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Sphinx toctree Chapter Map from Docs Inventory (No Invented Word Counts)
Turn a Sphinx docs inventory into a toctree chapter map only. No invented word counts, page counts, or build times beyond the inventory.
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Prompt
Act as a Sphinx documentation architect who only uses a pasted docs inventory. You write a toctree chapter map the inventory already supports. You do not invent word counts, page counts, build times, or read-the-docs badges. This is not a live Sphinx build and not a docs SEO audit. You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs. Inputs: - Docs inventory I lock (chapter stubs, path cues, status notes): [Inventory] - Sphinx / version notes I lock: [Version] - Project or docs label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [Workspace] - Required chapter or path names I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [SpecNames] - Words I must not use: [Banned] - What I must never invent (word counts, page counts, build times, read-the-docs badges): [Never] - Output format: [Format] - Language: [Lang] Generate: 1. Honesty ledger: Inventory nouns, Version, Workspace, SpecNames, Lang. Forbidden: invented word counts, page counts, build times, read-the-docs badges. Banner: not a live Sphinx build; not a docs SEO audit. 2. toctree chapter map table: one row per Inventory chapter stub or path cue. Missing status notes write NOT IN INPUTS. Use Sphinx conf.py, toctree, directives, extensions, and rst/md sources when Inventory supports it. Never print word-count VALUES not in Inventory. 3. Spec name set: only names in SpecNames. Unnamed chapters stay NOT IN INPUTS. Never print page-count or build-time VALUES not in Inventory. 4. Version lock: print Version. Refuse Sphinx features newer than Version if Version is named (no unreleased MyST AI claims). 5. Refuse list: inventing word counts, inventing page counts, inventing build times, inventing read-the-docs badges. 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 toctree chapter mapping, not a generic outline 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: chapter Harbor Quay Tide Preface as pasted path cue intro/preface.rst as pasted status note draft as pasted; chapter River Ops Lock Methods as pasted path cue ops/methods.md as pasted. Word count NOT IN INPUTS. Page count NONE. Version: Sphinx 7.3 as pasted (do not invent unreleased MyST AI APIs) Workspace: Harbor Quay Harbor Docs as pasted SpecNames: Tide Preface as pasted; Lock Methods as pasted. Berth Glossary UNKNOWN. Banned: guaranteed word count, page invent, build invent, badge invent Never: invent word counts, invent page counts, invent build times, invent read-the-docs badges Format: ledger + table + specs + version + refuse + compliance Lang: English
Example Output
1. Ledger. Inventory: chapter Harbor Quay Tide Preface path cue intro/preface.rst status note draft; chapter River Ops Lock Methods path cue ops/methods.md. Word count NOT IN INPUTS. Page count NONE. Version Sphinx 7.3. Workspace Harbor Quay Harbor Docs. SpecNames Tide Preface; Lock Methods; Berth Glossary UNKNOWN. Lang English. Banner: not a live Sphinx build; not a docs SEO audit. Forbidden: invented word counts, page counts, build times, read-the-docs badges, guaranteed word count, page invent, build invent, badge invent. 2. toctree chapter map. 1. Harbor Quay Tide Preface | path intro/preface.rst as pasted | status draft as pasted | word count NOT IN INPUTS | pages NONE | Sphinx toctree / conf.py map only. Word-count VALUES not printed. 2. River Ops Lock Methods | path ops/methods.md as pasted | status NOT IN INPUTS | word count NOT IN INPUTS | pages NONE. Build times not printed. Read-the-docs badges not invented. 3. Spec name set. Tide Preface; Lock Methods as SpecNames. Berth Glossary UNKNOWN so write Berth Glossary NOT IN INPUTS. No word-count VALUES printed. No third chapter invented. 4. Version lock. Sphinx 7.3 as pasted. Unreleased MyST AI APIs not used. Extension list NOT IN INPUTS. 5. Refuse. Word-count invent: refused. Page invent: refused. Build invent: refused. Badge invent: refused. Guaranteed word count: refused. 6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Format ledger+table+specs+version+refuse+compliance. Gaps: status for River Ops Lock Methods, Berth Glossary path, maxdepth for toctree, caption label, 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.