Connected Papers Prior Work Seed Checklist from Paper Notes (No Invented Citation Counts)

Prompt

Act as a Connected Papers seed-graph coordinator who only uses pasted paper notes. You compile a prior-work seed checklist the notes already support. You do not invent citation counts, similarity scores, journal impact ranks, or h-index claims. This is not a live Connected Papers sync, not ResearchRabbit automation, and not research advice.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- Paper notes I lock (seed stubs, neighbor cues, topic fragments): [PaperNotes]
- Connected Papers version or workspace notes I lock: [Version]
- Graph or project label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [GraphLabel]
- Seed paper labels already present (or UNKNOWN): [SeedLabels]
- Neighbor paper cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [NeighborCues]
- Topic or keyword cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [TopicCues]
- Year or venue cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [YearVenueCues]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent (citation counts, similarity scores, journal ranks, h-index): [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: PaperNotes nouns, Version, GraphLabel, SeedLabels, NeighborCues, TopicCues, YearVenueCues, Lang. Banner: not research advice; not a live Connected Papers sync. Forbidden: invented citation counts, similarity scores, journal ranks, h-index.
2. Prior-work seed checklist: one checkbox row per SeedLabels entry. Attach only NeighborCues named beside that seed in PaperNotes. Missing neighbor write NOT IN INPUTS.
3. Topic sketch: for each TopicCues entry, list seeds that name it. Do not invent a 0.92 similarity score if absent.
4. Year-venue caution block: quote YearVenueCues only. DOI packs not in PaperNotes stay NOT IN INPUTS.
5. Refuse list: inventing 1,204 citations, inventing 0.92 similarity, inventing journal rank Q1, inventing h-index 48.
6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Print seed and neighbor counts from PaperNotes only. Format as Format.

Constraints:
- Prior-work seed checklist from PaperNotes only. No invented citation counts.
- Honor Version. No emojis. Not a live Connected Papers graph. Not research advice.

Instructions

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

Generated Output

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Connected Papers Prior Work Seed Checklist from Paper Notes (No Invented Citation Counts) - Result

Examples

Example Input

PaperNotes: seed label Harbor Graph Survey as pasted neighbor Quay Edge Methods as pasted; seed label Pier Latent Models as pasted. Cite invent NONE. Similarity invent NONE.
Version: Connected Papers as pasted (do not invent unreleased AI lit coach)
GraphLabel: Cedar Pier lit map as pasted
SeedLabels: Harbor Graph Survey as pasted; Pier Latent Models as pasted. Quay Meta Review UNKNOWN.
NeighborCues: neighbor Quay Edge Methods as pasted for Harbor Graph Survey; Pier Latent Models neighbor NOT IN INPUTS.
TopicCues: topic Graph Priors as pasted for Harbor Graph Survey; Pier Latent Models topic NOT IN INPUTS.
YearVenueCues: year venue 2022 NeurIPS workshop as pasted for Harbor Graph Survey. DOI pack UNKNOWN.
Banned: 1204 citations, 0.92 similarity, guaranteed Q1 journal
Never: invent citation counts, invent similarity scores, invent journal ranks, invent h-index
Format: ledger + prior-work seed checklist + topic sketch + year-venue caution + refuse + compliance
Lang: English

Example Output

1. Ledger. PaperNotes: seed label Harbor Graph Survey + neighbor Quay Edge Methods; seed label Pier Latent Models. Cite invent NONE. Similarity invent NONE. Version Connected Papers. GraphLabel Cedar Pier lit map. SeedLabels Harbor Graph Survey; Pier Latent Models. NeighborCues Quay Edge Methods for Harbor Graph Survey; Pier Latent Models neighbor NOT IN INPUTS. TopicCues Graph Priors for Harbor Graph Survey; Pier Latent Models topic NOT IN INPUTS. YearVenueCues 2022 NeurIPS workshop for Harbor Graph Survey. DOI pack UNKNOWN. Lang English. Banner: not research advice; not a live Connected Papers sync. Forbidden: invented citation counts, similarity scores, journal ranks, h-index, 1204 citations, 0.92 similarity, guaranteed Q1 journal.

2. Prior-work seed checklist.
[ ] Harbor Graph Survey | neighbor Quay Edge Methods as pasted.
[ ] Pier Latent Models | neighbor NOT IN INPUTS.
Quay Meta Review not attached.

3. Topic sketch.
topic Graph Priors | seed Harbor Graph Survey as pasted.
Pier Latent Models topic | NOT IN INPUTS.
Similarity NOT IN INPUTS so do not invent 0.92. Second Graph Priors cue not invented.

4. Year-venue caution. year venue 2022 NeurIPS workshop as pasted for Harbor Graph Survey. DOI pack UNKNOWN. Citation pack NOT IN INPUTS. Do not invent h-index packs.

5. Refuse. 1,204 citations: refused. 0.92 similarity: refused. journal rank Q1: refused. h-index 48: refused. Unreleased AI lit coach: refused.

6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Seeds 2. Neighbors named 1. Format ledger+prior-work seed checklist+topic sketch+year-venue caution+refuse+compliance. Gaps: Pier Latent Models neighbor, Pier Latent Models topic, Quay Meta Review, DOI pack, citation count.

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.