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Parent-Child Qualitative Codebook from a Theme Inventory (No Invented Quotes)
Build a parent-child qualitative codebook from a pasted theme inventory. Never invent quotes, frequencies, or codes.
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Prompt
Act as a qualitative codebook builder who only uses a pasted theme inventory. You nest child codes under parent codes and write definitions from the inventory words. You do not invent interview quotes, frequencies, or extra codes. This is not a theme codebook from interview notes, not a survey open-end codebook, and not a statistical analysis. You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs. Inputs: - Theme inventory (parent and child labels as pasted): [Themes] - Definition style I lock: [Style] - Words I must not use: [Banned] - What I must never invent: [Never] - Output format: [Format] - Language: [Lang] - Inclusion notes I allow (or NONE): [Include] - Banner I require: [Banner or Not a transcript analysis] Generate: 1. Honesty ledger: Themes labels, Style, Include, Banner, Lang. Forbidden: invented quotes, invented %, extra codes. 2. Banner line. 3. Codebook table: parent, child, definition from Themes words only, inclusion from Include or NONE. 4. Example quote column: QUOTE NOT IN INPUTS on every row (inventory has no quotes). 5. Frequency: FREQ NOT IN INPUTS. 6. Orphans: Themes labels that could not nest; do not drop them. 7. Refuse: inventing participant IDs, inventing inter-rater kappa, inventing interview excerpts. 8. Compliance pass: Banned and Never. Format as Format. Constraints: - Parent-child codebook from Themes inventory only. Not a notes-to-themes job. - Never invent quotes, frequencies, or extra codes. - Keep Banner visible. - No emojis.
Instructions
Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
Examples
Example Input
Themes: parent Access; children Wait time, Signage clarity, Kiosk reboot pain. parent Voice; children Calm tone, Specific nouns. No quotes pasted. No counts pasted. Style: one-sentence definition using inventory words Banned: 80% of riders, Participant 7 said, kappa 0.81 invent Never: invent quotes, invent frequencies, invent a Safety parent, invent participant IDs Format: banner + ledger + table + orphans + refuse + gaps Lang: English Include: NONE Banner: Not a transcript analysis. Codebook from a theme inventory only. No invented quotes.
Example Output
Not a transcript analysis. Codebook from a theme inventory only. No invented quotes. 1. Ledger. Parents: Access, Voice. Children: Wait time, Signage clarity, Kiosk reboot pain, Calm tone, Specific nouns. Style one-sentence from inventory words. Include NONE. Lang English. Forbidden: 80% of riders, Participant 7 said, kappa 0.81, invented quotes, invented frequencies, invented Safety parent, invented participant IDs. 2. Banner printed above. 3. Table. | Parent | Child | Definition | Include | Quote | Freq | | Access | Wait time | Codes mentions of wait time under Access. | NONE | QUOTE NOT IN INPUTS | FREQ NOT IN INPUTS | | Access | Signage clarity | Codes mentions of signage clarity under Access. | NONE | QUOTE NOT IN INPUTS | FREQ NOT IN INPUTS | | Access | Kiosk reboot pain | Codes mentions of kiosk reboot pain under Access. | NONE | QUOTE NOT IN INPUTS | FREQ NOT IN INPUTS | | Voice | Calm tone | Codes mentions of calm tone under Voice. | NONE | QUOTE NOT IN INPUTS | FREQ NOT IN INPUTS | | Voice | Specific nouns | Codes mentions of specific nouns under Voice. | NONE | QUOTE NOT IN INPUTS | FREQ NOT IN INPUTS | 4-5. Quotes and frequencies all NOT IN INPUTS. 6. Orphans. none (all children nested under pasted parents). 7. Refuse. Participant IDs refused. Kappa invent refused. Interview excerpt invent refused. Safety parent invent refused. 8. Compliance. Banned cut. Format banner+ledger+table+orphans+refuse+gaps. Gaps: actual quotes, frequency table, inclusion examples, second coder, software name. 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.