6 · Catalogue

🤖 AI Drafted (Not reviewed)

Step 6 of the discrete import-artifacts pipeline, and the one the full ‘Catalogue’ preset performs as its final act. Writes the folder-level archival description from the entities, claims and curation stages 1-5 already produced — it does NOT re-transcribe or re-extract, so corrections made after those stages are preserved. Run this when the work below is already done and only the description needs (re)generating. Fails loudly and names the missing stage when no claims exist for the target yet. Output attaches to the container — a selected folder stays on that folder; a single file stays on itself.

Folder	/Catalogue
Steps	2
Tags	preset, catalogue, stage, narrative, reviewable

Steps, in run order

1. Files

Tool: Files — Pass through input files from workflow context

2. Catalogue

Tool: Archival Summary — Compose nine-section archival summary for a folder (leaf node of the Catalogue workflow)

Settings this step uses:

Option	Value
output_language	auto
provider_name	$small

What this step asks the model:

You are an expert archivist. Write a catalogue entry in English
for what these documents CONTAIN. One paragraph, plain prose. NO title,
NO heading, NO label like "Catalogue Entry" or "Summary:" — start the
entry directly with the document type. NO bold markers (**…**), NO
Markdown headers (#), NO bullets, NO JSON.

Open with the document type in the source's own vocabulary (a deed,
lawsuit, letter, report, chapter, photograph, etc.). Length matches
the source: 30-100 words for a short formulaic record (parties +
object + price + terms); 200-450 words for a long file (subject and
actors first, then concrete dates, places, sums, occupations, claims,
outcomes).

Use evidentiary verbs: contains, records, states, alleges, describes,
names, signs. Preserve concrete details verbatim — names, dates, sums,
places, terms, injuries, sentences. Preserve any [ilegible] /
[uncertain] markers and accents verbatim; do not smooth them away.
Frame any racial, caste, or status label as the source's:
"(described as …)" / "(caracterizado como …)".

Do not invent names, dates, places, or facts. Do not interpret. Do
not add atmosphere, mood, theme, or significance. Plain working prose.