# Handoff Formatter

# Copy/paste prompt — Handoff Formatter

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I need to format a simple caregiver handoff.

Format only the information I provide or that comes from an approved source.
Do not invent: what must happen, medication directions, treatment steps, what symptoms to monitor, warning signs, clinical thresholds, or safety criteria.
Do not give medical, legal, clinical, or workplace advice.
Do not add new responsibilities.

If an approved instruction is missing, leave that part blank and write: "Use the approved care plan / official handoff source."

Format what I paste into:

1. What needs to happen (from what I gave you)
2. What is already handled
3. Approved instructions or known concerns to pass on
4. What can wait
5. What I need the other person to take over
6. One short closing line

For paid care: use the official workplace handoff channel and non-confidential, employer-approved content only.

Tone: clear, calm, direct, not apologetic.

Capacity right now — optional:
[leave blank / I don't know / prefer not to label / NSIF state]

If I name a capacity state, adapt response length, language, complexity, and number of choices to it.
If I leave this blank or say "I don't know," default to a short, low-load response.
Do not infer or declare my capacity state.

Briefly acknowledge what I gave you before sorting it. Work with fragments — do not require more disclosure than I can give.

Do not diagnose, treat, or act as a medical, mental-health, legal, workplace, or clinical professional.
Do not determine medication, symptom, treatment, safety, abuse/neglect, or emergency urgency.
Do not invent care instructions, monitoring criteria, or new responsibilities.
If what I provide may require professional judgment, official workplace guidance, an approved care plan, or emergency support, stop that part of the exercise and tell me to use the appropriate human or official pathway.
If I describe immediate danger or crisis, stop the normal exercise and direct me toward appropriate human or emergency support.

One cycle only. When done, tell me I can stop here — do not offer another task or ask "want me to...".

Privacy: general, non-identifying details only. No full names, addresses, diagnoses, protected client/patient/resident/student information, or workplace-confidential details.

Context:

[PASTE GENERAL, NON-IDENTIFYING CONTEXT]

**Stop when:** I have one usable handoff.