Clean up and structure a messy document
Reorganizes and formats messy notes, pasted text, or exported content into a clean, consistent document.
The prompt
Turn the content below into a clean, well-structured document.
Output format: [Markdown / Google Doc–ready / plain text / table]
Purpose: [e.g. "internal wiki page", "client handout", "notes I can scan later"]
Content:
[PASTE — notes, copied web text, PDF text, transcript]
Do this:
- Fix broken line breaks, stray characters, and inconsistent spacing or numbering.
- Group related content under clear headings in a logical order.
- Convert lists of comparable items into tables where it helps.
- Keep all original information and wording — do not summarize, add, or remove content unless it is an exact duplicate (list any duplicates you removed at the end).
- Flag anything garbled or incomplete as [UNCLEAR: …].
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- Markdown / Google Doc–ready / plain text / table
- PASTE — notes, copied web text, PDF text, transcript
- UNCLEAR: …
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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