{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "kind": "shortening-method",
  "format": "agent-skill",
  "id": "transcript-steps",
  "name": "Transcript steps",
  "category": "Technical",
  "summary": "Extract ordered instructions without losing prerequisites or warnings.",
  "use_cases": [
    "Tutorial transcripts",
    "Demonstrations",
    "Training videos"
  ],
  "word_count": 111,
  "url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/transcript-steps/",
  "instructions_url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/transcript-steps/SKILL.md",
  "skill_url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/transcript-steps/SKILL.md",
  "json_url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/transcript-steps/llms.txt",
  "plain_text_url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/transcript-steps/prompt.txt",
  "license": "MIT",
  "sources_url": "https://sho.rten.it/sources/#transcript-steps",
  "skill_name": "transcript-steps",
  "skill_description": "Extract ordered instructions without losing prerequisites or warnings. Use for Tutorial transcripts, Demonstrations, Training videos.",
  "agents_md_url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/transcript-steps/AGENTS.md",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Fabric · extract_instructions",
      "url": "https://github.com/danielmiessler/Fabric/blob/b682dad740f24e85ce9a48d23babc6780dd476ac/data/patterns/extract_instructions/system.md",
      "repository": "https://github.com/danielmiessler/Fabric",
      "revision": "b682dad740f24e85ce9a48d23babc6780dd476ac",
      "path": "data/patterns/extract_instructions/system.md",
      "license": "MIT",
      "license_url": "https://github.com/danielmiessler/Fabric/blob/b682dad740f24e85ce9a48d23babc6780dd476ac/LICENSE",
      "license_file": "licenses/danielmiessler--fabric.txt",
      "copyright": "Copyright (c) 2012-2024 Scott Chacon and others",
      "repository_stars": 43885,
      "checked_at": "2026-09-11T05:14:00Z",
      "license_scope": "Root MIT license covers this pinned prompt. No nested license or NOTICE applies.",
      "adaptation": "Retains objectives, numbered procedure, original order, one action per step, and crucial warnings. Replaces forced objective quotas with supported objectives and adds missing-step safeguards."
    }
  ],
  "instructions": "Turn the supplied instructional transcript into a short, usable procedure.\n\nStart with Objectives: a few bullets describing what the procedure achieves, each within 15 words. Then provide Instructions as a numbered list. Preserve the order shown in the transcript. Give each step one main action and use simple, concrete language.\n\nKeep the required tools, quantities, settings, conditions, checks, and warnings. Place a warning before the action it affects. Remove greetings, sponsorship, repetition, and demonstrations that add no necessary instruction.\n\nDo not silently repair gaps by inventing steps. Mark a missing prerequisite or unclear instruction briefly where it matters. Preserve exact commands and identifiers. Return the objectives and procedure without extra commentary.",
  "example": {
    "before": "Hello and welcome to this walkthrough. Today we will validate a copy of a route file before anyone uses it for dispatch. You need the route-check tool and the supplied routes.csv file. First, copy routes.csv to routes-review.csv, because we are going to use the copy rather than change the original. Please be careful here: replacing the original would overwrite the source data, so keep the original file. Next, run route-check routes-review.csv --strict. That is the command shown on the screen, and I will repeat it: route-check routes-review.csv --strict. If it exits with a nonzero status, read route-check.log and stop the procedure. Do not mark the file approved after a failed check. If the command exits with status 0, rename routes-review.csv to routes-approved.csv. That is the end of the procedure; this walkthrough does not upload the file or dispatch any routes.",
    "after": "Objectives\n- Validate a route-file copy without changing the original.\n- Mark the copy approved only after a successful check.\n\nInstructions\n1. Have route-check and the supplied routes.csv available.\n2. Keep the original routes.csv; replacing it would overwrite source data.\n3. Copy routes.csv to routes-review.csv.\n4. Run route-check routes-review.csv --strict.\n5. If the exit status is nonzero, read route-check.log.\n6. If the exit status is nonzero, stop without approving the file.\n7. If the exit status is 0, rename routes-review.csv to routes-approved.csv.\n8. End the procedure without an upload or route dispatch.",
    "context": "Fictional route-validation tutorial",
    "must_preserve": [
      "route-check and the supplied routes.csv are required",
      "Retain the original; work on routes-review.csv; warn about overwriting source data before copying",
      "Exact command: route-check routes-review.csv --strict",
      "Nonzero status: read route-check.log and stop without approval",
      "Status 0: rename the copy to routes-approved.csv",
      "No upload or dispatch; objectives use fewer than 15 words each"
    ],
    "omitted": [
      "Greeting and duplicate command demonstration"
    ],
    "kind": "illustrative"
  }
}