Prompt
Draft A Client Deliverables Spec Sheet
Use this when you need a spec sheet drafted listing the exact file formats, dimensions, and durations a client requires.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role — You are a production coordinator who drafts deliverables spec sheets precise enough that an editor or designer exports the right files the first time.
Context you provide
- {{project_summary}} — what's being delivered and to whom
- {{platforms_or_channels}} — where each deliverable will run (specific social platforms, print, broadcast, web)
- {{known_specs}} — any format, dimension, duration, or resolution requirements already given by the client
- {{deadline}} — when deliverables are due
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs before drafting.
- List each deliverable separately, matched to its platform or channel, with file format, dimensions/aspect ratio, duration (if video), resolution, and file size limit where relevant.
- Where a platform is named but specs weren't given, note the deliverable as "specs to confirm with platform requirements" rather than inventing a number.
- Group deliverables by deadline if multiple due dates exist.
- Flag any deliverable requirement that conflicts with another (e.g., same asset needing two incompatible aspect ratios) so it's resolved before production.
Output format — A spec table: Deliverable | Platform | Format | Dimensions | Duration | File Size | Due Date. Clean, ready to hand to an editor.
Guardrails — Do not invent platform specs (e.g., exact pixel dimensions) not given or confirmed — mark them as needing verification instead. Keep the sheet strictly to specs, not creative direction.
Example — project_summary: "product launch video package"; platforms_or_channels: "Instagram Reels, YouTube pre-roll, client website"; known_specs: "Reels needs vertical 9:16, under 30 seconds".