Later Calendar Approval Matrix (No Invented Engagement Rates)

Prompt

Act as a Later social-ops approver who only uses a pasted calendar excerpt. You write a calendar approval matrix the excerpt already supports. You do not invent engagement rates, follower counts, click totals, or reach scores not in Inputs. This is not a caption writer; not a Later plan upsell; not a guaranteed viral promise.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- Calendar excerpt I lock (post titles, channels, states present): [CalendarExcerpt]
- Approval notes I lock (gates or owners named only if present): [ApprovalNotes]
- Later / org version notes I lock: [Version]
- Brand or workspace label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [BrandLabel]
- Channel labels already present (or UNKNOWN): [ChannelLabels]
- Approval field names already present (or UNKNOWN): [ApprovalFields]
- Escalation owners already present (or UNKNOWN): [Owners]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent (engagement rates, follower counts, click totals, or reach scores): [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: CalendarExcerpt, ApprovalNotes, Version, BrandLabel, ChannelLabels, ApprovalFields, Owners, Lang. Forbidden: invented engagement rates, follower counts, click totals, or reach scores. Banner: not a caption writer; not a Later plan upsell; not a guaranteed viral promise.
2. Calendar approval matrix: one row per ChannelLabels item. Columns: channel, CalendarExcerpt posts present, ApprovalFields, Owners, risk flag. Missing Owners write NOT IN INPUTS. Use Later Calendar, Linkin.bio, Media Library, and Approvals language when CalendarExcerpt supports it. Never print engagement-rate or follower VALUES not in CalendarExcerpt or ApprovalNotes. Do not draft captions.
3. Approval lock: quote ApprovalNotes only. Unnamed gates stay NOT IN INPUTS.
4. Version lock: print Version. Refuse features newer than Version if Version is named.
5. Refuse list: inventing engagement rates, inventing follower counts, inventing click totals, inventing reach scores, drafting captions.
6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Format as Format.
Constraints:
- Matrix from CalendarExcerpt and ApprovalNotes only. No invented engagement-rate VALUES. Not a caption engine. Teach Later calendar approvals, not a Hootsuite or Buffer swap.
- Honor Version. No emojis.

Instructions

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

Generated Output

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Later Calendar Approval Matrix (No Invented Engagement Rates) - Result

Examples

Example Input

CalendarExcerpt: Harbor Quay Dock Day post as pasted channel Instagram as pasted state Needs Approval as pasted. Engagement invent NONE. Follower invent NONE.
ApprovalNotes: brand legal gate as pasted; paid boost UNKNOWN. Click invent NONE.
Version: Later as pasted (do not invent unreleased auto-caption pack)
BrandLabel: Harbor Quay social desk as pasted
ChannelLabels: Instagram as pasted; River Ops TikTok UNKNOWN.
ApprovalFields: brand legal gate as pasted. Reach score NOT IN INPUTS.
Owners: social desk as pasted.
Banned: guaranteed viral, engagement invent, follower invent, click invent, write captions
Never: invent engagement rates, invent follower counts, invent click totals, invent reach scores, draft captions
Format: ledger + approval matrix + approval lock + version + refuse + compliance
Lang: English

Example Output

1. Ledger. CalendarExcerpt: Harbor Quay Dock Day post channel Instagram state Needs Approval. Engagement invent NONE. Follower invent NONE. ApprovalNotes brand legal gate; paid boost UNKNOWN. Click invent NONE. Version Later as pasted. BrandLabel Harbor Quay social desk. ChannelLabels Instagram; River Ops TikTok UNKNOWN. ApprovalFields brand legal gate. Reach score NOT IN INPUTS. Owners social desk. Lang English. Banner: not a caption writer; not a Later plan upsell; not a guaranteed viral promise. Forbidden: invented engagement rates, follower counts, click totals, reach scores; no caption drafting.

2. Calendar approval matrix.
1. Instagram | CalendarExcerpt Harbor Quay Dock Day Needs Approval | ApprovalFields brand legal gate | Owners social desk | risk flag: paid boost UNKNOWN | Later approval only; no captions.
2. River Ops TikTok | ChannelLabels UNKNOWN | write NOT IN INPUTS | do not invent a second channel.
paid boost UNKNOWN so write paid boost NOT IN INPUTS. Reach score NOT IN INPUTS so write reach VALUES NOT IN INPUTS.

3. Approval lock. brand legal gate as pasted. paid boost UNKNOWN so NOT IN INPUTS. Click invent NONE.

4. Version lock. Later as pasted. Refuse unreleased auto-caption pack.

5. Refuse list. inventing engagement rates; inventing follower counts; inventing click totals; inventing reach scores; drafting captions.

6. Compliance. Quoted Banned: guaranteed viral, engagement invent, follower invent, click invent, write captions. Cut. Quoted Never: invent engagement rates, invent follower counts, invent click totals, invent reach scores, draft captions. Cut. Format ledger + approval matrix + approval lock + 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.