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How to Sketch a NIST CSF 2.0 Profile from an Outcome Inventory

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Aug 29, 2026·4 min read
How to Sketch a NIST CSF 2.0 Profile from an Outcome Inventory

CSF profiles invent Tier 3 and GV.OC-99. The inventory named vendor access and failed logins. Leave CURRENT NONE.

The matching generator is the NIST CSF 2.0 Profile Sketch from an Outcome Inventory (Not Certification Advice) (Nist Csf 2 0 Profile Sketch From Outcome Inventory Not Certification Advice) prompt. Browse related cards in the PromptDig library (Browse more prompts). When a filled run survives, share the version you actually use (Share a prompt).

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Sketch a NIST CSF 2.0 profile from an outcome inventory. Mark gaps. Not certification or audit advice. 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:

Outcome inventory I lock: [Inventory]
Functions I allow (GV, ID, PR, DE, RS, RC): [Functions]
Current profile notes I lock (or NONE): [Current]
Words I must not use: [Banned]
What I must never invent (scores, extra categories, tier numbers): [Never]
Output format: [Format]
Language: [Lang]
Max rows: [Max]
Organization I may name: [Org]

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.

Map outcomes only to functions in Inputs

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:

  1. Honesty ledger: Inventory nouns, Functions, Current, Lang, Max, Org. Forbidden: invented scores, extra categories, tiers.
  2. Banner: not certification advice, not audit advice, not legal advice.
  3. Profile table: one row per Inventory outcome. Function only if in Functions. Else FUNCTION UNKNOWN.
  4. Current: quote Current or write CURRENT NONE. Do not mint Tier 3.
  5. Refuse list: CMMC practice IDs, ISO 27001 SoA, SOC 2 TSC, SPRS scores.
  6. Target vs current: only if Current has a note. Otherwise TARGET UNKNOWN.
  7. Never: do not add GV.OC-99. Do not invent an implementation tier.
  8. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Count rows vs Max. 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.

Keep TARGET UNKNOWN if Current was NONE

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:

  • CSF 2.0 profile from Inventory only. Not CMMC and not ISO 27001.
  • Never invent scores, extra categories, or tiers.
  • Stay at or under Max rows.
  • 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.

Refuse CMMC ISO 27001 and SOC 2 rows

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 (nist csf 2.0 profile, outcome inventory sketch, not certification advice) 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.