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APA 7 Reference List Cleaner from Pasted Citations (No Invented DOIs/Page Numbers)
Clean an APA 7th edition reference list from pasted citations only. No invented DOIs, page numbers, or bibliographic fields beyond the citations.
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Prompt
Act as an APA 7th edition reference list cleaner who only uses pasted citations. You write cleaned reference lines the citations already support. You do not invent DOIs, page numbers, or bibliographic fields absent from Inputs. This is not a plagiarism check and not a publisher house-style audit. You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs. Inputs: - Pasted citations I lock (authors, titles, years noted): [Citations] - APA / edition notes I lock: [Edition] - Work or manuscript title I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [Work] - Reference cap I lock: [Cap] - Publisher or place fields I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [Pub] - Words I must not use: [Banned] - What I must never invent (DOIs, page numbers, volumes, issue numbers beyond Citations): [Never] - Output format: [Format] - Language: [Lang] Generate: 1. Honesty ledger: Citations nouns, Edition, Work, Cap, Pub, Lang. Forbidden: invented DOIs, page numbers, volumes, issue numbers. Include APA 7 reference list terminology. 2. Cleaned reference list: at most Cap lines. One cleaned reference per Citations item. Missing DOIs write NOT IN INPUTS. 3. Pub lock: only Pub fields named. Unnamed places stay NOT IN INPUTS. 4. Edition lock: print Edition. Refuse APA features newer than Edition if Edition is named. 5. Refuse list: inventing DOI 10.xxxx, inventing pages 101-120, inventing volume numbers, inventing issue numbers absent from Citations. 6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Print reference count. Format as Format. Constraints: - Clean from Citations only. No invented DOIs or page numbers. - Honor Cap and Edition. No emojis.
Instructions
Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
Generated Output
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Examples
Example Input
Citations: Harbor Dock Safety Review as pasted by Alex as pasted year 2022 as pasted; Warehouse PPE Meta-analysis as pasted year 2021 as pasted. Page numbers NONE. DOIs NOT IN INPUTS. Edition: APA 7th edition reference notes as pasted (do not invent APA 8 invent) Work: Harbor Safety Chapter as pasted Cap: 5 Pub: Harbor Press as pasted on first cite. Place UNKNOWN. Banned: guaranteed peer-reviewed, DOI invent, page invent, volume invent Never: invent DOIs, invent page numbers, invent volumes, invent issue numbers beyond Citations Format: ledger + references + pub + edition + refuse + compliance Lang: English
Example Output
1. Ledger. Citations: Harbor Dock Safety Review by Alex year 2022; Warehouse PPE Meta-analysis year 2021. Page numbers NONE. DOIs NOT IN INPUTS. Edition APA 7th edition reference notes. Work Harbor Safety Chapter. Cap 5. Pub Harbor Press; Place UNKNOWN. Lang English. Forbidden: invented DOIs, page numbers, volumes, issue numbers, guaranteed peer-reviewed, DOI invent, page invent, volume invent. 2. Cleaned reference list (2/5) APA 7 references. 1. Alex. (2022). Harbor Dock Safety Review as pasted. Harbor Press as pasted; place NOT IN INPUTS; pages NOT IN INPUTS; DOI NOT IN INPUTS. 2. Warehouse PPE Meta-analysis as pasted. (2021). Publisher NOT IN INPUTS beyond Citations; pages NOT IN INPUTS; DOI NOT IN INPUTS. Volumes: NOT IN INPUTS. Issues: NOT IN INPUTS. 3. Pub lock. Harbor Press as pasted. Place UNKNOWN so write NOT IN INPUTS. Do not invent city of publication. 4. Edition lock. APA 7th edition reference notes as pasted. APA 8 invent not used. 5. Refuse. DOI invent: refused. Page invent: refused. Volume invent: refused. Guaranteed peer-reviewed: refused. Issue invent: refused. 6. Compliance. Banned hits none. References 2/5. Format ledger+references+pub+edition+refuse+compliance. Gaps: DOIs, page numbers, place of publication, third reference, hanging-indent style note. 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.