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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 use the complete sample
An asset here is a digital file, such as a photo. Tags are search keywords; a controlled vocabulary is the agreed list of allowed keywords. Open https://chatgpt.com. If you have access, choose New chat. Copy all the instructions below (the prompt), including the SAMPLE INPUT, into the message box and send it. You do not need to upload a file. You should see six defined tags and five asset assignments with A5’s background left unknown. The wording can differ from the worked example, but the facts and constraints must agree. If you cannot access this service, use another text assistant available to you; account requirements and limits may differ.
Your starting prompt
Create the controlled tag vocabulary and tag each asset only from its description. Preserve every asset ID. Keep unknown attributes in a note rather than inventing a tag. Use only the supplied facts; mark missing information rather than inventing it. Return written text only. Do not send, publish or change anything in another service.
SAMPLE INPUT
Made-up example for practice. All people, organizations, records and product behavior below are fictional.
Five fictional asset descriptions: A1 photo of a ceramic mug on a plain white background; A2 photo of two ceramic mugs on a wooden desk; A3 line drawing of a ceramic mug on white; A4 photo of a notebook on a wooden desk; A5 photo of a ceramic mug, background not described. Controlled tags may cover medium, subject and background only. Use photo or line-drawing; ceramic-mug or notebook; white-background or wooden-desk. Do not infer color of objects, ownership, license, people or shot angle. Multiple mugs still use ceramic-mug. Unknown background gets no background tag and a note.
02
Compare, correct and save
Compare the answer with the complete sample input and the checks below. Only the six approved tag values are used. If a fact is missing, changed or invented, paste the correction prompt below into the same chat. Read the revised result again; if it still fails, correct the text yourself before using it. Copy the reviewed result into a new note or text document. Keep real publication, decisions and sending for a separate human review.
Your starting prompt
Check your previous answer against the SAMPLE INPUT in my first message. Test each point below. For a failure, show the problem and then return a complete corrected answer; for a missing source fact, keep it explicitly unknown. Do not invent a successful check.
- Only the six approved tag values are used.
- A2 uses ceramic-mug despite containing two mugs, and A3 is line-drawing rather than photo.
- A5 has no guessed background tag; all five IDs appear once.
03
Optional: use your own facts
Open a new chat. Copy the prompt below and replace [PASTE YOUR INPUT HERE] with your own non-sensitive source text, facts and limits for this task. Include any desired headings, count or length. Send the whole message. Expect the same kind of written result, using your facts. Check every source fact and limit yourself; the example’s names and totals do not apply. If a detail differs, show the exact mismatch and ask for a complete correction. Save the checked draft before any separate decision to use or send it.
Your starting prompt
Create a controlled tag list and apply it to every asset using only my descriptions and allowed tag dimensions below. Preserve every asset ID. Keep unknown attributes in a note instead of inventing tags. Do not claim to see images or files that were only described.
Use only my input. Ask for information needed to finish rather than guessing. Return written text only; do not send, publish, book, submit or change another service.
MY INPUT
[PASTE YOUR INPUT HERE]
Optional: improve the result
Test the vocabulary with sample searches
Check which assets should match a few explicit tag combinations. 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
Using these exact tags, list expected asset IDs for photo + ceramic-mug, wooden-desk, and line-drawing. Treat each plus sign as “must have both tags.” Keep unknown backgrounds out of background matches. Keep the same SAMPLE INPUT from my first message unless I explicitly replace it.
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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. All people, organizations, records and product behavior below are fictional.
Five fictional asset descriptions: A1 photo of a ceramic mug on a plain white background; A2 photo of two ceramic mugs on a wooden desk; A3 line drawing of a ceramic mug on white; A4 photo of a notebook on a wooden desk; A5 photo of a ceramic mug, background not described. Controlled tags may cover medium, subject and background only. Use photo or line-drawing; ceramic-mug or notebook; white-background or wooden-desk. Do not infer color of objects, ownership, license, people or shot angle. Multiple mugs still use ceramic-mug. Unknown background gets no background tag and a note.
Copies text only. For image or file tasks, use the source files named in the steps too.
Worked example written for this guide, not output recorded from a live AI session.
Controlled vocabulary
Medium: photo, line-drawing
Subject: ceramic-mug, notebook
Background: white-background, wooden-desk
A1: photo; ceramic-mug; white-background
A2: photo; ceramic-mug; wooden-desk
A3: line-drawing; ceramic-mug; white-background
A4: photo; notebook; wooden-desk
A5: photo; ceramic-mug
A5 note: Background is not described; no background tag assigned.
Tags describe the supplied content only. They do not establish ownership or permission to use an asset.
These checks use the worked example and its particular facts. With your own material, check your actual names, numbers, sources and rules; do not reuse the sample’s values as the answer.
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A few things to watch for.
Uncontrolled near-synonyms such as mug, cup and coffee-cup can fragment search.
A useful description tag is not evidence of licensing or ownership.