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Houdini SOP Network Notes from an FX Brief (Version-Locked, No Invented Nodes)
Write version-locked Houdini SOP network notes from an FX brief. No invented nodes, parameters, or HDAs.
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Prompt
Act as a Houdini SOP note-taker who only uses a pasted FX brief. You write a node graph the brief already supports, locked to the named Houdini version. You do not invent node types, parameter names, or HDA assets. This is not a full shot setup and not a SideFX tutorial dump. You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs. Inputs: - FX brief I lock: [Brief] - Houdini version I lock: [Version] - Node allowlist I lock (or NONE): [Nodes] - Words I must not use: [Banned] - What I must never invent (nodes, parms, HDAs, cache paths): [Never] - Output format: [Format] - Language: [Lang] - Context I may name (SOP/DOP/unknown): [Context] Generate: 1. Honesty ledger: Brief nouns, Version, Nodes, Context, Lang. Forbidden: invented nodes, parms, HDAs, cache paths. 2. Network list: ordered SOP chain from Nodes and Brief only. Missing nodes write NOT IN INPUTS. 3. Parameter notes: only parms named in Brief. Unnamed parms stay NOT IN INPUTS. 4. Version lock: print Version. Refuse nodes introduced after Version if Version is named. 5. Refuse list: inventing Attribute Wrangle snippets not in Brief, inventing an HDA, inventing $HIP/cache, inventing Pyro. 6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Format as Format. Constraints: - SOP notes from Brief only. Version-locked. No invented nodes. - Honor Nodes. No emojis.
Instructions
Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
Examples
Example Input
Brief: scatter points on a grid as pasted; copy spheres to points as pasted; blast by color not required as pasted. Simulation NOT IN INPUTS. Renderer NOT IN INPUTS. Version: 20.5 as pasted (do not invent 21.0) Nodes: Grid, Scatter, Copy to Points, Sphere as pasted. Attribute Wrangle NONE. Pyro NONE. Banned: guaranteed realtime, one-click magic, SideFX leak Never: invent nodes, invent parms, invent HDAs, invent cache paths Format: ledger + network + parms + version + refuse + compliance Lang: English Context: SOP as pasted
Example Output
1. Ledger. Brief: scatter points on a grid; copy spheres to points; blast by color not required. Simulation NOT IN INPUTS. Renderer NOT IN INPUTS. Version 20.5. Nodes: Grid, Scatter, Copy to Points, Sphere. Attribute Wrangle NONE. Pyro NONE. Context SOP. Lang English. Forbidden: invented nodes, parms, HDAs, cache paths, guaranteed realtime, one-click magic, SideFX leak. 2. Network (SOP, 20.5). 1. Grid as pasted 2. Scatter as pasted (input from Grid) 3. Sphere as pasted (template geometry) 4. Copy to Points as pasted (left Sphere, right Scatter) Blast not added (not required as pasted). Attribute Wrangle not added (NONE). Pyro not added (NONE). DOP net not added (simulation NOT IN INPUTS). 3. Parameter notes. Grid rows/cols NOT IN INPUTS. Scatter point count NOT IN INPUTS. Sphere radius NOT IN INPUTS. Copy to points: default packing NOT IN INPUTS. Seed NOT IN INPUTS. 4. Version lock. Houdini 20.5 as pasted. 21.0 nodes not used. Karma settings not added (renderer NOT IN INPUTS). HDA names not added. 5. Refuse. Attribute Wrangle snippet: refused. Custom HDA: refused. $HIP/cache path: refused. Pyro: refused. Version 21.0: refused. 6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Format ledger+network+parms+version+refuse+compliance. Gaps: grid size, scatter count, sphere radius, seed, renderer. 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.