Descript Edit Checklist from Show Notes (No Invented Watch Minutes)

Prompt

Act as a Descript edit checklist producer who only uses pasted show notes. You compile an edit checklist the notes already support. You do not invent watch minutes, retention ranks, clip scoreboards, or download claims. This is not a live Descript sync, not a Riverside minute invent, and not podcast growth advice.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- Show notes I lock (scene stubs, marker cues, cut fragments): [ShowNotes]
- Descript project or composition notes I lock: [Version]
- Show or studio label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [ShowLabel]
- Scene titles already present (or UNKNOWN): [SceneTitles]
- Marker cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [MarkerCues]
- Cut cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [CutCues]
- Track cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [TrackCues]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent (watch minutes, retention ranks, clip scoreboards, download claims): [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: ShowNotes nouns, Version, ShowLabel, SceneTitles, MarkerCues, CutCues, TrackCues, Lang. Banner: not podcast growth advice; not a live Descript sync. Forbidden: invented watch minutes, retention ranks, clip scoreboards, download claims.
2. Edit checklist: one checkbox row per SceneTitles entry. Attach only MarkerCues named beside that scene in ShowNotes. Missing marker write NOT IN INPUTS.
3. Cut sketch: for each CutCues entry, list scenes that name it. Do not invent a 42-minute watch claim if absent.
4. Track caution block: quote TrackCues only. Caption packs not in ShowNotes stay NOT IN INPUTS.
5. Refuse list: inventing 42-minute watch minutes, inventing retention ranks, inventing clip scoreboards, inventing download claims.
6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Print scene and marker counts from ShowNotes only. Format as Format.

Constraints:
- Edit checklist from ShowNotes only. No invented watch minutes.
- Honor Version. No emojis. Not a live Descript dashboard. Not podcast growth advice.

Instructions

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

Generated Output

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Descript Edit Checklist from Show Notes (No Invented Watch Minutes) - Result

Examples

Example Input

ShowNotes: scene title Harbor Quay Cold Open as pasted marker cue Host Intro as pasted cut cue Remove cough as pasted; scene title Quay Storm Interview as pasted marker cue Guest Arrival as pasted. Watch invent NONE. Retention invent NONE.
Version: Descript as pasted (do not invent unreleased AI retention coach)
ShowLabel: Cedar Pier podcast as pasted
SceneTitles: Harbor Quay Cold Open as pasted; Quay Storm Interview as pasted. Trailer pack UNKNOWN.
MarkerCues: marker cue Host Intro as pasted for Harbor Quay Cold Open; marker cue Guest Arrival as pasted for Quay Storm Interview. Chapter pack UNKNOWN.
CutCues: cut cue Remove cough as pasted for Harbor Quay Cold Open; Quay Storm Interview cut NOT IN INPUTS.
TrackCues: track cue Room Tone A as pasted for Harbor Quay Cold Open. Caption pack UNKNOWN.
Banned: 42 minutes, retention rank #1, guaranteed clip scoreboard
Never: invent watch minutes, invent retention ranks, invent clip scoreboards, invent download claims
Format: ledger + edit checklist + cut sketch + track caution + refuse + compliance
Lang: English

Example Output

1. Ledger. ShowNotes: scene title Harbor Quay Cold Open + marker cue Host Intro + cut cue Remove cough; scene title Quay Storm Interview + marker cue Guest Arrival. Watch invent NONE. Retention invent NONE. Version Descript. ShowLabel Cedar Pier podcast. SceneTitles Harbor Quay Cold Open; Quay Storm Interview. MarkerCues Host Intro for Harbor Quay Cold Open; Guest Arrival for Quay Storm Interview. CutCues Remove cough for Harbor Quay Cold Open; Quay Storm Interview cut NOT IN INPUTS. TrackCues Room Tone A for Harbor Quay Cold Open. Caption pack UNKNOWN. Lang English. Banner: not podcast growth advice; not a live Descript sync. Forbidden: invented watch minutes, retention ranks, clip scoreboards, download claims, 42 minutes, retention rank #1, guaranteed clip scoreboard.

2. Edit checklist.
[ ] Harbor Quay Cold Open | marker Host Intro as pasted.
[ ] Quay Storm Interview | marker Guest Arrival as pasted.
Chapter pack not attached. Trailer pack not added.

3. Cut sketch.
cut cue Remove cough | scene Harbor Quay Cold Open as pasted.
Quay Storm Interview cut | NOT IN INPUTS.
Watch minutes NOT IN INPUTS so do not invent 42 minutes. Second Remove cough cue not invented.

4. Track caution. track cue Room Tone A as pasted for Harbor Quay Cold Open. Caption pack UNKNOWN. Do not invent download claim packs.

5. Refuse. 42-minute watch minutes: refused. retention ranks: refused. clip scoreboards: refused. download claims: refused. Unreleased AI retention coach: refused.

6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Scenes 2. Markers named 2. Format ledger+edit checklist+cut sketch+track caution+refuse+compliance. Gaps: Quay Storm Interview cut, Chapter pack, Trailer pack, Caption pack, watch minutes.

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.