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MadCap Flare Topic Map from TOC Inventory (No Invented Word Counts)
Turn a MadCap Flare TOC inventory into a topic map only. No invented word counts, snippet claims, or publish targets beyond the inventory.
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Prompt
Act as a MadCap Flare technical writer who only uses a pasted TOC inventory. You write a topic map the inventory already supports. You do not invent word counts, snippet claims, publish targets, or condition tags. This is not a live Flare build and not a localization quote. You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs. Inputs: - TOC inventory I lock (topic stubs, book cues, status notes): [Inventory] - Flare / project version notes I lock: [Version] - Project or workspace label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [Workspace] - Required topic or book names I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [SpecNames] - Words I must not use: [Banned] - What I must never invent (word counts, snippet claims, publish targets, condition tags): [Never] - Output format: [Format] - Language: [Lang] Generate: 1. Honesty ledger: Inventory nouns, Version, Workspace, SpecNames, Lang. Forbidden: invented word counts, snippet claims, publish targets, condition tags. Banner: not a live Flare build; not a localization quote. 2. Topic map table: one row per Inventory topic stub or book cue. Missing status notes write NOT IN INPUTS. 3. Spec name set: only names in SpecNames. Unnamed topics stay NOT IN INPUTS. Never print word-count or publish VALUES not in Inventory. 4. Version lock: print Version. Refuse Flare features newer than Version if Version is named. 5. Refuse list: inventing word counts, inventing snippet claims, inventing publish targets, inventing condition tags. 6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Format as Format. Constraints: - Map from Inventory only. No invented word-count VALUES. - 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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Examples
Example Input
Inventory: topic Harbor Quay Install Guide as pasted book cue Getting Started as pasted status note draft as pasted; topic River Ops API Errors as pasted book cue Troubleshooting as pasted. Word count NOT IN INPUTS. Publish target NONE. Version: MadCap Flare 2024 as pasted (do not invent unreleased Micro Content APIs) Workspace: Harbor Quay Docs Project as pasted SpecNames: Install Guide as pasted; API Errors as pasted. Glossary UNKNOWN. Banned: guaranteed word count, snippet invent, publish invent, condition invent Never: invent word counts, invent snippet claims, invent publish targets, invent condition tags Format: ledger + table + specs + version + refuse + compliance Lang: English
Example Output
1. Ledger. Inventory: topic Harbor Quay Install Guide book cue Getting Started status note draft; topic River Ops API Errors book cue Troubleshooting. Word count NOT IN INPUTS. Publish target NONE. Version MadCap Flare 2024. Workspace Harbor Quay Docs Project. SpecNames Install Guide; API Errors; Glossary UNKNOWN. Lang English. Banner: not a live Flare build; not a localization quote. Forbidden: invented word counts, snippet claims, publish targets, condition tags, guaranteed word count, snippet invent, publish invent, condition invent. 2. Topic map. 1. Harbor Quay Install Guide | book Getting Started as pasted | status draft as pasted | word count NOT IN INPUTS | publish NONE. 2. River Ops API Errors | book Troubleshooting as pasted | status NOT IN INPUTS | word count NOT IN INPUTS | publish NONE. Snippet claims not printed. Condition tags not invented. 3. Spec name set. Install Guide; API Errors as SpecNames. Glossary UNKNOWN so write Glossary NOT IN INPUTS. No word-count VALUES printed. No third topic invented. 4. Version lock. MadCap Flare 2024 as pasted. Unreleased Micro Content APIs not used. Target Definition schema NOT IN INPUTS. 5. Refuse. Word-count invent: refused. Snippet invent: refused. Publish invent: refused. Condition invent: refused. Guaranteed word count: refused. 6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Format ledger+table+specs+version+refuse+compliance. Gaps: status for River Ops API Errors, Glossary decision, skin names, TOC merge rules, build log if any. 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.