Pull the facts you name out of a text into a table, one row for each item, copying every value as written, quoting where each came from, and marking every fact the text does not give as Not stated.
This is the version for consultants. The steps and checks are the same as in the general template; each prompt carries one added line about your setting, and the examples are from your kind of work.
Sample results: runs and scores on this page are illustrations while testing is set up. How we test
Who it is for: Independent consultants and small-firm partners who read a client's contracts, quotes, plans and emails and need the facts side by side in one table.
Select a part to see its prompt, input, output and check.
The same job, with and without the template
Sample
One plain prompt
Pull the cost, renewal date, notice period and contact for each contract in this email into a table. Use only the email. (The same email is pasted below.)
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Contract
Cost
Renewal date
Notice period
Contact
Cleaning
2,400 dollars a month (28,800 dollars a year)
April 1 to March 31 next year
60 days' notice
Not stated
Security monitoring
9,600 dollars a year
Renews every January 1
60 days' notice
Priya, priya@example.com
IT support
1,850 dollars a month (22,200 dollars a year)
Renews each July 1
90 days' written notice
Marcus, 555-0172
Problem:It adds yearly totals that are not in the email (28,800 and 22,200 dollars) and gives the security contract the cleaning contract's 60 days' notice, so one gap is filled by a guess.
With this template
The same input, run through the steps.
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Item
Cost
Renewal date
Notice period
Contact
Cleaning
2,400 dollars a month
runs from April 1 to March 31 next year
60 days' notice
Not stated
Security monitoring
9,600 dollars a year, paid in advance
renews every January 1
Not stated
Priya at priya@example.com
IT support
1,850 dollars a month
renews each July 1
write 90 days before to stop it
Marcus at the IT desk on 555-0172
Not stated: Cleaning, contact. Security monitoring, notice period.
Check:Every passage is quoted word for word from the text: Three passages, one for each contract, each quoted word for word from the text.
Check:Every quote is word for word from the text: Twelve rows, one for each contract and fact; each quote is word for word from the text, and the two gaps say None found.
Check:Every number in the table is in the text: Every number in the table (2,400, 1, 31, 60, 9,600, 1,850, 90, 555 and 0172) is in the text.
Check:Every value is exactly as the text writes it: All twelve values are as the text writes them, and the two Not stated rows have no answer in the text.
Check:The table ends with a Not stated line: The last line starts with Not stated: and names the two gaps.
Check:The table matches the items and the facts: Three rows, one for each contract, and four fact columns in the order asked; every cell matches the facts table.
For your read:You check the cells against the text: Will you check the IT notice period against the email and ask the client who looks after the cleaning contract?
Runs and scores
Sample
Claude, Sonnet model
October 4, 2026, typical sample
Check:Every passage is quoted word for word from the text
Three passages, one for each contract, each quoted word for word from the text.
Check:Every quote is word for word from the text
Twelve rows, one for each contract and fact; each quote is word for word from the text, and the two gaps say None found.
Check:Every number in the table is in the text
Every number in the table (2,400, 1, 31, 60, 9,600, 1,850, 90, 555 and 0172) is in the text.
Check:Every value is exactly as the text writes it
All twelve values are as the text writes them, and the two Not stated rows have no answer in the text.
Check:The table ends with a Not stated line
The last line starts with Not stated: and names the two gaps.
Check:The table matches the items and the facts
Three rows, one for each contract, and four fact columns in the order asked; every cell matches the facts table.
For your read:You check the cells against the text
Will you check the IT notice period against the email and ask the client who looks after the cleaning contract?
Fixed: Nothing needed fixing: every check passed on the first pass.
Met 7 of 7
1 of these is for your read: the tool hands it to you.
ChatGPT, GPT model
October 5, 2026, tricky sample
Check:Every passage is quoted word for word from the text
Three passages, one for each phase, each quoted word for word from the text.
First pass failed:Every quote is word for word from the text
The quote for the start of Phase two read begins on November 16, which is not in the text word for word.
Check:Every number in the table is in the text
Every number in the table (12,000, 6, 5, 18,000 and 16) is in the text.
Failed:Every value is exactly as the text writes it
The pilot's end date reads November 6; the text corrects it to November 13.
Check:The table ends with a Not stated line
The last line starts with Not stated: and names the five gaps.
Check:The table matches the items and the facts
Three rows, one for each phase, and four fact columns in the order asked (cost, end date, start date, region); every cell matches the facts table.
For your read:You check the cells against the text
Will you check the pilot's end date against the update at the end of the text?
Fixed: The facts step ran again once and quoted the start of Phase two word for word, which cleared the first failure. It still used November 6 for the pilot's end date, so the values check failed again and the run stopped there and flagged it for you.
Met 6 of 7
Not met:Every value is exactly as the text writes it: The pilot's end date still reads November 6; the text corrects it to November 13.
1 of these is for your read: the tool hands it to you.
n8n, import format 2.20
October 6, 2026, easy sample
Check:Every passage is quoted word for word from the text
Two passages, one for each interview, each quoted word for word from the text.
Check:Every quote is word for word from the text
Six rows, one for each interview and fact; each quote is word for word from the text, and no row says None found.
Check:Every number in the table is in the text
Every number in the table (6, 10, 7 and 2) is in the text.
Check:Every value is exactly as the text writes it
All six values are as the text writes them, and no row is marked Not stated.
Check:The table ends with a Not stated line
The last line reads Not stated: none.
Check:The table matches the items and the facts
Two rows, one for each interview, and three fact columns in the order asked; every cell matches the facts table.
For your read:You check the cells against the text
Will you check the dates and times against the email before you put them in a calendar?
Fixed: Nothing needed fixing: every check passed on the first pass.
Met 7 of 7
1 of these is for your read: the tool hands it to you.
The steps, and the check on each
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Step 1: List every item
Find each item the text is about and quote the words that introduce it, before any fact is pulled out.
Hands back: A table with one row for each item and the passage that names it.
Check:Every passage is quoted word for word from the text
A plain rule. If it fails, run the step again (the n8n file does this for you).
2
Step 2: Pull each fact for each item
For every item and every fact the reader named, copy the value as written and quote the words it came from.
Hands back: A table with one row for each item and fact, a value copied as written and the quote it came from, or Not stated.
Check:Every quote is word for word from the text
A plain rule. If it fails, run the step again (the n8n file does this for you).
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Step 3: Lay out the table
Turn the rows into one table with a row for each item and a column for each fact, without changing a value.
Hands back: One table with a row for each item and a column for each fact, and a line listing what the text does not say.
Check:Every number in the table is in the text
A plain rule. If it fails, run the step again (the n8n file does this for you).
After the last step
Check:Every value is exactly as the text writes it
A second look by the AI. If it fails, run the step again (the n8n file does this for you).
Check:The table ends with a Not stated line
A plain rule. If it fails, run the step again (the n8n file does this for you).
Check:The table matches the items and the facts
A second look by the AI. If it fails, run the step again (the n8n file does this for you).
Check:You check the cells against the text
You check this one. If it fails, it is flagged for you.
What you need first
The text to read(needed)
Paste the text as it stands. Every value in the table will come from these words and no others.
The facts to pull out(needed)
List them in the order you want the columns, separated by commas.
What each row is(needed)
Name the thing the facts are about. There will be one row for each.
Ways to adapt it
The middle step keeps a long table with one row for each item and fact, and a quote beside each value. Keep it if you want to check a cell, or paste it into a spreadsheet and sort it.
A value is copied as written, so "free" stays "free" and "from 2 pm" stays "from 2 pm". To get one format, such as numbers only, do that as a second pass after you have checked the table.
If a text gives two versions of one fact, the template uses the latest one. To keep both, say so in the second step's rules and in its check.
For a long text, run it one section at a time and join the tables, so every item gets a row.
A cell marked Not stated may still be true; it only means this text does not say.
Change any step or check in the Editor, then download it again.
Words that fit consultants
Not stated means this document is silent, not that the answer is no. Ask the client before you fill the cell in your report.
A value is copied as the client wrote it, so "60 days' notice" stays as written and is not turned into a number of weeks.
Where the client corrects an earlier line, the table uses the latest version and quotes it.
Monthly and yearly costs stay as written. Work out any total yourself, after the table is checked.
Three contracts and four facts each; two facts are never stated (a contact for the cleaning contract and a notice period for the security contract), and the costs are given by the month and by the year.
The text to read
Here are our three service contracts. Cleaning with the facilities company runs from April 1 to March 31 next year and costs 2,400 dollars a month. Either side can end it with 60 days' notice. Security monitoring renews every January 1 and costs 9,600 dollars a year, paid in advance. Our account manager there is Priya at priya@example.com. IT support costs 1,850 dollars a month and renews each July 1. We must write 90 days before to stop it. Call Marcus at the IT desk on 555-0172 for anything urgent.
The facts to pull out
cost, renewal date, notice period, contact
What each row is
each contract
The scoring guide
Sample
One criterion for each check, marked met or not met. (The guides in Quality rate a whole piece of work on three levels.) Under each one is how the three sample runs scored.
Every passage is quoted word for word from the text
A plain rule
Meets:Every passage in the table is found word for word in the text.
Does not meet:A passage has been reworded, or is not found word for word in the text.
Claude:Met
ChatGPT:Met
n8n:Met
Every quote is word for word from the text
A plain rule
Meets:Every quote beside a value is found word for word in the text, or the row says None found.
Does not meet:A quote has been reworded or is not in the text word for word.
Claude:Met
ChatGPT:Met
n8n:Met
Every number in the table is in the text
A plain rule
Meets:Every number in the table is also in the text.
Does not meet:A number in the table is not in the text, such as an end time or a total that was worked out.
Claude:Met
ChatGPT:Met
n8n:Met
Every value is exactly as the text writes it
A second look by the AI
Meets:Every value is written as the text writes it, the latest version is used where the text corrects itself, and a row marked Not stated has no answer in the text.
Does not meet:A value has been rounded, reworded or reformatted, an old figure is used after a correction, or a gap has been filled from another row.
Claude:Met
ChatGPT:Not met
n8n:Met
The table ends with a Not stated line
A plain rule
Meets:The table ends with a line that starts Not stated: and lists each gap, or says none.
Does not meet:The line is missing, or it leaves out a gap that is in the table.
Claude:Met
ChatGPT:Met
n8n:Met
The table matches the items and the facts
A second look by the AI
Meets:The table has one row for each item and one column for each fact in the order asked, and every cell matches the facts table.
Does not meet:A row or column is missing, added or out of order, or a cell differs from the facts table.
Claude:Met
ChatGPT:Met
n8n:Met
You check the cells against the text
You check this one
Meets:You checked three cells against the text and decided what to do about each Not stated cell.
Does not meet:The table is passed on without a cell being checked against the text, or a Not stated cell is read as if the fact were false.
Claude:For your read
ChatGPT:For your read
n8n:For your read
Claude: met 7 of 7 (including 1 for your read)
ChatGPT: met 6 of 7 (including 1 for your read)
n8n: met 7 of 7 (including 1 for your read)
Learn from this template
The facts step hands the table step rows in one fixed shape: item, fact, value and the words it came from. Because the shape is fixed, the table step can lay the rows out without changing a value, and a rule can check every cell.
Where to see it: step 2 (Pull each fact for each item); step 3 (Lay out the table).