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How to use the Readwise Highlight Library Map from Library Inventory (No Invented Citation Counts) PromptDig prompt without inventing metrics.

How to Use: Readwise Highlight Library Map from Library Inventory (No Invented Citation Counts)

You pasted a messy Readwise 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 highlight library 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 Readwise and want a teachable map for this job, not a generic template swap from another vendor. The Generate steps name Readwise nouns on purpose so a title swap into another category would fail the swap-title test.

The deliverable is aimed at Readwise 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 citation counts, recall scores, or reading minutes.
  5. Set Banned and Never to the phrases you refuse. Keep Format and Lang explicit.

Who it is for

Researchers who inherit messy Readwise library 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 Readwise Highlight Library Map from Library Inventory (No Invented Citation Counts) 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 citation counts, recall scores, or reading minutes.

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 Matter or Goodreads workflow and keeping the same body. The prompt should teach Readwise language.
  • Asking the model to invent citation counts, recall scores, or reading minutes 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.

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Bottom line

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

Why inventory-only maps matter

Fake citation counts and recall scores make handoffs look finished when they are not. This prompt keeps the highlight library map tied to the library inventory you pasted, including Harbor Quay and River Ops style labels when those appear in your example. That habit protects reviewers who must trust gaps more than padded tables.

When you later add real metrics from Readwise, paste them into Inputs first. Do not ask the model to backfill reading minutes from memory or from a rival product such as Matter or Goodreads.