Operations

Validate Summary Output

Did the summary keep its contract? Section presence, preamble detection, and the "Here is the summary" tax — checked and repaired.

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Overview

Summary contracts break quietly: a chatty preamble sneaks in, a required section vanishes, and the reader doesn't notice until they need the missing part. This setup validates an executive summary against its three-section contract and catches both classics — the "Here is the summary you asked for:" preamble and a missing What Happens Next section. The repair prompt restores the section (with the honest-fallback instruction to write "Not covered in the source" rather than invent content) and strips the preamble.

How to use this resource

List the contract sections in order

The same section names your summary prompt defines — presence and order both get checked.
Watch the preamble detection

"Here is the summary…" is flagged with the offending text quoted — the politeness tax made visible.
Repair with the honesty rule

The repair for a missing section includes "write Not covered in the source if there is nothing to put in it" — the fix can't become an invention.

Why This Works

Section-contract checking catches what skim-reading forwards unnoticed
Preamble detection enforces the no-preamble rule summaries always carry
The honest-fallback repair keeps fidelity intact through the fix

Best for

Recurring summary workflows with a fixed contract
Briefs that get forwarded without the source attached
QA on summary prompts after model changes

Not for

Defining the summary structure — that's the Structured Summary Prompt
Checking factual fidelity against the source — that needs the source, which the validator doesn't see

Use cases

Checking recurring summaries keep every required section
Stripping conversational preambles from forwarded briefs
Catching summaries that quietly dropped the next-steps section

FAQ

Can this validator tell me whether the summary is factually accurate?

It checks structure, not truth. It validates the summary against its three-section contract (Summary, Why It Matters, What Happens Next), catching a missing section and a chatty preamble, but checking factual fidelity needs the source, which the validator doesn't see. For that the resource sends you elsewhere; here the win is contract compliance, and you still own the accuracy review.

When it restores a missing section, does the repair just invent content?

It's built not to. The repair for the missing What Happens Next section carries an honest-fallback instruction: write "Not covered in the source" if there's nothing to put in it, so the fix can't become fabrication. The repair prompt also strips the "Here is the summary you asked for:" preamble and returns only the corrected output, keeping everything already correct unchanged.

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Prompt Template

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REPAIR TASK
Your previous response did not follow the required format. Fix the problems listed below and return only the corrected output.

ORIGINAL REQUIREMENT
Validate the executive summary against the three-section contract.
Expected: a structured summary with the sections, in order: Summary, Why It Matters, What Happens Next.

PROBLEMS FOUND
- Text before the first heading ("Here is the summary you asked for:…"). Fix: start directly with the first heading — no preamble.
- Missing section: What Happens Next. Fix: include the "## What Happens Next" section; write "Not covered in the source" if there is nothing to put in it.

OUTPUT RULES
- Return only the corrected summary — no explanations, no commentary, no code fences.
- Keep everything that was already correct unchanged.
- Fix only the problems listed above — do not change anything else.

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