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How to Use: RescueTime Focus Category Checklist from Activity Notes (No Invented Productivity Scores)

You pasted messy RescueTime activity notes and need a clean deliverable without invented numbers. This PromptDig prompt turns only what you already listed into a structured focus-category checklist for focus category handoffs.

What this prompt does

It locks your activity notes, version, labels, 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 RescueTime and want a teachable focus-category checklist for this job, not a generic template swap from another vendor. The Generate steps name RescueTime nouns on purpose so a title swap into another category would fail the swap-title test.

The deliverable is aimed at RescueTime focus-category checklists. Reviewers should see your locked 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 activity notes 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 labels you may quote only when you already have names you are allowed to use.
  4. Complete the domain fields that match this job. Leave blanks as UNKNOWN instead of inventing productivity scores, focus minutes, distraction ranks.
  5. Set Banned and Never to the phrases you refuse. Keep Format and Lang explicit.

Keep Harbor Quay sample nouns out of your production paste. Those labels exist only so the example_input shows two concrete rows. Replace them with your real labels before you run the prompt.

Who it is for

Ops leads who inherit messy RescueTime activity notes. It is also useful when a teammate hands you a partial export and you need a focus-category checklist that stays honest about gaps.

How to run it

  1. Open RescueTime Focus Category Checklist from Activity Notes (No Invented Productivity Scores) on PromptDig.
  2. Copy the prompt into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.
  3. Replace every bracket with your locked activity notes. Do not leave sample Harbor nouns in place if they are not yours.
  4. Run once, then fix only the gaps list. Do not ask the model to invent missing metrics.
  5. Paste the focus-category checklist into your handoff doc and keep NOT IN INPUTS visible for reviewers.

What good output looks like

A strong run starts with an honesty ledger that quotes your locked nouns and Version. The tables attach only names that appeared beside each other in Inputs. Refuse lines explicitly reject fake productivity scores, focus minutes, distraction ranks.

Weak output invents metrics, adds vendor features not in Version, or swaps in another tool's nouns. If you see that, tighten Banned and Never, then rerun.

Common mistakes

  • Inventing productivity scores, focus minutes, or distraction ranks the notes never stated.
  • Treating UNKNOWN as a cue to guess defaults.
  • Dropping the gaps list so reviewers cannot see what is still owed.
  • Softening Never so the model pads with industry averages.
  • Swapping the title to Clockify or RescueTime rivals like Timing and expecting the body to stay useful.

Why notes-first compilers beat guesswork

Most failed runs happen when the model fills empty cells with confident fiction. This prompt is built to refuse that pattern. It asks for an honesty ledger first so you can see which nouns were actually locked before any table rows appear.

Keep your activity notes short and concrete. Two labeled stubs are enough for a teachable example. If a teammate later adds more stubs, re-run with the same Version so the focus-category checklist stays comparable across handoffs.

When you share the result with a reviewer, point them at the refuse list and the gaps bullets. Those sections are the audit trail. They show what the model was not allowed to invent, which is the whole point of this PromptDig job.

Honesty also protects you from soft plagiarism of vendor marketing pages. The prompt refuses testimonials, star ratings, and press logos that were never in Inputs. Your wiki stays a map of what you pasted, not a brochure.

The Generate steps stay locked to RescueTime language for this focus-category checklist. That is intentional. A clean handoff should read like a checklist for this product, not a generic productivity template with the title swapped.

When to skip this prompt

Skip it if you need live RescueTime cloud automation, paid analytics claims, or legal advice. This job is a notes-first focus-category checklist only. For broader catalogs, use Browse more prompts. If you ship a better variant, Share a prompt.

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Reviewer pass

Ask a second person to scan for invented numbers, tool nouns from another vendor, and missing gaps bullets. If any appear, tighten Never and rerun once. Keep the original activity notes block attached so audits stay cheap.

Privacy and safety notes

Strip personal emails, student identifiers, patient details, and payment account numbers before you paste. If regulated content appears, keep the one-line not-advice banner the prompt asks for. Do not ask the model to fabricate compliance certificates.

Final checklist

  • Activity notes pasted with at least two concrete rows
  • Version locked or marked unknown
  • Domain fields filled or UNKNOWN
  • Banned and Never explicit
  • Gaps list kept visible after the run