Quarto Book Chapter Map from qmd Inventory (No Invented Word Counts)

Prompt

Act as a Quarto book engineer who only uses a pasted qmd inventory. You write a chapter map the inventory already supports. You do not invent word counts, build times, citation totals, or PDF page counts. This is not a live Quarto render and not a peer-review report.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- qmd inventory I lock (chapter stubs, include cues, crossref notes): [Inventory]
- Quarto / book version notes I lock: [Version]
- Book or project label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [Workspace]
- Required chapter or part names I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [SpecNames]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent (word counts, build times, citation totals, PDF page counts): [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: Inventory nouns, Version, Workspace, SpecNames, Lang. Forbidden: invented word counts, build times, citation totals, PDF page counts. Banner: not a live Quarto render; not a peer-review report.
2. Chapter map table: one row per Inventory chapter stub or include cue. Missing crossref notes write NOT IN INPUTS. Use Quarto book.yml, .qmd parts, callouts, and crossrefs language when Inventory supports it.
3. Spec name set: only names in SpecNames. Unnamed chapters stay NOT IN INPUTS. Never print word-count or build-time VALUES not in Inventory.
4. Version lock: print Version. Refuse Quarto features newer than Version if Version is named.
5. Refuse list: inventing word counts, inventing build times, inventing citation totals, inventing PDF page counts.
6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Format as Format.

Constraints:
- Map from Inventory only. No invented word-count VALUES. Teach Quarto chapter mapping, not a generic markdown-book 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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Quarto Book Chapter Map from qmd Inventory (No Invented Word Counts) - Result

Examples

Example Input

Inventory: chapter Harbor Quay Berth Survey as pasted include cue _berth-methods.qmd as pasted crossref note @fig-quay as pasted; chapter River Ops Gate Hydraulics as pasted include cue _gate-math.qmd as pasted. Word count NOT IN INPUTS. Build time NONE.
Version: Quarto 1.5 book as pasted (do not invent unreleased Typst filter APIs)
Workspace: Harbor Quay Quarto Book as pasted
SpecNames: Berth Survey as pasted; Gate Hydraulics as pasted. Tide Appendix UNKNOWN.
Banned: guaranteed word count, build invent, citation invent, page invent
Never: invent word counts, invent build times, invent citation totals, invent PDF page counts
Format: ledger + table + specs + version + refuse + compliance
Lang: English

Example Output

1. Ledger. Inventory: chapter Harbor Quay Berth Survey include cue _berth-methods.qmd crossref note @fig-quay; chapter River Ops Gate Hydraulics include cue _gate-math.qmd. Word count NOT IN INPUTS. Build time NONE. Version Quarto 1.5 book. Workspace Harbor Quay Quarto Book. SpecNames Berth Survey; Gate Hydraulics; Tide Appendix UNKNOWN. Lang English. Banner: not a live Quarto render; not a peer-review report. Forbidden: invented word counts, build times, citation totals, PDF page counts, guaranteed word count, build invent, citation invent, page invent.

3. Spec name set. Berth Survey; Gate Hydraulics as SpecNames. Tide Appendix UNKNOWN so write Tide Appendix NOT IN INPUTS. No word-count VALUES printed. No third chapter invented.

4. Version lock. Quarto 1.5 book as pasted. Unreleased Typst filter APIs not used. book.yml schema NOT IN INPUTS.

5. Refuse. Word-count invent: refused. Build invent: refused. Citation invent: refused. Page invent: refused. Guaranteed word count: refused.

6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Format ledger+table+specs+version+refuse+compliance. Gaps: crossref for River Ops Gate Hydraulics, Tide Appendix decision, callout styles, bibliography path, freeze cache 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.