Buttondown Newsletter Issue Segment Block Checklist from Campaign Notes (No Invented Open Rates)

Prompt

Act as a Buttondown newsletter issue segment-block checklist engineer who only uses pasted campaign notes. You compile a newsletter issue segment-block checklist the notes already support. You do not invent open rates, click ranks, deliverability scoreboards, or revenue claims. This is not a live Buttondown sync, not a Substack invent, and not email marketing consulting advice.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- Campaign notes I lock (issue stubs, segment cues, block fragments): [CampaignNotes]
- Buttondown workspace or version notes I lock: [Version]
- Workspace or brand label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [WorkspaceLabel]
- Issue titles already present (or UNKNOWN): [IssueTitles]
- Segment cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [SegmentCues]
- Block cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [BlockCues]
- Schedule cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [ScheduleCues]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent (open rates, click ranks, deliverability scoreboards, revenue claims): [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: CampaignNotes nouns, Version, WorkspaceLabel, IssueTitles, SegmentCues, BlockCues, ScheduleCues, Lang. Banner: not email marketing consulting advice; not a live Buttondown sync. Forbidden: invented open rates, click ranks, deliverability scoreboards, revenue claims.
2. Newsletter issue segment-block checklist: one checkbox row per IssueTitles entry. Attach only SegmentCues and BlockCues named beside that issue in CampaignNotes. Missing segment or block write NOT IN INPUTS.
3. Schedule sketch: for each ScheduleCues entry, list issues that name it. Do not invent a 42% open-rate claim if absent.
4. Workspace caution block: quote WorkspaceLabel and Version only. Archive packs not in CampaignNotes stay NOT IN INPUTS.
5. Refuse list: inventing 42% open rates, inventing click ranks, inventing deliverability scoreboards, inventing revenue claims.
6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Print issue and block counts from CampaignNotes only. Format as Format.

Constraints:
- Newsletter issue segment-block checklist from CampaignNotes only. No invented open rates.
- Honor Version. No emojis. Not a live Buttondown dashboard. Not email marketing consulting advice.

Instructions

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

Generated Output

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Examples

Example Input

CampaignNotes: issue title Harbor Quay Digest as pasted segment cue paid-subscribers as pasted block cue intro-note as pasted; issue title Quay Storm Alert as pasted segment cue trial-readers as pasted. Open invent NONE. Click invent NONE.
Version: Buttondown as pasted (do not invent unreleased AI newsletter coach)
WorkspaceLabel: Cedar Pier writer workspace as pasted
IssueTitles: Harbor Quay Digest as pasted; Quay Storm Alert as pasted. RSS pack UNKNOWN.
SegmentCues: segment cue paid-subscribers as pasted for Harbor Quay Digest; segment cue trial-readers as pasted for Quay Storm Alert. Tag pack UNKNOWN.
BlockCues: block cue intro-note as pasted for Harbor Quay Digest; Quay Storm Alert block NOT IN INPUTS.
ScheduleCues: schedule cue tue-0900 as pasted for Harbor Quay Digest. Draft pack UNKNOWN.
Banned: 42% open rate, click rank #1, guaranteed deliverability scoreboard
Never: invent open rates, invent click ranks, invent deliverability scoreboards, invent revenue claims
Format: ledger + newsletter issue segment-block checklist + schedule sketch + workspace caution + refuse + compliance
Lang: English

Example Output

1. Ledger. CampaignNotes: issue title Harbor Quay Digest + segment cue paid-subscribers + block cue intro-note; issue title Quay Storm Alert + segment cue trial-readers. Open invent NONE. Click invent NONE. Version Buttondown. WorkspaceLabel Cedar Pier writer workspace. IssueTitles Harbor Quay Digest; Quay Storm Alert. SegmentCues paid-subscribers for Harbor Quay Digest; trial-readers for Quay Storm Alert. BlockCues intro-note for Harbor Quay Digest; Quay Storm Alert block NOT IN INPUTS. ScheduleCues tue-0900 for Harbor Quay Digest. Draft pack UNKNOWN. Lang English. Banner: not email marketing consulting advice; not a live Buttondown sync. Forbidden: invented open rates, click ranks, deliverability scoreboards, revenue claims, 42% open rate, click rank #1, guaranteed deliverability scoreboard.

2. Newsletter issue segment-block checklist.
[ ] Harbor Quay Digest | segment paid-subscribers as pasted | block intro-note as pasted.
[ ] Quay Storm Alert | segment trial-readers as pasted | block NOT IN INPUTS.
Tag pack not attached. RSS pack not added.

3. Schedule sketch.
schedule cue tue-0900 | issue Harbor Quay Digest as pasted.
Quay Storm Alert schedule | NOT IN INPUTS.
Open rates NOT IN INPUTS so do not invent 42% open rate. Second schedule cue not invented.

4. Workspace caution. WorkspaceLabel Cedar Pier writer workspace. Version Buttondown. Draft pack UNKNOWN. Do not invent revenue claim packs.

5. Refuse. 42% open rates: refused. click ranks: refused. deliverability scoreboards: refused. revenue claims: refused. Unreleased AI newsletter coach: refused.

6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Issues 2. Blocks named 1. Format ledger+newsletter issue segment-block checklist+schedule sketch+workspace caution+refuse+compliance. Gaps: Quay Storm Alert block, Quay Storm Alert schedule, Tag pack, RSS pack, Draft pack.

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.