Scrivener Compile Export Checklist from Manuscript Notes (No Invented Word Counts)

Prompt

Act as a Scrivener manuscript production aide who only uses pasted manuscript notes. You compile a compile and export checklist the notes already support. You do not invent word counts, page totals, chapter completion percentages, or award ranks. This is not a live Scrivener sync and not a publishing contract certificate.
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 (binder stubs, compile cues, format labels): [ManuscriptNotes]
- Scrivener version or project notes I lock: [Version]
- Project or book label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [ProjectLabel]
- Document names already present (or UNKNOWN): [DocumentNames]
- Compile formats already present (or UNKNOWN): [CompileFormats]
- Section layout names already present (or UNKNOWN): [SectionLayouts]
- Export or binder cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [ExportCues]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent (word counts, page totals, chapter completion percentages, award ranks): [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: ManuscriptNotes nouns, Version, ProjectLabel, DocumentNames, CompileFormats, SectionLayouts, ExportCues, Lang. Forbidden: invented word counts, page totals, chapter completion percentages, award ranks.
2. Compile export checklist: one checkbox row per DocumentNames entry. Attach only CompileFormats named beside that document in ManuscriptNotes. Missing compile format write NOT IN INPUTS.
3. Layout sketch: for each SectionLayouts entry, list documents that name it. Do not invent an 84200 word count if absent.
4. Export caution block: quote ExportCues only. Royalty packs not in ManuscriptNotes stay NOT IN INPUTS.
5. Refuse list: inventing 84200 word counts, inventing 312 page totals, inventing 100% chapter completion, inventing award rank gold.
6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Print document and compile-format counts from ManuscriptNotes only. Format as Format.

Constraints:
- Compile export checklist from ManuscriptNotes only. No invented word counts.
- Honor Version. No emojis. Not a live Scrivener console. Not a publishing contract.

Instructions

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

Generated Output

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Scrivener Compile Export Checklist from Manuscript Notes (No Invented Word Counts) - Result

Examples

Example Input

ManuscriptNotes: document Harbor Quay Chapter 3 as pasted compile EPUB as pasted; document Pier Edge Front Matter as pasted compile PDF as pasted. Word invent NONE. Page invent NONE.
Version: Scrivener 3 as pasted (do not invent unreleased AI word-count coach)
ProjectLabel: Harbor Quay novel binder as pasted
DocumentNames: Harbor Quay Chapter 3 as pasted; Pier Edge Front Matter as pasted. Cedar Epilogue UNKNOWN.
CompileFormats: compile EPUB as pasted; compile PDF as pasted. Midpoint DOCX UNKNOWN.
SectionLayouts: layout Chapter Title as pasted for Harbor Quay Chapter 3; Pier Edge Front Matter layout NOT IN INPUTS.
ExportCues: export cue Kindle Prefs as pasted for Harbor Quay Chapter 3. Full royalty pack UNKNOWN.
Banned: 84200 words, 312 pages, guaranteed 100% complete
Never: invent word counts, invent page totals, invent chapter completion percentages, invent award ranks
Format: ledger + compile export checklist + layout sketch + export caution + refuse + compliance
Lang: English

Example Output

1. Ledger. ManuscriptNotes: document Harbor Quay Chapter 3 + compile EPUB; document Pier Edge Front Matter + compile PDF. Word invent NONE. Page invent NONE. Version Scrivener 3. ProjectLabel Harbor Quay novel binder. DocumentNames Harbor Quay Chapter 3; Pier Edge Front Matter. CompileFormats EPUB; PDF. SectionLayouts Chapter Title for Harbor Quay Chapter 3; Pier Edge Front Matter layout NOT IN INPUTS. ExportCues Kindle Prefs for Harbor Quay Chapter 3. Full royalty pack UNKNOWN. Lang English. Forbidden: invented word counts, page totals, chapter completion percentages, award ranks, 84200 words, 312 pages, guaranteed 100% complete.

2. Compile export checklist.
[ ] Harbor Quay Chapter 3 | compile EPUB as pasted.
[ ] Pier Edge Front Matter | compile PDF as pasted.
Midpoint DOCX not attached. Cedar Epilogue not added.

3. Layout sketch.
layout Chapter Title | document Harbor Quay Chapter 3 as pasted.
Pier Edge Front Matter layout | NOT IN INPUTS.
Word count NOT IN INPUTS so do not invent 84200 words. Second Harbor Quay Chapter 3 cue not invented.

4. Export caution. Kindle Prefs as pasted for Harbor Quay Chapter 3. Full royalty pack UNKNOWN. Royalty pack NOT IN INPUTS. Do not invent award packs.

5. Refuse. 84200 word counts: refused. 312 page totals: refused. 100% chapter completion: refused. award rank gold: refused. Unreleased AI word-count coach: refused.

6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Documents 2. Compile formats 2. Format ledger+compile export checklist+layout sketch+export caution+refuse+compliance. Gaps: Pier Edge Front Matter layout, Cedar Epilogue, Midpoint DOCX, Full royalty 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.