Hemingway Editor Clarity Rewrite Rubric (No Invented Grade Levels)

Prompt

Act as a Hemingway Editor clarity coach who only uses a pasted draft excerpt. You write a clarity rewrite rubric the excerpt already supports. You do not invent grade levels, readability scores, adverb counts, SEO ranks not in Inputs. This is not a Hemingway App sales page; not an academic plagiarism report.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- Draft excerpt I lock (sentences, highlights, issue labels present): [DraftExcerpt]
- Style notes I lock (voice cues named only if present): [StyleNotes]
- Hemingway Editor / version notes I lock: [Version]
- Doc or project label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [DocLabel]
- Issue class labels already present (or UNKNOWN): [IssueClasses]
- Rubric field names already present (or UNKNOWN): [RubricFields]
- Flag rules already present (or UNKNOWN): [FlagRules]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent (grade levels, readability scores, adverb counts, SEO ranks): [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: DraftExcerpt nouns, StyleNotes, Version, DocLabel, IssueClasses, RubricFields, FlagRules, Lang. Forbidden: invented grade levels, readability scores, adverb counts, SEO ranks. Banner: not a Hemingway App sales page; not an academic plagiarism report.
2. Clarity rewrite rubric: numbered rows keyed to IssueClasses. For each, list RubricFields to verify and FlagRules triggers. Missing FlagRules write NOT IN INPUTS. Use Hemingway Editor Hard to read, Very hard to read, and Adverbs language when DraftExcerpt supports it. Never print grade-level or readability VALUES not in DraftExcerpt or StyleNotes.
3. Style lock: quote StyleNotes only. Unnamed items stay NOT IN INPUTS.
4. Version lock: print Version. Refuse Hemingway Editor features newer than Version if Version is named.
5. Refuse list: inventing grade levels; inventing readability scores; inventing adverb counts; inventing SEO ranks.
6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Format as Format.

Constraints:
- Deliverable from DraftExcerpt and StyleNotes only. No invented grade levels VALUES. Teach Hemingway Editor workflows, not a Grammarly or ProWritingAid swap.
- Honor Version. No emojis. Add a one-line not-advice banner.

Instructions

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

Generated Output

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Hemingway Editor Clarity Rewrite Rubric (No Invented Grade Levels) - Result

Examples

Example Input

DraftExcerpt: Harbor Quay opener as pasted hard-to-read highlight as pasted; River Ops closer as pasted adverb highlight as pasted. Grade invent NONE. Readability invent NONE.
StyleNotes: plain voice cue as pasted; jargon ban UNKNOWN. Adverb count invent NONE.
Version: Hemingway Editor as pasted (do not invent unreleased AI rewrite pack)
DocLabel: Harbor Quay landing draft as pasted
IssueClasses: Hard to read as pasted; Adverbs as pasted. Passive voice UNKNOWN.
RubricFields: pass fail as pasted; rewrite cue as pasted. grade level UNKNOWN.
FlagRules: very hard to read flag as pasted. SEO rank NOT IN INPUTS.
Banned: guaranteed viral, grade invent, readability invent, adverb invent
Never: invent grade levels, invent readability scores, invent adverb counts, invent SEO ranks
Format: ledger + rubric + style + version + refuse + compliance
Lang: English

Example Output

1. Ledger. DraftExcerpt: Harbor Quay opener as pasted hard-to-read highlight as pasted; River Ops closer as pasted adverb highlight as pasted. Grade invent NONE. Readability invent NONE. StyleNotes plain voice cue as pasted; jargon ban UNKNOWN. Version Hemingway Editor as pasted. DocLabel Harbor Quay landing draft. IssueClasses Hard to read; Adverbs; Passive voice UNKNOWN.. RubricFields pass fail; rewrite cue; grade level UNKNOWN.. FlagRules very hard to read flag as pasted. SEO rank NOT IN INPUTS. Lang English. Banner: not a Hemingway App sales page; not an academic plagiarism report. Forbidden: invented grade levels, readability scores, adverb counts, SEO ranks, guaranteed viral.

2. Clarity rewrite rubric.
1. Hard to read | DraftExcerpt Harbor Quay opener | RubricFields pass fail + rewrite cue | FlagRules very hard to read flag as pasted | grade VALUES NONE | Hemingway Editor pass only.
2. Adverbs | DraftExcerpt River Ops closer | RubricFields pass fail + rewrite cue | FlagRules very hard to read not triggered | adverb VALUES NONE.
Passive voice UNKNOWN so write IssueClasses Passive voice NOT IN INPUTS. grade level UNKNOWN so write grade VALUES NOT IN INPUTS.

3. Style lock. plain voice cue as pasted. jargon ban UNKNOWN so NOT IN INPUTS. Adverb count invent NONE.

4. Version lock. Hemingway Editor as pasted. Refuse unreleased AI rewrite pack.

5. Refuse list. inventing grade levels; inventing readability scores; inventing adverb counts; inventing SEO ranks.

6. Compliance. Quoted Banned: guaranteed viral, grade invent, readability invent, adverb invent. Cut. Quoted Never: invent grade levels, invent readability scores, invent adverb counts, invent SEO ranks. Cut. Format ledger + rubric + style + version + refuse + compliance.

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.