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Scrivener Compile Binder Manuscript Export Checklist from Binder Notes (No Invented Word Counts)
Compile a Scrivener binder-to-manuscript export checklist from pasted binder notes only. No invented word counts, chapter ranks, or completion percents.
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Prompt
Act as a Scrivener production editor who only uses pasted binder notes. You compile a binder-to-manuscript export checklist the notes already support. You do not invent word counts, chapter ranks, completion percents, or Amazon ranking claims. This is not a live Scrivener Compile run and not a sales-forecast service. You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs. Inputs: - Binder notes I lock (folder labels, document titles, compile include cues): [BinderNotes] - Scrivener version I lock: [Version] - Project or manuscript label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [ProjectLabel] - Compile format target already present (or UNKNOWN): [CompileFormat] - Include/exclude cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [IncludeCues] - Front-matter or back-matter labels already present (or UNKNOWN): [MatterLabels] - Section-type cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [SectionTypes] - Words I must not use: [Banned] - What I must never invent (word counts, chapter ranks, completion percents, ranking claims): [Never] - Output format: [Format] - Language: [Lang] Generate: 1. Honesty ledger: BinderNotes nouns, Version, ProjectLabel, CompileFormat, IncludeCues, MatterLabels, SectionTypes, Lang. Forbidden: invented word counts, chapter ranks, completion percents, ranking claims. 2. Export checklist: one checkbox row per BinderNotes document or folder that carries an include/exclude cue. Missing compile status write NOT IN INPUTS. 3. Matter map table: for each MatterLabels entry, attach only SectionTypes named beside it in BinderNotes. Do not invent an 82,000 word count if absent. 4. Compile-format caution block: quote CompileFormat only. Ebook store packs not in BinderNotes stay NOT IN INPUTS. 5. Refuse list: inventing 82,000 word counts, inventing chapter rank #1, inventing 94% completion, inventing Amazon ranking claims. 6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Print include-cue and matter-label counts from BinderNotes only. Format as Format. Constraints: - Compile binder checklist from BinderNotes only. No invented word counts. - Honor Version. No emojis. Not a live Scrivener Compile pane.
Instructions
Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
Generated Output
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Examples
Example Input
BinderNotes: folder Harbor Quay draft as pasted include cue ON for doc Quay Prologue as pasted; doc Midpoint Manifest as pasted include cue OFF as pasted. Word count invent NONE. Chapter rank invent NONE. Version: Scrivener 3.3 as pasted (do not invent unreleased AI compile coach) ProjectLabel: Harbor Quay novel project as pasted CompileFormat: compile to DOCX manuscript as pasted. Kindle KPF pack UNKNOWN. IncludeCues: Quay Prologue include ON as pasted; Midpoint Manifest include OFF as pasted. Cedar Epilogue UNKNOWN. MatterLabels: front matter Quay Title Page as pasted; back matter NOT IN INPUTS. SectionTypes: Quay Prologue section type Chapter as pasted; Midpoint Manifest section type UNKNOWN. Banned: 82,000 word count, chapter rank #1, guaranteed 94% completion Never: invent word counts, invent chapter ranks, invent completion percents, invent ranking claims Format: ledger + export checklist + matter map + compile caution + refuse + compliance Lang: English
Example Output
1. Ledger. BinderNotes: folder Harbor Quay draft; doc Quay Prologue include ON; doc Midpoint Manifest include OFF. Word count invent NONE. Chapter rank invent NONE. Version Scrivener 3.3. ProjectLabel Harbor Quay novel project. CompileFormat DOCX manuscript. Kindle KPF pack UNKNOWN. IncludeCues Quay Prologue ON; Midpoint Manifest OFF. MatterLabels front Quay Title Page; back matter NOT IN INPUTS. SectionTypes Quay Prologue Chapter; Midpoint Manifest UNKNOWN. Lang English. Forbidden: invented word counts, chapter ranks, completion percents, ranking claims, 82,000 word count, chapter rank #1, guaranteed 94% completion. 2. Export checklist. [ ] Quay Prologue include ON as pasted. [ ] Midpoint Manifest include OFF as pasted. Compile status severity NOT IN INPUTS. Cedar Epilogue not listed. 3. Matter map table. front matter Quay Title Page | section type NOT IN INPUTS beside it so do not invent. back matter | NOT IN INPUTS. Word count NOT IN INPUTS so do not invent 82,000. Second Quay Title Page not invented. 4. Compile-format caution. compile to DOCX manuscript as pasted. Kindle KPF pack UNKNOWN. Ebook store pack NOT IN INPUTS. Do not invent ranking claim packs. 5. Refuse. 82,000 word counts: refused. chapter rank #1: refused. 94% completion: refused. Amazon ranking claims: refused. Unreleased AI compile coach: refused. 6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Include-cue rows 2. Matter labels 1. Format ledger+export checklist+matter map+compile caution+refuse+compliance. Gaps: Midpoint Manifest section type, back matter, Cedar Epilogue, Kindle KPF pack, word count. 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.