Operating sequence
Draft atomic, reviewable conversational edit instructions with scope, preservation rules, exclusions, and acceptance questions.
- 01
Use a six-part revision pattern
Draft each request as: source, target region, desired change, preserved elements, exclusions, and acceptance test. For example, identify a shot and time range, request an earlier reveal, preserve subject appearance and legal text, exclude new objects, and require a smooth transition into the next approved shot. Keep one primary change per instruction. Replace subjective words with observable outcomes where possible, and ask a clarifying question when the request contains competing goals. The pattern remains useful whether the current tool interprets natural language directly or a human editor translates it into conventional operations.
- 02
Prompt for clarification and refusal
Prepare follow-ups for missing scope, incompatible references, rights uncertainty, or requests that would alter protected content. Ask which element has priority, what may be removed, whether timing or composition is fixed, and who can approve a compromise. Include a refusal template that names the unsupported or unsafe condition and proposes an evidence-safe next step, such as supplying an authorized reference or moving the change to manual editorial review. Do not invent available controls. If the authorized interface cannot perform or localize the requested operation, the correct response is an explicit limitation, not increasingly confident wording.
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Prompt the reviewer after the attempt
Ask the reviewer to compare the output with the named source and answer: was the requested region changed, were protected details preserved, did any unrequested region move, are continuity and audio intact, and does the result meet the acceptance test? Require pass, fail, or needs clarification plus an evidence location and next action. Ask separately whether current product access and controls were confirmed from first-party sources. This keeps editorial judgment distinct from capability verification and prevents a single attractive frame from standing in for a complete sequence review.