>
+
+      {/* Google Search Results Preview */}
+      {previewTabValue === 'google' && (
+        <Paper 
+          sx={{ 
+            p: 3, 
+            background: '#ffffff', 
+            border: '1px solid #e0e0e0',
+            borderRadius: 2,
+            boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.1)'
+          }}
+        >
+          <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 3 }}>
+            <GoogleIcon sx={{ color: '#4285F4', fontSize: 28 }} />
+            <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#202124' }}>
+              Google Search Results
+            </Typography>
+          </Box>
+
+          {/* Google SERP Preview - Light Theme (matches actual Google) */}
+          <Card 
+            sx={{ 
+              background: '#ffffff',
+              border: 'none',
+              boxShadow: 'none',
+              maxWidth: 600
+            }}
+          >
+            <CardContent sx={{ p: 2.5 }}>
+              {/* URL - Google Blue */}
+              <Typography 
+                variant="caption" 
+                sx={{ 
+                  color: '#202124',
+                  fontSize: '14px',
+                  lineHeight: 1.3,
+                  mb: 0.5,
+                  display: 'block',
+                  fontFamily: 'arial, sans-serif'
+                }}
+              >
+                {metadata.canonical_url || 'https://yourwebsite.com/blog-post'}
               </Typography>
-              <Chip label="SERP Preview" size="small" color="primary" />
-            </Box>
+              
+              {/* Title - Google Blue, hover underline */}
+              <Typography 
+                variant="h6" 
+                sx={{ 
+                  color: '#1a0dab',
+                  fontWeight: 400,
+                  fontSize: '20px',
+                  lineHeight: 1.3,
+                  mb: 0.5,
+                  cursor: 'pointer',
+                  fontFamily: 'arial, sans-serif',
+                  '&:hover': { textDecoration: 'underline' }
+                }}
+              >
+                {metadata.seo_title || blogTitle}
+              </Typography>
+              
+              {/* Description - Google Gray */}
+              <Typography 
+                variant="body2" 
+                sx={{ 
+                  color: '#4d5156',
+                  lineHeight: 1.58,
+                  fontSize: '14px',
+                  fontFamily: 'arial, sans-serif',
+                  mb: 1
+                }}
+              >
+                {metadata.meta_description || 'Your meta description will appear here in Google search results...'}
+              </Typography>
+              
+              {/* Additional Info */}
+              <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, flexWrap: 'wrap', mt: 1 }}>
+                <Typography 
+                  variant="caption" 
+                  sx={{ 
+                    color: '#70757a',
+                    fontSize: '14px',
+                    fontFamily: 'arial, sans-serif'
+                  }}
+                >
+                  {getCurrentDate()}
+                </Typography>
+                <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#70757a', fontSize: '14px' }}>
+                  • {metadata.reading_time || 5} min read
+                </Typography>
+                {metadata.blog_tags && metadata.blog_tags.length > 0 && (
+                  <>
+                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#70757a', fontSize: '14px' }}>
+                      • {metadata.blog_tags.slice(0, 2).join(', ')}
+                    </Typography>
+                  </>
+                )}
+              </Box>
+            </CardContent>
+          </Card>
+        </Paper>
+      )}
 
-            <Card sx={{ border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', boxShadow: 'none' }}>
-              <CardContent sx={{ p: 2 }}>
+      {/* Facebook Preview */}
+      {previewTabValue === 'facebook' && (
+        <Paper 
+          sx={{ 
+            p: 3, 
+            background: '#ffffff', 
+            border: '1px solid #e0e0e0',
+            borderRadius: 2,
+            boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.1)'
+          }}
+        >
+          <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 3 }}>
+            <FacebookIcon sx={{ color: '#1877F2', fontSize: 28 }} />
+            <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#1c1e21' }}>
+              Facebook Preview
+            </Typography>
+            <Chip label="Open Graph" size="small" sx={{ bgcolor: '#e7f3ff', color: '#1877F2' }} />
+          </Box>
+
+          {/* Facebook Card Preview */}
+          <Card 
+            sx={{ 
+              border: '1px solid #dadde1',
+              borderRadius: 2,
+              boxShadow: 'none',
+              maxWidth: 500,
+              background: '#ffffff',
+              overflow: 'hidden'
+            }}
+          >
+            <CardContent sx={{ p: 0 }}>
+              {/* Image placeholder */}
+              <Box sx={{ 
+                height: 262, 
+                bgcolor: '#f2f3f5', 
+                display: 'flex', 
+                alignItems: 'center', 
+                justifyContent: 'center',
+                borderBottom: '1px solid #dadde1'
+              }}>
+                {metadata.open_graph?.image ? (
+                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#65676b' }}>
+                    Image loaded
+                  </Typography>
+                ) : (
+                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#65676b' }}>
+                    No image set
+                  </Typography>
+                )}
+              </Box>
+              
+              <Box sx={{ p: 2.5, bgcolor: '#ffffff' }}>
                 {/* URL */}
-                <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#1a0dab', mb: 1, display: 'block' }}>
-                  {metadata.canonical_url || 'https://yourwebsite.com/blog-post'}
+                <Typography 
+                  variant="caption" 
+                  sx={{ 
+                    color: '#65676b',
+                    fontSize: '12px',
+                    mb: 0.75,
+                    display: 'block',
+                    textTransform: 'uppercase',
+                    letterSpacing: '0.5px'
+                  }}
+                >
+                  {metadata.canonical_url ? new URL(metadata.canonical_url).hostname : 'yourwebsite.com'}
                 </Typography>
                 
                 {/* Title */}
                 <Typography 
-                  variant="h6" 
+                  variant="subtitle1" 
                   sx={{ 
-                    color: '#1a0dab', 
-                    fontWeight: 400, 
-                    fontSize: '1.1rem',
-                    lineHeight: 1.3,
-                    mb: 1,
-                    cursor: 'pointer',
-                    '&:hover': { textDecoration: 'underline' }
+                    fontWeight: 600, 
+                    mb: 1, 
+                    lineHeight: 1.33,
+                    fontSize: '17px',
+                    color: '#050505',
+                    fontFamily: 'Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif'
                   }}
                 >
-                  {metadata.seo_title || blogTitle}
+                  {metadata.open_graph?.title || metadata.seo_title || blogTitle}
                 </Typography>
                 
                 {/* Description */}
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ color: '#4d5156', lineHeight: 1.4, mb: 1 }}>
-                  {metadata.meta_description || 'Your meta description will appear here in Google search results...'}
+                <Typography 
+                  variant="body2" 
+                  sx={{ 
+                    color: '#65676b', 
+                    lineHeight: 1.33,
+                    fontSize: '15px',
+                    fontFamily: 'Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif'
+                  }}
+                >
+                  {metadata.open_graph?.description || metadata.meta_description || 'Your description will appear here...'}
+                </Typography>
+              </Box>
+            </CardContent>
+          </Card>
+        </Paper>
+      )}
+
+      {/* Twitter Preview */}
+      {previewTabValue === 'twitter' && (
+        <Paper 
+          sx={{ 
+            p: 3, 
+            background: '#ffffff', 
+            border: '1px solid #e0e0e0',
+            borderRadius: 2,
+            boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.1)'
+          }}
+        >
+          <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 3 }}>
+            <TwitterIcon sx={{ color: '#1DA1F2', fontSize: 28 }} />
+            <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#0f1419' }}>
+              Twitter Preview
+            </Typography>
+            <Chip label="Twitter Card" size="small" sx={{ bgcolor: '#e1f5fe', color: '#1DA1F2' }} />
+          </Box>
+
+          {/* Twitter Card Preview */}
+          <Card 
+            sx={{ 
+              border: '1px solid #eff3f4',
+              borderRadius: 2,
+              boxShadow: 'none',
+              maxWidth: 500,
+              background: '#ffffff',
+              overflow: 'hidden'
+            }}
+          >
+            <CardContent sx={{ p: 0 }}>
+              {/* Image placeholder */}
+              <Box sx={{ 
+                height: 262, 
+                bgcolor: '#f7f9fa', 
+                display: 'flex', 
+                alignItems: 'center', 
+                justifyContent: 'center',
+                borderBottom: '1px solid #eff3f4'
+              }}>
+                {metadata.twitter_card?.image ? (
+                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#536471' }}>
+                    Image loaded
+                  </Typography>
+                ) : (
+                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#536471' }}>
+                    No image set
+                  </Typography>
+                )}
+              </Box>
+              
+              <Box sx={{ p: 2.5, bgcolor: '#ffffff' }}>
+                {/* URL */}
+                <Typography 
+                  variant="caption" 
+                  sx={{ 
+                    color: '#536471',
+                    fontSize: '13px',
+                    mb: 0.75,
+                    display: 'block',
+                    fontFamily: '-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif'
+                  }}
+                >
+                  {metadata.canonical_url ? new URL(metadata.canonical_url).hostname : 'yourwebsite.com'}
                 </Typography>
                 
-                {/* Additional Info */}
-                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mt: 1 }}>
-                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#4d5156' }}>
-                    {getCurrentDate()}
-                  </Typography>
-                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#4d5156' }}>
-                    •
-                  </Typography>
-                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#4d5156' }}>
-                    {metadata.reading_time || 5} min read
-                  </Typography>
-                  {metadata.blog_tags && metadata.blog_tags.length > 0 && (
-                    <>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#4d5156' }}>
-                        •
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#4d5156' }}>
-                        {metadata.blog_tags.slice(0, 2).join(', ')}
-                      </Typography>
-                    </>
-                  )}
-                </Box>
-              </CardContent>
-            </Card>
-
-            <Alert severity="info" sx={{ mt: 2 }}>
-              This is how your blog post will appear in Google search results
-            </Alert>
-          </Paper>
-        </Grid>
-
-        {/* Social Media Previews */}
-        <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
-            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 3 }}>
-              <FacebookIcon sx={{ color: '#1877F2' }} />
-              <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                Facebook Preview
-              </Typography>
-              <Chip label="Open Graph" size="small" color="primary" />
-            </Box>
-
-            <Card sx={{ border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', boxShadow: 'none', maxWidth: 400 }}>
-              <CardContent sx={{ p: 0 }}>
-                {/* Image placeholder */}
-                <Box sx={{ 
-                  height: 200, 
-                  bgcolor: '#f5f5f5', 
-                  display: 'flex', 
-                  alignItems: 'center', 
-                  justifyContent: 'center',
-                  borderBottom: '1px solid #e0e0e0'
-                }}>
-                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
-                    {metadata.open_graph?.image ? 'Image loaded' : 'No image set'}
-                  </Typography>
-                </Box>
-                
-                <Box sx={{ p: 2 }}>
-                  {/* URL */}
-                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#65676b', mb: 1, display: 'block' }}>
-                    {metadata.canonical_url || 'yourwebsite.com'}
-                  </Typography>
-                  
-                  {/* Title */}
-                  <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1, lineHeight: 1.3 }}>
-                    {metadata.open_graph?.title || metadata.seo_title || blogTitle}
-                  </Typography>
-                  
-                  {/* Description */}
-                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ color: '#65676b', lineHeight: 1.4 }}>
-                    {metadata.open_graph?.description || metadata.meta_description || 'Your description will appear here...'}
-                  </Typography>
-                </Box>
-              </CardContent>
-            </Card>
-          </Paper>
-        </Grid>
-
-        <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
-            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 3 }}>
-              <TwitterIcon sx={{ color: '#1DA1F2' }} />
-              <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                Twitter Preview
-              </Typography>
-              <Chip label="Twitter Card" size="small" color="info" />
-            </Box>
-
-            <Card sx={{ border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', boxShadow: 'none', maxWidth: 400 }}>
-              <CardContent sx={{ p: 0 }}>
-                {/* Image placeholder */}
-                <Box sx={{ 
-                  height: 200, 
-                  bgcolor: '#f5f5f5', 
-                  display: 'flex', 
-                  alignItems: 'center', 
-                  justifyContent: 'center',
-                  borderBottom: '1px solid #e0e0e0'
-                }}>
-                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
-                    {metadata.twitter_card?.image ? 'Image loaded' : 'No image set'}
-                  </Typography>
-                </Box>
-                
-                <Box sx={{ p: 2 }}>
-                  {/* URL */}
-                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#536471', mb: 1, display: 'block' }}>
-                    {metadata.canonical_url || 'yourwebsite.com'}
-                  </Typography>
-                  
-                  {/* Title */}
-                  <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1, lineHeight: 1.3 }}>
-                    {metadata.twitter_card?.title || metadata.seo_title || blogTitle}
-                  </Typography>
-                  
-                  {/* Description */}
-                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ color: '#536471', lineHeight: 1.4 }}>
-                    {metadata.twitter_card?.description || metadata.meta_description || 'Your description will appear here...'}
-                  </Typography>
-                  
-                  {/* Twitter handle */}
-                  {metadata.twitter_card?.site && (
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#536471', mt: 1, display: 'block' }}>
-                      {metadata.twitter_card.site}
-                    </Typography>
-                  )}
-                </Box>
-              </CardContent>
-            </Card>
-          </Paper>
-        </Grid>
-
-        {/* Rich Snippets Preview */}
-        <Grid item xs={12}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
-            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 3 }}>
-              <CodeIcon sx={{ color: '#34A853' }} />
-              <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                Rich Snippets Preview
-              </Typography>
-              <Chip label="JSON-LD Schema" size="small" color="success" />
-            </Box>
-
-            <Card sx={{ border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', boxShadow: 'none' }}>
-              <CardContent sx={{ p: 2 }}>
-                {/* Article Schema Preview */}
-                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 2 }}>
-                  <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                    {metadata.json_ld_schema?.headline || metadata.seo_title || blogTitle}
-                  </Typography>
-                  <Chip label="Article" size="small" color="success" />
-                </Box>
-                
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ color: '#4d5156', mb: 2 }}>
-                  {metadata.json_ld_schema?.description || metadata.meta_description || 'Article description...'}
+                {/* Title */}
+                <Typography 
+                  variant="subtitle1" 
+                  sx={{ 
+                    fontWeight: 600, 
+                    mb: 1, 
+                    lineHeight: 1.33,
+                    fontSize: '15px',
+                    color: '#0f1419',
+                    fontFamily: '-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif'
+                  }}
+                >
+                  {metadata.twitter_card?.title || metadata.seo_title || blogTitle}
                 </Typography>
                 
-                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 2, flexWrap: 'wrap' }}>
-                  {metadata.json_ld_schema?.author?.name && (
-                    <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 0.5 }}>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#4d5156' }}>
-                        By {metadata.json_ld_schema.author.name}
-                      </Typography>
-                    </Box>
-                  )}
-                  
-                  {metadata.json_ld_schema?.datePublished && (
-                    <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 0.5 }}>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#4d5156' }}>
-                        {new Date(metadata.json_ld_schema.datePublished).toLocaleDateString()}
-                      </Typography>
-                    </Box>
-                  )}
-                  
-                  {metadata.reading_time && (
-                    <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 0.5 }}>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#4d5156' }}>
-                        {metadata.reading_time} min read
-                      </Typography>
-                    </Box>
-                  )}
-                  
-                  {metadata.json_ld_schema?.wordCount && (
-                    <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 0.5 }}>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#4d5156' }}>
-                        {metadata.json_ld_schema.wordCount} words
-                      </Typography>
-                    </Box>
-                  )}
-                </Box>
+                {/* Description */}
+                <Typography 
+                  variant="body2" 
+                  sx={{ 
+                    color: '#536471', 
+                    lineHeight: 1.33,
+                    fontSize: '15px',
+                    fontFamily: '-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif'
+                  }}
+                >
+                  {metadata.twitter_card?.description || metadata.meta_description || 'Your description will appear here...'}
+                </Typography>
                 
-                {metadata.json_ld_schema?.keywords && metadata.json_ld_schema.keywords.length > 0 && (
-                  <Box sx={{ mt: 2 }}>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#4d5156', display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
-                      Keywords:
+                {/* Twitter handle */}
+                {metadata.twitter_card?.site && (
+                  <Typography 
+                    variant="caption" 
+                    sx={{ 
+                      color: '#536471', 
+                      mt: 1, 
+                      display: 'block',
+                      fontSize: '13px',
+                      fontFamily: '-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif'
+                    }}
+                  >
+                    {metadata.twitter_card.site}
+                  </Typography>
+                )}
+              </Box>
+            </CardContent>
+          </Card>
+        </Paper>
+      )}
+
+      {/* Rich Snippets Preview */}
+      {previewTabValue === 'richsnippets' && (
+        <Paper 
+          sx={{ 
+            p: 3, 
+            background: '#ffffff', 
+            border: '1px solid #e0e0e0',
+            borderRadius: 2,
+            boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.1)'
+          }}
+        >
+          <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 3 }}>
+            <CodeIcon sx={{ color: '#34A853', fontSize: 28 }} />
+            <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#202124' }}>
+              Rich Snippets Preview
+            </Typography>
+            <Chip label="JSON-LD Schema" size="small" sx={{ bgcolor: '#e8f5e9', color: '#34A853' }} />
+          </Box>
+
+          {/* Rich Snippets Card */}
+          <Card 
+            sx={{ 
+              background: '#ffffff',
+              border: '1px solid #e0e0e0',
+              borderRadius: 2,
+              boxShadow: 'none',
+              maxWidth: 600
+            }}
+          >
+            <CardContent sx={{ p: 3 }}>
+              {/* Article Schema Preview */}
+              <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 2 }}>
+                <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#202124' }}>
+                  {metadata.json_ld_schema?.headline || metadata.seo_title || blogTitle}
+                </Typography>
+                <Chip label="Article" size="small" sx={{ bgcolor: '#e8f5e9', color: '#34A853' }} />
+              </Box>
+              
+              <Typography 
+                variant="body1" 
+                sx={{ 
+                  color: '#4d5156', 
+                  mb: 2,
+                  lineHeight: 1.6,
+                  fontSize: '14px'
+                }}
+              >
+                {metadata.json_ld_schema?.description || metadata.meta_description || 'Article description...'}
+              </Typography>
+              
+              <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 2, flexWrap: 'wrap', mb: 2 }}>
+                {metadata.json_ld_schema?.author?.name && (
+                  <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 0.5 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#70757a', fontSize: '13px' }}>
+                      By {metadata.json_ld_schema.author.name}
                     </Typography>
-                    <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', gap: 0.5, flexWrap: 'wrap' }}>
-                      {metadata.json_ld_schema.keywords.slice(0, 5).map((keyword: string, index: number) => (
-                        <Chip key={index} label={keyword} size="small" variant="outlined" />
-                      ))}
-                    </Box>
                   </Box>
                 )}
-              </CardContent>
-            </Card>
-
-            <Alert severity="success" sx={{ mt: 2 }}>
-              Rich snippets help search engines understand your content and may display additional information in search results
-            </Alert>
-          </Paper>
-        </Grid>
-
-        {/* Metadata Summary */}
-        <Grid item xs={12}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
-            <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 3, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
-              <SearchIcon />
-              Metadata Summary
-            </Typography>
-
-            <Grid container spacing={2}>
-              <Grid item xs={12} sm={6} md={3}>
-                <Box sx={{ textAlign: 'center', p: 2, bgcolor: 'rgba(76, 175, 80, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2 }}>
-                  <Typography variant="h4" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'success.main' }}>
-                    {metadata.optimization_score || 0}%
-                  </Typography>
-                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
-                    Optimization Score
+                
+                {metadata.json_ld_schema?.datePublished && (
+                  <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 0.5 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#70757a', fontSize: '13px' }}>
+                      {new Date(metadata.json_ld_schema.datePublished).toLocaleDateString()}
+                    </Typography>
+                  </Box>
+                )}
+                
+                {metadata.reading_time && (
+                  <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 0.5 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#70757a', fontSize: '13px' }}>
+                      {metadata.reading_time} min read
+                    </Typography>
+                  </Box>
+                )}
+                
+                {metadata.json_ld_schema?.wordCount && (
+                  <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 0.5 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#70757a', fontSize: '13px' }}>
+                      {metadata.json_ld_schema.wordCount} words
+                    </Typography>
+                  </Box>
+                )}
+              </Box>
+              
+              {metadata.json_ld_schema?.keywords && metadata.json_ld_schema.keywords.length > 0 && (
+                <Box sx={{ mt: 2, pt: 2, borderTop: '1px solid #e0e0e0' }}>
+                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#70757a', display: 'block', mb: 1, fontWeight: 500 }}>
+                    Keywords:
                   </Typography>
+                  <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', gap: 0.5, flexWrap: 'wrap' }}>
+                    {metadata.json_ld_schema.keywords.slice(0, 5).map((keyword: string, index: number) => (
+                      <Chip 
+                        key={index} 
+                        label={keyword} 
+                        size="small" 
+                        variant="outlined" 
+                        sx={{ borderColor: '#e0e0e0', color: '#4d5156' }}
+                      />
+                    ))}
+                  </Box>
                 </Box>
-              </Grid>
-
-              <Grid item xs={12} sm={6} md={3}>
-                <Box sx={{ textAlign: 'center', p: 2, bgcolor: 'rgba(33, 150, 243, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2 }}>
-                  <Typography variant="h4" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'primary.main' }}>
-                    {metadata.reading_time || 0}
-                  </Typography>
-                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
-                    Reading Time (min)
-                  </Typography>
-                </Box>
-              </Grid>
-
-              <Grid item xs={12} sm={6} md={3}>
-                <Box sx={{ textAlign: 'center', p: 2, bgcolor: 'rgba(156, 39, 176, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2 }}>
-                  <Typography variant="h4" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'secondary.main' }}>
-                    {metadata.blog_tags?.length || 0}
-                  </Typography>
-                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
-                    Tags
-                  </Typography>
-                </Box>
-              </Grid>
-
-              <Grid item xs={12} sm={6} md={3}>
-                <Box sx={{ textAlign: 'center', p: 2, bgcolor: 'rgba(255, 152, 0, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2 }}>
-                  <Typography variant="h4" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'warning.main' }}>
-                    {metadata.blog_categories?.length || 0}
-                  </Typography>
-                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
-                    Categories
-                  </Typography>
-                </Box>
-              </Grid>
-            </Grid>
-          </Paper>
-        </Grid>
-      </Grid>
+              )}
+            </CardContent>
+          </Card>
+        </Paper>
+      )}
     </Box>
   );
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/MetadataDisplay/SocialMediaTab.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/MetadataDisplay/SocialMediaTab.tsx
index 5225a9de..ec65a93d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/MetadataDisplay/SocialMediaTab.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/MetadataDisplay/SocialMediaTab.tsx
@@ -71,12 +71,25 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
     return `${current}/${max}`;
   };
 
+  // Consistent text input styling for better contrast
+  const textInputSx = {
+    '& .MuiInputBase-input': {
+      color: '#202124'
+    },
+    '& .MuiInputLabel-root': {
+      color: '#5f6368'
+    },
+    '& .MuiOutlinedInput-notchedOutline': {
+      borderColor: '#dadce0'
+    }
+  } as const;
+
   const openGraph = metadata.open_graph || {};
   const twitterCard = metadata.twitter_card || {};
 
   return (
     <Box>
-      <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ mb: 3, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
+      <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ mb: 3, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, color: '#202124', fontWeight: 600 }}>
         <ShareIcon sx={{ color: 'primary.main' }} />
         Social Media Metadata
       </Typography>
@@ -84,11 +97,11 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
       <Grid container spacing={3}>
         {/* Open Graph Section */}
         <Grid item xs={12}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 2, boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}>
             <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 3 }}>
               <FacebookIcon sx={{ color: '#1877F2' }} />
               <LinkedInIcon sx={{ color: '#0077B5' }} />
-              <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+              <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#202124' }}>
                 Open Graph Tags
               </Typography>
               <Chip label="Facebook & LinkedIn" size="small" color="primary" />
@@ -97,7 +110,7 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
             <Grid container spacing={2}>
               <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
                 <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 1 }}>
-                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#202124' }}>
                     OG Title
                   </Typography>
                   <Tooltip title="Copy to clipboard">
@@ -114,6 +127,7 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
                   value={openGraph.title || ''}
                   onChange={handleNestedFieldChange('open_graph', 'title')}
                   placeholder="Open Graph title (60 characters max)"
+                  sx={textInputSx}
                   InputProps={{
                     endAdornment: (
                       <InputAdornment position="end">
@@ -131,7 +145,7 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
 
               <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
                 <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 1 }}>
-                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#202124' }}>
                     OG Description
                   </Typography>
                   <Tooltip title="Copy to clipboard">
@@ -150,6 +164,7 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
                   value={openGraph.description || ''}
                   onChange={handleNestedFieldChange('open_graph', 'description')}
                   placeholder="Open Graph description (160 characters max)"
+                  sx={textInputSx}
                   InputProps={{
                     endAdornment: (
                       <InputAdornment position="end">
@@ -167,7 +182,7 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
 
               <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
                 <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 1 }}>
-                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#202124' }}>
                     OG Image URL
                   </Typography>
                   <Tooltip title="Copy to clipboard">
@@ -184,6 +199,7 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
                   value={openGraph.image || ''}
                   onChange={handleNestedFieldChange('open_graph', 'image')}
                   placeholder="https://example.com/image.jpg"
+                  sx={textInputSx}
                   InputProps={{
                     startAdornment: (
                       <InputAdornment position="start">
@@ -196,7 +212,7 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
 
               <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
                 <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 1 }}>
-                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#202124' }}>
                     OG URL
                   </Typography>
                   <Tooltip title="Copy to clipboard">
@@ -213,6 +229,7 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
                   value={openGraph.url || ''}
                   onChange={handleNestedFieldChange('open_graph', 'url')}
                   placeholder="https://example.com/blog-post"
+                  sx={textInputSx}
                   InputProps={{
                     startAdornment: (
                       <InputAdornment position="start">
@@ -224,18 +241,18 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
               </Grid>
             </Grid>
 
-            <Alert severity="info" sx={{ mt: 2 }}>
-              Open Graph tags are used by Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social platforms to display rich previews
-            </Alert>
+            <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ mt: 2, color: '#5f6368', display: 'block' }}>
+              Open Graph tags are used by Facebook, LinkedIn, and others to display rich previews.
+            </Typography>
           </Paper>
         </Grid>
 
         {/* Twitter Card Section */}
         <Grid item xs={12}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 2, boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}>
             <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 3 }}>
               <TwitterIcon sx={{ color: '#1DA1F2' }} />
-              <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+              <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#202124' }}>
                 Twitter Card Tags
               </Typography>
               <Chip label="Twitter & X" size="small" color="info" />
@@ -244,7 +261,7 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
             <Grid container spacing={2}>
               <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
                 <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 1 }}>
-                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#202124' }}>
                     Twitter Title
                   </Typography>
                   <Tooltip title="Copy to clipboard">
@@ -261,6 +278,7 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
                   value={twitterCard.title || ''}
                   onChange={handleNestedFieldChange('twitter_card', 'title')}
                   placeholder="Twitter card title (70 characters max)"
+                  sx={textInputSx}
                   InputProps={{
                     endAdornment: (
                       <InputAdornment position="end">
@@ -278,7 +296,7 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
 
               <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
                 <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 1 }}>
-                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#202124' }}>
                     Twitter Description
                   </Typography>
                   <Tooltip title="Copy to clipboard">
@@ -297,6 +315,7 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
                   value={twitterCard.description || ''}
                   onChange={handleNestedFieldChange('twitter_card', 'description')}
                   placeholder="Twitter card description (200 characters max)"
+                  sx={textInputSx}
                   InputProps={{
                     endAdornment: (
                       <InputAdornment position="end">
@@ -314,7 +333,7 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
 
               <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
                 <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 1 }}>
-                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#202124' }}>
                     Twitter Image URL
                   </Typography>
                   <Tooltip title="Copy to clipboard">
@@ -331,6 +350,7 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
                   value={twitterCard.image || ''}
                   onChange={handleNestedFieldChange('twitter_card', 'image')}
                   placeholder="https://example.com/twitter-image.jpg"
+                  sx={textInputSx}
                   InputProps={{
                     startAdornment: (
                       <InputAdornment position="start">
@@ -343,7 +363,7 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
 
               <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
                 <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 1 }}>
-                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#202124' }}>
                     Twitter Site Handle
                   </Typography>
                   <Tooltip title="Copy to clipboard">
@@ -360,6 +380,7 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
                   value={twitterCard.site || ''}
                   onChange={handleNestedFieldChange('twitter_card', 'site')}
                   placeholder="@yourwebsite"
+                  sx={textInputSx}
                   InputProps={{
                     startAdornment: (
                       <InputAdornment position="start">
@@ -371,16 +392,16 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
               </Grid>
             </Grid>
 
-            <Alert severity="info" sx={{ mt: 2 }}>
-              Twitter cards provide rich previews when your content is shared on Twitter/X
-            </Alert>
+            <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ mt: 2, color: '#5f6368', display: 'block' }}>
+              Twitter cards provide rich previews when your content is shared on Twitter/X.
+            </Typography>
           </Paper>
         </Grid>
 
         {/* Social Media Preview */}
         <Grid item xs={12}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
-            <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 2, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
+          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 2, boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}>
+            <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 2, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, color: '#202124' }}>
               <ShareIcon />
               Social Media Preview
             </Typography>
@@ -388,22 +409,22 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
             <Grid container spacing={2}>
               {/* Facebook Preview */}
               <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-                <Card sx={{ border: '1px solid #e0e0e0' }}>
+                <Card sx={{ border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', boxShadow: 'none', background: '#ffffff' }}>
                   <CardContent sx={{ p: 2 }}>
                     <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 2 }}>
                       <FacebookIcon sx={{ color: '#1877F2' }} />
-                      <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+                      <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#202124' }}>
                         Facebook Preview
                       </Typography>
                     </Box>
-                    <Box sx={{ border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 1, p: 2, bgcolor: '#f5f5f5' }}>
-                      <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Box sx={{ border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 1, p: 2.5, bgcolor: '#fafafa' }}>
+                      <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1, color: '#202124' }}>
                         {openGraph.title || 'Your Blog Title'}
                       </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary', mb: 1, display: 'block' }}>
+                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#5f6368', mb: 1, display: 'block' }}>
                         {openGraph.url || 'yourwebsite.com'}
                       </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontSize: '0.875rem' }}>
+                      <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontSize: '0.875rem', color: '#5f6368' }}>
                         {openGraph.description || 'Your meta description will appear here...'}
                       </Typography>
                     </Box>
@@ -413,22 +434,22 @@ export const SocialMediaTab: React.FC<SocialMediaTabProps> = ({
 
               {/* Twitter Preview */}
               <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-                <Card sx={{ border: '1px solid #e0e0e0' }}>
+                <Card sx={{ border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', boxShadow: 'none', background: '#ffffff' }}>
                   <CardContent sx={{ p: 2 }}>
                     <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 2 }}>
                       <TwitterIcon sx={{ color: '#1DA1F2' }} />
-                      <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+                      <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: '#202124' }}>
                         Twitter Preview
                       </Typography>
                     </Box>
-                    <Box sx={{ border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 1, p: 2, bgcolor: '#f5f5f5' }}>
-                      <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Box sx={{ border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 1, p: 2.5, bgcolor: '#fafafa' }}>
+                      <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1, color: '#202124' }}>
                         {twitterCard.title || 'Your Blog Title'}
                       </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary', mb: 1, display: 'block' }}>
+                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#5f6368', mb: 1, display: 'block' }}>
                         {twitterCard.site || '@yourwebsite'}
                       </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontSize: '0.875rem' }}>
+                      <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontSize: '0.875rem', color: '#5f6368' }}>
                         {twitterCard.description || 'Your Twitter description will appear here...'}
                       </Typography>
                     </Box>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/MetadataDisplay/StructuredDataTab.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/MetadataDisplay/StructuredDataTab.tsx
index 770c51c0..387ec410 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/MetadataDisplay/StructuredDataTab.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/MetadataDisplay/StructuredDataTab.tsx
@@ -56,6 +56,28 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
 }) => {
   const [showRawJson, setShowRawJson] = useState(false);
   
+  // Helpers for counters and consistent input styling
+  const getCharacterCountColor = (current: number, max: number) => {
+    if (current > max) return 'error';
+    if (current > max * 0.9) return 'warning';
+    return 'success';
+  };
+
+  const getCharacterCountText = (current: number, max: number) => {
+    if (current > max) return `${current}/${max} (Too long)`;
+    if (current > max * 0.9) return `${current}/${max} (Near limit)`;
+    return `${current}/${max}`;
+  };
+
+  const textInputSx = {
+    '& .MuiInputBase-input': {
+      color: '#202124'
+    },
+    '& .MuiInputLabel-root': {
+      color: '#5f6368'
+    }
+  } as const;
+  
   const handleTextFieldChange = (field: string) => (event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
     onMetadataEdit(field, event.target.value);
   };
@@ -123,7 +145,7 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
       <Grid container spacing={3}>
         {/* Article Information */}
         <Grid item xs={12}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 2, boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}>
             <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 3, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
               <CodeIcon />
               Article Schema
@@ -149,6 +171,19 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
                   value={jsonLdSchema.headline || ''}
                   onChange={handleSchemaFieldChange('headline')}
                   placeholder="Article headline"
+                  sx={textInputSx}
+                  InputProps={{
+                    endAdornment: (
+                      <InputAdornment position="end">
+                        <Typography
+                          variant="caption"
+                          color={getCharacterCountColor((jsonLdSchema.headline || '').length, 110)}
+                        >
+                          {getCharacterCountText((jsonLdSchema.headline || '').length, 110)}
+                        </Typography>
+                      </InputAdornment>
+                    )
+                  }}
                 />
               </Grid>
 
@@ -173,6 +208,19 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
                   value={jsonLdSchema.description || ''}
                   onChange={handleSchemaFieldChange('description')}
                   placeholder="Article description"
+                  sx={textInputSx}
+                  InputProps={{
+                    endAdornment: (
+                      <InputAdornment position="end">
+                        <Typography
+                          variant="caption"
+                          color={getCharacterCountColor((jsonLdSchema.description || '').length, 200)}
+                        >
+                          {getCharacterCountText((jsonLdSchema.description || '').length, 200)}
+                        </Typography>
+                      </InputAdornment>
+                    )
+                  }}
                 />
               </Grid>
 
@@ -202,6 +250,7 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
                       </InputAdornment>
                     )
                   }}
+                  sx={textInputSx}
                 />
               </Grid>
 
@@ -228,6 +277,7 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
                   InputProps={{
                     endAdornment: <InputAdornment position="end">words</InputAdornment>
                   }}
+                  sx={textInputSx}
                 />
               </Grid>
             </Grid>
@@ -236,7 +286,7 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
 
         {/* Author Information */}
         <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 2, boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}>
             <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 3, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
               <PersonIcon />
               Author Information
@@ -262,6 +312,7 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
                   value={author.name || ''}
                   onChange={handleAuthorFieldChange('name')}
                   placeholder="Author Name"
+                  sx={textInputSx}
                 />
               </Grid>
 
@@ -284,6 +335,7 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
                   value={author['@type'] || ''}
                   onChange={handleAuthorFieldChange('@type')}
                   placeholder="Person"
+                  sx={textInputSx}
                 />
               </Grid>
             </Grid>
@@ -292,7 +344,7 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
 
         {/* Publisher Information */}
         <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 2, boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}>
             <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 3, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
               <BusinessIcon />
               Publisher Information
@@ -318,6 +370,7 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
                   value={publisher.name || ''}
                   onChange={handlePublisherFieldChange('name')}
                   placeholder="Publisher Name"
+                  sx={textInputSx}
                 />
               </Grid>
 
@@ -340,6 +393,7 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
                   value={publisher.logo || ''}
                   onChange={handlePublisherFieldChange('logo')}
                   placeholder="https://example.com/logo.png"
+                  sx={textInputSx}
                 />
               </Grid>
             </Grid>
@@ -348,7 +402,7 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
 
         {/* Publication Dates */}
         <Grid item xs={12}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 2, boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}>
             <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 3, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
               <CalendarIcon />
               Publication Dates
@@ -375,6 +429,7 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
                   value={jsonLdSchema.datePublished || ''}
                   onChange={handleSchemaFieldChange('datePublished')}
                   InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }}
+                  sx={textInputSx}
                 />
               </Grid>
 
@@ -398,6 +453,7 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
                   value={jsonLdSchema.dateModified || ''}
                   onChange={handleSchemaFieldChange('dateModified')}
                   InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }}
+                  sx={textInputSx}
                 />
               </Grid>
             </Grid>
@@ -406,7 +462,7 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
 
         {/* Keywords */}
         <Grid item xs={12}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 2, boxShadow: '0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}>
             <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 3, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
               <CodeIcon />
               Keywords & Categories
@@ -438,6 +494,7 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
                   }}
                   placeholder="keyword1, keyword2, keyword3"
                   helperText="Separate keywords with commas"
+                  sx={textInputSx}
                 />
               </Grid>
             </Grid>
@@ -479,7 +536,9 @@ export const StructuredDataTab: React.FC<StructuredDataTabProps> = ({
                     readOnly: true,
                     sx: {
                       fontFamily: 'monospace',
-                      fontSize: '0.875rem'
+                      fontSize: '0.875rem',
+                      background: '#0f172a',
+                      color: '#e2e8f0'
                     }
                   }}
                   sx={{
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/OverallScoreCard.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/OverallScoreCard.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21b392e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/OverallScoreCard.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+/**
+ * OverallScoreCard Component
+ *
+ * Renders the compact overall SEO score summary with grade chip and
+ * category score tiles.
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import {
+  Card,
+  CardHeader,
+  CardContent,
+  Typography,
+  Box,
+  Tooltip,
+  Paper,
+  Chip,
+  Avatar
+} from '@mui/material';
+
+interface MetricTooltip {
+  title: string;
+  description: string;
+  methodology: string;
+  score_meaning: string;
+  examples: string;
+}
+
+interface OverallScoreCardProps {
+  overallScore: number;
+  overallGrade: string;
+  statusLabel: string;
+  categoryScores: Record<string, number>;
+  getMetricTooltip: (category: string) => MetricTooltip;
+  getScoreColor: (score: number) => string;
+}
+
+const getGradeMeta = (grade: string) => {
+  switch (grade) {
+    case 'A':
+      return {
+        color: '#16a34a',
+        background: 'linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(34,197,94,0.12), rgba(22,163,74,0.18))',
+        tooltip: 'Grade A: Outstanding SEO health with only minor optimizations needed.'
+      };
+    case 'B':
+      return {
+        color: '#0ea5e9',
+        background: 'linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(14,165,233,0.12), rgba(2,132,199,0.18))',
+        tooltip: 'Grade B: Strong SEO foundation with several opportunities to optimize further.'
+      };
+    case 'C':
+      return {
+        color: '#d97706',
+        background: 'linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(251,191,36,0.14), rgba(217,119,6,0.2))',
+        tooltip: 'Grade C: Moderate SEO performance. Prioritize improvements in weaker categories.'
+      };
+    case 'D':
+      return {
+        color: '#ea580c',
+        background: 'linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(251,113,133,0.14), rgba(249,115,22,0.2))',
+        tooltip: 'Grade D: Significant SEO gaps detected. Address critical issues promptly.'
+      };
+    default:
+      return {
+        color: '#475569',
+        background: 'linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(148,163,184,0.14), rgba(100,116,139,0.2))',
+        tooltip: 'SEO grade unavailable. Review analysis details for more information.'
+      };
+  }
+};
+
+export const OverallScoreCard: React.FC<OverallScoreCardProps> = ({
+  overallScore,
+  overallGrade,
+  statusLabel,
+  categoryScores,
+  getMetricTooltip,
+  getScoreColor
+}) => {
+  const gradeMeta = getGradeMeta(overallGrade);
+
+  return (
+    <Card
+      sx={{
+        mb: 3,
+        background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.95)',
+        border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.08)',
+        boxShadow: '0 8px 24px rgba(15,23,42,0.04)',
+        borderRadius: 3
+      }}
+    >
+      <CardHeader
+        sx={{
+          pb: 0,
+          '& .MuiCardHeader-content': {
+            overflow: 'hidden'
+          }
+        }}
+      >
+        <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
+          <Typography
+            variant="subtitle1"
+            sx={{ fontWeight: 700, letterSpacing: 0.2, color: '#0f172a' }}
+          >
+            Overall SEO Performance Snapshot
+          </Typography>
+        </Box>
+      </CardHeader>
+
+      <CardContent
+        sx={{
+          pt: 2,
+          pb: { xs: 2.5, md: 3 },
+          px: { xs: 2, md: 3 }
+        }}
+      >
+        <Box
+          sx={{
+            display: 'flex',
+            flexDirection: { xs: 'column', md: 'row' },
+            gap: { xs: 3, md: 4 },
+            alignItems: { xs: 'stretch', md: 'flex-start' }
+          }}
+        >
+          <Box
+            sx={{
+              flexShrink: 0,
+              minWidth: { md: 240 },
+              display: 'flex',
+              flexDirection: 'column',
+              alignItems: { xs: 'flex-start', md: 'center' },
+              gap: 1.5,
+              background: 'linear-gradient(145deg, rgba(241,245,249,0.7), rgba(255,255,255,0.95))',
+              borderRadius: 2,
+              p: { xs: 1.5, md: 2 }
+            }}
+          >
+            <Box sx={{ textAlign: { xs: 'left', md: 'center' } }}>
+              <Typography
+                component="span"
+                sx={{
+                  display: 'inline-flex',
+                  alignItems: 'baseline',
+                  gap: 1,
+                  fontWeight: 800,
+                  fontSize: { xs: '2.4rem', md: '2.8rem' },
+                  lineHeight: 1,
+                  background: 'linear-gradient(120deg, #22c55e, #4ade80)',
+                  backgroundClip: 'text',
+                  WebkitBackgroundClip: 'text',
+                  WebkitTextFillColor: 'transparent'
+                }}
+              >
+                {overallScore}
+                <Typography
+                  component="span"
+                  variant="caption"
+                  sx={{ color: '#64748b', fontWeight: 600 }}
+                >
+                  /100
+                </Typography>
+              </Typography>
+              <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#64748b', display: 'block', mt: 0.5 }}>
+                Overall Score
+              </Typography>
+            </Box>
+            <Tooltip title={gradeMeta.tooltip} arrow placement="top">
+              <Chip
+                label={statusLabel}
+                avatar={
+                  <Avatar
+                    sx={{
+                      bgcolor: '#fff',
+                      color: gradeMeta.color,
+                      fontWeight: 700
+                    }}
+                  >
+                    {overallGrade}
+                  </Avatar>
+                }
+                sx={{
+                  fontWeight: 600,
+                  px: 2.2,
+                  py: 0.5,
+                  letterSpacing: 0.3,
+                  color: gradeMeta.color,
+                  background: gradeMeta.background
+                }}
+              />
+            </Tooltip>
+          </Box>
+
+          <Box sx={{ flex: 1 }}>
+            <Box
+              sx={{
+                display: 'grid',
+                gridTemplateColumns: { xs: 'repeat(2, minmax(110px, 1fr))', sm: 'repeat(3, minmax(110px, 1fr))' },
+                gap: 1.5
+              }}
+            >
+              {Object.entries(categoryScores).map(([category, score]) => {
+                const tooltip = getMetricTooltip(category);
+                return (
+                  <Tooltip
+                    key={category}
+                    title={
+                      <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
+                        <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, mb: 1, color: '#0f172a' }}>
+                          {tooltip.title}
+                        </Typography>
+                        <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 0.75, color: '#475569' }}>
+                          {tooltip.description}
+                        </Typography>
+                        <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 0.5, color: '#64748b' }}>
+                          <strong>Methodology:</strong> {tooltip.methodology}
+                        </Typography>
+                        <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 0.5, color: '#64748b' }}>
+                          <strong>Score Meaning:</strong> {tooltip.score_meaning}
+                        </Typography>
+                        <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', color: '#64748b' }}>
+                          <strong>Examples:</strong> {tooltip.examples}
+                        </Typography>
+                      </Box>
+                    }
+                    arrow
+                    placement="top"
+                  >
+                    <Paper
+                      sx={{
+                        p: 1.4,
+                        textAlign: 'center',
+                        borderRadius: 2,
+                        backgroundColor: '#ffffff',
+                        border: '1px solid #e2e8f0',
+                        boxShadow: '0 8px 18px rgba(15,23,42,0.06)',
+                        cursor: 'help'
+                      }}
+                    >
+                      <Typography
+                        variant="h6"
+                        sx={{ fontWeight: 800, color: getScoreColor(score), mb: 0.35 }}
+                      >
+                        {score}
+                      </Typography>
+                      <Typography
+                        variant="caption"
+                        sx={{ color: '#64748b', textTransform: 'capitalize', fontWeight: 600 }}
+                      >
+                        {category.replace('_', ' ')}
+                      </Typography>
+                    </Paper>
+                  </Tooltip>
+                );
+              })}
+            </Box>
+          </Box>
+        </Box>
+      </CardContent>
+    </Card>
+  );
+};
+
+export default OverallScoreCard;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/ReadabilityAnalysis.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/ReadabilityAnalysis.tsx
index d6b08b90..e6d0db7e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/ReadabilityAnalysis.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/ReadabilityAnalysis.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * Readability Analysis Component
- * 
+ *
  * Displays comprehensive readability analysis including readability metrics,
  * content statistics, sentence/paragraph analysis, and target audience information.
  */
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   IconButton,
   Tooltip
 } from '@mui/material';
-import { 
+import {
   MenuBook
 } from '@mui/icons-material';
 
@@ -57,109 +57,186 @@ interface ReadabilityAnalysisProps {
   };
 }
 
-export const ReadabilityAnalysis: React.FC<ReadabilityAnalysisProps> = ({ 
-  detailedAnalysis, 
-  visualizationData 
+const cardStyles = {
+  p: 3,
+  backgroundColor: '#ffffff',
+  border: '1px solid #e2e8f0',
+  borderRadius: 2,
+  boxShadow: '0 12px 30px rgba(15,23,42,0.08)',
+  color: '#0f172a',
+  minHeight: '100%'
+} as const;
+
+const sectionTitleSx = {
+  fontWeight: 700,
+  letterSpacing: 0.2,
+  color: '#0f172a',
+  mb: 2
+} as const;
+
+const statRowSx = {
+  display: 'flex',
+  justifyContent: 'space-between',
+  alignItems: 'center',
+  py: 0.5
+} as const;
+
+const statLabelSx = {
+  color: '#475569',
+  fontWeight: 500
+} as const;
+
+const statValueSx = {
+  color: '#0f172a',
+  fontWeight: 700
+} as const;
+
+const metricRowSx = {
+  display: 'flex',
+  justifyContent: 'space-between',
+  alignItems: 'center',
+  padding: '0.65rem 0.85rem',
+  borderRadius: 12,
+  backgroundColor: '#f1f5f9',
+  cursor: 'help',
+  transition: 'transform 0.2s ease, box-shadow 0.2s ease',
+  '&:hover': {
+    transform: 'translateY(-2px)',
+    boxShadow: '0 10px 20px rgba(15,23,42,0.08)'
+  }
+} as const;
+
+export const ReadabilityAnalysis: React.FC<ReadabilityAnalysisProps> = ({
+  detailedAnalysis,
+  visualizationData
 }) => {
+  const readabilityMetrics = detailedAnalysis?.readability_analysis?.metrics ?? {};
+
+  const getMetricDetails = (metric: string, value: number) => {
+    const tooltips: Record<string, { description: string; interpretation: string }> = {
+      flesch_reading_ease: {
+        description: 'Measures how easy text is to read (0-100 scale).',
+        interpretation: value >= 80 ? 'Very Easy' : value >= 60 ? 'Standard' : 'Challenging'
+      },
+      flesch_kincaid_grade: {
+        description: 'U.S. grade level required to understand the text.',
+        interpretation: value <= 8 ? 'Easy' : value <= 12 ? 'Moderate' : 'Advanced'
+      },
+      gunning_fog: {
+        description: 'Years of formal education needed for comprehension.',
+        interpretation: value <= 12 ? 'Easy' : value <= 16 ? 'Moderate' : 'Advanced'
+      },
+      smog_index: {
+        description: 'Estimates the years of education needed to understand the text.',
+        interpretation: value <= 8 ? 'Easy' : value <= 12 ? 'Moderate' : 'Advanced'
+      },
+      automated_readability: {
+        description: 'Automated readability score based on characters per word.',
+        interpretation: value <= 8 ? 'Easy' : value <= 12 ? 'Moderate' : 'Advanced'
+      },
+      coleman_liau: {
+        description: 'Readability based on characters per word and sentence length.',
+        interpretation: value <= 8 ? 'Easy' : value <= 12 ? 'Moderate' : 'Advanced'
+      }
+    };
+
+    return (
+      tooltips[metric] || {
+        description: 'Readability metric',
+        interpretation: 'No interpretation available'
+      }
+    );
+  };
+
+  const renderStatRow = (label: React.ReactNode, value: React.ReactNode) => (
+    <Box sx={statRowSx}>
+      <Typography variant="body2" sx={statLabelSx}>
+        {label}
+      </Typography>
+      <Typography variant="body2" sx={statValueSx}>
+        {value}
+      </Typography>
+    </Box>
+  );
+
   return (
     <Box>
       <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 3 }}>
         <MenuBook sx={{ color: 'primary.main' }} />
-        <Typography variant="h6" component="h3" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+        <Typography
+          variant="h6"
+          component="h3"
+          sx={{ fontWeight: 700, letterSpacing: 0.3, color: '#0f172a' }}
+        >
           Readability Analysis
         </Typography>
       </Box>
+
       <Grid container spacing={3}>
         <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
+          <Paper sx={cardStyles}>
             <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 2 }}>
-              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={sectionTitleSx}>
                 Readability Metrics
               </Typography>
               <Tooltip
                 title={
                   <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, mb: 1, color: '#0f172a' }}>
                       Readability Analysis
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1, color: '#475569' }}>
                       Measures how easy your content is to read and understand.
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 0.75, color: '#64748b' }}>
                       <strong>Flesch Reading Ease:</strong> 90-100 (Very Easy), 80-89 (Easy), 70-79 (Fairly Easy), 60-69 (Standard)
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
-                      <strong>Average Sentence Length:</strong> 15-20 words is optimal
+                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 0.75, color: '#64748b' }}>
+                      <strong>Sentence Length:</strong> 15-20 words is optimal
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                      <strong>Average Syllables per Word:</strong> 1.5-1.7 is ideal
+                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', color: '#64748b' }}>
+                      <strong>Syllables per Word:</strong> 1.5-1.7 keeps content approachable
                     </Typography>
                   </Box>
                 }
                 arrow
               >
                 <IconButton size="small" sx={{ color: 'primary.main' }}>
-                  <MenuBook />
+                  <MenuBook fontSize="small" />
                 </IconButton>
               </Tooltip>
             </Box>
-            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 1 }}>
-              {detailedAnalysis?.readability_analysis?.metrics && Object.keys(detailedAnalysis.readability_analysis.metrics).length > 0 ? (
-                Object.entries(detailedAnalysis.readability_analysis.metrics).map(([metric, value]) => {
-                  const getReadabilityTooltip = (metric: string, value: number) => {
-                    const tooltips = {
-                      flesch_reading_ease: {
-                        description: "Measures how easy text is to read (0-100 scale)",
-                        interpretation: value >= 80 ? "Very Easy" : value >= 60 ? "Standard" : "Difficult"
-                      },
-                      flesch_kincaid_grade: {
-                        description: "U.S. grade level needed to understand the text",
-                        interpretation: value <= 8 ? "Easy" : value <= 12 ? "Moderate" : "Difficult"
-                      },
-                      gunning_fog: {
-                        description: "Years of formal education needed to understand the text",
-                        interpretation: value <= 12 ? "Easy" : value <= 16 ? "Moderate" : "Difficult"
-                      },
-                      smog_index: {
-                        description: "Simple Measure of Gobbledygook - readability formula",
-                        interpretation: value <= 8 ? "Easy" : value <= 12 ? "Moderate" : "Difficult"
-                      },
-                      automated_readability: {
-                        description: "Automated Readability Index based on character count",
-                        interpretation: value <= 8 ? "Easy" : value <= 12 ? "Moderate" : "Difficult"
-                      },
-                      coleman_liau: {
-                        description: "Readability test based on average sentence length and characters per word",
-                        interpretation: value <= 8 ? "Easy" : value <= 12 ? "Moderate" : "Difficult"
-                      }
-                    };
-                    return tooltips[metric as keyof typeof tooltips] || { description: "Readability metric", interpretation: "N/A" };
-                  };
-                  
-                  const tooltip = getReadabilityTooltip(metric, value);
+
+            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 1.25 }}>
+              {Object.keys(readabilityMetrics).length > 0 ? (
+                Object.entries(readabilityMetrics).map(([metric, value]) => {
+                  const { description, interpretation } = getMetricDetails(metric, value);
+                  const label = metric.replace('_', ' ').replace(/\b\w/g, (l) => l.toUpperCase());
+
                   return (
                     <Tooltip
                       key={metric}
                       title={
                         <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                          <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
-                            {metric.replace('_', ' ').replace(/\b\w/g, l => l.toUpperCase())}
+                          <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, mb: 1, color: '#0f172a' }}>
+                            {label}
                           </Typography>
-                          <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
-                            {tooltip.description}
+                          <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1, color: '#475569' }}>
+                            {description}
                           </Typography>
-                          <Typography variant="caption">
-                            <strong>Interpretation:</strong> {tooltip.interpretation}
+                          <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#64748b' }}>
+                            <strong>Interpretation:</strong> {interpretation}
                           </Typography>
                         </Box>
                       }
                       arrow
+                      placement="top"
                     >
-                      <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center', p: 1, borderRadius: 1, background: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.02)', cursor: 'help' }}>
-                        <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ textTransform: 'capitalize' }}>
+                      <Box sx={metricRowSx}>
+                        <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ textTransform: 'capitalize', color: '#334155' }}>
                           {metric.replace('_', ' ')}
                         </Typography>
-                        <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+                        <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#0f172a' }}>
                           {value.toFixed(1)}
                         </Typography>
                       </Box>
@@ -167,116 +244,72 @@ export const ReadabilityAnalysis: React.FC<ReadabilityAnalysisProps> = ({
                   );
                 })
               ) : (
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary', fontStyle: 'italic' }}>
+                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ color: '#64748b', fontStyle: 'italic' }}>
                   No readability metrics available. This may indicate an issue with the content analysis.
                 </Typography>
               )}
             </Box>
           </Paper>
         </Grid>
-        
+
         <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
-            <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 2 }}>
+          <Paper sx={cardStyles}>
+            <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={sectionTitleSx}>
               Content Statistics
             </Typography>
-            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 1 }}>
-              <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center' }}>
-                <Typography variant="body2">Word Count</Typography>
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.word_count || visualizationData?.content_stats.word_count}
-                </Typography>
-              </Box>
-              <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center' }}>
-                <Typography variant="body2">Sections</Typography>
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.content_structure?.total_sections || visualizationData?.content_stats.sections}
-                </Typography>
-              </Box>
-              <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center' }}>
-                <Typography variant="body2">Paragraphs</Typography>
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.content_structure?.total_paragraphs || visualizationData?.content_stats.paragraphs}
-                </Typography>
-              </Box>
-              <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center' }}>
-                <Typography variant="body2">Sentences</Typography>
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.content_structure?.total_sentences || 'N/A'}
-                </Typography>
-              </Box>
-              <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center' }}>
-                <Typography variant="body2">Unique Words</Typography>
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.unique_words || 'N/A'}
-                </Typography>
-              </Box>
-              <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center' }}>
-                <Typography variant="body2">Vocabulary Diversity</Typography>
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.vocabulary_diversity ? 
-                    (detailedAnalysis.content_quality.vocabulary_diversity * 100).toFixed(1) + '%' : 'N/A'}
-                </Typography>
-              </Box>
+            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 0.25 }}>
+              {renderStatRow('Word Count', detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.word_count || visualizationData?.content_stats.word_count || 'N/A')}
+              {renderStatRow('Sections', detailedAnalysis?.content_structure?.total_sections || visualizationData?.content_stats.sections || 'N/A')}
+              {renderStatRow('Paragraphs', detailedAnalysis?.content_structure?.total_paragraphs || visualizationData?.content_stats.paragraphs || 'N/A')}
+              {renderStatRow('Sentences', detailedAnalysis?.content_structure?.total_sentences || 'N/A')}
+              {renderStatRow('Unique Words', detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.unique_words || 'N/A')}
+              {renderStatRow(
+                'Vocabulary Diversity',
+                detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.vocabulary_diversity !== undefined
+                  ? `${(detailedAnalysis.content_quality.vocabulary_diversity * 100).toFixed(1)}%`
+                  : 'N/A'
+              )}
             </Box>
           </Paper>
         </Grid>
       </Grid>
 
-      {/* Additional Readability Metrics */}
       <Grid container spacing={3} sx={{ mt: 2 }}>
         <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
-            <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 2 }}>
+          <Paper sx={cardStyles}>
+            <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={sectionTitleSx}>
               Sentence & Paragraph Analysis
             </Typography>
-            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 1 }}>
-              <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center' }}>
-                <Typography variant="body2">Avg Sentence Length</Typography>
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.readability_analysis?.avg_sentence_length?.toFixed(1) || 'N/A'} words
-                </Typography>
-              </Box>
-              <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center' }}>
-                <Typography variant="body2">Avg Paragraph Length</Typography>
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.readability_analysis?.avg_paragraph_length?.toFixed(1) || 'N/A'} words
-                </Typography>
-              </Box>
-              <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center' }}>
-                <Typography variant="body2">Transition Words</Typography>
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.transition_words_used || 'N/A'}
-                </Typography>
-              </Box>
+            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 0.25 }}>
+              {renderStatRow(
+                'Average Sentence Length',
+                detailedAnalysis?.readability_analysis?.avg_sentence_length !== undefined
+                  ? `${detailedAnalysis.readability_analysis.avg_sentence_length.toFixed(1)} words`
+                  : 'N/A'
+              )}
+              {renderStatRow(
+                'Average Paragraph Length',
+                detailedAnalysis?.readability_analysis?.avg_paragraph_length !== undefined
+                  ? `${detailedAnalysis.readability_analysis.avg_paragraph_length.toFixed(1)} words`
+                  : 'N/A'
+              )}
+              {renderStatRow(
+                'Transition Words Used',
+                detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.transition_words_used || 'N/A'
+              )}
             </Box>
           </Paper>
         </Grid>
-        
+
         <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
-            <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 2 }}>
+          <Paper sx={cardStyles}>
+            <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={sectionTitleSx}>
               Target Audience
             </Typography>
-            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 1 }}>
-              <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center' }}>
-                <Typography variant="body2">Reading Level</Typography>
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.readability_analysis?.target_audience || 'N/A'}
-                </Typography>
-              </Box>
-              <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center' }}>
-                <Typography variant="body2">Content Depth Score</Typography>
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.content_depth_score || 'N/A'}
-                </Typography>
-              </Box>
-              <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center' }}>
-                <Typography variant="body2">Flow Score</Typography>
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.flow_score || 'N/A'}
-                </Typography>
-              </Box>
+            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 0.25 }}>
+              {renderStatRow('Reading Level', detailedAnalysis?.readability_analysis?.target_audience || 'N/A')}
+              {renderStatRow('Content Depth Score', detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.content_depth_score || 'N/A')}
+              {renderStatRow('Flow Score', detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.flow_score || 'N/A')}
             </Box>
           </Paper>
         </Grid>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/Recommendations.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/Recommendations.tsx
index 7e096c20..a4d1e592 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/Recommendations.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/Recommendations.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * Recommendations Component
- * 
+ *
  * Displays actionable SEO recommendations with priority indicators,
  * category tags, and impact descriptions.
  */
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   Paper,
   Chip
 } from '@mui/material';
-import { 
+import {
   Lightbulb,
   CheckCircle,
   Cancel,
@@ -30,78 +30,107 @@ interface RecommendationsProps {
   recommendations: Recommendation[];
 }
 
+const priorityStyles: Record<string, { color: string; gradient: string }> = {
+  High: { color: '#dc2626', gradient: 'linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(248,113,113,0.12), rgba(239,68,68,0.18))' },
+  Medium: { color: '#d97706', gradient: 'linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(251,191,36,0.12), rgba(217,119,6,0.16))' },
+  Low: { color: '#16a34a', gradient: 'linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(74,222,128,0.12), rgba(22,163,74,0.16))' },
+  default: { color: '#475569', gradient: 'linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(148,163,184,0.1), rgba(100,116,139,0.14))' }
+};
+
 export const Recommendations: React.FC<RecommendationsProps> = ({ recommendations }) => {
-  const getPriorityColor = (priority: string) => {
-    switch (priority) {
-      case 'High': return 'error.main';
-      case 'Medium': return 'warning.main';
-      case 'Low': return 'success.main';
-      default: return 'text.secondary';
-    }
-  };
+  const getPriorityColor = (priority: string) => priorityStyles[priority]?.color || priorityStyles.default.color;
 
   const getPriorityIcon = (priority: string) => {
     switch (priority) {
-      case 'High': return <Cancel sx={{ fontSize: 16 }} />;
-      case 'Medium': return <Warning sx={{ fontSize: 16 }} />;
-      case 'Low': return <CheckCircle sx={{ fontSize: 16 }} />;
-      default: return <Warning sx={{ fontSize: 16 }} />;
+      case 'High':
+        return <Cancel sx={{ fontSize: 18 }} />;
+      case 'Medium':
+        return <Warning sx={{ fontSize: 18 }} />;
+      case 'Low':
+        return <CheckCircle sx={{ fontSize: 18 }} />;
+      default:
+        return <Warning sx={{ fontSize: 18 }} />;
     }
   };
 
-  const getScoreBadgeVariant = (score: number) => {
-    if (score >= 80) return 'success';
-    if (score >= 60) return 'warning';
-    return 'error';
+  const getChipColor = (priority: string) => {
+    switch (priority) {
+      case 'High':
+        return 'error';
+      case 'Medium':
+        return 'warning';
+      case 'Low':
+        return 'success';
+      default:
+        return 'default';
+    }
   };
 
   return (
     <Box>
       <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 3 }}>
         <Lightbulb sx={{ color: 'primary.main' }} />
-        <Typography variant="h6" component="h3" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+        <Typography variant="h6" component="h3" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, letterSpacing: 0.2, color: '#0f172a' }}>
           Actionable Recommendations
         </Typography>
       </Box>
-      <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 2 }}>
-        {recommendations.map((rec, index) => (
-          <Paper 
-            key={index} 
-            sx={{ 
-              p: 3, 
-              border: '1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1)',
-              background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.03)',
-              borderRadius: 2
-            }}
-          >
-            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'flex-start', gap: 2 }}>
-              <Box sx={{ color: getPriorityColor(rec.priority), mt: 0.5 }}>
-                {getPriorityIcon(rec.priority)}
-              </Box>
-              <Box sx={{ flex: 1 }}>
-                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 2 }}>
-                  <Chip 
-                    label={rec.category} 
-                    variant="outlined" 
-                    size="small"
-                    sx={{ borderColor: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.3)' }}
-                  />
-                  <Chip 
-                    label={rec.priority}
-                    color={getScoreBadgeVariant(rec.priority === 'High' ? 30 : 70)}
-                    size="small"
-                  />
+      <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 2.5 }}>
+        {recommendations.map((rec, index) => {
+          const styles = priorityStyles[rec.priority] || priorityStyles.default;
+          return (
+            <Paper
+              key={index}
+              sx={{
+                p: 3,
+                background: '#ffffff',
+                border: '1px solid #e2e8f0',
+                borderRadius: 3,
+                boxShadow: '0 16px 36px rgba(15,23,42,0.08)',
+                color: '#0f172a'
+              }}
+            >
+              <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'flex-start', gap: 2 }}>
+                <Box
+                  sx={{
+                    mt: 0.5,
+                    display: 'flex',
+                    alignItems: 'center',
+                    justifyContent: 'center',
+                    width: 32,
+                    height: 32,
+                    borderRadius: '999px',
+                    background: styles.gradient,
+                    color: getPriorityColor(rec.priority)
+                  }}
+                >
+                  {getPriorityIcon(rec.priority)}
+                </Box>
+                <Box sx={{ flex: 1, display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 1 }}>
+                  <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1.5, mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Chip
+                      label={rec.category}
+                      variant="outlined"
+                      size="small"
+                      sx={{ borderColor: '#cbd5f5', color: '#475569', fontWeight: 600 }}
+                    />
+                    <Chip
+                      label={rec.priority}
+                      color={getChipColor(rec.priority)}
+                      size="small"
+                      sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}
+                    />
+                  </Box>
+                  <Typography variant="body1" sx={{ lineHeight: 1.6, color: '#1f2937' }}>
+                    {rec.recommendation}
+                  </Typography>
+                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#64748b' }}>
+                    {rec.impact}
+                  </Typography>
                 </Box>
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
-                  {rec.recommendation}
-                </Typography>
-                <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
-                  {rec.impact}
-                </Typography>
               </Box>
-            </Box>
-          </Paper>
-        ))}
+            </Paper>
+          );
+        })}
       </Box>
     </Box>
   );
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/StructureAnalysis.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/StructureAnalysis.tsx
index 82356711..bdc33771 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/StructureAnalysis.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEO/StructureAnalysis.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * Structure Analysis Component
- * 
+ *
  * Displays comprehensive content structure analysis including structure overview,
  * content elements detection, and heading structure analysis.
  */
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   Chip,
   Tooltip
 } from '@mui/material';
-import { 
+import {
   BarChart
 } from '@mui/icons-material';
 
@@ -52,127 +52,157 @@ interface StructureAnalysisProps {
   };
 }
 
+const baseCard = {
+  p: 3,
+  backgroundColor: '#ffffff',
+  border: '1px solid #e2e8f0',
+  borderRadius: 2,
+  boxShadow: '0 12px 28px rgba(15,23,42,0.08)',
+  color: '#0f172a',
+  minHeight: '100%'
+} as const;
+
+const infoRow = {
+  display: 'flex',
+  justifyContent: 'space-between',
+  alignItems: 'center',
+  padding: '0.75rem 0',
+  cursor: 'help'
+} as const;
+
+const statLabel = {
+  color: '#475569',
+  fontWeight: 500
+} as const;
+
+const statValue = {
+  color: '#0f172a',
+  fontWeight: 700
+} as const;
+
+const highlightCard = (borderColor: string) => ({
+  p: 2,
+  borderRadius: 2,
+  border: `1px solid ${borderColor}`,
+  background: `linear-gradient(140deg, ${borderColor}15, ${borderColor}22)`
+});
+
 export const StructureAnalysis: React.FC<StructureAnalysisProps> = ({ detailedAnalysis }) => {
+  const structure = detailedAnalysis?.content_structure;
+  const quality = detailedAnalysis?.content_quality;
+  const headings = detailedAnalysis?.heading_structure;
+
   return (
     <Box>
       <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 3 }}>
         <BarChart sx={{ color: 'primary.main' }} />
-        <Typography variant="h6" component="h3" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+        <Typography variant="h6" component="h3" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, letterSpacing: 0.2, color: '#0f172a' }}>
           Content Structure Analysis
         </Typography>
       </Box>
       <Grid container spacing={3}>
         {/* Content Structure Overview */}
         <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
-            <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 2 }}>
+          <Paper sx={baseCard}>
+            <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, mb: 2, color: '#0f172a' }}>
               Structure Overview
             </Typography>
-            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 1 }}>
+            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 0.25 }}>
               <Tooltip
                 title={
                   <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, mb: 1, color: '#0f172a' }}>
                       Total Sections
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1, color: '#475569' }}>
                       Number of main content sections (H2 headings) in your blog post.
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 0.5, color: '#64748b' }}>
                       <strong>Optimal Range:</strong> 3-8 sections for most blog posts
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                      <strong>Why it matters:</strong> Good sectioning improves readability and helps search engines understand your content structure.
+                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', color: '#64748b' }}>
+                      <strong>Why it matters:</strong> Good sectioning improves readability and structure.
                     </Typography>
                   </Box>
                 }
                 arrow
               >
-                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center', cursor: 'help' }}>
-                  <Typography variant="body2">Total Sections</Typography>
-                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                    {detailedAnalysis?.content_structure?.total_sections || 'N/A'}
+                <Box sx={infoRow}>
+                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={statLabel}>Total Sections</Typography>
+                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={statValue}>
+                    {structure?.total_sections || 'N/A'}
                   </Typography>
                 </Box>
               </Tooltip>
-              
+
               <Tooltip
                 title={
                   <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, mb: 1, color: '#0f172a' }}>
                       Total Paragraphs
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1, color: '#475569' }}>
                       Number of paragraphs in your content (excluding headings).
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', color: '#64748b' }}>
                       <strong>Optimal Range:</strong> 8-20 paragraphs for most blog posts
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                      <strong>Why it matters:</strong> Appropriate paragraph count indicates good content depth and organization.
-                    </Typography>
                   </Box>
                 }
                 arrow
               >
-                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center', cursor: 'help' }}>
-                  <Typography variant="body2">Total Paragraphs</Typography>
-                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                    {detailedAnalysis?.content_structure?.total_paragraphs || 'N/A'}
+                <Box sx={infoRow}>
+                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={statLabel}>Total Paragraphs</Typography>
+                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={statValue}>
+                    {structure?.total_paragraphs || 'N/A'}
                   </Typography>
                 </Box>
               </Tooltip>
-              
+
               <Tooltip
                 title={
                   <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, mb: 1, color: '#0f172a' }}>
                       Total Sentences
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1, color: '#475569' }}>
                       Total number of sentences in your content.
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', color: '#64748b' }}>
                       <strong>Optimal Range:</strong> 40-100 sentences for most blog posts
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                      <strong>Why it matters:</strong> Sentence count affects readability and content comprehensiveness.
-                    </Typography>
                   </Box>
                 }
                 arrow
               >
-                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center', cursor: 'help' }}>
-                  <Typography variant="body2">Total Sentences</Typography>
-                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                    {detailedAnalysis?.content_structure?.total_sentences || 'N/A'}
+                <Box sx={infoRow}>
+                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={statLabel}>Total Sentences</Typography>
+                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={statValue}>
+                    {structure?.total_sentences || 'N/A'}
                   </Typography>
                 </Box>
               </Tooltip>
-              
+
               <Tooltip
                 title={
                   <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, mb: 1, color: '#0f172a' }}>
                       Structure Score
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1, color: '#475569' }}>
                       Overall score (0-100) for your content's structural organization.
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
-                      <strong>Scoring Factors:</strong> Section count, paragraph count, introduction/conclusion presence
-                    </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                      <strong>Why it matters:</strong> Well-structured content ranks better and provides better user experience.
+                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', color: '#64748b' }}>
+                      <strong>Scoring Factors:</strong> Section count, paragraph count, intro/conclusion presence.
                     </Typography>
                   </Box>
                 }
                 arrow
               >
-                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center', cursor: 'help' }}>
-                  <Typography variant="body2">Structure Score</Typography>
-                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                    {detailedAnalysis?.content_structure?.structure_score || 'N/A'}
+                <Box sx={infoRow}>
+                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={statLabel}>Structure Score</Typography>
+                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={statValue}>
+                    {structure?.structure_score || 'N/A'}
                   </Typography>
                 </Box>
               </Tooltip>
@@ -182,94 +212,52 @@ export const StructureAnalysis: React.FC<StructureAnalysisProps> = ({ detailedAn
 
         {/* Content Elements */}
         <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
-            <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 2 }}>
+          <Paper sx={baseCard}>
+            <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, mb: 2, color: '#0f172a' }}>
               Content Elements
             </Typography>
-            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 1 }}>
+            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 0.5 }}>
               <Tooltip
-                title={
-                  <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
-                      Introduction Section
-                    </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
-                      Whether your content has a clear introduction that sets context and expectations.
-                    </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
-                      <strong>Why it matters:</strong> Introductions help readers understand what they'll learn and improve engagement.
-                    </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                      <strong>SEO Impact:</strong> Clear introductions help search engines understand your content's purpose.
-                    </Typography>
-                  </Box>
-                }
+                title="Whether your content has a clear introduction that sets context and expectations."
                 arrow
               >
-                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center', cursor: 'help' }}>
-                  <Typography variant="body2">Has Introduction</Typography>
-                  <Chip 
-                    label={detailedAnalysis?.content_structure?.has_introduction ? 'Yes' : 'No'}
-                    color={detailedAnalysis?.content_structure?.has_introduction ? 'success' : 'error'}
+                <Box sx={infoRow}>
+                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={statLabel}>Has Introduction</Typography>
+                  <Chip
+                    label={structure?.has_introduction ? 'Yes' : 'No'}
+                    color={structure?.has_introduction ? 'success' : 'error'}
                     size="small"
+                    sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}
                   />
                 </Box>
               </Tooltip>
-              
+
               <Tooltip
-                title={
-                  <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
-                      Conclusion Section
-                    </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
-                      Whether your content has a clear conclusion that summarizes key points.
-                    </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
-                      <strong>Why it matters:</strong> Conclusions help readers retain information and provide closure.
-                    </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                      <strong>SEO Impact:</strong> Good conclusions can improve time on page and reduce bounce rate.
-                    </Typography>
-                  </Box>
-                }
+                title="Whether your content ends with a clear conclusion summarizing key points."
                 arrow
               >
-                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center', cursor: 'help' }}>
-                  <Typography variant="body2">Has Conclusion</Typography>
-                  <Chip 
-                    label={detailedAnalysis?.content_structure?.has_conclusion ? 'Yes' : 'No'}
-                    color={detailedAnalysis?.content_structure?.has_conclusion ? 'success' : 'error'}
+                <Box sx={infoRow}>
+                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={statLabel}>Has Conclusion</Typography>
+                  <Chip
+                    label={structure?.has_conclusion ? 'Yes' : 'No'}
+                    color={structure?.has_conclusion ? 'success' : 'error'}
                     size="small"
+                    sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}
                   />
                 </Box>
               </Tooltip>
-              
+
               <Tooltip
-                title={
-                  <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
-                      Call to Action
-                    </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
-                      Whether your content includes a clear call to action for readers.
-                    </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
-                      <strong>Why it matters:</strong> CTAs guide readers to take desired actions and improve conversion rates.
-                    </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                      <strong>SEO Impact:</strong> Strong CTAs can improve user engagement metrics.
-                    </Typography>
-                  </Box>
-                }
+                title="Whether your content includes a clear call to action for readers."
                 arrow
               >
-                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center', cursor: 'help' }}>
-                  <Typography variant="body2">Has Call to Action</Typography>
-                  <Chip 
-                    label={detailedAnalysis?.content_structure?.has_call_to_action ? 'Yes' : 'No'}
-                    color={detailedAnalysis?.content_structure?.has_call_to_action ? 'success' : 'error'}
+                <Box sx={infoRow}>
+                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={statLabel}>Has Call to Action</Typography>
+                  <Chip
+                    label={structure?.has_call_to_action ? 'Yes' : 'No'}
+                    color={structure?.has_call_to_action ? 'success' : 'error'}
                     size="small"
+                    sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}
                   />
                 </Box>
               </Tooltip>
@@ -281,193 +269,104 @@ export const StructureAnalysis: React.FC<StructureAnalysisProps> = ({ detailedAn
       {/* Content Quality Metrics */}
       <Grid container spacing={3} sx={{ mt: 2 }}>
         <Grid item xs={12}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
-            <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 2 }}>
+          <Paper sx={baseCard}>
+            <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, mb: 2, color: '#0f172a' }}>
               Content Quality Metrics
             </Typography>
             <Grid container spacing={2}>
               <Grid item xs={12} md={4}>
                 <Tooltip
-                  title={
-                    <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                      <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
-                        Word Count
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
-                        Total number of words in your content.
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
-                        <strong>Optimal Range:</strong> 800-2000 words for most blog posts
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                        <strong>Why it matters:</strong> Longer content typically ranks better and provides more value to readers.
-                      </Typography>
-                    </Box>
-                  }
+                  title="Total number of words in your content. Longer content typically ranks better."
                   arrow
                 >
-                  <Box sx={{ p: 2, background: 'rgba(76, 175, 80, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2, border: '1px solid rgba(76, 175, 80, 0.3)', cursor: 'help' }}>
-                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'success.main', mb: 1 }}>
+                  <Box sx={highlightCard('rgba(34,197,94,0.65)')}>
+                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#15803d', mb: 1 }}>
                       Word Count
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 'bold' }}>
-                      {detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.word_count || 'N/A'}
+                    <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 800, color: '#0f172a' }}>
+                      {quality?.word_count || 'N/A'}
                     </Typography>
                   </Box>
                 </Tooltip>
               </Grid>
-              
+
               <Grid item xs={12} md={4}>
                 <Tooltip
-                  title={
-                    <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                      <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
-                        Vocabulary Diversity
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
-                        Ratio of unique words to total words, indicating content variety.
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
-                        <strong>Optimal Range:</strong> 0.4-0.7 (40-70% unique words)
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                        <strong>Why it matters:</strong> Higher diversity indicates richer, more engaging content.
-                      </Typography>
-                    </Box>
-                  }
+                  title="Ratio of unique words to total words, indicating content variety and richness."
                   arrow
                 >
-                  <Box sx={{ p: 2, background: 'rgba(33, 150, 243, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2, border: '1px solid rgba(33, 150, 243, 0.3)', cursor: 'help' }}>
-                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'primary.main', mb: 1 }}>
+                  <Box sx={highlightCard('rgba(59,130,246,0.65)')}>
+                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#1d4ed8', mb: 1 }}>
                       Vocabulary Diversity
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 'bold' }}>
-                      {detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.vocabulary_diversity ? 
-                        (detailedAnalysis.content_quality.vocabulary_diversity * 100).toFixed(1) + '%' : 'N/A'}
+                    <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 800, color: '#0f172a' }}>
+                      {quality?.vocabulary_diversity !== undefined
+                        ? `${(quality.vocabulary_diversity * 100).toFixed(1)}%`
+                        : 'N/A'}
                     </Typography>
                   </Box>
                 </Tooltip>
               </Grid>
-              
+
               <Grid item xs={12} md={4}>
                 <Tooltip
-                  title={
-                    <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                      <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
-                        Content Depth Score
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
-                        Score (0-100) indicating how comprehensive and detailed your content is.
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
-                        <strong>Scoring Factors:</strong> Word count, section depth, information density
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                        <strong>Why it matters:</strong> Deeper content provides more value and ranks better in search results.
-                      </Typography>
-                    </Box>
-                  }
+                  title="Score (0-100) indicating how comprehensive and detailed your content is."
                   arrow
                 >
-                  <Box sx={{ p: 2, background: 'rgba(156, 39, 176, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2, border: '1px solid rgba(156, 39, 176, 0.3)', cursor: 'help' }}>
-                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'secondary.main', mb: 1 }}>
+                  <Box sx={highlightCard('rgba(168,85,247,0.65)')}>
+                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#7c3aed', mb: 1 }}>
                       Content Depth Score
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 'bold' }}>
-                      {detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.content_depth_score || 'N/A'}
+                    <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 800, color: '#0f172a' }}>
+                      {quality?.content_depth_score || 'N/A'}
                     </Typography>
                   </Box>
                 </Tooltip>
               </Grid>
-              
+
               <Grid item xs={12} md={4}>
                 <Tooltip
-                  title={
-                    <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                      <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
-                        Flow Score
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
-                        Score (0-100) indicating how well your content flows from one idea to the next.
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
-                        <strong>Scoring Factors:</strong> Transition words, sentence variety, logical progression
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                        <strong>Why it matters:</strong> Good flow improves readability and keeps readers engaged.
-                      </Typography>
-                    </Box>
-                  }
+                  title="Score (0-100) indicating how well your content flows from one idea to the next."
                   arrow
                 >
-                  <Box sx={{ p: 2, background: 'rgba(255, 152, 0, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2, border: '1px solid rgba(255, 152, 0, 0.3)', cursor: 'help' }}>
-                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'warning.main', mb: 1 }}>
+                  <Box sx={highlightCard('rgba(14,165,233,0.6)')}>
+                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#0284c7', mb: 1 }}>
                       Flow Score
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 'bold' }}>
-                      {detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.flow_score || 'N/A'}
+                    <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 800, color: '#0f172a' }}>
+                      {quality?.flow_score || 'N/A'}
                     </Typography>
                   </Box>
                 </Tooltip>
               </Grid>
-              
+
               <Grid item xs={12} md={4}>
                 <Tooltip
-                  title={
-                    <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                      <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
-                        Transition Words
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
-                        Number of transition words used to connect ideas and improve flow.
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
-                        <strong>Optimal Range:</strong> 5-15 transition words for most blog posts
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                        <strong>Why it matters:</strong> Transition words improve readability and help readers follow your logic.
-                      </Typography>
-                    </Box>
-                  }
+                  title="Number of transition words used – higher values suggest smoother narrative flow."
                   arrow
                 >
-                  <Box sx={{ p: 2, background: 'rgba(244, 67, 54, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2, border: '1px solid rgba(244, 67, 54, 0.3)', cursor: 'help' }}>
-                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'error.main', mb: 1 }}>
-                      Transition Words
+                  <Box sx={highlightCard('rgba(251,191,36,0.6)')}>
+                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#b45309', mb: 1 }}>
+                      Transition Words Used
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 'bold' }}>
-                      {detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.transition_words_used || 'N/A'}
+                    <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 800, color: '#0f172a' }}>
+                      {quality?.transition_words_used || 'N/A'}
                     </Typography>
                   </Box>
                 </Tooltip>
               </Grid>
-              
+
               <Grid item xs={12} md={4}>
                 <Tooltip
-                  title={
-                    <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                      <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
-                        Unique Words
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
-                        Number of unique words used in your content.
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
-                        <strong>Why it matters:</strong> More unique words indicate richer vocabulary and better content variety.
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                        <strong>SEO Impact:</strong> Diverse vocabulary can help with semantic SEO and topic coverage.
-                      </Typography>
-                    </Box>
-                  }
+                  title="Average unique words used throughout the article. Indicates lexical richness."
                   arrow
                 >
-                  <Box sx={{ p: 2, background: 'rgba(0, 150, 136, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2, border: '1px solid rgba(0, 150, 136, 0.3)', cursor: 'help' }}>
-                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'info.main', mb: 1 }}>
+                  <Box sx={highlightCard('rgba(244,114,182,0.6)')}>
+                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#be185d', mb: 1 }}>
                       Unique Words
                     </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 'bold' }}>
-                      {detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.unique_words || 'N/A'}
+                    <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 800, color: '#0f172a' }}>
+                      {quality?.unique_words || 'N/A'}
                     </Typography>
                   </Box>
                 </Tooltip>
@@ -478,136 +377,58 @@ export const StructureAnalysis: React.FC<StructureAnalysisProps> = ({ detailedAn
       </Grid>
 
       {/* Heading Structure */}
-      <Grid container spacing={3} sx={{ mt: 2 }}>
-        <Grid item xs={12}>
-          <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
-            <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 2 }}>
-              Heading Structure Analysis
-            </Typography>
-            <Grid container spacing={2}>
-              <Grid item xs={12} md={4}>
-                <Box sx={{ p: 2, background: 'rgba(76, 175, 80, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2, border: '1px solid rgba(76, 175, 80, 0.3)' }}>
-                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'success.main', mb: 1 }}>
-                    H1 Headings ({detailedAnalysis?.heading_structure?.h1_count || 0})
-                  </Typography>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.heading_structure?.h1_headings?.map((heading: string, index: number) => (
-                    <Typography key={index} variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 0.5 }}>
-                      • {heading}
+      {headings && (
+        <Grid container spacing={3} sx={{ mt: 2 }}>
+          <Grid item xs={12}>
+            <Paper sx={baseCard}>
+              <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, mb: 2, color: '#0f172a' }}>
+                Heading Structure
+              </Typography>
+              <Grid container spacing={2}>
+                <Grid item xs={12} md={4}>
+                  <Box sx={highlightCard('rgba(59,130,246,0.45)')}>
+                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#1d4ed8', mb: 1 }}>
+                      H1 Headings
                     </Typography>
-                  ))}
-                </Box>
-              </Grid>
-              <Grid item xs={12} md={4}>
-                <Box sx={{ p: 2, background: 'rgba(33, 150, 243, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2, border: '1px solid rgba(33, 150, 243, 0.3)' }}>
-                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'primary.main', mb: 1 }}>
-                    H2 Headings ({detailedAnalysis?.heading_structure?.h2_count || 0})
-                  </Typography>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.heading_structure?.h2_headings?.slice(0, 3).map((heading: string, index: number) => (
-                    <Typography key={index} variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 0.5 }}>
-                      • {heading}
+                    <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 800, color: '#0f172a' }}>
+                      {headings.h1_count}
                     </Typography>
-                  ))}
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.heading_structure?.h2_headings && detailedAnalysis.heading_structure.h2_headings.length > 3 && (
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
-                      ... and {detailedAnalysis.heading_structure.h2_headings.length - 3} more
-                    </Typography>
-                  )}
-                </Box>
-              </Grid>
-              <Grid item xs={12} md={4}>
-                <Box sx={{ p: 2, background: 'rgba(156, 39, 176, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2, border: '1px solid rgba(156, 39, 176, 0.3)' }}>
-                  <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'secondary.main', mb: 1 }}>
-                    H3 Headings ({detailedAnalysis?.heading_structure?.h3_count || 0})
-                  </Typography>
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.heading_structure?.h3_headings?.slice(0, 3).map((heading: string, index: number) => (
-                    <Typography key={index} variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 0.5 }}>
-                      • {heading}
-                    </Typography>
-                  ))}
-                  {detailedAnalysis?.heading_structure?.h3_headings && detailedAnalysis.heading_structure.h3_headings.length > 3 && (
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
-                      ... and {detailedAnalysis.heading_structure.h3_headings.length - 3} more
-                    </Typography>
-                  )}
-                </Box>
-              </Grid>
-            </Grid>
-            <Box sx={{ mt: 2, p: 2, background: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.02)', borderRadius: 2 }}>
-              <Tooltip
-                title={
-                  <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
-                      Heading Hierarchy Score
-                    </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
-                      Score (0-100) indicating how well your heading structure follows SEO best practices.
-                    </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
-                      <strong>Scoring Factors:</strong> H1 presence, logical hierarchy, keyword usage in headings
-                    </Typography>
-                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                      <strong>Why it matters:</strong> Good heading structure helps search engines understand your content and improves readability.
+                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#64748b' }}>
+                      {headings.h1_headings?.[0] ? `Primary: ${headings.h1_headings[0]}` : 'Primary heading analysis'}
                     </Typography>
                   </Box>
-                }
-                arrow
-              >
-                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1, cursor: 'help' }}>
-                  Heading Hierarchy Score: {detailedAnalysis?.heading_structure?.heading_hierarchy_score || 'N/A'}
-                </Typography>
-              </Tooltip>
-            </Box>
-            
-            {/* Structure Recommendations */}
-            {detailedAnalysis?.content_structure?.recommendations && detailedAnalysis.content_structure.recommendations.length > 0 && (
-              <Box sx={{ mt: 2, p: 2, background: 'rgba(255, 193, 7, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2, border: '1px solid rgba(255, 193, 7, 0.3)' }}>
-                <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1, color: 'warning.main' }}>
-                  Structure Recommendations
-                </Typography>
-                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 0.5 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis.content_structure.recommendations.map((recommendation: string, index: number) => (
-                    <Typography key={index} variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                      • {recommendation}
+                </Grid>
+                <Grid item xs={12} md={4}>
+                  <Box sx={highlightCard('rgba(34,197,94,0.45)')}>
+                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#15803d', mb: 1 }}>
+                      H2 Headings
                     </Typography>
-                  ))}
-                </Box>
-              </Box>
-            )}
-            
-            {/* Heading Recommendations */}
-            {detailedAnalysis?.heading_structure?.recommendations && detailedAnalysis.heading_structure.recommendations.length > 0 && (
-              <Box sx={{ mt: 2, p: 2, background: 'rgba(33, 150, 243, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2, border: '1px solid rgba(33, 150, 243, 0.3)' }}>
-                <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1, color: 'primary.main' }}>
-                  Heading Recommendations
-                </Typography>
-                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 0.5 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis.heading_structure.recommendations.map((recommendation: string, index: number) => (
-                    <Typography key={index} variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                      • {recommendation}
+                    <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 800, color: '#0f172a' }}>
+                      {headings.h2_count}
                     </Typography>
-                  ))}
-                </Box>
-              </Box>
-            )}
-            
-            {/* Content Quality Recommendations */}
-            {detailedAnalysis?.content_quality?.recommendations && detailedAnalysis.content_quality.recommendations.length > 0 && (
-              <Box sx={{ mt: 2, p: 2, background: 'rgba(76, 175, 80, 0.1)', borderRadius: 2, border: '1px solid rgba(76, 175, 80, 0.3)' }}>
-                <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1, color: 'success.main' }}>
-                  Content Quality Recommendations
-                </Typography>
-                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 0.5 }}>
-                  {detailedAnalysis.content_quality.recommendations.map((recommendation: string, index: number) => (
-                    <Typography key={index} variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                      • {recommendation}
+                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#64748b' }}>
+                      {headings.h2_headings?.slice(0, 2).join(', ') || 'Summary of subtopics'}
                     </Typography>
-                  ))}
-                </Box>
-              </Box>
-            )}
-          </Paper>
+                  </Box>
+                </Grid>
+                <Grid item xs={12} md={4}>
+                  <Box sx={highlightCard('rgba(14,165,233,0.45)')}>
+                    <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#0ea5e9', mb: 1 }}>
+                      H3 Headings
+                    </Typography>
+                    <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ fontWeight: 800, color: '#0f172a' }}>
+                      {headings.h3_count}
+                    </Typography>
+                    <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: '#64748b' }}>
+                      {headings.h3_headings?.slice(0, 2).join(', ') || 'Supportive outline points'}
+                    </Typography>
+                  </Box>
+                </Grid>
+              </Grid>
+            </Paper>
+          </Grid>
         </Grid>
-      </Grid>
+      )}
     </Box>
   );
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEOAnalysisModal.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEOAnalysisModal.tsx
index 3534febe..f6cf64c4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEOAnalysisModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEOAnalysisModal.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ import {
   Grid,
   Paper,
   IconButton,
-  Tooltip
+  Tooltip,
+  Avatar,
+  CircularProgress
 } from '@mui/material';
 import { apiClient } from '../../api/client';
 import { 
@@ -32,11 +34,11 @@ import {
   Warning, 
   TrendingUp, 
   Search,
-  BarChart,
   Refresh,
   Close
 } from '@mui/icons-material';
 import { KeywordAnalysis, ReadabilityAnalysis, StructureAnalysis, Recommendations } from './SEO';
+import OverallScoreCard from './SEO/OverallScoreCard';
 
 interface SEOAnalysisResult {
   overall_score: number;
@@ -139,7 +141,27 @@ interface SEOAnalysisModalProps {
   blogContent: string;
   blogTitle?: string;
   researchData: any;
-  onApplyRecommendations?: (recommendations: any[]) => void;
+  onApplyRecommendations?: (recommendations: SEOAnalysisResult['actionable_recommendations']) => Promise<void>;
+  onAnalysisComplete?: (analysis: SEOAnalysisResult) => void;
+}
+
+// Simple content hashing helper (SHA-256)
+async function hashContent(text: string): Promise<string> {
+  try {
+    const enc = new TextEncoder().encode(text);
+    const digest = await crypto.subtle.digest('SHA-256', enc);
+    const bytes = Array.from(new Uint8Array(digest));
+    return bytes.map(b => b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');
+  } catch {
+    // Fallback hash
+    let h = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) h = (h * 31 + text.charCodeAt(i)) | 0;
+    return String(h);
+  }
+}
+
+function getSeoCacheKey(contentHash: string, title?: string) {
+  return `seo_cache:${contentHash}:${title || ''}`;
 }
 
 export const SEOAnalysisModal: React.FC<SEOAnalysisModalProps> = ({
@@ -148,7 +170,8 @@ export const SEOAnalysisModal: React.FC<SEOAnalysisModalProps> = ({
   blogContent,
   blogTitle,
   researchData,
-  onApplyRecommendations
+  onApplyRecommendations,
+  onAnalysisComplete
 }) => {
   const [isAnalyzing, setIsAnalyzing] = useState(false);
   const [analysisResult, setAnalysisResult] = useState<SEOAnalysisResult | null>(null);
@@ -156,18 +179,37 @@ export const SEOAnalysisModal: React.FC<SEOAnalysisModalProps> = ({
   const [progressMessage, setProgressMessage] = useState('');
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [tabValue, setTabValue] = useState('recommendations');
+  const [contentHash, setContentHash] = useState<string>('');
+  const [isApplying, setIsApplying] = useState(false);
+  const [applyError, setApplyError] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
-  // Debug logging
   console.log('SEOAnalysisModal render:', { isOpen, blogContent: blogContent?.length, researchData: !!researchData });
 
-  const runSEOAnalysis = useCallback(async () => {
+  const runSEOAnalysis = useCallback(async (forceRefresh = false) => {
     try {
       setIsAnalyzing(true);
       setError(null);
       setProgress(0);
       setProgressMessage('Starting SEO analysis...');
 
-      // Simulate progress updates (in real implementation, this would be SSE)
+      // Cache check
+      const hash = contentHash || (await hashContent(`${blogTitle || ''}\n${blogContent}`));
+      const cacheKey = getSeoCacheKey(hash, blogTitle);
+      if (!forceRefresh) {
+        const cached = typeof window !== 'undefined' ? window.localStorage.getItem(cacheKey) : null;
+        if (cached) {
+          const parsed = JSON.parse(cached);
+          setAnalysisResult(parsed as SEOAnalysisResult);
+          setIsAnalyzing(false);
+          // Notify parent that analysis is complete (from cache)
+          if (onAnalysisComplete) {
+            onAnalysisComplete(parsed as SEOAnalysisResult);
+          }
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Simulated progress
       const progressStages = [
         { progress: 20, message: 'Extracting keywords from research data...' },
         { progress: 40, message: 'Analyzing content structure and readability...' },
@@ -182,7 +224,7 @@ export const SEOAnalysisModal: React.FC<SEOAnalysisModalProps> = ({
         await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
       }
 
-      // Make API call to analyze blog content
+      // Backend call
       const response = await apiClient.post('/api/blog-writer/seo/analyze', {
         blog_content: blogContent,
         blog_title: blogTitle,
@@ -191,15 +233,8 @@ export const SEOAnalysisModal: React.FC<SEOAnalysisModalProps> = ({
 
       const result = response.data;
       console.log('🔍 Backend SEO Analysis Response:', result);
-      
-      // Convert API response to frontend format - fail fast if data is missing
-      if (!result.success) {
-        throw new Error(result.recommendations?.[0] || 'SEO analysis failed');
-      }
-
-      if (!result.overall_score && result.overall_score !== 0) {
-        throw new Error('Invalid SEO score received from API');
-      }
+      if (!result.success) throw new Error(result.recommendations?.[0] || 'SEO analysis failed');
+      if (!result.overall_score && result.overall_score !== 0) throw new Error('Invalid SEO score received from API');
 
       const convertedResult: SEOAnalysisResult = {
         overall_score: result.overall_score,
@@ -256,13 +291,44 @@ export const SEOAnalysisModal: React.FC<SEOAnalysisModalProps> = ({
       };
       
       setAnalysisResult(convertedResult);
+
+      // Save to cache
+      try {
+        const h = hash || (await hashContent(`${blogTitle || ''}\n${blogContent}`));
+        const key = getSeoCacheKey(h, blogTitle);
+        if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+          window.localStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(convertedResult));
+        }
+      } catch {}
+
       setIsAnalyzing(false);
 
+      // Notify parent that analysis is complete (fresh analysis)
+      if (onAnalysisComplete) {
+        onAnalysisComplete(convertedResult);
+      }
+
     } catch (err) {
       setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Analysis failed');
       setIsAnalyzing(false);
     }
-  }, [blogContent, blogTitle, researchData]);
+  }, [blogContent, blogTitle, researchData, contentHash, onAnalysisComplete]);
+
+  // Precompute hash when modal opens
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (isOpen) {
+      (async () => {
+        const h = await hashContent(`${blogTitle || ''}\n${blogContent}`);
+        setContentHash(h);
+      })();
+    }
+  }, [isOpen, blogContent, blogTitle]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (isOpen && !analysisResult) {
+      runSEOAnalysis();
+    }
+  }, [isOpen, analysisResult, runSEOAnalysis]);
 
   const getScoreColor = (score: number) => {
     if (score >= 80) return 'success.main';
@@ -270,13 +336,6 @@ export const SEOAnalysisModal: React.FC<SEOAnalysisModalProps> = ({
     return 'error.main';
   };
 
-  const getScoreBadgeVariant = (score: number) => {
-    if (score >= 80) return 'success';
-    if (score >= 60) return 'warning';
-    return 'error';
-  };
-
-
   // Tooltip content for each metric
   const getMetricTooltip = (category: string) => {
     const tooltips = {
@@ -326,12 +385,6 @@ export const SEOAnalysisModal: React.FC<SEOAnalysisModalProps> = ({
     return tooltips[category as keyof typeof tooltips] || tooltips.structure;
   };
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (isOpen && !analysisResult) {
-      runSEOAnalysis();
-    }
-  }, [isOpen, analysisResult, runSEOAnalysis]);
-
   return (
     <Dialog 
       open={isOpen} 
@@ -342,14 +395,14 @@ export const SEOAnalysisModal: React.FC<SEOAnalysisModalProps> = ({
         sx: {
           maxHeight: '90vh',
           borderRadius: 3,
-          background: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.98)',
+          backgroundColor: '#f8fafc',
           backdropFilter: 'blur(20px)',
-          border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)',
-          color: 'text.primary'
+          border: '1px solid rgba(148,163,184,0.25)',
+          color: '#0f172a'
         }
       }}
     >
-      <DialogContent sx={{ p: 0 }}>
+      <DialogContent sx={{ p: 0, color: '#0f172a' }}>
         <Box sx={{ p: 3, borderBottom: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
           <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between' }}>
             <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 2 }}>
@@ -358,9 +411,22 @@ export const SEOAnalysisModal: React.FC<SEOAnalysisModalProps> = ({
                 SEO Analysis Results
               </Typography>
             </Box>
-            <IconButton onClick={onClose} sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
-              <Close />
-            </IconButton>
+            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
+              <Button
+                variant="outlined"
+                size="small"
+                startIcon={<Refresh />}
+                onClick={() => {
+                  setAnalysisResult(null);
+                  runSEOAnalysis(true);
+                }}
+              >
+                Refresh
+              </Button>
+              <IconButton onClick={onClose} sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
+                <Close />
+              </IconButton>
+            </Box>
           </Box>
           <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary', mt: 1 }}>
             Comprehensive analysis of your blog content's SEO optimization
@@ -410,138 +476,14 @@ export const SEOAnalysisModal: React.FC<SEOAnalysisModalProps> = ({
         {analysisResult && (
           <Box sx={{ p: 3 }}>
             {/* Overall Score Section */}
-            <Card sx={{ mb: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.9)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
-              <CardHeader>
-                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
-                  <BarChart sx={{ color: 'primary.main' }} />
-                  <Typography variant="h6" component="h3" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                    Overall SEO Score
-                  </Typography>
-                </Box>
-              </CardHeader>
-              <CardContent>
-                <Grid container spacing={3} alignItems="center">
-                  <Grid item xs={4}>
-                    <Box sx={{ textAlign: 'center' }}>
-                      <Typography 
-                        variant="h2" 
-                        sx={{ 
-                          fontWeight: 'bold',
-                          color: getScoreColor(analysisResult.overall_score),
-                          background: 'linear-gradient(45deg, #4caf50, #8bc34a)',
-                          backgroundClip: 'text',
-                          WebkitBackgroundClip: 'text',
-                          WebkitTextFillColor: 'transparent'
-                        }}
-                      >
-                        {analysisResult.overall_score}
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
-                        Overall Score
-                      </Typography>
-                    </Box>
-                  </Grid>
-                  <Grid item xs={4}>
-                    <Box sx={{ textAlign: 'center' }}>
-                      <Typography variant="h3" sx={{ fontWeight: 'bold', color: 'primary.main' }}>
-                        {analysisResult.analysis_summary.overall_grade}
-                      </Typography>
-                      <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
-                        Grade
-                      </Typography>
-                    </Box>
-                  </Grid>
-                  <Grid item xs={4}>
-                    <Box sx={{ textAlign: 'center' }}>
-                      <Chip 
-                        label={analysisResult.analysis_summary.status}
-                        color={getScoreBadgeVariant(analysisResult.overall_score)}
-                        variant="filled"
-                        sx={{ 
-                          fontWeight: 600,
-                          fontSize: '0.9rem',
-                          px: 2,
-                          py: 1
-                        }}
-                      />
-                    </Box>
-                  </Grid>
-                </Grid>
-              </CardContent>
-            </Card>
-
-            {/* Category Scores */}
-            <Card sx={{ mb: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.9)', border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)' }}>
-              <CardHeader>
-                <Typography variant="h6" component="h3" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
-                  Category Breakdown
-                </Typography>
-              </CardHeader>
-              <CardContent>
-                <Grid container spacing={2}>
-                  {Object.entries(analysisResult.category_scores).map(([category, score]) => {
-                    const tooltip = getMetricTooltip(category);
-                    return (
-                      <Grid item xs={6} md={4} key={category}>
-                        <Tooltip
-                          title={
-                            <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
-                              <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 1 }}>
-                                {tooltip.title}
-                              </Typography>
-                              <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
-                                {tooltip.description}
-                              </Typography>
-                              <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1, fontStyle: 'italic' }}>
-                                <strong>Methodology:</strong> {tooltip.methodology}
-                              </Typography>
-                              <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block', mb: 1 }}>
-                                <strong>Score Meaning:</strong> {tooltip.score_meaning}
-                              </Typography>
-                              <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
-                                <strong>Examples:</strong> {tooltip.examples}
-                              </Typography>
-                            </Box>
-                          }
-                          arrow
-                          placement="top"
-                        >
-                          <Paper 
-                            sx={{ 
-                              p: 2, 
-                              textAlign: 'center',
-                              background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)',
-                              border: '1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1)',
-                              borderRadius: 2,
-                              cursor: 'help',
-                              '&:hover': {
-                                background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.9)',
-                                transform: 'translateY(-2px)',
-                                transition: 'all 0.2s ease-in-out'
-                              }
-                            }}
-                          >
-                            <Typography 
-                              variant="h4" 
-                              sx={{ 
-                                fontWeight: 'bold',
-                                color: getScoreColor(score),
-                                mb: 1
-                              }}
-                            >
-                              {score}
-                            </Typography>
-                            <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary', textTransform: 'capitalize' }}>
-                              {category.replace('_', ' ')}
-                            </Typography>
-                          </Paper>
-                        </Tooltip>
-                      </Grid>
-                    );
-                  })}
-                </Grid>
-              </CardContent>
-            </Card>
+            <OverallScoreCard
+              overallScore={analysisResult.overall_score}
+              overallGrade={analysisResult.analysis_summary.overall_grade}
+              statusLabel={analysisResult.analysis_summary.status}
+              categoryScores={analysisResult.category_scores}
+              getMetricTooltip={getMetricTooltip}
+              getScoreColor={getScoreColor}
+            />
 
             {/* Detailed Analysis Tabs */}
             <Card sx={{ background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.05)', border: '1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1)' }}>
@@ -603,43 +545,41 @@ export const SEOAnalysisModal: React.FC<SEOAnalysisModalProps> = ({
                   <Box>
                     <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1, mb: 3 }}>
                       <TrendingUp sx={{ color: 'primary.main' }} />
-                      <Typography variant="h6" component="h3" sx={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>
+                      <Typography variant="h6" component="h3" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, color: '#0f172a' }}>
                         AI-Powered Insights
                       </Typography>
                     </Box>
                     <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 3 }}>
-                      <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.03)', border: '1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1)' }}>
-                        <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 2 }}>
+                      <Paper sx={{ p: 3, backgroundColor: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e2e8f0', borderRadius: 3, boxShadow: '0 12px 28px rgba(15,23,42,0.08)', color: '#0f172a' }}>
+                        <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, mb: 1.5 }}>
                           Content Summary
                         </Typography>
-                        <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
+                        <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ color: '#475569', lineHeight: 1.6 }}>
                           {analysisResult.analysis_summary.ai_summary}
                         </Typography>
                       </Paper>
-                      
-                      <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.03)', border: '1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1)' }}>
-                        <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 2 }}>
+                      <Paper sx={{ p: 3, backgroundColor: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e2e8f0', borderRadius: 3, boxShadow: '0 12px 28px rgba(15,23,42,0.08)', color: '#0f172a' }}>
+                        <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, mb: 1.5 }}>
                           Key Strengths
                         </Typography>
                         <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 1 }}>
                           {analysisResult.analysis_summary.key_strengths.map((strength, index) => (
                             <Box key={index} sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
                               <CheckCircle sx={{ color: 'success.main', fontSize: 16 }} />
-                              <Typography variant="body2">{strength}</Typography>
+                              <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ color: '#1f2937' }}>{strength}</Typography>
                             </Box>
                           ))}
                         </Box>
                       </Paper>
-                      
-                      <Paper sx={{ p: 3, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.03)', border: '1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1)' }}>
-                        <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, mb: 2 }}>
+                      <Paper sx={{ p: 3, backgroundColor: '#ffffff', border: '1px solid #e2e8f0', borderRadius: 3, boxShadow: '0 12px 28px rgba(15,23,42,0.08)', color: '#0f172a' }}>
+                        <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 700, mb: 1.5 }}>
                           Areas for Improvement
                         </Typography>
                         <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 1 }}>
                           {analysisResult.analysis_summary.key_weaknesses.map((weakness, index) => (
                             <Box key={index} sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
                               <Warning sx={{ color: 'warning.main', fontSize: 16 }} />
-                              <Typography variant="body2">{weakness}</Typography>
+                              <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ color: '#1f2937' }}>{weakness}</Typography>
                             </Box>
                           ))}
                         </Box>
@@ -652,19 +592,35 @@ export const SEOAnalysisModal: React.FC<SEOAnalysisModalProps> = ({
 
             {/* Action Buttons */}
             <Box sx={{ p: 3, borderTop: '1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1)' }}>
+              {applyError && (
+                <Alert severity="error" sx={{ mb: 2 }}>
+                  <Cancel sx={{ mr: 1 }} />
+                  {applyError}
+                </Alert>
+              )}
               <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'flex-end', gap: 2 }}>
-                <Button variant="outlined" onClick={onClose} sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
+                <Button variant="outlined" onClick={onClose} sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }} disabled={isApplying}>
                   Close
                 </Button>
                 <Button 
                   variant="contained"
-                  onClick={() => {
-                    if (onApplyRecommendations) {
-                      onApplyRecommendations(analysisResult.actionable_recommendations);
+                  onClick={async () => {
+                    if (!onApplyRecommendations) return;
+                    setApplyError(null);
+                    setIsApplying(true);
+                    try {
+                      await onApplyRecommendations(analysisResult.actionable_recommendations);
+                      // Increased delay to ensure sections are fully updated and phase stays in SEO
+                      setTimeout(() => {
+                        onClose();
+                      }, 200);
+                    } catch (applyErr: any) {
+                      setApplyError(applyErr?.message || 'Failed to apply recommendations.');
+                    } finally {
+                      setIsApplying(false);
                     }
-                    onClose();
                   }}
-                  disabled={!onApplyRecommendations}
+                  disabled={!onApplyRecommendations || isApplying}
                   sx={{
                     background: 'linear-gradient(45deg, #4caf50, #8bc34a)',
                     '&:hover': {
@@ -672,7 +628,14 @@ export const SEOAnalysisModal: React.FC<SEOAnalysisModalProps> = ({
                     }
                   }}
                 >
-                  Apply Recommendations
+                  {isApplying ? (
+                    <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
+                      <CircularProgress size={16} color="inherit" />
+                      Applying...
+                    </Box>
+                  ) : (
+                    'Apply Recommendations'
+                  )}
                 </Button>
               </Box>
             </Box>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEOMetadataModal.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEOMetadataModal.tsx
index 2d8a5c4d..028d89ad 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEOMetadataModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEOMetadataModal.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * - Integration with backend metadata generation
  */
 
-import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import React, { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
 import {
   Dialog,
   DialogTitle,
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import {
   CircularProgress,
   Alert,
   IconButton,
-  Chip
+  Chip,
+  Tooltip
 } from '@mui/material';
 import {
   Close as CloseIcon,
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ import { CoreMetadataTab } from './SEO/MetadataDisplay/CoreMetadataTab';
 import { SocialMediaTab } from './SEO/MetadataDisplay/SocialMediaTab';
 import { StructuredDataTab } from './SEO/MetadataDisplay/StructuredDataTab';
 import { PreviewCard } from './SEO/MetadataDisplay/PreviewCard';
+import { subscribeImage } from '../../utils/imageBus';
 
 interface SEOMetadataModalProps {
   isOpen: boolean;
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ interface SEOMetadataModalProps {
   blogContent: string;
   blogTitle: string;
   researchData: any;
+  outline?: any[]; // Add outline structure
+  seoAnalysis?: any; // Add SEO analysis results
   onMetadataGenerated: (metadata: any) => void;
 }
 
@@ -71,20 +75,55 @@ interface SEOMetadataResult {
   error?: string;
 }
 
+// Cache helper functions (similar to SEOAnalysisModal)
+async function hashContent(text: string): Promise<string> {
+  try {
+    const enc = new TextEncoder().encode(text);
+    const digest = await crypto.subtle.digest('SHA-256', enc);
+    const bytes = Array.from(new Uint8Array(digest));
+    return bytes.map(b => b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');
+  } catch {
+    // Fallback hash
+    let h = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) h = (h * 31 + text.charCodeAt(i)) | 0;
+    return String(h);
+  }
+}
+
+function getMetadataCacheKey(contentHash: string, title?: string): string {
+  return `seo_metadata_cache:${contentHash}:${title || ''}`;
+}
+
 export const SEOMetadataModal: React.FC<SEOMetadataModalProps> = ({
   isOpen,
   onClose,
   blogContent,
   blogTitle,
   researchData,
+  outline,
+  seoAnalysis,
   onMetadataGenerated
 }) => {
   const [isGenerating, setIsGenerating] = useState(false);
   const [metadataResult, setMetadataResult] = useState<SEOMetadataResult | null>(null);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const [tabValue, setTabValue] = useState('core');
+  const [tabValue, setTabValue] = useState('preview'); // Start with preview tab first
+  const [previewTabValue, setPreviewTabValue] = useState('google'); // Sub-tab for preview platforms
   const [copiedItems, setCopiedItems] = useState<Set<string>>(new Set());
   const [editableMetadata, setEditableMetadata] = useState<SEOMetadataResult | null>(null);
+  const [contentHash, setContentHash] = useState<string>('');
+  // Subscribe to image generation bus to auto-fill OG/Twitter image fields
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const unsub = subscribeImage(({ base64 }: { base64: string }) => {
+      setEditableMetadata(prev => {
+        const next = { ...(prev || metadataResult || {}) } as any;
+        next.open_graph = { ...(next.open_graph || {}), image: `data:image/png;base64,${base64}` };
+        next.twitter_card = { ...(next.twitter_card || {}), image: `data:image/png;base64,${base64}` };
+        return next;
+      });
+    });
+    return unsub;
+  }, [metadataResult]);
 
   // Debug logging
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -96,19 +135,67 @@ export const SEOMetadataModal: React.FC<SEOMetadataModalProps> = ({
     });
   }, [isOpen, blogContent, blogTitle, researchData]);
 
-  const generateMetadata = async () => {
+  // Reset state when modal closes
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isOpen) {
+      // Reset state when modal closes (but keep result for next time)
+      setError(null);
+      setIsGenerating(false);
+    }
+  }, [isOpen]);
+
+  // Auto-generate metadata when modal opens (only once)
+  const hasAutoGeneratedRef = React.useRef(false);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (isOpen && blogContent && !hasAutoGeneratedRef.current) {
+      hasAutoGeneratedRef.current = true;
+      generateMetadata(false); // Auto-generate from cache or API
+    }
+    if (!isOpen) {
+      hasAutoGeneratedRef.current = false; // Reset when modal closes
+    }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [isOpen]); // Only trigger when modal opens
+
+  const generateMetadata = useCallback(async (forceRefresh = false) => {
     try {
       setIsGenerating(true);
       setError(null);
-      setMetadataResult(null);
+      if (forceRefresh) {
+        setMetadataResult(null);
+      }
 
-      console.log('🚀 Starting SEO metadata generation...');
+      console.log('🚀 Starting SEO metadata generation...', { forceRefresh });
+
+      // Calculate content hash for caching
+      const hash = await hashContent(`${blogTitle || ''}\n${blogContent}`);
+      setContentHash(hash);
+      const cacheKey = getMetadataCacheKey(hash, blogTitle);
+
+      // Check cache first (unless force refresh)
+      if (!forceRefresh && typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+        const cached = window.localStorage.getItem(cacheKey);
+        if (cached) {
+          try {
+            const parsed = JSON.parse(cached) as SEOMetadataResult;
+            console.log('✅ Using cached SEO metadata');
+            setMetadataResult(parsed);
+            setEditableMetadata(parsed);
+            setIsGenerating(false);
+            return;
+          } catch (e) {
+            console.warn('Failed to parse cached metadata:', e);
+          }
+        }
+      }
 
       // Make API call to generate metadata
       const response = await apiClient.post('/api/blog/seo/metadata', {
         content: blogContent,
         title: blogTitle,
-        research_data: researchData
+        research_data: researchData,
+        outline: outline || null,
+        seo_analysis: seoAnalysis || null
       });
 
       const result = response.data;
@@ -118,6 +205,16 @@ export const SEOMetadataModal: React.FC<SEOMetadataModalProps> = ({
         throw new Error(result.error || 'Metadata generation failed');
       }
 
+      // Cache the result
+      if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+        try {
+          window.localStorage.setItem(cacheKey, JSON.stringify(result));
+          console.log('💾 SEO metadata cached');
+        } catch (e) {
+          console.warn('Failed to cache metadata:', e);
+        }
+      }
+
       setMetadataResult(result);
       setEditableMetadata(result);
       console.log('📊 Metadata result set:', result);
@@ -128,7 +225,7 @@ export const SEOMetadataModal: React.FC<SEOMetadataModalProps> = ({
     } finally {
       setIsGenerating(false);
     }
-  };
+  }, [blogContent, blogTitle, researchData, outline, seoAnalysis]);
 
   const handleTabChange = (event: React.SyntheticEvent, newValue: string) => {
     setTabValue(newValue);
@@ -159,6 +256,23 @@ export const SEOMetadataModal: React.FC<SEOMetadataModalProps> = ({
     }
   };
 
+  /**
+   * Handle Apply Metadata button click
+   * 
+   * This saves the generated/edited metadata to the parent component's state.
+   * The metadata is then used when publishing to platforms:
+   * - WordPress: Requires SEO metadata for proper post creation with SEO fields
+   * - Wix: Currently doesn't require metadata, but could be added in future
+   * 
+   * The metadata includes:
+   * - SEO title, meta description, URL slug
+   * - Blog tags, categories, focus keyword
+   * - Open Graph tags (Facebook/LinkedIn)
+   * - Twitter Card tags
+   * - JSON-LD structured data (Schema.org Article)
+   * 
+   * All of these will be passed to the platform's API when publishing.
+   */
   const handleApplyMetadata = () => {
     if (editableMetadata) {
       onMetadataGenerated(editableMetadata);
@@ -222,32 +336,26 @@ export const SEOMetadataModal: React.FC<SEOMetadataModalProps> = ({
             />
           )}
         </Box>
-        <IconButton onClick={onClose} size="small">
-          <CloseIcon />
-        </IconButton>
+        <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
+          {metadataResult && (
+            <Tooltip title="Regenerate SEO metadata">
+              <IconButton 
+                onClick={() => generateMetadata(true)} 
+                size="small"
+                disabled={isGenerating}
+                color="primary"
+              >
+                <RefreshIcon />
+              </IconButton>
+            </Tooltip>
+          )}
+          <IconButton onClick={onClose} size="small">
+            <CloseIcon />
+          </IconButton>
+        </Box>
       </DialogTitle>
 
       <DialogContent sx={{ p: 0 }}>
-        {!metadataResult && !isGenerating && (
-          <Box sx={{ p: 4, textAlign: 'center' }}>
-            <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ mb: 2 }}>
-              Generate Comprehensive SEO Metadata
-            </Typography>
-            <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 3, color: 'text.secondary' }}>
-              Create optimized titles, descriptions, Open Graph tags, Twitter cards, and structured data for your blog post.
-            </Typography>
-            <Button
-              variant="contained"
-              size="large"
-              onClick={generateMetadata}
-              startIcon={<RefreshIcon />}
-              sx={{ px: 4 }}
-            >
-              Generate SEO Metadata
-            </Button>
-          </Box>
-        )}
-
         {isGenerating && (
           <Box sx={{ p: 4, textAlign: 'center' }}>
             <CircularProgress size={60} sx={{ mb: 2 }} />
@@ -267,7 +375,7 @@ export const SEOMetadataModal: React.FC<SEOMetadataModalProps> = ({
             </Alert>
             <Button
               variant="outlined"
-              onClick={generateMetadata}
+              onClick={() => generateMetadata(true)}
               startIcon={<RefreshIcon />}
             >
               Try Again
@@ -286,7 +394,7 @@ export const SEOMetadataModal: React.FC<SEOMetadataModalProps> = ({
                 scrollButtons="auto"
                 sx={{ minHeight: 48 }}
               >
-                {['core', 'social', 'structured', 'preview'].map((tab) => (
+                {['preview', 'core', 'social', 'structured'].map((tab) => (
                   <Tab
                     key={tab}
                     value={tab}
@@ -332,6 +440,8 @@ export const SEOMetadataModal: React.FC<SEOMetadataModalProps> = ({
                 <PreviewCard
                   metadata={editableMetadata || metadataResult}
                   blogTitle={blogTitle}
+                  previewTabValue={previewTabValue}
+                  onPreviewTabChange={setPreviewTabValue}
                 />
               )}
             </Box>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEOMiniPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEOMiniPanel.tsx
index e691069a..1d8776f8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEOMiniPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SEOMiniPanel.tsx
@@ -10,10 +10,19 @@ const SEOMiniPanel: React.FC<Props> = ({ analysis }) => {
   return (
     <div style={{ border: '1px solid #eee', padding: 8, marginTop: 8 }}>
       <div style={{ fontWeight: 600 }}>SEO Mini Panel</div>
-      <div>Score: {analysis.seo_score}</div>
-      {!!analysis.recommendations?.length && (
+      <div>Score: {analysis.overall_score}</div>
+      {!!analysis.analysis_summary && (
+        <div style={{ fontSize: 12, color: '#555', marginTop: 4 }}>
+          Grade {analysis.analysis_summary.overall_grade} · {analysis.analysis_summary.status}
+        </div>
+      )}
+      {!!analysis.actionable_recommendations?.length && (
         <ul>
-          {analysis.recommendations.slice(0, 3).map((r, i) => (<li key={i}>{r}</li>))}
+          {analysis.actionable_recommendations.slice(0, 3).map((rec, index) => (
+            <li key={index}>
+              <strong>{rec.category}:</strong> {rec.recommendation}
+            </li>
+          ))}
         </ul>
       )}
     </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SuggestionsGenerator.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SuggestionsGenerator.tsx
index add76920..a99ca3f7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SuggestionsGenerator.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/SuggestionsGenerator.tsx
@@ -13,17 +13,35 @@ interface SuggestionsGeneratorProps {
   contentConfirmed?: boolean;
 }
 
-export const useSuggestions = (
-  research: BlogResearchResponse | null, 
-  outline: BlogOutlineSection[], 
-  outlineConfirmed: boolean = false,
-  researchPolling?: { isPolling: boolean; currentStatus: string },
-  outlinePolling?: { isPolling: boolean; currentStatus: string },
-  mediumPolling?: { isPolling: boolean; currentStatus: string },
-  hasContent: boolean = false,
-  flowAnalysisCompleted: boolean = false,
-  contentConfirmed: boolean = false
-) => {
+interface SuggestionContext {
+  research: BlogResearchResponse | null;
+  outline: BlogOutlineSection[];
+  outlineConfirmed?: boolean;
+  researchPolling?: { isPolling: boolean; currentStatus: string };
+  outlinePolling?: { isPolling: boolean; currentStatus: string };
+  mediumPolling?: { isPolling: boolean; currentStatus: string };
+  hasContent?: boolean;
+  flowAnalysisCompleted?: boolean;
+  contentConfirmed?: boolean;
+  seoAnalysis?: any;
+  seoMetadata?: any;
+  seoRecommendationsApplied?: boolean;
+}
+
+export const useSuggestions = ({
+  research,
+  outline,
+  outlineConfirmed = false,
+  researchPolling,
+  outlinePolling,
+  mediumPolling,
+  hasContent = false,
+  flowAnalysisCompleted = false,
+  contentConfirmed = false,
+  seoAnalysis = null,
+  seoMetadata = null,
+  seoRecommendationsApplied = false
+}: SuggestionContext) => {
   return useMemo(() => {
     const items = [] as { title: string; message: string; priority?: 'high' | 'normal' }[];
     
@@ -66,14 +84,14 @@ export const useSuggestions = (
     if (!research) {
       items.push({ 
         title: '🔎 Start Research', 
-        message: "I want to research a topic for my blog",
+        message: "showResearchForm",
         priority: 'high'
       });
     } else if (research && outline.length === 0) {
       // Research completed, guide user to outline creation
       items.push({ 
         title: 'Next: Create Outline', 
-        message: 'Let\'s proceed to create an outline based on the research results',
+        message: 'Research is complete. Please generate the blog outline now using the existing research data. Use the generateOutline action immediately without asking for additional information.',
         priority: 'high'
       });
       items.push({ 
@@ -82,13 +100,13 @@ export const useSuggestions = (
       });
       items.push({ 
         title: '🎨 Create Custom Outline', 
-        message: 'I want to create an outline with my own specific instructions and requirements'
+        message: 'I want to create an outline with my own specific instructions and requirements. Please ask me for my custom requirements.'
       });
     } else if (outline.length > 0 && !outlineConfirmed) {
       // Outline created but not confirmed - focus on outline review and confirmation
       items.push({ 
         title: 'Next: Confirm & Generate Content', 
-        message: 'I confirm the outline and am ready to generate content',
+        message: 'The outline is ready. Confirm the current outline and begin content generation now. Call confirmOutlineAndGenerateContent immediately and do not ask for extra confirmation.',
         priority: 'high'
       });
       items.push({ 
@@ -106,12 +124,6 @@ export const useSuggestions = (
     } else if (outline.length > 0 && outlineConfirmed) {
       // Outline confirmed, focus on content generation and optimization
       if (hasContent && !contentConfirmed) {
-        // User has content but hasn't confirmed it yet - show content review suggestions
-        items.push({ 
-          title: 'Next: Confirm Blog Content', 
-          message: 'I have reviewed and confirmed my blog content is ready for the next stage',
-          priority: 'high'
-        });
         items.push({ 
           title: '🔄 ReWrite Blog', 
           message: 'I want to rewrite my blog with different approach, tone, or focus'
@@ -121,24 +133,78 @@ export const useSuggestions = (
           message: 'Analyze the flow and quality of my blog content to get improvement suggestions'
         });
         items.push({ 
-          title: '📈 Run SEO Analysis', 
-          message: 'Analyze SEO for my blog post'
+          title: 'Next: Run SEO Analysis', 
+          message: 'Please analyze the blog content for SEO. Run the analyzeSEO action right away and do not ask for confirmation.'
         });
       } else if (hasContent && contentConfirmed) {
-        // Content confirmed - move to SEO stage
-        items.push({ 
-          title: '📈 Run SEO Analysis', 
-          message: 'Analyze SEO for my blog post',
-          priority: 'high'
-        });
-        items.push({ 
-          title: '🧾 Generate SEO Metadata', 
-          message: 'Generate SEO metadata and title'
-        });
-        items.push({ 
-          title: '🚀 Publish to WordPress', 
-          message: 'Publish my blog to WordPress'
-        });
+        if (!seoAnalysis) {
+          // Prompt to run SEO analysis first
+          items.push({
+            title: 'Next: Run SEO Analysis',
+            message: 'The blog content is confirmed. Execute analyzeSEO immediately to launch the SEO analysis modal without further prompts.',
+            priority: 'high'
+          });
+          items.push({ 
+            title: 'Content Analysis', 
+            message: 'Analyze the flow and quality of my blog content to get improvement suggestions'
+          });
+          items.push({
+            title: 'Content Analysis',
+            message: 'Analyze the flow and quality of my blog content to get improvement suggestions'
+          });
+        } else if (seoAnalysis && !seoRecommendationsApplied) {
+          // SEO analysis exists but recommendations not applied yet
+          items.push({
+            title: 'Next: Apply SEO Recommendations',
+            message: 'Open the SEO analysis modal and apply the actionable recommendations right away. Call analyzeSEO to reopen the modal without extra questions.',
+            priority: 'high'
+          });
+          items.push({
+            title: 'Content Analysis',
+            message: 'Run analyzeContentQuality to review narrative flow and get final improvement suggestions before publishing.'
+          });
+          items.push({
+            title: '📈 Review SEO Analysis',
+            message: 'Show me the latest SEO analysis results again by running analyzeSEO.'
+          });
+        } else if (seoAnalysis && seoRecommendationsApplied) {
+          // SEO analysis exists and recommendations applied - show next steps
+          if (!seoMetadata) {
+            items.push({
+              title: 'Next: Generate SEO Metadata',
+              message: 'SEO recommendations are applied. Execute generateSEOMetadata immediately so we can prepare titles, descriptions, and schema without further prompts.',
+              priority: 'high'
+            });
+          } else {
+            items.push({
+              title: 'Next: Publish',
+              message: 'The blog is SEO-optimized. Use publishToPlatform with your preferred destination (wix|wordpress) right away—no additional confirmation needed.',
+              priority: 'high'
+            });
+          }
+
+          items.push({
+            title: 'Content Analysis',
+            message: 'Run analyzeContentQuality to validate flow, consistency, and progression before publishing.'
+          });
+          items.push({
+            title: 'Publish',
+            message: seoMetadata 
+              ? 'Publish my blog to your preferred platform using publishToPlatform.'
+              : 'Generate SEO metadata first, then publish your blog.'
+          });
+
+          if (seoMetadata) {
+            items.push({
+              title: '🚀 Publish to Wix',
+              message: 'Publish my blog to Wix using publishToPlatform with platform "wix".'
+            });
+            items.push({
+              title: '🌐 Publish to WordPress',
+              message: 'Publish my blog to WordPress using publishToPlatform with platform "wordpress".'
+            });
+          }
+        }
       } else {
         // No content yet, show generation option
         items.push({ title: '📝 Generate all sections', message: 'Generate all sections of my blog post' });
@@ -146,11 +212,24 @@ export const useSuggestions = (
     }
     
     return items;
-  }, [research, outline, outlineConfirmed, researchPolling, outlinePolling, mediumPolling, hasContent, flowAnalysisCompleted, contentConfirmed]);
+  }, [
+    research,
+    outline,
+    outlineConfirmed,
+    researchPolling,
+    outlinePolling,
+    mediumPolling,
+    hasContent,
+    flowAnalysisCompleted,
+    contentConfirmed,
+    seoAnalysis,
+    seoMetadata,
+    seoRecommendationsApplied
+  ]);
 };
 
 export const SuggestionsGenerator: React.FC<SuggestionsGeneratorProps> = ({ research, outline, outlineConfirmed = false }) => {
-  useSuggestions(research, outline, outlineConfirmed);
+  useSuggestions({ research, outline, outlineConfirmed });
   return null; // This is just a utility component
 };
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/BlogSection.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/BlogSection.tsx
index 57b93810..e0fe8b51 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/BlogSection.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/BlogSection.tsx
@@ -70,8 +70,21 @@ const BlogSection: React.FC<BlogSectionProps> = ({
       // Handle text replacement in the textarea
       if (contentRef.current) {
         const textarea = contentRef.current;
-        const currentContent = textarea.value;
-        const updatedContent = currentContent.replace(originalText, newText);
+        
+        // For smart suggestions, newText is already the complete updated content with insertion
+        // For other edits (like text selection improvements), we need to replace originalText with newText
+        let updatedContent: string;
+        
+        if (editType === 'smart-suggestion') {
+          // newText already contains the full content with suggestion inserted
+          updatedContent = newText;
+        } else {
+          // For other edits, replace the selected text
+          const currentContent = textarea.value;
+          updatedContent = currentContent.replace(originalText, newText);
+        }
+        
+        console.log('🔍 [BlogSection] Text updated, editType:', editType, 'New length:', updatedContent.length);
         setContent(updatedContent);
         
         // Update parent state
@@ -79,14 +92,8 @@ const BlogSection: React.FC<BlogSectionProps> = ({
           onContentUpdate([{ id, content: updatedContent }]);
         }
         
-        // Focus back to textarea and set cursor after the replaced text
-        setTimeout(() => {
-          if (contentRef.current) {
-            const newCursorPosition = updatedContent.indexOf(newText) + newText.length;
-            contentRef.current.focus();
-            contentRef.current.setSelectionRange(newCursorPosition, newCursorPosition);
-          }
-        }, 100);
+        // Note: Cursor positioning is handled by SmartTypingAssist for smart-suggestion edits
+        // For other edits, we may need to handle cursor positioning here if needed
       }
     }
   );
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/BlogTextSelectionHandler.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/BlogTextSelectionHandler.tsx
index 640a702c..2de083d5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/BlogTextSelectionHandler.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/BlogTextSelectionHandler.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React, { useState, useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { hallucinationDetectorService, HallucinationDetectionResponse } from '../../../services/hallucinationDetectorService';
 import TextSelectionMenu from './TextSelectionMenu';
 import useSmartTypingAssist from './SmartTypingAssist';
+import { debug } from '../../../utils/debug';
 
 interface BlogTextSelectionHandlerProps {
   contentRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement | HTMLTextAreaElement>;
@@ -281,12 +282,15 @@ const useBlogTextSelectionHandler = (
         isGeneratingSuggestion={smartTypingAssist.isGeneratingSuggestion}
         allSuggestions={smartTypingAssist.allSuggestions}
         suggestionIndex={smartTypingAssist.suggestionIndex}
+        showContinueWritingPrompt={smartTypingAssist.showContinueWritingPrompt}
         onCheckFacts={handleCheckFacts}
         onCloseFactCheckResults={handleCloseFactCheckResults}
         onQuickEdit={handleQuickEdit}
         onAcceptSuggestion={smartTypingAssist.handleAcceptSuggestion}
         onRejectSuggestion={smartTypingAssist.handleRejectSuggestion}
         onNextSuggestion={smartTypingAssist.handleNextSuggestion}
+        onRequestSuggestion={smartTypingAssist.handleRequestSuggestion}
+        onDismissPrompt={smartTypingAssist.handleDismissPrompt}
       />
     )
   };
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/SmartTypingAssist.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/SmartTypingAssist.tsx
index 45a39693..6ba7b747 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/SmartTypingAssist.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/SmartTypingAssist.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useState, useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { debug } from '../../../utils/debug';
 
 interface SmartTypingAssistProps {
   contentRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement | HTMLTextAreaElement>;
@@ -40,7 +41,9 @@ const useSmartTypingAssist = (
   const [allSuggestions, setAllSuggestions] = useState<Suggestion[]>([]);
   const [isGeneratingSuggestion, setIsGeneratingSuggestion] = useState(false);
   const [hasShownFirstSuggestion, setHasShownFirstSuggestion] = useState(false);
+  const [showContinueWritingPrompt, setShowContinueWritingPrompt] = useState(false);
   const typingTimeoutRef = useRef<NodeJS.Timeout | null>(null);
+  const lastGeneratedAtRef = useRef<number>(0);
   
   // Quality improvement tracking
   const [suggestionStats, setSuggestionStats] = useState({
@@ -52,25 +55,25 @@ const useSmartTypingAssist = (
 
   // Smart typing assist functionality
   const generateSmartSuggestion = async (currentText: string) => {
-    console.log('🔍 [SmartTypingAssist] generateSmartSuggestion called with text length:', currentText.length);
+    debug.log('[SmartTypingAssist] generateSmartSuggestion called', { textLength: currentText.length });
     
     if (currentText.length < 20) {
-      console.log('🔍 [SmartTypingAssist] Text too short for suggestion');
+      debug.log('[SmartTypingAssist] Text too short for suggestion');
       return; // Only suggest after some meaningful content
     }
     
-    console.log('🔍 [SmartTypingAssist] Starting suggestion generation...');
+    debug.log('[SmartTypingAssist] Starting suggestion generation...');
     setIsGeneratingSuggestion(true);
     
     try {
       // Import the assistive writing API
       const { assistiveWritingApi } = await import('../../../services/blogWriterApi');
       
-      console.log('🔍 [SmartTypingAssist] Calling assistive writing API...');
+      debug.log('[SmartTypingAssist] Calling assistive writing API...');
       const response = await assistiveWritingApi.getSuggestion(currentText, 3); // Get 3 suggestions
       
       if (response.success && response.suggestions.length > 0) {
-        console.log('🔍 [SmartTypingAssist] Received', response.suggestions.length, 'suggestions from API');
+        debug.log('[SmartTypingAssist] Received suggestions from API', { count: response.suggestions.length });
         
         // Store all suggestions
         setAllSuggestions(response.suggestions);
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ const useSmartTypingAssist = (
         
         // Show first suggestion
         const firstSuggestion = response.suggestions[0];
-        console.log('🔍 [SmartTypingAssist] Showing first suggestion:', firstSuggestion.text.substring(0, 50) + '...');
+        debug.log('[SmartTypingAssist] Showing first suggestion', { preview: firstSuggestion.text.substring(0, 50) + '...' });
         
         // Track suggestion shown
         setSuggestionStats(prev => ({
@@ -86,12 +89,30 @@ const useSmartTypingAssist = (
           totalShown: prev.totalShown + 1
         }));
         
-        // Get cursor position for suggestion placement
+        // Get viewport-safe position for suggestion placement
         if (contentRef.current) {
           const element = contentRef.current;
           const rect = element.getBoundingClientRect();
-          const x = Math.max(20, Math.min(rect.left + 20, window.innerWidth - 420)); // Ensure it stays on screen
-          const y = Math.max(20, rect.bottom + 10);
+          const maxWidth = 420;
+          const maxHeight = 350; // Increased to accommodate full suggestion with buttons
+          
+          // Try to position below the editor
+          let x = Math.max(20, Math.min(rect.left + 20, window.innerWidth - (maxWidth + 20)));
+          let y = rect.bottom + 10;
+          
+          // If it would be cut off at the bottom, position above instead
+          if (y + maxHeight > window.innerHeight - 20) {
+            y = rect.top - maxHeight - 10;
+            // If it would be cut off at the top, position in viewport center
+            if (y < 20) {
+              y = Math.max(20, (window.innerHeight - maxHeight) / 2);
+              x = Math.max(20, (window.innerWidth - maxWidth) / 2);
+            }
+          }
+          
+          // Ensure it's never cut off
+          y = Math.max(20, Math.min(y, window.innerHeight - maxHeight - 20));
+          x = Math.max(20, Math.min(x, window.innerWidth - maxWidth - 20));
           
           setSmartSuggestion({
             text: firstSuggestion.text,
@@ -101,7 +122,7 @@ const useSmartTypingAssist = (
           });
         }
       } else {
-        console.log('🔍 [SmartTypingAssist] No suggestions received from API');
+        debug.log('[SmartTypingAssist] No suggestions received from API');
         // Fallback to generic suggestions if API fails
         const fallbackSuggestions = [
           "This approach provides significant value to readers by offering actionable insights they can implement immediately.",
@@ -116,8 +137,26 @@ const useSmartTypingAssist = (
         if (contentRef.current) {
           const element = contentRef.current;
           const rect = element.getBoundingClientRect();
-          const x = rect.left + 20;
-          const y = rect.bottom + 5;
+          const maxWidth = 420;
+          const maxHeight = 350; // Increased to accommodate full suggestion with buttons
+          
+          // Try to position below the editor
+          let x = Math.max(20, Math.min(rect.left + 20, window.innerWidth - (maxWidth + 20)));
+          let y = rect.bottom + 10;
+          
+          // If it would be cut off at the bottom, position above instead
+          if (y + maxHeight > window.innerHeight - 20) {
+            y = rect.top - maxHeight - 10;
+            // If it would be cut off at the top, position in viewport center
+            if (y < 20) {
+              y = Math.max(20, (window.innerHeight - maxHeight) / 2);
+              x = Math.max(20, (window.innerWidth - maxWidth) / 2);
+            }
+          }
+          
+          // Ensure it's never cut off
+          y = Math.max(20, Math.min(y, window.innerHeight - maxHeight - 20));
+          x = Math.max(20, Math.min(x, window.innerWidth - maxWidth - 20));
           
           setSmartSuggestion({
             text: randomSuggestion,
@@ -126,7 +165,7 @@ const useSmartTypingAssist = (
         }
       }
     } catch (error) {
-      console.error('🔍 [SmartTypingAssist] Failed to generate smart suggestion:', error);
+      debug.error('[SmartTypingAssist] Failed to generate smart suggestion', error);
       
       // Fallback to generic suggestions on error
       const fallbackSuggestions = [
@@ -142,8 +181,14 @@ const useSmartTypingAssist = (
       if (contentRef.current) {
         const element = contentRef.current;
         const rect = element.getBoundingClientRect();
-        const x = rect.left + 20;
-        const y = rect.bottom + 5;
+        const maxWidth = 420;
+        const maxHeight = 160;
+        let x = Math.max(20, Math.min(rect.left + 20, window.innerWidth - (maxWidth + 20)));
+        let y = rect.bottom + 5;
+        if (y > window.innerHeight - maxHeight) {
+          y = window.innerHeight - (maxHeight + 20);
+          x = Math.max(20, window.innerWidth - (maxWidth + 20));
+        }
         
         setSmartSuggestion({
           text: randomSuggestion,
@@ -156,7 +201,7 @@ const useSmartTypingAssist = (
   };
 
   const handleTypingChange = (newText: string) => {
-    console.log('🔍 [SmartTypingAssist] handleTypingChange called with text length:', newText.length);
+    // Not logging this as it fires on every keystroke - too noisy
     
     // Clear existing timeout
     if (typingTimeoutRef.current) {
@@ -168,29 +213,45 @@ const useSmartTypingAssist = (
     
     // Set new timeout for suggestion generation
     typingTimeoutRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
-      console.log('🔍 [SmartTypingAssist] Typing timeout triggered, text length:', newText.length, 'hasShownFirstSuggestion:', hasShownFirstSuggestion);
+      debug.log('[SmartTypingAssist] Typing timeout triggered', { textLength: newText.length, hasShownFirst: hasShownFirstSuggestion });
       
-      // First time suggestion appears automatically
-      if (!hasShownFirstSuggestion && newText.length > 20) {
-        console.log('🔍 [SmartTypingAssist] Generating first suggestion');
+      const cooldownMs = 15000; // 15s cooldown between suggestions
+      const now = Date.now();
+      const sinceLast = now - lastGeneratedAtRef.current;
+
+      // First time suggestion appears automatically with sufficient content
+      if (!hasShownFirstSuggestion && newText.length > 50 && !isGeneratingSuggestion) {
+        debug.log('[SmartTypingAssist] Generating first suggestion');
         generateSmartSuggestion(newText);
         setHasShownFirstSuggestion(true);
+        lastGeneratedAtRef.current = now;
       } 
-      // After first time, only suggest after longer pauses or more content
-      else if (hasShownFirstSuggestion && newText.length > 50 && Math.random() > 0.7) {
-        console.log('🔍 [SmartTypingAssist] Generating subsequent suggestion');
-        generateSmartSuggestion(newText);
-      } else {
-        console.log('🔍 [SmartTypingAssist] No suggestion generated - conditions not met');
+      // After first time, show "Continue writing" prompt instead of random suggestions
+      else if (hasShownFirstSuggestion && newText.length > 100 && sinceLast >= cooldownMs && !isGeneratingSuggestion && !smartSuggestion) {
+        debug.log('[SmartTypingAssist] Showing "Continue writing" prompt');
+        setShowContinueWritingPrompt(true);
       }
+      // Removed verbose log about skipping prompts as it's too noisy
     }, 3000); // 3 second pause before suggesting
   };
 
   const handleAcceptSuggestion = () => {
     if (smartSuggestion && onTextReplace && contentRef.current) {
-      const element = contentRef.current;
-      const currentContent = (element as HTMLTextAreaElement).value || (element as HTMLDivElement).textContent || '';
-      const newContent = currentContent + ' ' + smartSuggestion.text;
+      const element = contentRef.current as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+      const currentContent = element.value || '';
+      
+      // Get cursor position
+      const cursorPosition = element.selectionStart || currentContent.length;
+      debug.log('[SmartTypingAssist] Cursor position', { cursorPosition, contentLength: currentContent.length });
+      
+      // Insert suggestion at cursor position
+      const beforeCursor = currentContent.substring(0, cursorPosition);
+      const afterCursor = currentContent.substring(cursorPosition);
+      const suggestionWithSpace = ' ' + smartSuggestion.text + ' ';
+      const newContent = beforeCursor + suggestionWithSpace + afterCursor;
+      
+      // Calculate where cursor should be after insertion (right after the suggestion)
+      const newCursorPosition = cursorPosition + suggestionWithSpace.length;
       
       // Track suggestion accepted
       setSuggestionStats(prev => ({
@@ -198,14 +259,21 @@ const useSmartTypingAssist = (
         totalAccepted: prev.totalAccepted + 1
       }));
       
-      console.log('🔍 [SmartTypingAssist] Suggestion accepted! Stats:', {
-        ...suggestionStats,
-        totalAccepted: suggestionStats.totalAccepted + 1
-      });
+      debug.log('[SmartTypingAssist] Suggestion accepted', { cursorPosition, newContentLength: newContent.length, newCursorPosition });
       
       // Use the text replacement callback
       onTextReplace(currentContent, newContent, 'smart-suggestion');
       
+      // Set cursor position after the inserted text
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        if (contentRef.current) {
+          const el = contentRef.current as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+          el.focus();
+          el.setSelectionRange(newCursorPosition, newCursorPosition);
+          debug.log('[SmartTypingAssist] Cursor positioned', { position: newCursorPosition });
+        }
+      }, 50);
+      
       setSmartSuggestion(null);
     }
   };
@@ -217,10 +285,7 @@ const useSmartTypingAssist = (
       totalRejected: prev.totalRejected + 1
     }));
     
-    console.log('🔍 [SmartTypingAssist] Suggestion rejected! Stats:', {
-      ...suggestionStats,
-      totalRejected: suggestionStats.totalRejected + 1
-    });
+    debug.log('[SmartTypingAssist] Suggestion rejected', { stats: { ...suggestionStats, totalRejected: suggestionStats.totalRejected + 1 } });
     
     setSmartSuggestion(null);
     setAllSuggestions([]);
@@ -238,11 +303,8 @@ const useSmartTypingAssist = (
         totalCycled: prev.totalCycled + 1
       }));
       
-      console.log('🔍 [SmartTypingAssist] Showing next suggestion:', nextIndex + 1, 'of', allSuggestions.length);
-      console.log('🔍 [SmartTypingAssist] Suggestion cycled! Stats:', {
-        ...suggestionStats,
-        totalCycled: suggestionStats.totalCycled + 1
-      });
+      debug.log('[SmartTypingAssist] Showing next suggestion', { index: nextIndex + 1, total: allSuggestions.length });
+      debug.log('[SmartTypingAssist] Suggestion cycled', { stats: { ...suggestionStats, totalCycled: suggestionStats.totalCycled + 1 } });
       
       setSuggestionIndex(nextIndex);
       setSmartSuggestion(prev => prev ? {
@@ -254,6 +316,25 @@ const useSmartTypingAssist = (
     }
   };
 
+  // Handle "Continue writing" button click
+  const handleRequestSuggestion = async () => {
+    if (!contentRef.current) return;
+    
+    const element = contentRef.current as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+    const currentContent = element.value || '';
+    
+    setShowContinueWritingPrompt(false);
+    
+    if (currentContent.length > 20) {
+      await generateSmartSuggestion(currentContent);
+    }
+  };
+
+  // Handle dismissing the "Continue writing" prompt
+  const handleDismissPrompt = () => {
+    setShowContinueWritingPrompt(false);
+  };
+
   // Get suggestion statistics for quality improvement
   const getSuggestionStats = () => {
     const acceptanceRate = suggestionStats.totalShown > 0 
@@ -284,10 +365,13 @@ const useSmartTypingAssist = (
     allSuggestions,
     suggestionIndex,
     suggestionStats: getSuggestionStats(),
+    showContinueWritingPrompt,
     handleTypingChange,
     handleAcceptSuggestion,
     handleRejectSuggestion,
     handleNextSuggestion,
+    handleRequestSuggestion,
+    handleDismissPrompt,
     getSuggestionStats,
     generateSmartSuggestion
   };
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/TextSelectionMenu.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/TextSelectionMenu.tsx
index 44fcdcd9..a2c954f1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/TextSelectionMenu.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BlogWriter/WYSIWYG/TextSelectionMenu.tsx
@@ -34,12 +34,15 @@ interface TextSelectionMenuProps {
     }>;
   }>;
   suggestionIndex: number;
+  showContinueWritingPrompt: boolean;
   onCheckFacts: (text: string) => void;
   onCloseFactCheckResults: () => void;
   onQuickEdit: (editType: string, selectedText: string) => void;
   onAcceptSuggestion: () => void;
   onRejectSuggestion: () => void;
   onNextSuggestion: () => void;
+  onRequestSuggestion: () => void;
+  onDismissPrompt: () => void;
 }
 
 const TextSelectionMenu: React.FC<TextSelectionMenuProps> = ({
@@ -51,12 +54,15 @@ const TextSelectionMenu: React.FC<TextSelectionMenuProps> = ({
   isGeneratingSuggestion,
   allSuggestions,
   suggestionIndex,
+  showContinueWritingPrompt,
   onCheckFacts,
   onCloseFactCheckResults,
   onQuickEdit,
   onAcceptSuggestion,
   onRejectSuggestion,
-  onNextSuggestion
+  onNextSuggestion,
+  onRequestSuggestion,
+  onDismissPrompt
 }) => {
   return (
     <>
@@ -387,8 +393,10 @@ const TextSelectionMenu: React.FC<TextSelectionMenuProps> = ({
             boxShadow: '0 12px 28px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25)',
             backdropFilter: 'blur(12px)',
             zIndex: 10002,
-            maxWidth: '400px',
+            maxWidth: '420px',
             minWidth: '320px',
+            maxHeight: '350px',
+            overflow: 'auto',
             color: 'white'
           }}
         >
@@ -540,6 +548,93 @@ const TextSelectionMenu: React.FC<TextSelectionMenuProps> = ({
         </div>
       )}
 
+      {/* Continue Writing Prompt */}
+      {showContinueWritingPrompt && !isGeneratingSuggestion && !smartSuggestion && (
+        <div style={{
+          position: 'fixed',
+          bottom: '20px',
+          right: '20px',
+          background: 'rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.95)',
+          color: 'white',
+          padding: '16px 20px',
+          borderRadius: '12px',
+          boxShadow: '0 8px 24px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25)',
+          backdropFilter: 'blur(10px)',
+          zIndex: 10001,
+          minWidth: '280px',
+          maxWidth: '360px'
+        }}>
+          <div style={{
+            fontSize: '13px',
+            fontWeight: '600',
+            marginBottom: '12px',
+            display: 'flex',
+            alignItems: 'center',
+            gap: '8px'
+          }}>
+            ✨ AI Writing Assistant
+          </div>
+          <div style={{
+            fontSize: '12px',
+            opacity: 0.9,
+            marginBottom: '16px',
+            lineHeight: '1.5'
+          }}>
+            ALwrity can contextually continue writing your blog. Click below to get AI-powered suggestions.
+          </div>
+          <div style={{
+            display: 'flex',
+            gap: '8px'
+          }}>
+            <button
+              onClick={onRequestSuggestion}
+              style={{
+                background: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2)',
+                border: '1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3)',
+                borderRadius: '8px',
+                padding: '8px 16px',
+                color: 'white',
+                fontSize: '13px',
+                fontWeight: '600',
+                cursor: 'pointer',
+                transition: 'all 0.2s ease',
+                flex: 1
+              }}
+              onMouseEnter={(e) => {
+                e.currentTarget.style.background = 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3)';
+              }}
+              onMouseLeave={(e) => {
+                e.currentTarget.style.background = 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2)';
+              }}
+            >
+              ✍️ Continue Writing
+            </button>
+            <button
+              onClick={onDismissPrompt}
+              style={{
+                background: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1)',
+                border: '1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2)',
+                borderRadius: '8px',
+                padding: '8px 16px',
+                color: 'white',
+                fontSize: '13px',
+                fontWeight: '500',
+                cursor: 'pointer',
+                transition: 'all 0.2s ease'
+              }}
+              onMouseEnter={(e) => {
+                e.currentTarget.style.background = 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2)';
+              }}
+              onMouseLeave={(e) => {
+                e.currentTarget.style.background = 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1)';
+              }}
+            >
+              ✕
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
       {/* CSS for spinner animation */}
       <style>{`
         @keyframes spin {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ImageGen/ImageGenerator.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ImageGen/ImageGenerator.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95763a65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ImageGen/ImageGenerator.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState, forwardRef, useImperativeHandle } from 'react';
+import { Box, Button, MenuItem, Select, TextField, Typography, FormControl, InputLabel, Grid, Card, CardMedia, CircularProgress, LinearProgress, Collapse, IconButton, Tabs, Tab, Tooltip } from '@mui/material';
+import ExpandMoreIcon from '@mui/icons-material/ExpandMore';
+import ExpandLessIcon from '@mui/icons-material/ExpandLess';
+import { useImageGeneration, ImageGenerationRequest, fetchPromptSuggestions } from './useImageGeneration';
+
+type Provider = 'gemini' | 'huggingface' | 'stability';
+
+interface ImageGeneratorProps {
+  defaultProvider?: Provider;
+  defaultModel?: string;
+  defaultPrompt?: string;
+  onImageReady?: (base64: string) => void;
+  // Optional context to build SME, provider-tailored prompts
+  context?: {
+    title?: string | null;
+    outline?: any[];
+    research?: any;
+    persona?: { audience?: string; tone?: string; industry?: string } | any;
+    section?: {
+      heading?: string;
+      subheadings?: string[];
+      key_points?: string[];
+      keywords?: string[];
+      [key: string]: any;
+    };
+  };
+}
+
+export interface ImageGeneratorHandle {
+  suggest: () => Promise<void> | void;
+  generate: () => Promise<void> | void;
+  openAdvanced: () => void;
+  closeAdvanced: () => void;
+}
+
+export const ImageGenerator = React.forwardRef<ImageGeneratorHandle, ImageGeneratorProps>((
+  { defaultProvider, defaultModel, defaultPrompt, onImageReady, context },
+  ref
+) => {
+  const [provider, setProvider] = useState<Provider>(defaultProvider || (process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_GPT_PROVIDER as Provider) || 'huggingface');
+  const [model, setModel] = useState<string>(defaultModel || 'black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-Krea-dev');
+  const [prompt, setPrompt] = useState<string>(defaultPrompt || '');
+  const [negative, setNegative] = useState<string>('');
+  const [width, setWidth] = useState<number>(1024);
+  const [height, setHeight] = useState<number>(1024);
+  const [showAdvanced, setShowAdvanced] = useState(false);
+  const { isGenerating, error, result, generate } = useImageGeneration();
+  const [loadingSuggestions, setLoadingSuggestions] = useState(false);
+  const [suggestions, setSuggestions] = useState<Array<{ prompt: string; negative_prompt?: string; width?: number; height?: number; overlay_text?: string }>>([]);
+  const [suggestionIndex, setSuggestionIndex] = useState<number>(0);
+
+  const canGenerate = useMemo(() => prompt.trim().length > 0 && !isGenerating, [prompt, isGenerating]);
+
+  // High-contrast input styling for readability on light backgrounds
+  const textInputSx = {
+    '& .MuiInputBase-input': { color: '#202124' },
+    '& .MuiInputLabel-root': { color: '#5f6368' },
+    '& .MuiOutlinedInput-notchedOutline': { borderColor: '#cbd5e1' },
+    '&:hover .MuiOutlinedInput-notchedOutline': { borderColor: '#94a3b8' },
+    '&.Mui-focused .MuiOutlinedInput-notchedOutline': { borderColor: '#1976d2' },
+    backgroundColor: '#ffffff'
+  } as const;
+
+  // Default negative prompts by provider for blog writer use-case
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (negative.trim().length > 0) return;
+    if (provider === 'huggingface') {
+      setNegative('blurry, distorted, cartoon, low quality, bad anatomy, extra limbs, watermark, brand logos, text artifacts, oversaturated, noisy, jpeg artifacts');
+    } else if (provider === 'gemini') {
+      setNegative('cartoon, clip-art, abstract, noisy, low resolution, artifacts, watermark, brand logos, text artifacts');
+    } else {
+      setNegative('blurry, distorted, low quality, bad anatomy, extra limbs, watermark, brand logos, jpeg artifacts, oversharpened, text artifacts');
+    }
+  // run once on mount (and when provider changes if negative is empty)
+  // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [provider]);
+
+  // Auto-suggest on open for better defaults (only if no initial prompt)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!prompt || prompt.trim().length === 0) {
+      // fire and forget; UI shows spinner on the button if user clicks again
+      suggestPrompt().catch(() => {});
+    }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, []);
+
+  // Provider-specialized prompt suggestions using backend structured response; fallback locally
+  const suggestPrompt = async () => {
+    setLoadingSuggestions(true);
+    try {
+      const payload = {
+        provider,
+        title: context?.title || context?.section?.heading || defaultPrompt || '',
+        section: context?.section || undefined,
+        research: context?.research || undefined,
+        persona: context?.persona || undefined,
+      };
+      const suggs = await fetchPromptSuggestions(payload);
+      setSuggestions(suggs);
+      if (suggs.length > 0) {
+        setPrompt(suggs[0].prompt || '');
+        if (suggs[0].negative_prompt) setNegative(suggs[0].negative_prompt);
+        if (suggs[0].width) setWidth(suggs[0].width);
+        if (suggs[0].height) setHeight(suggs[0].height);
+        setSuggestionIndex(0);
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      // fallback to local heuristic
+      const title = (context?.section?.heading || context?.title || '').trim();
+      const subheads: string[] = context?.section?.subheadings || [];
+      const keyPoints: string[] = context?.section?.key_points || [];
+      const keywords: string[] = Array.isArray(context?.section?.keywords)
+        ? context?.section?.keywords
+        : (Array.isArray(context?.research?.keywords?.primary_keywords)
+            ? context?.research?.keywords?.primary_keywords
+            : (context?.research?.keywords?.primary || []));
+      const primary = keywords?.slice(0, 5).filter(Boolean).join(', ');
+      const audience = context?.persona?.audience || 'content creators and digital marketers';
+      const industry = context?.persona?.industry || context?.research?.domain || 'your industry';
+      const tone = context?.persona?.tone || 'professional, trustworthy';
+      const narrativeHints = [
+        subheads?.length ? `Subheadings: ${subheads.slice(0,3).join(' | ')}` : null,
+        keyPoints?.length ? `Key points: ${keyPoints.slice(0,3).join(' | ')}` : null,
+      ].filter(Boolean).join('. ');
+      setPrompt(`${title} — ${narrativeHints}. Emphasis: ${primary}. Audience: ${audience}. Industry: ${industry}. Tone: ${tone}.`);
+    } finally {
+      setLoadingSuggestions(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const onGenerate = async () => {
+    const req: ImageGenerationRequest = { prompt, negative_prompt: negative, provider, model, width, height };
+    const res = await generate(req);
+    if (res && onImageReady) onImageReady(res.image_base64);
+    // publish to image bus for downstream consumers (e.g., SEO metadata modal)
+    try {
+      const { publishImage } = await import('../../utils/imageBus');
+      publishImage({ base64: res.image_base64, provider: res.provider, model: res.model });
+    } catch {}
+  };
+
+  useImperativeHandle(ref, () => ({
+    suggest: () => suggestPrompt(),
+    generate: () => onGenerate(),
+    openAdvanced: () => setShowAdvanced(v => !v),
+    closeAdvanced: () => setShowAdvanced(false)
+  }));
+
+  return (
+    <Box>
+      <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ mb: 2, fontWeight: 600, color: '#202124' }}>Generate Blog Section Image</Typography>
+      
+      {/* Advanced Options in Header Area */}
+      <Collapse in={showAdvanced}>
+        <Box sx={{ mb: 2, border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderRadius: 1, p: 1.5, backgroundColor: '#fafafa', color: '#202124' }}>
+          <Grid container spacing={2}>
+            <Grid item xs={12} md={3}>
+              <Tooltip title="Select the AI image generation provider. Hugging Face offers photorealistic Flux models, Gemini provides brand-safe editorial images, and Stability AI delivers SDXL-quality professional outputs." placement="top" arrow>
+                <FormControl fullWidth>
+                  <InputLabel>Provider</InputLabel>
+                  <Select value={provider} label="Provider" onChange={(e) => setProvider(e.target.value as Provider)} sx={textInputSx} MenuProps={{ PaperProps: { sx: { color: '#202124' } } }}>
+                    <MenuItem value="huggingface">Hugging Face</MenuItem>
+                    <MenuItem value="gemini">Gemini</MenuItem>
+                    <MenuItem value="stability">Stability</MenuItem>
+                  </Select>
+                </FormControl>
+              </Tooltip>
+            </Grid>
+            <Grid item xs={12} md={5}>
+              <Tooltip title="Specify the exact model to use. Leave empty to use the provider's default. For Hugging Face, the default is FLUX.1-Krea-dev, optimized for photorealistic blog images." placement="top" arrow>
+                <TextField fullWidth label="Model" value={model} onChange={(e) => setModel(e.target.value)} helperText={provider === 'huggingface' ? 'Default: black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-Krea-dev' : 'Leave empty to use provider default'} sx={textInputSx} />
+              </Tooltip>
+            </Grid>
+            <Grid item xs={6} md={2}>
+              <Tooltip title="Image width in pixels. Recommended: 1024 for square images, 1920 for landscape covers. Higher values increase quality but take longer to generate." placement="top" arrow>
+                <TextField fullWidth type="number" label="Width" value={width} onChange={(e) => setWidth(parseInt(e.target.value || '0', 10))} sx={textInputSx} />
+              </Tooltip>
+            </Grid>
+            <Grid item xs={6} md={2}>
+              <Tooltip title="Image height in pixels. Recommended: 1024 for square images, 1080 for portrait covers. Aspect ratio affects composition and visual appeal." placement="top" arrow>
+                <TextField fullWidth type="number" label="Height" value={height} onChange={(e) => setHeight(parseInt(e.target.value || '0', 10))} sx={textInputSx} />
+              </Tooltip>
+            </Grid>
+          </Grid>
+        </Box>
+      </Collapse>
+
+      {/* Loading indicators */}
+      {loadingSuggestions && (
+        <Box sx={{ mb: 2 }}>
+          <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ mb: 0.5, display: 'block' }}>Loading suggestions...</Typography>
+          <LinearProgress />
+        </Box>
+      )}
+      {isGenerating && (
+        <Box sx={{ mb: 2 }}>
+          <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ mb: 0.5, display: 'block' }}>Generating image...</Typography>
+          <LinearProgress />
+        </Box>
+      )}
+
+      {/* Prompt and Negative Prompt Side by Side - 80/20 split, stack on mobile */}
+      <Box sx={{ mb: 2, display: { xs: 'block', md: 'flex' }, gap: 2 }}>
+        <Tooltip title="Describe what you want in the image. Be specific: mention style (photorealistic, editorial, cinematic), subjects, composition, lighting, and mood. The AI uses this to generate your image. Tips: Include camera settings (e.g., '50mm lens, f/2.8'), lighting direction, and visual emphasis." placement="top" arrow>
+          <TextField 
+            sx={{ flex: { md: '0 0 80%' }, width: { xs: '100%' }, mb: { xs: 2, md: 0 } }}
+            InputProps={{ sx: { color: '#202124' } }}
+            InputLabelProps={{ sx: { color: '#5f6368' } }}
+            FormHelperTextProps={{ sx: { color: '#5f6368' } }}
+            multiline 
+            minRows={3} 
+            label="Prompt" 
+            value={prompt} 
+            onChange={(e) => setPrompt(e.target.value)} 
+            placeholder="Describe the image..." 
+          />
+        </Tooltip>
+        <Tooltip title="List elements you want to avoid in the image (e.g., blurry, cartoon, watermark, low quality). This helps the AI exclude unwanted features. Common items: text artifacts, brand logos, distorted anatomy, oversaturation, noise." placement="top" arrow>
+          <TextField 
+            sx={{ flex: { md: '0 0 20%' }, width: { xs: '100%' } }}
+            InputProps={{ sx: { color: '#202124' } }}
+            InputLabelProps={{ sx: { color: '#5f6368' } }}
+            multiline 
+            minRows={3} 
+            label="Negative Prompt (optional)" 
+            value={negative} 
+            onChange={(e) => setNegative(e.target.value)} 
+          />
+        </Tooltip>
+      </Box>
+
+      {/* Action Buttons */}
+      <Grid container spacing={2}>
+        <Grid item xs={12}>
+          <Tooltip title="Get AI-generated prompt suggestions tailored to your blog section. Uses your section title, subheadings, key points, keywords, and research data to create hyper-personalized prompts optimized for your chosen provider. Click to see multiple suggestions in tabs." placement="top" arrow>
+            <span>
+              <Button sx={{ mr: 1 }} variant="outlined" onClick={suggestPrompt} disabled={loadingSuggestions}>{loadingSuggestions ? 'Suggesting…' : 'Suggest prompt'}</Button>
+            </span>
+          </Tooltip>
+          <Tooltip title="Generate the image using your current prompt and settings. The process may take 10-30 seconds depending on provider and image size. Once generated, the image will appear below and can be used for your blog section." placement="top" arrow>
+            <span>
+              <Button variant="contained" disabled={!canGenerate} onClick={onGenerate} startIcon={isGenerating ? <CircularProgress size={18} /> : undefined}>
+                {isGenerating ? 'Generating…' : 'Generate Image'}
+              </Button>
+            </span>
+          </Tooltip>
+        </Grid>
+        {error && (
+          <Grid item xs={12}>
+            <Typography color="error" variant="body2">{error}</Typography>
+          </Grid>
+        )}
+        {result && (
+          <Grid item xs={12}>
+            <Card sx={{ maxWidth: 512 }}>
+              <CardMedia component="img" image={`data:image/png;base64,${result.image_base64}`} alt="generated" />
+            </Card>
+          </Grid>
+        )}
+        {suggestions.length > 0 && (
+          <Grid item xs={12}>
+            <Tooltip title="Browse through AI-generated prompt suggestions. Each tab shows a different prompt optimized for your section and provider. Click a tab to preview and auto-fill the prompt fields. You can then modify or use it directly." placement="top" arrow>
+              <div>
+                <Tabs value={suggestionIndex} onChange={(e, v) => {
+                  setSuggestionIndex(v);
+                  const s = suggestions[v];
+                  if (s) {
+                    setPrompt(s.prompt || '');
+                    setNegative(s.negative_prompt || '');
+                    if (s.width) setWidth(s.width);
+                    if (s.height) setHeight(s.height);
+                  }
+                }} variant="scrollable" scrollButtons allowScrollButtonsMobile>
+                  {suggestions.map((_, i) => (
+                    <Tab key={i} label={`Prompt ${i + 1}`} />
+                  ))}
+                </Tabs>
+              </div>
+            </Tooltip>
+            <Tooltip title="Preview of the currently selected prompt suggestion. Shows the main prompt and negative prompt (if any). This preview updates when you click different tabs above." placement="top" arrow>
+              <Box sx={{ p: 2, border: '1px solid #e0e0e0', borderTop: 'none', borderRadius: '0 0 8px 8px', background: '#fff' }}>
+                <Typography variant="subtitle2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>Preview</Typography>
+                <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ whiteSpace: 'pre-wrap', color: '#202124' }}>{suggestions[suggestionIndex]?.prompt}</Typography>
+                {suggestions[suggestionIndex]?.negative_prompt && (
+                  <Typography variant="caption" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary', display: 'block', mt: 1 }}>Negative: {suggestions[suggestionIndex]?.negative_prompt}</Typography>
+                )}
+              </Box>
+            </Tooltip>
+          </Grid>
+        )}
+      </Grid>
+    </Box>
+  );
+});
+
+export default ImageGenerator;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ImageGen/ImageGeneratorModal.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ImageGen/ImageGeneratorModal.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b762e68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ImageGen/ImageGeneratorModal.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import React, { useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
+import { Tooltip } from '@mui/material';
+import ImageGenerator, { ImageGeneratorHandle } from './ImageGenerator';
+
+interface ImageGeneratorModalProps {
+  isOpen: boolean;
+  onClose: () => void;
+  defaultPrompt?: string;
+  context?: any;
+  onImageGenerated?: (imageBase64: string, sectionId?: string) => void;
+}
+
+const overlayStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
+  position: 'fixed',
+  top: 0,
+  left: 0,
+  right: 0,
+  bottom: 0,
+  backgroundColor: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.5)',
+  zIndex: 2000,
+  display: 'flex',
+  justifyContent: 'center',
+  alignItems: 'stretch'
+};
+
+const modalStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
+  background: '#fff',
+  width: '100%',
+  maxWidth: '1200px',
+  margin: '24px',
+  borderRadius: 12,
+  overflow: 'hidden',
+  display: 'flex',
+  flexDirection: 'column'
+};
+
+const headerStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
+  padding: '16px 20px',
+  borderBottom: '1px solid #e0e0e0',
+  display: 'flex',
+  justifyContent: 'space-between',
+  alignItems: 'center',
+  color: '#202124'
+};
+
+const bodyStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
+  padding: 20,
+  overflow: 'auto',
+  flex: 1
+};
+
+const ImageGeneratorModal: React.FC<ImageGeneratorModalProps> = ({ isOpen, onClose, defaultPrompt, context, onImageGenerated }) => {
+  const handleImageReady = (base64: string) => {
+    if (onImageGenerated) {
+      onImageGenerated(base64, context?.section?.id || context?.sectionId);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const imageRef = useRef<ImageGeneratorHandle>(null);
+  const sectionTitle = useMemo(() => context?.section?.heading || context?.title || 'Generate Blog Section Image', [context]);
+
+  if (!isOpen) return null;
+  return (
+    <div style={overlayStyle} onClick={onClose}>
+      <div style={modalStyle} onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}>
+        <div style={headerStyle}>
+          <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 12 }}>
+            <h3 style={{ margin: 0 }}>{sectionTitle}</h3>
+            <span style={{ fontSize: 12, color: '#5f6368' }}>Generate Blog Section Image</span>
+          </div>
+          <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 8 }}>
+            <Tooltip title="Toggle advanced image generation settings. Opens provider selection (Hugging Face, Gemini, Stability AI), model specification, and image dimensions (width/height). Hover or click to show/hide these options." placement="bottom" arrow>
+              <button
+                onMouseEnter={() => imageRef.current?.openAdvanced()}
+                onClick={() => {
+                  // toggle
+                  if (imageRef.current) {
+                    imageRef.current.openAdvanced();
+                  }
+                }}
+                style={{ border: '1px solid #cbd5e1', background: '#ffffff', color: '#334155', borderRadius: 20, padding: '6px 12px', cursor: 'pointer', boxShadow: '0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' }}
+              >
+                Advanced Image Options
+              </button>
+            </Tooltip>
+            <Tooltip title="Get AI-powered prompt suggestions tailored to your blog section. Uses section title, subheadings, key points, keywords, and research data to generate multiple hyper-personalized prompts. Suggestions appear as tabs below." placement="bottom" arrow>
+              <button
+                onClick={() => imageRef.current?.suggest()}
+                style={{ border: '1px solid #1976d2', background: '#fff', color: '#1976d2', borderRadius: 20, padding: '6px 12px', cursor: 'pointer' }}
+              >
+                Suggest Prompt
+              </button>
+            </Tooltip>
+            <Tooltip title="Close the image generator modal. Any generated images are saved and will appear in your blog section." placement="bottom" arrow>
+              <button onClick={onClose} style={{ border: '1px solid #ddd', background: '#f5f5f5', borderRadius: 6, padding: '6px 10px', cursor: 'pointer' }}>Close</button>
+            </Tooltip>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div style={bodyStyle}>
+          <ImageGenerator ref={imageRef} defaultPrompt={defaultPrompt || ''} context={context} onImageReady={handleImageReady} />
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default ImageGeneratorModal;
+
+
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ImageGen/useImageGeneration.ts b/frontend/src/components/ImageGen/useImageGeneration.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac0ace7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ImageGen/useImageGeneration.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
+import { apiClient } from '../../api/client';
+
+export interface ImageGenerationRequest {
+  prompt: string;
+  negative_prompt?: string;
+  provider?: 'gemini' | 'huggingface' | 'stability';
+  model?: string;
+  width?: number;
+  height?: number;
+  guidance_scale?: number;
+  steps?: number;
+  seed?: number;
+}
+
+export interface ImageGenerationResponse {
+  success: boolean;
+  image_base64: string;
+  width: number;
+  height: number;
+  provider: string;
+  model?: string;
+  seed?: number;
+}
+
+export function useImageGeneration() {
+  const [isGenerating, setIsGenerating] = useState(false);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [result, setResult] = useState<ImageGenerationResponse | null>(null);
+
+  const generate = useCallback(async (req: ImageGenerationRequest) => {
+    setIsGenerating(true);
+    setError(null);
+    try {
+      const { data } = await apiClient.post<ImageGenerationResponse>('/api/images/generate', req);
+      setResult(data);
+      return data;
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      const message = e?.response?.data?.detail || e?.message || 'Image generation failed';
+      setError(message);
+      throw new Error(message);
+    } finally {
+      setIsGenerating(false);
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  return { isGenerating, error, result, generate };
+}
+
+export interface PromptSuggestion {
+  prompt: string;
+  negative_prompt?: string;
+  width?: number;
+  height?: number;
+  overlay_text?: string;
+}
+
+export async function fetchPromptSuggestions(payload: any): Promise<PromptSuggestion[]> {
+  const res = await fetch('/api/images/suggest-prompts', {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+    credentials: 'include',
+    body: JSON.stringify(payload)
+  });
+  if (!res.ok) {
+    const text = await res.text();
+    throw new Error(text || 'Failed to fetch prompt suggestions');
+  }
+  const data = await res.json();
+  return data.suggestions || [];
+}
+
+
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/usePhaseNavigation.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/usePhaseNavigation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e6e8805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/usePhaseNavigation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+import { useState, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useCallback } from 'react';
+import { BlogResearchResponse, BlogOutlineSection } from '../services/blogWriterApi';
+
+export interface Phase {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  icon: string;
+  description: string;
+  completed: boolean;
+  current: boolean;
+  disabled: boolean;
+}
+
+export const usePhaseNavigation = (
+  research: BlogResearchResponse | null,
+  outline: BlogOutlineSection[],
+  outlineConfirmed: boolean,
+  hasContent: boolean,
+  contentConfirmed: boolean,
+  seoAnalysis: any,
+  seoMetadata: any,
+  seoRecommendationsApplied?: boolean
+) => {
+  // Initialize from localStorage if available
+  const getInitialPhase = (): string => {
+    try {
+      if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+        const stored = window.localStorage.getItem('blogwriter_current_phase');
+        if (stored) return stored;
+      }
+    } catch {}
+    return 'research';
+  };
+
+  const [currentPhase, setCurrentPhase] = useState<string>(getInitialPhase());
+  const [userSelectedPhase, setUserSelectedPhase] = useState<boolean>(() => {
+    try {
+      if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+        const stored = window.localStorage.getItem('blogwriter_user_selected_phase');
+        return stored === 'true';
+      }
+    } catch {}
+    return false;
+  });
+  const lastClickAtRef = useRef<number>(0);
+
+  // Determine phase states based on current data
+  const phases = useMemo((): Phase[] => {
+    const researchCompleted = !!research;
+    const outlineCompleted = outline.length > 0;
+    const contentCompleted = hasContent && contentConfirmed;
+    // SEO is complete when analysis exists AND recommendations are applied
+    const seoCompleted = !!seoAnalysis && (seoRecommendationsApplied === true || !!seoMetadata);
+
+    return [
+      {
+        id: 'research',
+        name: 'Research',
+        icon: '🔍',
+        description: 'Research your topic and gather data',
+        completed: researchCompleted,
+        current: currentPhase === 'research',
+        disabled: false // Research is always accessible
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'outline',
+        name: 'Outline',
+        icon: '📝',
+        description: 'Create and refine your blog outline',
+        completed: outlineCompleted,
+        current: currentPhase === 'outline',
+        disabled: !researchCompleted // Disabled only if research not completed (can always go back if completed)
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'content',
+        name: 'Content',
+        icon: '✍️',
+        description: 'Generate and edit your blog content',
+        completed: contentCompleted,
+        current: currentPhase === 'content',
+        disabled: !outlineCompleted // Disabled only if outline not completed (can always go back if completed)
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'seo',
+        name: 'SEO',
+        icon: '📈',
+        description: 'Optimize for search engines',
+        completed: seoCompleted,
+        current: currentPhase === 'seo',
+        disabled: !contentCompleted // Disabled only if content not completed (can always go back if completed)
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'publish',
+        name: 'Publish',
+        icon: '🚀',
+        description: 'Publish your blog post',
+        completed: false, // This would be set when actually published
+        current: currentPhase === 'publish',
+        disabled: !seoCompleted // Can access if SEO done
+      }
+    ];
+  }, [research, outline, outlineConfirmed, hasContent, contentConfirmed, seoAnalysis, seoMetadata, seoRecommendationsApplied, currentPhase]);
+
+  // Persist current phase and user selection
+  useEffect(() => {
+    try {
+      if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+        window.localStorage.setItem('blogwriter_current_phase', currentPhase);
+        window.localStorage.setItem('blogwriter_user_selected_phase', String(userSelectedPhase));
+      }
+    } catch {}
+  }, [currentPhase, userSelectedPhase]);
+
+  // Validate stored phase against current availability (quiet)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const current = phases.find(p => p.id === currentPhase);
+    if (!current) {
+      setCurrentPhase('research');
+      return;
+    }
+    if (current.disabled) {
+      // Find the first non-disabled phase in order of progression the user qualifies for
+      const fallback = phases.find(p => !p.disabled) || ({ id: 'research' } as Phase);
+      if (fallback.id !== currentPhase) {
+        setCurrentPhase(fallback.id);
+      }
+    }
+  }, [phases, currentPhase]);
+
+  // Auto-update current phase based on completion status (only if user hasn't manually selected a phase)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (userSelectedPhase) {
+      return; // Don't auto-update if user has manually selected a phase
+    }
+
+    // Auto-progress to the next available phase when conditions are met
+    if (research && outline.length === 0) {
+      // Research completed, but no outline yet - stay on research
+      if (currentPhase !== 'research') {
+        setCurrentPhase('research');
+      }
+    } else if (research && outline.length > 0 && !outlineConfirmed) {
+      // Outline created but not confirmed - move to outline phase
+      if (currentPhase !== 'outline') {
+        setCurrentPhase('outline');
+      }
+    } else if (outlineConfirmed && hasContent && !contentConfirmed) {
+      // Content generated but not confirmed - move to content phase
+      if (currentPhase !== 'content') {
+        setCurrentPhase('content');
+      }
+    } else if (contentConfirmed && !seoAnalysis) {
+      // Content confirmed but no SEO analysis yet - move to SEO phase
+      if (currentPhase !== 'seo') {
+        setCurrentPhase('seo');
+      }
+    } else if (seoAnalysis && !seoRecommendationsApplied && !seoMetadata) {
+      // SEO analysis done but recommendations not applied - stay on SEO phase
+      if (currentPhase !== 'seo') {
+        setCurrentPhase('seo');
+      }
+    } else if (seoAnalysis && (seoRecommendationsApplied || seoMetadata)) {
+      // SEO recommendations applied or metadata generated
+      if (currentPhase === 'seo') {
+        // CRITICAL: Stay in SEO phase so user can review updated content - don't auto-progress
+        // User will manually navigate to publish when ready
+        // This prevents blank screen by keeping user in SEO phase where BlogEditor is visible
+        // No action needed - already in SEO phase, stay here
+      } else {
+        // User is NOT in SEO phase - can progress to publish
+        // This handles cases where user navigates away and comes back
+        // Only auto-progress if user is already in a different phase (not actively in SEO)
+        if (currentPhase !== 'publish') {
+          setCurrentPhase('publish');
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }, [research, outline, outlineConfirmed, hasContent, contentConfirmed, seoAnalysis, seoMetadata, seoRecommendationsApplied, currentPhase, userSelectedPhase]);
+
+  const navigateToPhase = useCallback((phaseId: string) => {
+    // Minimal debounce (200ms) to avoid race conditions on rapid clicks
+    const now = Date.now();
+    if (now - lastClickAtRef.current < 200) { return; }
+    lastClickAtRef.current = now;
+
+    const phase = phases.find(p => p.id === phaseId);
+
+    if (phase && !phase.disabled) {
+      setCurrentPhase(phaseId);
+      setUserSelectedPhase(true); // Mark that user has manually selected a phase
+    } else {
+      // Quietly ignore blocked navigation
+    }
+  }, [phases, currentPhase]);
+
+  // Reset user selection when a new phase is completed (to allow auto-progression)
+  const resetUserSelection = () => {
+    setUserSelectedPhase(false);
+  };
+
+  return {
+    phases,
+    currentPhase,
+    navigateToPhase,
+    setCurrentPhase,
+    resetUserSelection
+  };
+};
+
+export default usePhaseNavigation;
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/blogWriterApi.ts b/frontend/src/services/blogWriterApi.ts
index 90279234..e56d6fbc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/blogWriterApi.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/services/blogWriterApi.ts
@@ -166,15 +166,53 @@ export interface BlogSectionResponse {
   continuity_metrics?: { flow?: number; consistency?: number; progression?: number };
 }
 
+export interface BlogSEOActionableRecommendation {
+  category: string;
+  priority: 'High' | 'Medium' | 'Low' | string;
+  recommendation: string;
+  impact: string;
+}
+
+export interface BlogSEOAnalysisSummary {
+  overall_grade: string;
+  status: string;
+  strongest_category: string;
+  weakest_category: string;
+  key_strengths: string[];
+  key_weaknesses: string[];
+  ai_summary: string;
+}
+
 export interface BlogSEOAnalyzeResponse {
   success: boolean;
-  seo_score: number;
-  density: Record<string, any>;
-  structure: Record<string, any>;
-  readability: Record<string, any>;
-  link_suggestions: any[];
-  image_alt_status: Record<string, any>;
-  recommendations: string[];
+  analysis_id?: string;
+  overall_score: number;
+  category_scores: Record<string, number>;
+  analysis_summary: BlogSEOAnalysisSummary;
+  actionable_recommendations: BlogSEOActionableRecommendation[];
+  detailed_analysis?: any;
+  visualization_data?: any;
+  generated_at?: string;
+  error?: string;
+}
+
+export interface BlogSEOApplyRecommendationsRequest {
+  title: string;
+  sections: Array<{ id: string; heading: string; content: string }>;
+  outline: BlogOutlineSection[];
+  research: Record<string, any>;
+  recommendations: BlogSEOActionableRecommendation[];
+  persona?: Record<string, any>;
+  tone?: string;
+  audience?: string;
+}
+
+export interface BlogSEOApplyRecommendationsResponse {
+  success: boolean;
+  title?: string;
+  sections: Array<{ id: string; heading: string; content: string; notes?: string[] }>;
+  applied?: Array<{ category: string; summary: string }>;
+  error?: string;
 }
 
 export interface BlogSEOMetadataResponse {
@@ -263,6 +301,11 @@ export const blogWriterApi = {
     return data;
   },
 
+  async applySeoRecommendations(payload: BlogSEOApplyRecommendationsRequest): Promise<BlogSEOApplyRecommendationsResponse> {
+    const { data } = await apiClient.post('/api/blog/seo/apply-recommendations', payload);
+    return data;
+  },
+
   // Flow Analysis APIs
   async analyzeFlowBasic(payload: {
     title: string;
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/debug.ts b/frontend/src/utils/debug.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dcb00dcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/debug.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/**
+ * Debug utility for controlling frontend logging
+ */
+
+// Check for debug mode via localStorage or URL parameter
+const getDebugMode = (): boolean => {
+  // Check URL parameter first (e.g., ?debug=true)
+  if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+    const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+    const urlDebug = urlParams.get('debug');
+    if (urlDebug === 'true') return true;
+    if (urlDebug === 'false') return false;
+    
+    // Check localStorage
+    const stored = localStorage.getItem('alwrity-debug');
+    if (stored === 'true') return true;
+    if (stored === 'false') return false;
+  }
+  
+  // Default to false in production, true in development
+  return process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development';
+};
+
+let isDebugMode = getDebugMode();
+
+export const debug = {
+  /**
+   * Check if debug mode is enabled
+   */
+  isEnabled: () => isDebugMode,
+  
+  /**
+   * Enable debug mode
+   */
+  enable: () => {
+    isDebugMode = true;
+    if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+      localStorage.setItem('alwrity-debug', 'true');
+    }
+  },
+  
+  /**
+   * Disable debug mode
+   */
+  disable: () => {
+    isDebugMode = false;
+    if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+      localStorage.setItem('alwrity-debug', 'false');
+    }
+  },
+  
+  /**
+   * Toggle debug mode
+   */
+  toggle: () => {
+    if (isDebugMode) {
+      debug.disable();
+    } else {
+      debug.enable();
+    }
+  },
+  
+  /**
+   * Log a message only if debug mode is enabled
+   */
+  log: (message: string, ...args: any[]) => {
+    if (isDebugMode) {
+      console.log(`🔍 ${message}`, ...args);
+    }
+  },
+  
+  /**
+   * Log an error (always shown)
+   */
+  error: (message: string, ...args: any[]) => {
+    console.error(`❌ ${message}`, ...args);
+  },
+  
+  /**
+   * Log a warning (always shown)
+   */
+  warn: (message: string, ...args: any[]) => {
+    console.warn(`⚠️ ${message}`, ...args);
+  },
+  
+  /**
+   * Log an info message (always shown)
+   */
+  info: (message: string, ...args: any[]) => {
+    console.info(`ℹ️ ${message}`, ...args);
+  }
+};
+
+// Expose global toggle for easy access
+if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+  (window as any).toggleDebug = debug.toggle;
+  (window as any).debugMode = debug;
+}
+
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/imageBus.ts b/frontend/src/utils/imageBus.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46560bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/imageBus.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+type ImagePayload = { base64: string; provider?: string; model?: string };
+
+const subscribers = new Set<(p: ImagePayload) => void>();
+
+export function publishImage(payload: ImagePayload) {
+  subscribers.forEach((cb) => {
+    try { cb(payload); } catch {}
+  });
+}
+
+export function subscribeImage(cb: (p: ImagePayload) => void) {
+  subscribers.add(cb);
+  return () => {
+    subscribers.delete(cb);
+  };
+}
+
+