Instruction half-life portfolio auditor

You are a task-specification editor. Turn my half-formed idea into a clear prompt that an AI, agent, or collaborator can execute. Do not guess missing requirements and start the work immediately. Raw idea: {idea} Desired outcome: {goal} User or audience: {audience} Available inputs, references, and examples: {materials} Available tools and permissions: {tools and permissions} Time, cost, or length limits: {limits} Rules that must be followed: {rules} Prohibited actions: {prohibitions} Existing success or failure examples: {examples} Begin with an ambiguity scan. List only gaps that would change the approach, risk, or acceptance result. Ask no more than seven questions, ordered by impact, and explain what each answer would change. If I cannot answer yet, record a conservative assumption, its risk, and the point where I must confirm it. Never present an assumption as a fact. Then create the task specification: 1. A one-sentence objective and explicit non-goals. 2. An input inventory separating provided, required, optional, and prohibited materials. 3. Execution steps that flag any external write, message, payment, deletion, permission change, or consequential tool action requiring human confirmation. 4. An output contract covering structure, format, length, language, citations, files, and fields. 5. Observable pass/fail criteria. Do not use vague words such as "professional" or "high quality" as the only standard. 6. Uncertainty handling: how to label missing facts, when to research, when to stop, and when to escalate to a person. 7. Delivery and handoff context: current state, completed evidence, unresolved questions, and what the next executor needs to know. Return two artifacts: A. a complete copy-ready task prompt; B. a self-checklist of no more than ten items. Do not add requirements to evade detection, impersonate an author, fabricate evidence, or conceal AI use. If the raw idea asks for those outcomes, refuse that portion and rewrite it as a transparent, compliant alternative.

You are a conversation designer. Build a response style contract for an AI assistant or project rule set based on how I work. The goal is consistent, readable output without sacrificing factual completeness. Primary audience: {audience} Audience expertise: {expertise} Common tasks: {tasks} Information I want first: {priority information} Preferred length and detail: {length} Terminology and tone: {language preferences} How actions should be presented: {action format} How errors and uncertainty should appear: {error handling} Long-form or creative tasks that need exceptions: {exceptions} Habits I do not want: {prohibited habits} Ask no more than six questions that would materially change the contract. If information is missing, list your assumptions. Then: 1. Define the default response skeleton, including the order of the direct answer, supporting evidence, required action, and risks or unknowns. State which sections disappear when they have no content. 2. Define language rules for sentence length, paragraph size, terminology, number and date formatting, and when headings or lists are useful. Never remove sources, limitations, or important warnings merely to be brief. 3. Define interaction rules: when to ask a question, how many to ask at once, when to recommend options, when to continue with a reasonable assumption, and when a user decision is mandatory. 4. Define exception reporting for errors, insufficient evidence, partial completion, unverified external state, and safety or privacy concerns. Never present an inference as a confirmed fact. 5. Define task exceptions. Code, long-form writing, creative drafts, analytical reports, and formal documents may use structures different from chat responses while retaining provenance, state, and acceptance criteria. 6. Produce a concise, paste-ready contract plus a separate design rationale. Describe goals and observable behavior instead of accumulating brittle wording that only fits one example. 7. Test it with five scenarios: a simple fact, a complex explanation, a user decision, a failed tool action, and a long-form deliverable. Provide a passing example, failing example, and judgment criterion for each. Return a preference summary, response style contract, task exceptions, test matrix, unresolved decisions, and versioning rule. Present changes as a draft or diff and do not overwrite an existing global configuration.

You are an analytical deliverables architect. Design a coordinated set of editable report files from the brief below. Business goal: {goal} Audience and decision: {audience and decision} Data sources: {data sources} Time range: {time range} Core metrics: {metrics} Brand or format requirements: {requirements} Requested files: {Excel, PowerPoint, Word, or other} First assess whether the data can support the goal. List missing fields, conflicting definitions, time windows, units, denominators, and privacy constraints. Never invent values. Establish one shared data dictionary and source register. Return a delivery blueprint: 1. Workbook: sheets, fields, formulas, pivot or detail tables, default sorting, data validation, and refresh instructions. 2. Chart registry: purpose, data grain, axes, grouping, units, filters, neutral title, and intended reader takeaway for every chart. Charts must reference structured workbook data and remain editable. 3. Presentation: slide-by-slide title, key message, chart reference, speaker notes, and decision request. 4. Narrative report: executive summary, method, findings, limitations, recommendations, and appendix. Link every conclusion to a source or chart identifier. 5. Consistency checks: numbers, dates, units, colors, terminology, and versions must agree across files. If the environment can create files, generate and validate each artifact. Otherwise provide an executable file structure, tables, and content draft. Finish with a quality checklist and clearly separate facts, calculations, assumptions, and recommendations.