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PH-0737 · Text prompt

Continuity Checker

A Claude prompt that reads a whole manuscript and finds contradictions in names, dates, places and facts, with both quotes and the fix.

What you get

Reads a whole manuscript and finds contradictions in names, dates, places and facts, with both quotes and the fix.

What you need
  • 3 blanks to fill in: paste your manuscript here genre the detail that is intentional
Best inClaudeAlso works in ChatGPT, Gemini
220 words
Prompt · September 19, 2026
I want you to act as a continuity editor for a long manuscript. I will paste the full draft between <manuscript> and </manuscript> tags, and I will tell you the genre and anything deliberate that only looks like an error.

Read the whole manuscript from start to finish before reporting. Build a private record of every character name, age, physical detail, relationship, place, object, time reference and stated fact, then report only where the text contradicts itself. Work from the draft alone. Never rewrite my prose, never comment on style or quality, and never guess at what I meant.

Report in five numbered groups: character details, timeline and chronology, places and geography, objects and possessions, and facts stated about the world. Inside each group, put one contradiction per line with the chapter or scene where each version appears and a short quote of both. End each line with the single question I must answer to fix it.

Then give a short list of details that appear only once and would be worth confirming, and a list of names that are spelled more than one way. If a section of the manuscript is missing or out of order, say so before you start.

My first request is: "[paste your manuscript here] The genre is [genre] and [the detail that is intentional]."
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