How to Use: Packer Image Build Map from Template Inventory (No Invented Build Durations)

You pasted a messy Packer inventory and need a clean deliverable without invented numbers. This PromptDig prompt turns only what you already listed into a structured map or checklist for packer image build map handoffs.

What this prompt does

It locks your inventory, version, workspace label, and domain fields, then builds a ledger plus a table that refuses fake metrics. Missing cells stay NOT IN INPUTS instead of guessing.

Use it when you already have real stubs from Packer and want a teachable map for this job, not a generic template swap from another vendor. The Generate steps name Packer nouns on purpose so a title swap into another category would fail the swap-title test.

The deliverable is aimed at Packer maps. Reviewers should see Inventory nouns echoed in the table rows, not marketing fluff. Cap style limits stay soft unless you add them later in Extra.

How to fill the brackets

1. Paste your Inventory with concrete nouns only. Prefer two labeled rows so the example shape stays visible after you swap names.
2. Lock Version to what you actually run. If you do not know the version, write unknown rather than guessing a marketing release name.
3. Fill Workspace and SpecNames only when you already have labels you are allowed to quote.
4. Complete the domain fields that match this job. Leave blanks as UNKNOWN instead of inventing build durations, artifact totals, or provisioner scores.
5. Set Banned and Never to the phrases you refuse. Keep Format and Lang explicit.

Who it is for

Platform engineers who inherit messy packer template inventories. It is also useful when a teammate hands you a partial export and you need a map that stays honest about gaps.

How to run it

1. Open Packer Image Build Map from Template Inventory (No Invented Build Durations) on PromptDig.
2. Copy the prompt into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.
3. Replace every bracket with your locked fields.
4. Ask for the ledger first if you want a quick honesty check, then the full table.
5. Compare the output rows to your Inventory. Cut any invented build durations, artifact totals, or provisioner scores.

What good output looks like

A strong run opens with an honesty ledger that restates your nouns, then a numbered map with one row per stub. Spec names stay limited to SpecNames. Version lock refuses features you did not name. The refuse list and compliance pass quote Banned and Never hits instead of inventing metrics.

If a cell was blank in Inputs, the model should write NOT IN INPUTS. That is success, not a failure.

Common mistakes

• Swapping in a Vagrant or Docker Buildx workflow and keeping the same body. The prompt should teach Packer language.
• Asking the model to invent build durations, artifact totals, or provisioner scores so the table looks complete. Refuse that and keep gaps visible.
• Pasting bare URLs without labeled links when you share the result. Prefer clear titles.

Related links

• Open the live prompt: Packer Image Build Map from Template Inventory (No Invented Build Durations)
• Browse more prompts
• Share a prompt

Before you share the map with a teammate, do one quiet pass against the original Inventory paste. Confirm every row noun still appears in Inputs, confirm Version still matches what you run, and confirm the refuse list still blocks the metrics this job forbids. That short pass keeps the deliverable honest when someone later asks for a fuller looking table.

Bottom line

Ship the map your Inventory already supports. Keep Packer nouns specific, keep invented metrics out, and leave missing fields marked so the next human can fill them for real.