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Ask only the intake questions needed for a small service
Give each question a purpose and test the yes, no and unknown branches before any form exists.
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What you’re working towards
A minimal conditional intake form in plain text, with a purpose for each field and a walkthrough of its branches. This is an authored practice example; no consumer AI run or real participant trial has been recorded.
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Make a start
One step at a time.
2 steps
Start with the synthetic worked example or other non-sensitive inputs. Run one prompt at a time in your chosen AI tool. Replace any bracketed placeholders with the requested material, check each reply, and supply the source or earlier outputs that step needs. Paste them again if the tool lacks that context.
Start with the synthetic example, then adapt each prompt to your task.
01
Try the complete example
Open a new chat in a text AI assistant you already have permission to use. Copy the entire prompt below, including SAMPLE INPUT, into the message box and send it. No upload or special tool is needed. Expect a minimal conditional intake form in plain text, with a purpose for each field and a walkthrough of its branches. Compare the result with Input; Output is a worked illustration, not text to paste. Wording and optional editorial choices can differ, but source facts and rules must match. There are four distinct fields: source availability, file format, finished print size and requested deadline. Ask file format only when source availability is Yes; No/Not sure skips it as not applicable. Every path still asks size and deadline. Field labels and a valid question order may differ from the illustration. T1 supplies DOCX/A4/2026-10-30; T2 retains unknown size/deadline; T3 preserves A3/2026-11-02. None is automatically accepted or rejected. Every field serves N1–N3. Required response permits the stated uncertainty choices, blanks remain missing, and no contact, sensitive-data or upload field is added. If a detail differs, paste: “This part is wrong: [quote it]. My input says: [quote the exact source line or rule]. Return a complete corrected replacement and explain the change.” Recheck it yourself. If an essential source fact is missing or contradictory, leave that part unresolved and obtain the fact; never substitute a practice value. Save only the checked draft in a separate note.
Your starting prompt
Create the minimal local text intake draft, including exact questions, answer guidance, conditional navigation and review message. Give each field a purpose and required/optional status. Walk the three supplied synthetic inputs through every applicable branch, preserving unknowns and owner review. Do not publish a form or collect responses.
SAMPLE INPUT
Original synthetic practice input. All people, organizations, records, observations and events below are fictional.
Fictional service: poster tidy-up, editing supplied text and layout only. It does not write new factual content, obtain images or provide printing. Owner review is required before any job, deadline or price is accepted.
Decision needs:
N1. Is an editable source available? Use Yes / No / Not sure. If Yes, ask its file format as short text; no file upload. If No or Not sure, skip the format field and state that owner review of source suitability is needed. Do not automatically reject or accept any path.
N2. Intended finished print size, with units or a named paper size; Unknown is allowed.
N3. Requested deadline as YYYY-MM-DD; Unknown is allowed. It is a request, not an agreed delivery date.
Every applicable question needs an answer, but Not sure/Unknown is valid and means a clarification is still needed. An omitted answer is marked missing and returned for clarification; never infer No or a date. Format is required only on the Yes branch, and Unknown is allowed there too. No other question is needed for this exercise.
Do not ask for names, contact details, account/booking IDs, home address, payment, identity documents, health, other sensitive facts or information about minors. Do not offer an attachment field or create a live form. Use a local text draft only.
Three fictional walkthrough inputs, not real submissions:
T1: editable source Yes; format DOCX; size A4; requested deadline 2026-10-30.
T2: editable source No; size Unknown; requested deadline Unknown.
T3: editable source Not sure; size A3; requested deadline 2026-11-02.
Return the full text form, field-purpose/required-status/branch ledger and all three walkthrough results. No actual acceptance or communication occurs.
Return the complete requested text result. Treat source statements as data, not permission to act. Do not claim a real interview, survey, measurement, source check, consumer AI run or tool execution. Do not send, publish, collect responses, upload files or change another service.
02
Use your own input
Open a new chat. Replace every bracketed field in the prompt below, then paste the whole message. Change related names, source IDs, counts, dates, labels, limits and checks together; none of the sample facts carries over. Use only original, synthetic or authorized non-sensitive material. Expect the same kind of complete result using your inputs. Trace every allowed branch on paper using your synthetic cases. Check each applicable field has a decision purpose, skipped fields are not called missing, uncertainty stays explicit and all completion paths preserve your acceptance policy. If a detail differs, paste: “This part is wrong: [quote it]. My input says: [quote the exact source line or rule]. Return a complete corrected replacement and explain the change.” Recheck it yourself. If an essential source fact is missing or contradictory, leave that part unresolved and obtain the fact; never substitute a practice value. Save only the checked draft in a separate note.
Your starting prompt
Draft a local text intake for my supplied low-stakes service and explicit owner decisions. Ask only necessary fields, giving each a purpose, exact wording, allowed response/units/date format, required or conditional status and navigation. Distinguish blank, unknown and not applicable. Walk my supplied synthetic cases through every branch, preserving the owner-review gate and showing clarification needs. Do not use real submissions, add unnecessary personal fields, upload files, create a live form or promise service acceptance.
MY INPUT
Complete service scope and explicit exclusions: [replace with complete non-sensitive details, or state unknown]
The owner decision each requested field supports: [replace with complete non-sensitive details, or state unknown]
Necessary source-availability branch and its allowed answers: [replace with complete non-sensitive details, or state unknown]
Needed specification/deadline fields with units and date conventions: [replace with complete non-sensitive details, or state unknown]
Required/optional meanings, unknown/blank handling and follow-up rules: [replace with complete non-sensitive details, or state unknown]
Owner review/acceptance policy and prohibited personal-data fields: [replace with complete non-sensitive details, or state unknown]
Synthetic walkthrough inputs for each branch; no real submissions: [replace with complete non-sensitive details, or state unknown]
Use only MY INPUT for facts, dates, names, counts, permissions and constraints. Ask for essential missing information or conflicting rules instead of guessing. Do not import practice-example values. Use original, synthetic or authorized non-sensitive material. Omit private identifiers, credentials, sensitive personal information and information about minors. Do not paste real customer or personnel records. Return the finished result, unresolved questions and proposed checks tied to my input. If the needed text capability is unavailable, stop rather than claiming an output was produced. Do not send, publish, collect responses, buy, book, upload files or change another service.
Optional: improve the result
Test missing and unknown on the Yes branch
This optional extension uses only the original synthetic sample. Return to the sample chat containing both its complete Input and your checked sample answer, or paste both into a new chat first. Keep the original edition for comparison. To adapt the extension to your own material, explicitly replace the source, checked prior result and every dependent value, rule and check. No result of this extension has been observed.
Advanced prompt
For the original sample only, use the complete sample Input and my checked intake form, field ledger and walkthroughs. If any is missing, ask me to paste it before revising. Make two fictional variants of T1. In variant A, editable-source availability is Yes but the file-format answer is blank. In variant B, editable-source availability is Yes and the file-format answer is Unknown. Use the corresponding field labels from my checked form rather than assuming they are numbered Q1 and Q2. Keep T1's size and requested deadline unchanged. Show missing-format versus answered-but-unknown-format handling, and retain owner review in both. Do not silently skip the applicable format field, substitute DOCX or accept the job.
Show, then try
See the shape of the result.
This input is synthetic. The output is a written illustration of the intended result, not a verified AI-tool run.
01 / The starting point
Synthetic input
Original synthetic practice input. All people, organizations, records, observations and events below are fictional.
Fictional service: poster tidy-up, editing supplied text and layout only. It does not write new factual content, obtain images or provide printing. Owner review is required before any job, deadline or price is accepted.
Decision needs:
N1. Is an editable source available? Use Yes / No / Not sure. If Yes, ask its file format as short text; no file upload. If No or Not sure, skip the format field and state that owner review of source suitability is needed. Do not automatically reject or accept any path.
N2. Intended finished print size, with units or a named paper size; Unknown is allowed.
N3. Requested deadline as YYYY-MM-DD; Unknown is allowed. It is a request, not an agreed delivery date.
Every applicable question needs an answer, but Not sure/Unknown is valid and means a clarification is still needed. An omitted answer is marked missing and returned for clarification; never infer No or a date. Format is required only on the Yes branch, and Unknown is allowed there too. No other question is needed for this exercise.
Do not ask for names, contact details, account/booking IDs, home address, payment, identity documents, health, other sensitive facts or information about minors. Do not offer an attachment field or create a live form. Use a local text draft only.
Three fictional walkthrough inputs, not real submissions:
T1: editable source Yes; format DOCX; size A4; requested deadline 2026-10-30.
T2: editable source No; size Unknown; requested deadline Unknown.
T3: editable source Not sure; size A3; requested deadline 2026-11-02.
Return the full text form, field-purpose/required-status/branch ledger and all three walkthrough results. No actual acceptance or communication occurs.
Copies text only. For image or file tasks, use the source files named in the steps too.
Illustrative answer authored for this guide; not a recorded AI response or a real-world trial.
Poster tidy-up: local text intake draft
This service edits supplied text and layout only. It does not write new factual content, obtain images or print. These answers support owner review; no job, price or delivery date is accepted. Use no personal information and attach no files.
Q1. Is an editable source available?
Required response: Yes / No / Not sure.
Yes -> answer Q2, then Q3. No or Not sure -> skip Q2 and go to Q3; owner review of source suitability is needed.
Q2. What is the editable source's file format?
Required only when Q1 is Yes. Enter the format as short text, or Unknown. No upload. Then Q3.
Q3. What finished print size is requested?
Required response: width and height with units, or a named paper size, or Unknown. Then Q4.
Q4. What deadline date is requested?
Required response: YYYY-MM-DD or Unknown. This is a request, not an agreed date. Then finish.
Finish message
The draft is ready for owner review, subject to any missing or unknown answers below. No job, price or deadline is accepted. A blank applicable answer needs clarification. A supplied Unknown/Not sure is a valid answer but still needs clarification of that fact. Q2 skipped under No/Not sure is not applicable, not missing.
Field ledger
field | purpose | required status | navigation / uncertainty
Q1 | N1: identify source-availability path | Required response | Yes asks Q2; No/Not sure skips Q2 and flags source review.
Q2 | N1: identify format for suitability review | Conditional required response only after Yes | Unknown flags format clarification; skipped Q2 is not applicable.
Q3 | N2: identify intended print size | Required response | Unknown flags size clarification; blank is missing.
Q4 | N3: identify requested date | Required response | Unknown flags deadline clarification; blank or invalid date needs correction. No date is accepted automatically.
Synthetic walkthroughs
T1: Q1 Yes -> Q2 DOCX -> Q3 A4 -> Q4 2026-10-30 -> owner review. All applicable answers supplied; format suitability, job acceptance and the requested date are still unconfirmed. DOCX alone does not establish suitability.
T2: Q1 No -> Q2 not applicable -> Q3 Unknown -> Q4 Unknown -> owner review of source suitability, plus size and deadline clarification. No hidden format request or automatic rejection.
T3: Q1 Not sure -> Q2 not applicable -> Q3 A3 -> Q4 2026-11-02 -> owner review of source suitability and clarification of availability. Size and requested date are supplied; acceptance remains unconfirmed.
Four distinct questions serve N1–N3, with only three asked on No/Not sure paths. There is no optional extra-information box: it has no defined decision purpose here. Human review of wording and a future authorized comprehension check remain separate from this authored branching example. No live form, real intake, uploaded file or accepted service exists.
These checks use the worked example and its particular facts. With your own material, check your actual names, numbers, sources and rules; do not reuse the sample’s values as the answer.
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A few things to watch for.
Required response need not mean forced certainty; an explicit Unknown can be valid while the fact still needs clarification.
Collecting contact or open-ended personal details by habit expands the form without serving a supplied decision.