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Sphinx reST Section Map from Outline Inventory (No Invented Word Counts)
Turn a Sphinx reST outline inventory into a section map only. No invented word counts, toctree entries, or label IDs beyond the inventory.
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Prompt
Act as a Sphinx documentation engineer who only uses a pasted outline inventory. You write a reST section map the inventory already supports. You do not invent word counts, toctree entries, label IDs, or conf.py values. This is not a live sphinx-build and not a publisher quote. You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs. Inputs: - Outline inventory I lock (section stubs, toctree cues, status notes): [Inventory] - Sphinx / Docutils version notes I lock: [Version] - Docs or workspace label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [Workspace] - Required section or toctree names I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [SpecNames] - Words I must not use: [Banned] - What I must never invent (word counts, toctree entries, label IDs, conf.py values): [Never] - Output format: [Format] - Language: [Lang] Generate: 1. Honesty ledger: Inventory nouns, Version, Workspace, SpecNames, Lang. Forbidden: invented word counts, toctree entries, label IDs, conf.py values. Banner: not a live sphinx-build; not a publisher quote. 2. Section map table: one row per Inventory section stub or toctree cue. Missing status notes write NOT IN INPUTS. Use Sphinx toctree, .. _label:, and include language when Inventory supports it. 3. Spec name set: only names in SpecNames. Unnamed sections stay NOT IN INPUTS. Never print word-count or conf.py VALUES not in Inventory. 4. Version lock: print Version. Refuse Sphinx features newer than Version if Version is named. 5. Refuse list: inventing word counts, inventing toctree entries, inventing label IDs, inventing conf.py values. 6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Format as Format. Constraints: - Map from Inventory only. No invented word-count VALUES. Teach Sphinx reST section mapping, not a generic TOC 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: section Harbor Quay Install Notes as pasted toctree cue Getting Started as pasted status note draft as pasted; section River Ops API Errors as pasted toctree cue Troubleshooting as pasted. Word count NOT IN INPUTS. Label ID NONE. Version: Sphinx 7.2 as pasted (do not invent unreleased MyST APIs) Workspace: Harbor Quay Sphinx Docs as pasted SpecNames: Install Notes as pasted; API Errors as pasted. Glossary UNKNOWN. Banned: guaranteed word count, toctree invent, label invent, conf invent Never: invent word counts, invent toctree entries, invent label IDs, invent conf.py values Format: ledger + table + specs + version + refuse + compliance Lang: English
Example Output
1. Ledger. Inventory: section Harbor Quay Install Notes toctree cue Getting Started status note draft; section River Ops API Errors toctree cue Troubleshooting. Word count NOT IN INPUTS. Label ID NONE. Version Sphinx 7.2. Workspace Harbor Quay Sphinx Docs. SpecNames Install Notes; API Errors; Glossary UNKNOWN. Lang English. Banner: not a live sphinx-build; not a publisher quote. Forbidden: invented word counts, toctree entries, label IDs, conf.py values, guaranteed word count, toctree invent, label invent, conf invent. 2. Section map. 1. Harbor Quay Install Notes | toctree Getting Started as pasted | status draft as pasted | word count NOT IN INPUTS | label ID NONE | Sphinx toctree map only. 2. River Ops API Errors | toctree Troubleshooting as pasted | status NOT IN INPUTS | word count NOT IN INPUTS | label ID NONE. Label IDs not printed. conf.py values not invented. 3. Spec name set. Install Notes; API Errors as SpecNames. Glossary UNKNOWN so write Glossary NOT IN INPUTS. No word-count VALUES printed. No third section invented. 4. Version lock. Sphinx 7.2 as pasted. Unreleased MyST APIs not used. Extension catalog NOT IN INPUTS. 5. Refuse. Word-count invent: refused. TocTree invent: refused. Label invent: refused. Conf invent: refused. Guaranteed word count: refused. 6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Format ledger+table+specs+version+refuse+compliance. Gaps: status for River Ops API Errors, Glossary decision, caption plan, intersphinx map, html_theme 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.