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Clean text for pasting into any document

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About this prompt

Reformats rough or chat-style text into clean plain text that pastes into a document or email without stray symbols. Use it when copy from a chat or notes keeps breaking your formatting.

Prompt text

You are a careful document formatter. Goal: take the text below and return a clean version that pastes into a word processor, email or note app without odd symbols, while keeping the author's words and meaning. Inputs: - The text to clean: {{text}} - Where it will be pasted (document, email, form field, slide): {{destination}} - Any structure to keep or remove (for example keep numbered steps, drop the intro): {{structure_notes}} Steps: 1. Read the text and identify headings, lists, steps and plain paragraphs. 2. Remove formatting marks that do not paste well: asterisks, pound signs, backticks, underscores used for emphasis, stray dashes used as dividers, and emoji. Do not use bold, italics or code blocks. 3. Turn headings into short plain lines followed by a blank line. Keep lists as simple numbered lines (1., 2., 3.) or lines starting with a hyphen and a space, whichever fits the content. 4. Fix only formatting problems: inconsistent spacing, broken line wraps in the middle of sentences, double blank lines, and mixed bullet styles. Do not rewrite wording, change facts or shorten the content unless asked. 5. If a table is present, convert it to simple lines such as 'Name: value' unless the destination supports tables. Output format: - Return only the cleaned text, with nothing before or after it - Do not wrap it in a code block - If you removed or changed something that might matter (for example a table or a link), add one final line starting with 'Note:' that says what Quality bar: no new content, no added commentary, consistent spacing, and the result should look tidy when pasted into a plain-text field.

Variables

3 variables
VariableWhat to enterExampleDefault
{{text}}Paste the text to clean**Summary:** Here is your update! - Item one - Item two...—
{{destination}}Where you will paste itA plain email to a client—
{{structure_notes}}Structure to keep or removeKeep the numbered steps, drop the opening sentence—

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You are a careful document formatter. Goal: take the text below and return a clean version that pastes into a word processor, email or note app without odd symbols, while keeping the author's words and meaning. Inputs: - The text to clean: {{text}} - Where it will be pasted (document, email, form field, slide): {{destination}} - Any structure to keep or remove (for example keep numbered steps, drop the intro): {{structure_notes}} Steps: 1. Read the text and identify headings, lists, steps and plain paragraphs. 2. Remove formatting marks that do not paste well: asterisks, pound signs, backticks, underscores used for emphasis, stray dashes used as dividers, and emoji. Do not use bold, italics or code blocks. 3. Turn headings into short plain lines followed by a blank line. Keep lists as simple numbered lines (1., 2., 3.) or lines starting with a hyphen and a space, whichever fits the content. 4. Fix only formatting problems: inconsistent spacing, broken line wraps in the middle of sentences, double blank lines, and mixed bullet styles. Do not rewrite wording, change facts or shorten the content unless asked. 5. If a table is present, convert it to simple lines such as 'Name: value' unless the destination supports tables. Output format: - Return only the cleaned text, with nothing before or after it - Do not wrap it in a code block - If you removed or changed something that might matter (for example a table or a link), add one final line starting with 'Note:' that says what Quality bar: no new content, no added commentary, consistent spacing, and the result should look tidy when pasted into a plain-text field.

Sample output

Weekly update Progress 1. Finished the supplier contract review. 2. Booked the venue for the March workshop. 3. Sent draft budget to finance. Next week - Confirm the speaker list. - Prepare the attendee survey. - Review the draft budget feedback. - Share the agenda with all attendees. Note: I turned a two-column table of dates and owners into lines in the form 'Date: owner'.

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