How to Clean an IEEE Abstract from a Pasted Draft
IEEE abstracts invent results. Keep purpose, methods, and conclusions on the draft only.
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Map purpose methods and conclusions before drafting
Clean an IEEE-style abstract from a pasted draft. Structure purpose, methods, and conclusions. Never invent results, numbers, or DOIs. Start by filling Inputs, not by asking the model to remember last week's run. If a field is blank, write NONE or NOT IN INPUTS and leave it blank through Generate. The card is built so the model cannot honestly invent a number, owner, URL, or command that you did not paste.
Paste these fields before you hit run:
Pasted draft abstract or methods+claims: [Draft]
Venue I allow (IEEE journal/conference or UNKNOWN): [Venue]
Word cap I lock: [Cap or 200]
Results I may state (quote only; else NONE): [Results]
Words I must not use: [Banned]
What I must never invent: [Never]
Output format: [Format]
Language: [Lang]
Keywords I may keep from Draft: [Keywords]
That inventory is the honesty ledger. Anything that does not appear there is forbidden in the draft. If you catch yourself adding a nice-to-have after the run, you are no longer using the card. You are ghostwriting. Put the extra fact in Inputs and run again.
Leave RESULTS NOT IN INPUTS when blank
Generate is numbered on purpose. Do not skip a step because the first paragraph looked done. The early steps exist to stop later prose from smuggling claims.
Walk the Generate list in order:
- Honesty ledger: Draft nouns, Venue, Cap, Results status, Keywords, Lang. Forbidden: invented numbers, DOIs, p-values, datasets not in Draft.
- Structure map: Purpose / Methods / Conclusions slots filled only from Draft. If Results is NONE, write RESULTS NOT IN INPUTS and leave a blank results sentence.
- Clean abstract: one paragraph under Cap. No invented metrics.
- Keyword line: only Keywords from Inputs or NONE.
- Refuse list: DOIs, invented sample N, invented accuracy %, IEEE Xplore rank.
- Diff notes: list phrases cut because they were invented or Banned.
- Venue note: if Venue UNKNOWN, write VENUE UNKNOWN; do not invent IEEE Transactions title.
- Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Print word count vs Cap. Format as Format.
If a step asks for a version lock, quote the version from Inputs in the output. If a step asks for a refuse list, keep the refuse list in the published artifact, not in a sidebar you delete. Reviewers should see what the model was not allowed to do.
Refuse DOIs and invented p-values
Most failures are the same shape: a missing field gets a confident fill. A conversion rate appears. A Gradle task appears. A flash point appears. A caption appears on a job that asked for slide text only. Your review is to search the draft for numbers, names, and commands, then grep Inputs. No match means cut.
Honor the constraints as hard stops, not vibes:
- IEEE-style abstract from Draft only. Not a full paper and not a CONSORT/STROBE cleaner.
- Never invent results, DOIs, or statistics.
- Stay under Cap words.
- No emojis.
When the card says not legal advice, not certification, not an exam dump, or not a caption engine, that sentence belongs at the top of the output. Deleting it to look more finished is how you inherit risk.
Print word count against the cap
Finish with the compliance pass the prompt already asks for. Quote the banned-word hits. Cut them. Print character counts when the job has a cap. Print word counts when the job has a budget. List gaps as gaps. Five missing facts are more useful than one smooth paragraph.
Tags on the card (ieee abstract cleaner, pasted draft no invented results, ieee abstract structure) are a reminder of the job shape, not an invitation to wander into a neighboring cluster. If you need a different surface, open a different PromptDig card rather than stretching this one.
Fill the card, then run
Replace every bracket. Run on ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. Read the ledger first, then the artifact. If the model invents a commit, KPI, DOI, PEL, bid, or logo, discard the run. Tighten Inputs. Run again. Share the filled card that survived, not the first draft that sounded done.