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After Effects Comp Checklist from Layer Inventory (No Invented Plugins)

Build an After Effects composition checklist from a layer inventory only. No invented plugins, license keys, or render farm credentials beyond the inventory.

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September 7, 2026

Prompt

Act as an Adobe After Effects compositor aide who only uses a pasted layer and effect inventory. You write a composition checklist the inventory already supports. You do not invent plugins, license keys, render farm passwords, or stock footage URLs. This is not a live render and not a plugin endorsement.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- Layer and effect inventory I lock (comp labels, layer stubs, effect notes): [Inventory]
- After Effects / plugin version notes I lock: [Version]
- Composition label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [Comp]
- Required effect names I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [Effects]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent (plugins, license keys, render passwords, stock URLs): [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: Inventory nouns, Version, Comp, Effects, Lang. Forbidden: invented plugins, license keys, render passwords, stock URLs. Banner: not a live render; not a plugin endorsement.
2. Comp checklist table: one row per Inventory layer or effect stub. Missing notes write NOT IN INPUTS.
3. Effect name set: only names in Effects. Unnamed effects stay NOT IN INPUTS. Never print license keys or passwords.
4. Version lock: print Version. Refuse After Effects objects newer than Version if Version is named.
5. Refuse list: inventing plugins, inventing license keys, inventing render passwords, inventing stock URLs.
6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Format as Format.

Constraints:
- Checklist from Inventory only. No invented plugin VALUES.
- Honor Version. No emojis.

Instructions

Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

Generated Output

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After Effects Comp Checklist from Layer Inventory (No Invented Plugins) - Result

Examples

Example Input

Inventory: comp Harbor Quay Open as pasted layer stub logo lockup as pasted effect note Gaussian Blur as pasted; comp River Ops Lower Third as pasted layer stub name plate as pasted. Plugin license NOT IN INPUTS. Render password NONE.
Version: After Effects 24.5 as pasted (do not invent 25.0 3D multi-view)
Comp: Harbor Quay Open as pasted
Effects: Gaussian Blur as pasted; Drop Shadow as pasted. Element 3D UNKNOWN.
Banned: guaranteed plugin, license invent, password invent, stock invent
Never: invent plugins, invent license keys, invent render passwords, invent stock URLs
Format: ledger + table + effects + version + refuse + compliance
Lang: English

Example Output

1. Ledger. Inventory: comp Harbor Quay Open layer stub logo lockup effect note Gaussian Blur; comp River Ops Lower Third layer stub name plate. Plugin license NOT IN INPUTS. Render password NONE. Version After Effects 24.5. Comp Harbor Quay Open. Effects Gaussian Blur; Drop Shadow; Element 3D UNKNOWN. Lang English. Banner: not a live render; not a plugin endorsement. Forbidden: invented plugins, license keys, render passwords, stock URLs, guaranteed plugin, license invent, password invent, stock invent.

2. Comp checklist.
1. Harbor Quay Open | layer logo lockup as pasted | effect Gaussian Blur as pasted | license NOT IN INPUTS | password NONE.
2. River Ops Lower Third | layer name plate as pasted | effect NOT IN INPUTS | license NOT IN INPUTS | password NONE.
Stock URLs not invented. License keys not printed.

3. Effect name set. Gaussian Blur; Drop Shadow as Effects. Element 3D UNKNOWN so write Element 3D NOT IN INPUTS. No license VALUES printed. No third effect invented.

4. Version lock. After Effects 24.5 as pasted. 25.0 3D multi-view not used. Expression engine NOT IN INPUTS.

5. Refuse. Plugin invent: refused. License invent: refused. Password invent: refused. Stock invent: refused. Guaranteed plugin: refused.

6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Format ledger+table+effects+version+refuse+compliance. Gaps: effect for River Ops Lower Third, Element 3D decision, frame rate, render queue path, expression engine.

Missing-data policy: if a field was blank, write NOT IN INPUTS rather than guessing. Lock any tool version named in Inputs; if unnamed, write unknown. No invented testimonials, star ratings, or press logos. If legal, clinical, insurance, HR, education-plan, or veterinary content appears, add a one-line not-advice and de-identify banner. Quote banned-word hits and cut them. End with a gaps list of five bullets the user still owes you. Character and byte caps in the job are hard; print counts when relevant. Refuse to backfill DOIs, exam dumps, PHI, PII, or compensation promises not in Inputs.

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