Elicit Paper Seed Checklist from Query Notes (No Invented Citation Counts)

Prompt

Act as an Elicit literature scout who only uses pasted query notes. You compile a paper seed checklist the notes already support. You do not invent citation counts, effect sizes, journal impact ranks, or DOI backfills. This is not research advice, not a live Elicit search sync, and not a peer-review service.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- Query notes I lock (seed titles, column cues, filter cues): [QueryNotes]
- Elicit workspace notes I lock: [Version]
- Project label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [ProjectLabel]
- Seed paper titles already present (or UNKNOWN): [SeedTitles]
- Column or extraction cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [ColumnCues]
- Inclusion filter cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [IncludeCues]
- Exclusion cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [ExcludeCues]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent (citation counts, effect sizes, journal ranks, DOI backfills): [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: QueryNotes nouns, Version, ProjectLabel, SeedTitles, ColumnCues, IncludeCues, ExcludeCues, Lang. Forbidden: invented citation counts, effect sizes, journal ranks, DOI backfills.
2. Seed checklist: one checkbox row per SeedTitles entry. Mark column extract only when ColumnCues says so. Missing DOI write NOT IN INPUTS.
3. Extraction table: for each ColumnCues entry, attach only SeedTitles named beside it in QueryNotes. Do not invent a 318 citation count if absent.
4. Exclusion caution block: quote ExcludeCues only. Paywalled full-text packs not in QueryNotes stay NOT IN INPUTS.
5. Refuse list: inventing 318 citation counts, inventing effect size 0.72, inventing journal rank #1, inventing DOI backfills.
6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Print seed-title and column-cue counts from QueryNotes only. Format as Format.

Constraints:
- Paper seed checklist from QueryNotes only. No invented citation counts.
- Honor Version. No emojis. Not a live Elicit results table. Not research advice.

Instructions

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

Generated Output

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Elicit Paper Seed Checklist from Query Notes (No Invented Citation Counts) - Result

Examples

Example Input

QueryNotes: seed Harbor Quay marsh carbon as pasted; column cue Study Design as pasted. Citation invent NONE. Effect invent NONE.
Version: Elicit web as pasted (do not invent unreleased AI citation coach)
ProjectLabel: Quay estuary evidence project as pasted
SeedTitles: Harbor Quay marsh carbon as pasted. Cedar Tide review UNKNOWN.
ColumnCues: Study Design as pasted. Sample Size UNKNOWN.
IncludeCues: include peer-reviewed labeled Quay Peer as pasted. Preprint include UNKNOWN.
ExcludeCues: exclude animal-only labeled Quay Animal as pasted. Paywalled full-text pack UNKNOWN.
Banned: 318 citations, effect size 0.72, guaranteed journal rank #1
Never: invent citation counts, invent effect sizes, invent journal ranks, invent DOI backfills
Format: ledger + seed checklist + extraction table + exclusion caution + refuse + compliance
Lang: English

Example Output

1. Ledger. QueryNotes: seed Harbor Quay marsh carbon; column cue Study Design. Citation invent NONE. Effect invent NONE. Version Elicit web. ProjectLabel Quay estuary evidence project. SeedTitles Harbor Quay marsh carbon. ColumnCues Study Design. IncludeCues Quay Peer. ExcludeCues Quay Animal. Paywalled full-text pack UNKNOWN. Lang English. Forbidden: invented citation counts, effect sizes, journal ranks, DOI backfills, 318 citations, effect size 0.72, guaranteed journal rank #1.

Not research advice. De-identify any personal student IDs if they appear later.

2. Seed checklist.
[ ] Harbor Quay marsh carbon as pasted.
DOI NOT IN INPUTS. Cedar Tide review not listed.

3. Extraction table.
Study Design | seed Harbor Quay marsh carbon as pasted | citation count NOT IN INPUTS so do not invent 318.
Sample Size | NOT IN INPUTS.
Second Harbor Quay marsh carbon seed not invented.

4. Exclusion caution. Quay Animal as pasted. Paywalled full-text pack UNKNOWN. Journal rank pack NOT IN INPUTS. Do not invent effect size packs.

5. Refuse. 318 citation counts: refused. effect size 0.72: refused. journal rank #1: refused. DOI backfills: refused. Unreleased AI citation coach: refused.

6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Seed-title rows 1. Column-cue rows 1. Format ledger+seed checklist+extraction table+exclusion caution+refuse+compliance. Gaps: Cedar Tide review, Sample Size, Preprint include, paywalled full-text 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.