# Turn Product Manuals Into Decision Briefs

> A reusable prompt that turns a pasted product manual into a source-anchored decision brief with a facts table, quotes, conditions and checklists.

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# Turn Product Manuals Into Decision Briefs

A reusable prompt that turns a pasted product manual into a source-anchored decision brief with a facts table, quotes, conditions and checklists.

## Start here

This prompt is for anyone who has to make a decision from a product manual: buying, installing, supporting or reviewing policy. You paste the manual text into the chat, then the prompt returns a brief that points back to the manual instead of adding claims the manual does not make.

**What you paste:**

1. The manual text itself. If it is long, paste it in parts and write `PASTE COMPLETE` only when all parts are in.
2. Your decision questions, written as questions (for example: "Can this replace our current model?", "What do we need before first use?", "What could void coverage?").
3. Optionally the product name, model or version, and whether this is for buying, setup, support or policy review.

If you have not written decision questions yet, the prompt asks for them first. Have them ready before pasting the manual.

**Where to paste it:** an ordinary AI chat that accepts text. No terminal, account setup or API is needed.

**How to check the output:**

- Every facts-table row has both a location and a short exact quote from your manual text.
- Conditional wording ("optional", "if equipped", "up to", "approximately") is kept, not smoothed into a plain claim.
- Anything the manual does not state sits in the not-stated list, not in the facts table.
- Each checklist item is marked PASS, OPEN or VERIFY.
- If a check fails, tell the chat which row and ask it to redo that part from the manual text.

## What it does

The prompt turns a manual into a decision brief with six parts: a scope note, a facts table grouped by your questions, a conditions list, an explicitly-not-stated list, conflicts and gaps, and a 5–10 item pre-decision checklist. It is told to work only from the text you paste and to say "not stated" rather than fill gaps from general knowledge.

## Prerequisites, permissions and limits

- You need a copy of the manual text you are allowed to share with the tool you use. Do not paste confidential or personal material into a service you are not permitted to use for it.
- Long manuals may be split across messages; the prompt waits for `PASTE COMPLETE`.
- The prompt has no internet, no access to the vendor site and no access to your files, by its own wording. It cannot verify the manual is current or complete.
- It does not recommend buying, editing the manual or contacting anyone. It only produces the brief.
- The text must be readable: scanned pages pasted as garbled text will show up as unreadable in the scope note.

## FAQ

**What if I only paste part of the manual?**
The scope note should say which sections look missing or cut off, and section 4 lists things the manual never states. Treat that as a boundary on the brief, not as evidence the product lacks those things.

**Can I use the output as a legal or warranty opinion?**
No. It quotes your text and labels confidence; it adds no compatibility, warranty, safety or compliance claims. Conditions that are stated only somewhere else in the manual belong in the conditions list, not in a High-confidence row.

## Verification note

Source reviewed; runtime not tested. This guide describes the prompt text and a fictional example inside it; it was not executed and no model, version or app behaviour is claimed.

## Source and thanks

Original TokRepo prompt, licensed CC BY 4.0. Reference: [ChatGPT release notes](<https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes>) (reviewed 2026-10-04), used as context for a general-purpose AI workspace only.

## Complete reusable prompt

You are extracting decision-relevant facts from a product manual that I will paste. You do not have access to the internet, the vendor's website, or my files. Work only from the text I provide. If a fact is not in the text, do not fill it in from general knowledge or from similar products — say it is not stated.

WHAT I WILL PROVIDE
- Manual text (I will paste it below or in my next message). It may be long; if I split it across messages, wait until I say PASTE COMPLETE before you start.
- A short list of my decisions, written as questions (for example: "Can this replace our current model?" "What do we need before first use?" "What could void coverage?").
- Optionally: product name, model number or version, and whether this is for buying, setup, support or policy review.

WHAT I WANT
A decision brief, not a summary. Every extracted fact must be traceable to a section of the manual I can re-find. Label anything unclear or missing instead of smoothing it over.

OUTPUT FORMAT
1. Scope note — one or two lines: what manual/version I supplied (only if I said), which decision questions you are answering, and any sections of the manual that appear missing, cut off or unreadable in what I pasted.
2. Facts table — one row per fact, with columns:
   Fact (plain statement) | Where it comes from (section/heading/page as given in the text) | Quote (shortest exact phrase, keep it short) | Confidence (High = stated plainly; Medium = stated but scattered or uses qualifiers; Low = implied, ambiguous, or depends on another condition) | Decision question it serves
   Group rows by my decision question. If one fact serves two, list it under the primary one and note the other in the same cell.
3. Conditions and dependencies — a short list of "this fact only holds if…" items (for example: a stated option is installed, a stated environment applies, a step is completed first). Point to the section where each condition appears.
4. Explicitly not stated — a list of things a buyer, installer or support person would reasonably expect the manual to cover but that the supplied text does not state. Be specific (for example "cleaning interval", "maximum load", "what to do if the light stays red"). If it might be in a section you were not given, say so rather than guessing.
5. Conflicts and gaps — places where two supplied passages disagree, or where a number, unit or term is defined twice or not at all. Name both locations.
6. Pre-decision checklist — 5–10 questions I should be able to answer before acting, each marked PASS (answered by the supplied text), OPEN (not answered), or VERIFY (supplied text gives a partial or qualified answer).

RULES
- No marketing language, no benefits, no recommendations about whether to buy or use the product.
- Never upgrade a conditional statement into an unconditional one. Keep words like "optional", "if equipped", "up to", "approximately", and the exact units the manual uses.
- Do not merge two facts into one row to save space.
- Do not add compatibility, warranty, safety, compliance or performance claims that are absent from the supplied text — including ones that are true of similar products.
- If you are unsure whether something is stated or only implied, put it in Low confidence or in section 4, not in High.
- Do not write or edit the manual, and do not suggest contacting anyone. The output is only the brief.

CHECK BEFORE YOU FINISH
- Does every facts-table row have both a location and a quote drawn from my pasted text?
- Does any High-confidence row actually rely on a qualifier found elsewhere in the text? If so, move it to Medium and add the condition to section 3.
- Is section 4 free of items that are actually answered somewhere in the text? Remove any that are.
- Is the checklist a decision aid rather than a summary of the table?

FICTIONAL EXAMPLE (illustrative only — a different manual would produce different facts)
Input: a two-page manual section for a countertop water filter, plus decision questions "What do we need before first use?" and "What could void coverage?"
Output shape:
- Scope note: supplied pages 1–2 only; no maintenance schedule page was included.
- Facts table row: "Filter must be flushed for the stated period before first drinking use" | Location: page 2, First Use | Quote: "flush for the stated period" | Confidence: Medium — exact period appears on page 1 | Decision question: before first use.
- Conditions: flushing requirement applies only if the cartridge was installed by the user.
- Explicitly not stated: replacement interval; what to do if the indicator light does not turn on; whether the housing is dishwasher safe.
- Conflicts: page 1 gives a capacity in litres; page 2 gives a different number in gallons with no conversion shown.
- Checklist: "Do we know the exact flush duration?" — VERIFY (page 1 gives a figure but page 2 refers to it indirectly).

Now wait for my manual text and my decision questions. If I have not given decision questions, ask me for them before producing the brief.

## References and reuse

- [ChatGPT release notes](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes) · Reviewed 2026-10-04

Original TokRepo prompt · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Reference documents retain their own rights.

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# 把产品手册变成决策简报

一条可复用提示词，把你粘贴的产品手册整理成有出处可查的决策简报，含事实表、原文短句、前提条件和核对清单。

## 开始使用

这条提示词适合任何需要依据产品手册做决定的人：购买、安装、售后支持或政策审查。你把手册文本粘贴到对话里，提示词返回一份指回手册原文的简报，而不是补上手册没有写的说法。

**你需要粘贴的内容：**

1. 手册文本本身。如果很长，可以分段粘贴，全部粘完后再写 `PASTE COMPLETE`。
2. 你的决策问题，用问句写（例如：“这台能替代我们现有型号吗？”“首次使用前需要准备什么？”“什么情况会让保修失效？”）。
3. 可选：产品名称、型号或版本，以及这次是用于购买、安装、支持还是政策审查。

如果你还没写决策问题，提示词会先向你索要。请在粘贴手册前准备好这些问题。

**粘贴到哪里：** 任何能接收文本的普通 AI 对话即可。不需要终端、账号配置或 API。

**如何检查输出：**

- 事实表每一行都同时有出处和一段来自你粘贴文本的原文短句。
- “可选”“如配备”“最高”“约”等限定词被保留，没有被简化成无条件说法。
- 手册未提及的内容出现在“未说明”清单里，而不是事实表中。
- 核对表每一项都标有 PASS、OPEN 或 VERIFY。
- 如果某项检查不通过，指出是哪一行，并要求它依据手册文本重做该部分。

## 它做什么

提示词把手册整理成包含六部分的决策简报：范围说明、按你的问题分组的事实表、前提条件清单、明确未说明清单、冲突与缺口、以及 5–10 条的决策前核对表。它被要求只依据你粘贴的文本，宁可写“未说明”也不从常识补全。

## 前提条件、权限与限制

- 你需要一份自己有权向所用工具提交的手册文本。不要把你不被允许提交的保密或个人材料粘贴进去。
- 长手册可分多条消息发送；提示词会等到 `PASTE COMPLETE` 再开始。
- 按提示词自述，它没有联网能力，无法访问厂商网站，也无法访问你的文件。它无法核实手册是否最新或完整。
- 它不会建议购买、不会修改手册、也不会建议联系任何人，只产出这份简报。
- 文本必须可读：扫描页粘贴成乱码时，范围说明会把它标为不可读。

## 常见问题

**如果我只粘贴了手册的一部分怎么办？**
范围说明应指出哪些章节缺失或被截断，第 4 部分列出手册从未说明的事项。请把它当作简报的边界，而不是产品缺少这些内容的证据。

**输出可以当作法律或保修意见吗？**
不可以。它只引用你的文本并标注可信度，不添加兼容性、保修、安全或合规方面的说法。只在手册其他位置出现的条件应放进前提条件清单，而不是高可信度行。

## 核实说明

来源已审阅；未做运行时测试。本指南描述提示词文本及其中的一个虚构示例，未实际执行，也未声称任何模型、版本或应用行为。

## 来源与致谢

TokRepo 原创提示词，采用 CC BY 4.0 许可。参考：[ChatGPT release notes](<https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes>)（2026-10-04 查阅），仅作为通用 AI 对话工具的上下文参考。

## 完整可复制提示词

你正在从我将粘贴的产品手册中提取与决策相关的事实。你无权访问互联网、厂商网站或我的文件。只依据我提供的文本工作。如果某个事实不在文本中，不要用常识或类似产品来补全——而要说明该内容未被说明。

我将提供的内容
- 手册文本（我会在下方或下一条消息中粘贴）。它可能很长；如果我分多条消息发送，请等到我说 PASTE COMPLETE 后再开始。
- 我的决策清单，以问句形式写出（例如：“这台能替代我们现有型号吗？”“首次使用前需要准备什么？”“什么情况会让保修失效？”）。
- 可选：产品名称、型号或版本，以及这次是用于购买、安装、支持还是政策审查。

我想要什么
一份决策简报，而不是摘要。每一个提取出的事实都必须能追溯到我可重新找到的手册某一节。任何不清楚或缺失的内容都要标注，而不是含糊带过。

输出格式
1. 范围说明——一到两行：我提供的是哪本手册/哪个版本（只有在我说明时才写）、你正在回答哪些决策问题，以及我粘贴的内容中出现缺失、截断或无法阅读的手册章节。
2. 事实表——每个事实一行，列为：
   事实（平实陈述） | 出处（文本中给出的章节/标题/页码） | 引文（最短的准确短语，保持简短） | 可信度（High = 明确陈述；Medium = 有陈述但分散或带限定词；Low = 暗示、含糊或取决于另一条件） | 它所服务的决策问题
   按我的决策问题分组。如果一个事实同时服务两个问题，将其列在主要问题下，并在同一单元格中注明另一个问题。
3. 条件与依赖关系——“该事实仅在……时成立”的简短清单（例如：所说明的选配已安装、所说明的环境适用、某一步骤已先完成）。指出每个条件出现的章节。
4. 明确未说明的内容——列出买家、安装人员或支持人员合理预期手册会涵盖、但所提供文本未说明的事项。要具体（例如“清洁间隔”“最大负载”“如果指示灯一直为红色该怎么办”）。如果它可能在你未获得的某个章节中，请说明，而不是猜测。
5. 冲突与缺口——所提供段落之间相互矛盾之处，或某个数字、单位、术语被重复定义或完全未定义之处。写出两处位置。
6. 决策前核对表——在行动前我应能回答的 5–10 个问题，每个标为 PASS（由所提供文本回答）、OPEN（未回答）或 VERIFY（所提供文本给出部分或带限定的回答）。

规则
- 不要营销语言，不要好处，不要就是否购买或使用产品给出建议。
- 绝不要将条件性陈述升级为无条件陈述。保留“可选”“如配备”“最高”“约”等词，以及手册使用的确切单位。
- 不要为节省空间而把两个事实合并为一行。
- 不要添加所提供文本中不存在的兼容性、保修、安全、合规或性能方面的说法——包括类似产品确实具有的说法。
- 如果你不确定某内容是被说明还是仅被暗示，请放入 Low 可信度或第 4 部分，不要放入 High。
- 不要撰写或编辑手册，也不要建议联系任何人。输出仅为这份简报。

完成前检查
- 事实表中每一行是否都有出处和一段取自粘贴文本的引文？
- 是否有任何 High 可信度行实际上依赖文本中其他位置的限定词？如果有，将其移到 Medium，并把该条件加入第 3 部分。
- 第 4 部分是否没有那些其实已在文本某处回答的事项？若有，请删除。
- 核对表是否是决策辅助，而不是事实表的摘要？

虚构示例（仅作说明——换一本手册会得到不同的事实）
输入：一份两页的台面净水器手册节选，加上决策问题“首次使用前需要准备什么？”和“什么情况会让保修失效？”
输出形态：
- 范围说明：仅提供了第 1–2 页；未包含维护周期页。
- 事实表行：“首次饮用前必须按所述时长冲洗滤芯” | 出处：第 2 页，首次使用 | 原文短句：“flush for the stated period” | 可信度：中等——确切时长出现在第 1 页 | 决策问题：首次使用前。
- 前提条件：冲洗要求仅在滤芯由用户自行安装时适用。
- 明确未说明：更换周期；指示灯不亮时该怎么办；外壳是否可用洗碗机清洗。
- 冲突：第 1 页给出的容量以升为单位；第 2 页给出的数字以加仑为单位，且未显示换算。
- 核对表：“我们是否知道确切的冲洗时长？”——VERIFY（第 1 页给出了一个数值，但第 2 页只是间接提及）。

现在请等待我提供手册文本和决策问题。如果我没有给出决策问题，请在生成简报前先向我索要。

## 参考资料与复用

- [ChatGPT release notes](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes) · Reviewed 2026-10-04

TokRepo 原创提示词 · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)。参考资料保留各自原有权利。

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