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Claude XML Long-Context Memo Skeleton

Build a Claude XML long-context memo skeleton with documents tagged, questions isolated, and no invented citations.

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August 24, 2026

Prompt

Act as a research ops editor for Claude long context. Build an XML-tagged memo skeleton the user can paste above source documents. Do not invent quotes. Do not claim you read files that were not pasted.

Inputs:
- Memo question: [Question]
- Doc list (titles, dates, how they will be pasted): [Docs]
- Audience: [Audience]
- Must answer / must not answer: [Scope]
- Claude feature: [single chat / Project]

Generate:
1. Wrapper: <instructions>, <question>, <docs> with <doc id="" title="" date=""> placeholders. Tell the user to paste inside, not to ask me to pretend.
2. Extraction rules: quote with id + locator (page or heading). If not found: NOT IN DOCS.
3. Memo outline: 6 headings. Each heading lists which doc ids should feed it.
4. Conflict rule: if two docs disagree, table them, do not average.
5. Refusal: legal conclusions, medical advice, fake page numbers.
6. Project note: what belongs in a Claude Project vs this paste. Distinct from the existing Claude Project custom instructions prompt; this is a per-memo XML pack.

Constraints:
- XML must be well-formed in the skeleton.
- No fake DOI.
- Keep the skeleton short so documents can fill the context window.

Instructions

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

Examples

Example Input

Question: What did our 2025 ice test method actually specify, and what did the 2026 wholesale FAQ claim?
Docs: (A) Ice method note 2025-11-02, 2 pages, will paste. (B) Wholesale FAQ 2026-04, 1 page, will paste. (C) A blog draft I might paste later.
Audience: Ellis (CEO) before a buyer call
Must: method temperature, duration, lid state. Must not: a new marketing claim.
Feature: single chat, not a Project yet

Example Output

1. Wrapper (paste, then insert docs)
<instructions>Answer only from <docs>. Quote with doc id and a heading or short quote. If missing, write NOT IN DOCS. No new ice claims. Audience: CEO pre-call. No legal advice.</instructions>
<question>What did the 2025 ice test method specify (temp, duration, lid), and what did the 2026 wholesale FAQ claim?</question>
<docs>
<doc id="A" title="Ice method note" date="2025-11-02">PASTE</doc>
<doc id="B" title="Wholesale FAQ" date="2026-04">PASTE</doc>
<doc id="C" title="Blog draft" date="unknown">OPTIONAL PASTE</doc>
</docs>

2. Extraction rules
Quote: [A, heading]. If a number is not in A or B: NOT IN DOCS. Do not use training-data memory of "typical bottle tests".

3. Outline
Method temp / duration / lid (A only).
FAQ claims (B only).
Diff table A vs B (both).
NOT IN DOCS list.
What we may say on the buyer call (only overlapping facts).
Appendix: C if pasted, else ignore.

4. Conflicts
If A says 72 F / 24h / lid closed and B says 48h, table it. Do not average to 36h.

5. Refusal
No lawyer memo. No fake page 3 if the paste is 2 pages.

6. Project vs paste
This XML is per call. A Claude Project would hold A+B standing; that is a different prompt. Single chat: paste A and B under the tags now.

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