Build a glossary for new starters from team documents

A role glossary with plain-language examples and unresolved definitions.

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Gemini Notebook: builds the term table and drafts

Gemini Notebook builds the term table from your handbook sources and drafts the glossary from your checked table.

  1. You

    Add the material

  2. Gemini Notebook

    Build the table

  3. You

    Check each row

  4. Gemini Notebook

    Draft the glossary

  5. You

    Check and finish

  1. Add the authorised handbook material

    Use: You

    Have ready: the approved team handbook. Add only the authorised material to a new Gemini Notebook.

    Check

    Check the loaded material matches the authorised set.

  2. Build the term table

    Use: Gemini Notebook

    Ask for a term table with definition sources and conflicting meanings, with source locations and gaps.

    Details

    What to paste into the tool

    Using only the loaded sources, produce organize the supplied evidence into term table with definition sources and conflicting meanings. Give source document and location for every row, write "not stated" for gaps, never infer protected traits or invent evidence. Source warning to keep: Do not expose confidential project names to unauthorized new starters. Also: Preparation only: no autonomous hiring, employee rating, pay or access change, record update, external message, purchase or legal decision. Named humans retain authority.

  3. Check each table row against the sources

    Use: You

    Check every row against the original inputs; ask Gemini Notebook in the same chat to fix or delete rows and mark gaps.

    Check

    Each row needs a source document and location; gaps stay marked not stated.

  4. Draft the glossary from the checked table

    Use: Gemini Notebook

    In the same workspace, draft the role glossary with plain-language examples and unresolved definitions only from the corrected table.

    Details

    What to paste into the tool

    Draft only from the corrected table and supplied limits. Mark the output as draft, keep source references on every line and add an unresolved-question section. Source warning to keep: Do not expose confidential project names to unauthorized new starters. Also: Preparation only: no autonomous hiring, employee rating, pay or access change, record update, external message, purchase or legal decision. Named humans retain authority.

  5. Check the glossary and prepare the final copy

    Use: You

    Read the draft against the requirements, prepare the final review copy with an issue log and record who approved it. Keep it as preparation only.

    Check

    Check each definition and that contradictory terms remain flagged. Confirm the authorised audience; any employment decision happens separately under human authority.

Before you paste into any AI tool, remove any confidential information. Put it back at the end.

Tools in this workflow

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Final check

Team subject expert checks each definition and contradictory terms remain flagged.

Check each draft or result against your original inputs. Do not expose confidential project names to unauthorised new starters.

Preparation only; named humans keep every decision, send, record update and approval outside these paths.

Check the result against your original inputs. Approve it before sharing or acting.

What still needs checking
  • Plan and usage limits for the user's own plan are not checked.

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