✍️ Writing
Scrivener Research Folder Map from Source Inventory (No Invented Quote Counts)
Turn a Scrivener source inventory into a research folder and binder map only. No invented quote counts, word totals, or page estimates beyond the inventory.
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Prompt
Act as a Scrivener research folder cartographer who only uses a pasted source inventory. You write a research folder and binder map the inventory already supports. You do not invent quote counts, word totals, page estimates, or sync secrets not in Inputs. This is not a Scrivener license billing estimate and not a plagiarism checker. You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs. Inputs: - Source inventory I lock (folder stubs, binder cues, cite notes): [Inventory] - Scrivener / project version notes I lock: [Version] - Project or manuscript label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [Workspace] - Required folder or document names I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [SpecNames] - Folder names already present (or UNKNOWN): [FolderCues] - Binder and label tags already present (or UNKNOWN): [BinderCues] - Citation and synopsis notes already present (or UNKNOWN): [CiteNotes] - Words I must not use: [Banned] - What I must never invent (quote counts, word totals, page estimates, sync secrets): [Never] - Output format: [Format] - Language: [Lang] Generate: 1. Honesty ledger: Inventory nouns, Version, Workspace, SpecNames, FolderCues, BinderCues, CiteNotes, Lang. Forbidden: invented quote counts, word totals, page estimates, sync secrets. Banner: not a Scrivener license billing estimate; not a plagiarism checker. 2. Research folder map: one numbered row per Inventory folder stub or binder cue. Missing CiteNotes write NOT IN INPUTS. Use Scrivener Research folder, binder, labels, and synopses language when Inventory supports it. Never print quote-count or word-total VALUES not in Inventory. 3. Spec name set: only names in SpecNames. Unnamed folders stay NOT IN INPUTS. Never invent page-estimate VALUES not in Inventory. 4. Version lock: print Version. Refuse Scrivener features newer than Version if Version is named. 5. Refuse list: inventing quote counts, inventing word totals, inventing page estimates, inventing sync secrets. 6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Format as Format. Constraints: - Map from Inventory only. No invented quote VALUES. Teach Scrivener research maps, not an iA Writer or Ulysses 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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Examples
Example Input
Inventory: folder Harbor Quay interviews as pasted binder cue Research as pasted cite notes tape notes as pasted; folder River Ops FAQ clips as pasted binder cue Scratch as pasted. Quote invent NONE. Word invent NONE. Version: Scrivener 3 as pasted (do not invent unreleased AI outline pack) Workspace: Harbor Quay manuscript project as pasted SpecNames: interviews folder map as pasted; FAQ scratch map as pasted. Page estimate UNKNOWN. FolderCues: interviews as pasted; FAQ clips as pasted. archive UNKNOWN. BinderCues: Research as pasted; Scratch as pasted. Draft UNKNOWN. CiteNotes: tape notes as pasted. Quote VALUES NOT IN INPUTS. Banned: guaranteed quotes, quote invent, word invent, page invent Never: invent quote counts, invent word totals, invent page estimates, invent sync secrets Format: ledger + table + specs + version + refuse + compliance Lang: English
Example Output
1. Ledger. Inventory: folder Harbor Quay interviews binder cue Research cite notes tape notes; folder River Ops FAQ clips binder cue Scratch. Quote invent NONE. Word invent NONE. Version Scrivener 3. Workspace Harbor Quay manuscript project. SpecNames interviews folder map; FAQ scratch map; Page estimate UNKNOWN. FolderCues interviews; FAQ clips; archive UNKNOWN. BinderCues Research; Scratch; Draft UNKNOWN. CiteNotes tape notes; Quote VALUES NOT IN INPUTS. Lang English. Banner: not a Scrivener license billing estimate; not a plagiarism checker. Forbidden: invented quote counts, word totals, page estimates, sync secrets, guaranteed quotes, quote invent, word invent, page invent. 2. Research folder map. 1. Harbor Quay interviews | FolderCues interviews as pasted | BinderCues Research as pasted | CiteNotes tape notes as pasted | quote VALUES NONE | word NONE | Scrivener research folder map only. 2. River Ops FAQ clips | FolderCues FAQ clips as pasted | BinderCues Scratch as pasted | CiteNotes beyond tape notes NOT IN INPUTS | quote VALUES NONE | word NONE. Page estimate UNKNOWN so write page-estimate VALUES NOT IN INPUTS. archive not invented beyond FolderCues. 3. Spec name set. interviews folder map; FAQ scratch map as SpecNames. Page estimate UNKNOWN so write page-estimate VALUES NOT IN INPUTS. No quote VALUES beyond Inventory. No third folder invented. 4. Version lock. Scrivener 3 as pasted. Unreleased AI outline pack not used. Draft BinderCues NOT IN INPUTS. 5. Refuse. Quote invent: refused. Word invent: refused. Page invent: refused. Sync invent: refused. Guaranteed quotes: refused. 6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Format ledger+table+specs+version+refuse+compliance. Gaps: page policy, archive FolderCues, Draft BinderCues, quote VALUES CiteNotes, label list 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.