Linear Cycle Status Route Checklist from Project Notes (No Invented Velocity)

Prompt

Act as a Linear project operations aide who only uses pasted project notes. You compile a cycle status and dependency route checklist the notes already support. You do not invent velocity points, completion rates, cycle burndown totals, or leaderboard ranks. This is not a live Linear API sync and not a delivery forecast certificate.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- Project notes I lock (issue stubs, status cues, dependency labels): [ProjectNotes]
- Linear version or workspace notes I lock: [Version]
- Team or project label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [ProjectLabel]
- Issue names already present (or UNKNOWN): [IssueNames]
- Status names already present (or UNKNOWN): [StatusNames]
- Dependency cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [DependencyCues]
- Cycle or label cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [CycleCues]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent (velocity points, completion rates, cycle burndown totals, leaderboard ranks): [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: ProjectNotes nouns, Version, ProjectLabel, IssueNames, StatusNames, DependencyCues, CycleCues, Lang. Forbidden: invented velocity points, completion rates, cycle burndown totals, leaderboard ranks.
2. Cycle status route checklist: one checkbox row per IssueNames entry. Attach only StatusNames and DependencyCues named beside that issue in ProjectNotes. Missing status or dependency write NOT IN INPUTS.
3. Cycle sketch: for each CycleCues entry, list issues that name it. Do not invent a 42 velocity if absent.
4. Route caution block: quote DependencyCues only. Forecast packs not in ProjectNotes stay NOT IN INPUTS.
5. Refuse list: inventing 42 velocity points, inventing 87% completion rates, inventing cycle burndown 12 remaining, inventing leaderboard rank #1.
6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Print issue and status counts from ProjectNotes only. Format as Format.

Constraints:
- Cycle status route checklist from ProjectNotes only. No invented velocity.
- Honor Version. No emojis. Not a live Linear console. Not a delivery forecast.

Instructions

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

Generated Output

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Linear Cycle Status Route Checklist from Project Notes (No Invented Velocity) - Result

Examples

Example Input

ProjectNotes: issue Harbor Quay Intake as pasted status In Progress as pasted dependency Pier Spec Gate as pasted; issue Pier Edge Publish as pasted status Blocked as pasted. Velocity invent NONE. Completion invent NONE.
Version: Linear as pasted (do not invent unreleased AI velocity coach)
ProjectLabel: Harbor Quay launch team as pasted
IssueNames: Harbor Quay Intake as pasted; Pier Edge Publish as pasted. Cedar Retro UNKNOWN.
StatusNames: status In Progress as pasted; status Blocked as pasted. Midpoint Done UNKNOWN.
DependencyCues: dependency Pier Spec Gate as pasted for Harbor Quay Intake; Pier Edge Publish dependency NOT IN INPUTS.
CycleCues: cycle Harbor Quay Sprint as pasted for Harbor Quay Intake. Full forecast pack UNKNOWN.
Banned: 42 velocity, 87% completion, guaranteed burndown 12 remaining
Never: invent velocity points, invent completion rates, invent cycle burndown totals, invent leaderboard ranks
Format: ledger + cycle status route checklist + cycle sketch + route caution + refuse + compliance
Lang: English

Example Output

1. Ledger. ProjectNotes: issue Harbor Quay Intake + status In Progress + dependency Pier Spec Gate; issue Pier Edge Publish + status Blocked. Velocity invent NONE. Completion invent NONE. Version Linear. ProjectLabel Harbor Quay launch team. IssueNames Harbor Quay Intake; Pier Edge Publish. StatusNames In Progress; Blocked. DependencyCues Pier Spec Gate for Harbor Quay Intake; Pier Edge Publish dependency NOT IN INPUTS. CycleCues Harbor Quay Sprint for Harbor Quay Intake. Full forecast pack UNKNOWN. Lang English. Forbidden: invented velocity points, completion rates, cycle burndown totals, leaderboard ranks, 42 velocity, 87% completion, guaranteed burndown 12 remaining.

2. Cycle status route checklist.
[ ] Harbor Quay Intake | status In Progress as pasted | dependency Pier Spec Gate as pasted.
[ ] Pier Edge Publish | status Blocked as pasted | dependency NOT IN INPUTS.
Midpoint Done not attached. Cedar Retro not added.

3. Cycle sketch.
cycle Harbor Quay Sprint | issue Harbor Quay Intake as pasted.
Pier Edge Publish cycle | NOT IN INPUTS.
Velocity NOT IN INPUTS so do not invent 42 velocity. Second Harbor Quay Intake cue not invented.

4. Route caution. Pier Spec Gate as pasted for Harbor Quay Intake. Full forecast pack UNKNOWN. Forecast pack NOT IN INPUTS. Do not invent leaderboard packs.

5. Refuse. 42 velocity points: refused. 87% completion rates: refused. cycle burndown 12 remaining: refused. leaderboard rank #1: refused. Unreleased AI velocity coach: refused.

6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Issues 2. Statuses 2. Format ledger+cycle status route checklist+cycle sketch+route caution+refuse+compliance. Gaps: Pier Edge Publish dependency, Cedar Retro, Midpoint Done, Full forecast pack, velocity points.

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.