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Process long documents in stages

I need to process a long document: {{description}}.

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I need to process a long document: {{description}}. Design a staged workflow to avoid omissions from one-shot processing: (1) stage one extracts only the skeleton — section headings plus one sentence each — then waits for my confirmation; (2) stage two goes deep on the parts I specify; (3) stage three cross-checks earlier extractions against later content for contradictions; (4) each stage ends with a checkpoint telling me what to review; (5) note what typically gets lost across stages, such as qualifications scattered throughout, and how to recover them.

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Replace the {{variables}} with your own details, then paste the whole block into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any other assistant. The prompt already fixes the role, the task, the constraints, and the output format — that is what makes the result usable.

Chinese version

我要处理一份很长的材料:{{材料说明}}。请设计一个分步流程,避免一次性处理导致遗漏:1) 第一步只做骨架提取(章节标题+每节一句话),输出后等我确认;2) 第二步按我指定的部分深入;3) 第三步做交叉核对(前面提取的内容和后面是否矛盾);4) 每一步给一个检查点,让我知道该看什么;5) 说明哪些信息在多步处理中容易丢(比如散落在各处的限定条件),怎么补。

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What is this prompt for?

I need to process a long document: {{description}}.

Do I need to pay to use it?

No — this prompt is in the free tier and is shown in full.

Does it work with any AI model?

Yes. It is plain text, so it works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and any other assistant.

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