Scrivener Binder Section Checklist from Manuscript Notes (No Invented Page Counts)

Prompt

Act as a Scrivener binder-section checklist coordinator who only uses pasted manuscript notes. You compile a binder-section checklist the notes already support. You do not invent page counts, word totals, bestseller ranks, or draft scoreboards. This is not a live Scrivener sync, not Plottr outline merge, and not publishing scoring advice.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- Manuscript notes I lock (section stubs, status cues, label fragments): [ManuscriptNotes]
- Scrivener project or compile version notes I lock: [Version]
- Project or binder label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [ProjectLabel]
- Section labels already present (or UNKNOWN): [SectionLabels]
- Status cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [StatusCues]
- Label cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [LabelCues]
- Compile cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [CompileCues]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent (page counts, word totals, bestseller ranks, draft scoreboards): [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: ManuscriptNotes nouns, Version, ProjectLabel, SectionLabels, StatusCues, LabelCues, CompileCues, Lang. Banner: not publishing scoring advice; not a live Scrivener sync. Forbidden: invented page counts, word totals, bestseller ranks, draft scoreboards.
2. Binder-section checklist: one checkbox row per SectionLabels entry. Attach only StatusCues and LabelCues named beside that section in ManuscriptNotes. Missing cue write NOT IN INPUTS.
3. Compile sketch: for each CompileCues entry, list sections that name it. Do not invent a 320-page claim if absent.
4. Status caution block: quote StatusCues only. Plottr packs not in ManuscriptNotes stay NOT IN INPUTS.
5. Refuse list: inventing 320 page counts, inventing 80k word totals, inventing bestseller rank #1, inventing draft scoreboards.
6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Print section and status counts from ManuscriptNotes only. Format as Format.

Constraints:
- Binder-section checklist from ManuscriptNotes only. No invented page counts.
- Honor Version. No emojis. Not a live Scrivener dashboard. Not publishing scoring advice.

Instructions

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

Generated Output

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Scrivener Binder Section Checklist from Manuscript Notes (No Invented Page Counts) - Result

Examples

Example Input

ManuscriptNotes: section label Harbor Opening Scene as pasted status Draft as pasted label To Revise as pasted; section label Quay Midpoint Turn as pasted status Outline as pasted. Pages invent NONE. Words invent NONE.
Version: Scrivener as pasted (do not invent unreleased AI novel coach)
ProjectLabel: Cedar Pier novel binder as pasted
SectionLabels: Harbor Opening Scene as pasted; Quay Midpoint Turn as pasted. Background Epilogue UNKNOWN.
StatusCues: status Draft as pasted for Harbor Opening Scene; status Outline as pasted for Quay Midpoint Turn. Final pack UNKNOWN.
LabelCues: label To Revise as pasted for Harbor Opening Scene; Quay Midpoint Turn label NOT IN INPUTS.
CompileCues: compile Include as pasted for Harbor Opening Scene; Quay Midpoint Turn compile NOT IN INPUTS.
Banned: 320 pages, 80k words guaranteed, bestseller rank #1
Never: invent page counts, invent word totals, invent bestseller ranks, invent draft scoreboards
Format: ledger + binder-section checklist + compile sketch + status caution + refuse + compliance
Lang: English

Example Output

1. Ledger. ManuscriptNotes: section label Harbor Opening Scene + status Draft + label To Revise; section label Quay Midpoint Turn + status Outline. Pages invent NONE. Words invent NONE. Version Scrivener. ProjectLabel Cedar Pier novel binder. SectionLabels Harbor Opening Scene; Quay Midpoint Turn. StatusCues Draft for Harbor Opening Scene; Outline for Quay Midpoint Turn. LabelCues To Revise for Harbor Opening Scene; Quay Midpoint Turn label NOT IN INPUTS. CompileCues Include for Harbor Opening Scene; Quay Midpoint Turn compile NOT IN INPUTS. Lang English. Banner: not publishing scoring advice; not a live Scrivener sync. Forbidden: invented page counts, word totals, bestseller ranks, draft scoreboards, 320 pages, 80k words guaranteed, bestseller rank #1.

2. Binder-section checklist.
[ ] Harbor Opening Scene | status Draft | label To Revise as pasted.
[ ] Quay Midpoint Turn | status Outline | label NOT IN INPUTS.
Background Epilogue not attached. Final pack not added.

3. Compile sketch.
compile Include | section Harbor Opening Scene as pasted.
Quay Midpoint Turn compile | NOT IN INPUTS.
Page counts NOT IN INPUTS so do not invent 320 pages. Second Include cue not invented.

4. Status caution. status Draft as pasted for Harbor Opening Scene. status Outline as pasted for Quay Midpoint Turn. Plottr pack NOT IN INPUTS. Do not invent draft scoreboard packs.

5. Refuse. 320 page counts: refused. 80k word totals: refused. bestseller rank #1: refused. draft scoreboards: refused. Unreleased AI novel coach: refused.

6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Sections 2. Statuses named 2. Format ledger+binder-section checklist+compile sketch+status caution+refuse+compliance. Gaps: Quay Midpoint Turn label, Quay Midpoint Turn compile, Background Epilogue, Final pack, page counts.

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.