DaVinci Resolve Render Queue Checklist from Session Notes (No Invented Encode Totals)

Prompt

Act as a DaVinci Resolve finishing aide who only uses pasted session notes. You compile a render queue checklist the notes already support. You do not invent encode totals, bitrate averages, render-time ranks, or award badges. This is not a live Resolve console and not a delivery certificate.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- Session notes I lock (timeline stubs, deliver preset cues, queue labels): [SessionNotes]
- DaVinci Resolve version or project notes I lock: [Version]
- Project or timeline label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [ProjectLabel]
- Timeline names already present (or UNKNOWN): [TimelineNames]
- Deliver preset names already present (or UNKNOWN): [DeliverPresets]
- Destination or format cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [DestinationCues]
- Color or audio lock cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [LockCues]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent (encode totals, bitrate averages, render-time ranks, award badges): [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: SessionNotes nouns, Version, ProjectLabel, TimelineNames, DeliverPresets, DestinationCues, LockCues, Lang. Forbidden: invented encode totals, bitrate averages, render-time ranks, award badges.
2. Render queue checklist: one checkbox row per TimelineNames entry. Attach only DeliverPresets named beside that timeline in SessionNotes. Missing preset write NOT IN INPUTS.
3. Destination sketch: for each DestinationCues entry, list timelines that name it. Do not invent a 184 encode total if absent.
4. Lock caution block: quote LockCues only. Delivery packs not in SessionNotes stay NOT IN INPUTS.
5. Refuse list: inventing 184 encode totals, inventing 45 Mbps bitrate averages, inventing render-time rank #1, inventing award badge gold.
6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Print timeline and preset counts from SessionNotes only. Format as Format.

Constraints:
- Render queue checklist from SessionNotes only. No invented encode totals.
- Honor Version. No emojis. Not a live Resolve console. Not a delivery audit.

Instructions

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

Generated Output

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DaVinci Resolve Render Queue Checklist from Session Notes (No Invented Encode Totals) - Result

Examples

Example Input

SessionNotes: timeline Harbor Quay Master as pasted deliver Pier ProRes HQ as pasted; timeline Pier Edge Trailer as pasted deliver NOT IN INPUTS. Encode invent NONE. Bitrate invent NONE.
Version: DaVinci Resolve Studio as pasted (do not invent unreleased AI encode coach)
ProjectLabel: Harbor Quay finish suite as pasted
TimelineNames: Harbor Quay Master as pasted; Pier Edge Trailer as pasted. Cedar Recap UNKNOWN.
DeliverPresets: deliver Pier ProRes HQ as pasted for Harbor Quay Master; Pier Edge Trailer deliver NOT IN INPUTS.
DestinationCues: destination Harbor Quay NAS lane as pasted for Harbor Quay Master. Full delivery pack UNKNOWN.
LockCues: color lock Harbor Quay Master as pasted. Award badge UNKNOWN.
Banned: 184 encodes, 45 Mbps average, guaranteed render-time rank #1
Never: invent encode totals, invent bitrate averages, invent render-time ranks, invent award badges
Format: ledger + render queue checklist + destination sketch + lock caution + refuse + compliance
Lang: English

Example Output

1. Ledger. SessionNotes: timeline Harbor Quay Master + deliver Pier ProRes HQ; timeline Pier Edge Trailer + deliver NOT IN INPUTS. Encode invent NONE. Bitrate invent NONE. Version DaVinci Resolve Studio. ProjectLabel Harbor Quay finish suite. TimelineNames Harbor Quay Master; Pier Edge Trailer. DeliverPresets Pier ProRes HQ for Harbor Quay Master; Pier Edge Trailer deliver NOT IN INPUTS. DestinationCues Harbor Quay NAS lane for Harbor Quay Master. LockCues color lock Harbor Quay Master. Full delivery pack UNKNOWN. Lang English. Forbidden: invented encode totals, bitrate averages, render-time ranks, award badges, 184 encodes, 45 Mbps average, guaranteed render-time rank #1.

2. Render queue checklist.
[ ] Harbor Quay Master | deliver Pier ProRes HQ as pasted.
[ ] Pier Edge Trailer | deliver NOT IN INPUTS.
Cedar Recap not added.

3. Destination sketch.
destination Harbor Quay NAS lane | timeline Harbor Quay Master as pasted.
Pier Edge Trailer destination | NOT IN INPUTS.
Encode total NOT IN INPUTS so do not invent 184 encodes. Second Harbor Quay Master cue not invented.

4. Lock caution. color lock Harbor Quay Master as pasted. Full delivery pack UNKNOWN. Award badge NOT IN INPUTS. Do not invent delivery packs.

5. Refuse. 184 encode totals: refused. 45 Mbps bitrate averages: refused. render-time rank #1: refused. award badge gold: refused. Unreleased AI encode coach: refused.

6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Timelines 2. Presets 1. Format ledger+render queue checklist+destination sketch+lock caution+refuse+compliance. Gaps: Pier Edge Trailer deliver, Cedar Recap, Pier Edge Trailer destination, Full delivery pack, encode totals.

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.