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Sort belongings using your own keep rules
Apply the owner’s reversible keep/review decisions, preserving sentimental exceptions and missing facts.
Illustrative resourceNot tool-testedAdults who want a practical, low-stakes way to sort belongings using your own keep rules
What you’re working towards
Apply the owner’s reversible keep/review decisions, preserving sentimental exceptions and missing facts. The worked result is a written example for practice; the AI steps have not been tested.
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Make a start
One step at a time.
3 steps
Start with the synthetic worked example or other non-sensitive inputs. Run one prompt at a time in your chosen AI tool. Replace any bracketed placeholders with the requested material, check each reply, and supply the source or earlier outputs that step needs. Paste them again if the tool lacks that context.
Start with the synthetic example, then adapt each prompt to your task.
01
Open a chat and paste the example
Open https://chatgpt.com and choose New chat. Copy every line under Input in this guide into the message box. Then add the prompt below (the instructions telling the assistant what to do) and send both together. Expect a written response shaped like the example under Output. The wording may differ. If the assistant asks for information already in the input, point to that line; if a necessary fact is missing, keep it unknown rather than guessing.
Your starting prompt
Apply the owner’s exact priority rules to items A–F above. Make Keep, Review and Consider letting go lists with one short source-based reason per item. Include each item once. Do not invent emotional value, repair advice or a disposal action.
02
Check the specific result
Count six items. B and D must stay because sentiment outranks missing or old use dates. E belongs in Review, and C is the only item in Consider letting go. Compare it with the Input yourself. If the response fails a check, paste the correction prompt below into the same chat. Recheck the corrected version before saving it.
Your starting prompt
Reapply the rules in their stated order. Check sentimental items before uncertainty and last-use dates. Correct any misplaced item and show the 4/1/1 category totals.
03
Try it with your own example
Open a new chat. Copy the prompt below, then replace [PASTE YOUR INPUT HERE] with your own non-sensitive facts and rules. Include the kinds of details listed under Requirements. Send the whole message. Expect the same kind of result as this guide, using your values. Compare every name, number and rule with your input. If something differs, point to the exact mismatch and ask for a corrected complete answer. Save only a version you have checked.
Your starting prompt
Apply my exact ordered decision rules to every labeled item below. Use the groups I request, include each item once, and give one short reason grounded in its supplied facts. If rules conflict or facts are missing, hold the item for my review. Do not invent emotional value, repair advice or disposal actions.
Use only the new input below. If a fact needed to finish is missing, ask me for it before choosing an answer.
MY INPUT
[PASTE YOUR INPUT HERE]
Optional: improve the result
See how a rule change affects the list
Change one criterion and compare decisions before taking any action. This extension uses the worked example. Return to that example chat, or paste its input and your checked example answer into a new chat first. Do not apply its sample values unchanged to your own input.
Advanced prompt
Use a 6-month recent-use threshold instead of 12 months, keeping the other priorities unchanged. Show only items whose category changes and explain why. Do not dispose of anything.
Show, then try
See the shape of the result.
This input is synthetic. The output is a written illustration of the intended result, not a verified AI-tool run.
01 / The starting point
Synthetic input
Made-up example for practice.
Made-up sorting task; no objects will be disposed of. Owner rules, in priority order: anything marked sentimental stays; any uncertainty goes to Review; otherwise keep items used in the past 12 months; otherwise mark Consider letting go. Items: A red mug, used last week, not sentimental; B chipped-looking display plate, sentimental, use not recorded; C spare tote, last used 18 months ago, not sentimental; D travel journal, sentimental, last used 3 years ago; E desk ornament, use date unknown, not sentimental; F blue scarf, last used 8 months ago, not sentimental. The plate is a display object; do not infer repair, food-use safety or condition beyond the description.
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Written example for practice; not a recorded AI response.
Keep
A red mug: used last week.
B display plate: sentimental rule has priority; missing use date does not override it.
D travel journal: sentimental rule has priority despite the old use date.
F blue scarf: used 8 months ago, within 12 months.
Review
E desk ornament: last-use date is unknown.
Consider letting go
C spare tote: last used 18 months ago and not sentimental.
Count: 6 items = 4 Keep + 1 Review + 1 Consider letting go.
This is a decision preview. Nothing has been discarded, donated or listed.
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A few things to watch for.
An assistant’s preference for minimalism is not your rule. Keep your exceptions explicit.
Consider letting go is not permission to discard or donate anything.