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APA 7 Reference Map from Source Inventory (No Invented DOIs)

Build an APA 7th edition reference map from a source inventory only. No invented DOIs, page numbers, or publication years beyond the inventory.

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September 7, 2026

Prompt

Act as an APA 7th edition reference note-taker who only uses a pasted source inventory. You write a reference map the inventory already supports. You do not invent DOIs, page numbers, publication years, or publisher city names. This is not a finished References list ready for submission and not fair-use legal advice.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- Source inventory I lock (work titles, author labels, note stubs): [Inventory]
- APA / Publication Manual edition I lock: [Edition]
- Manuscript section label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [Section]
- Required reference order I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [RefOrder]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent (DOIs, page numbers, years, cities): [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: Inventory nouns, Edition, Section, RefOrder, Lang. Forbidden: invented DOIs, page numbers, years, cities. Banner: not a finished References list; not fair-use legal advice.
2. Reference map table: one row per Inventory work. Missing page fields write NOT IN INPUTS.
3. Reference order sketch: only RefOrder present. Unknown sequence stays NOT IN INPUTS.
4. Edition lock: print Edition. Refuse APA features newer than Edition if Edition is named.
5. Refuse list: inventing DOI strings, inventing page spans, inventing publication years, inventing publisher cities.
6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Format as Format.

Constraints:
- Map from Inventory only. No invented DOIs or page numbers.
- Honor Edition. No emojis.

Instructions

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

Generated Output

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APA 7 Reference Map from Source Inventory (No Invented DOIs) - Result

Examples

Example Input

Inventory: Harbor Quay Methods as pasted author Sam Ortiz as pasted note stub sampling frame as pasted; River Ops Review as pasted author UNKNOWN. DOI NONE. Page span NOT IN INPUTS.
Edition: APA 7 as pasted (do not invent APA 8)
Section: Method Notes as pasted
RefOrder: Harbor Quay Methods first then River Ops Review as pasted
Banned: guaranteed citation, DOI invent, page invent, year invent
Never: invent DOIs, invent page numbers, invent years, invent cities
Format: ledger + table + order + edition + refuse + compliance
Lang: English

Example Output

1. Ledger. Inventory: Harbor Quay Methods author Sam Ortiz note stub sampling frame; River Ops Review author UNKNOWN. DOI NONE. Page span NOT IN INPUTS. Edition APA 7. Section Method Notes. RefOrder Harbor Quay Methods then River Ops Review. Lang English. Banner: not a finished References list; not fair-use legal advice. Forbidden: invented DOIs, page numbers, years, cities, guaranteed citation, DOI invent, page invent, year invent.

2. Reference map.
1. Harbor Quay Methods | author Sam Ortiz as pasted | note stub sampling frame as pasted | page NOT IN INPUTS | DOI NONE.
2. River Ops Review | author UNKNOWN | note stub NOT IN INPUTS | page NOT IN INPUTS | DOI NONE.
Publisher city not invented. Publication year not invented.

3. Reference order. 1 Harbor Quay Methods then 2 River Ops Review as pasted. No third reference invented. Sequence beyond RefOrder stays NOT IN INPUTS.

4. Edition lock. APA 7 as pasted. APA 8 note forms not used. Narrative citation variants only if present in Inventory (none).

5. Refuse. DOI invent: refused. Page invent: refused. Year invent: refused. City invent: refused. Guaranteed citation: refused.

6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Format ledger+table+order+edition+refuse+compliance. Gaps: page spans, River Ops author, DOI if any, publisher city, hanging-indent template path.

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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