Five concrete examples of the List Deduplicator in real use. Each one shows the situation, what you put in and what comes out, so you can copy the structure, swap in your details and adapt it this week.
Example 1: Cleaning an email list before import
The task: Cleaning an email list before import. You start from the lines to clean, plus a choice of keeping the first or last copy of each repeat.. The tool returns a list where every line appears only once., giving you a clean set of unique lines ready to import or count. you can edit rather than a blank page.
Make it yours: add one detail the tool cannot know - a real number, a name, a constraint - then read the result once end to end before you keep it.
Example 2: Removing repeated items from a signup sheet
The task: Removing repeated items from a signup sheet. You start from the lines to clean, plus a choice of keeping the first or last copy of each repeat.. The tool returns a list where every line appears only once., giving you a clean set of unique lines ready to import or count. you can edit rather than a blank page.
Make it yours: add one detail the tool cannot know - a real number, a name, a constraint - then read the result once end to end before you keep it.
Example 3: Deduplicating product IDs
The task: Deduplicating product IDs. You start from the lines to clean, plus a choice of keeping the first or last copy of each repeat.. The tool returns a list where every line appears only once., giving you a clean set of unique lines ready to import or count. you can edit rather than a blank page.
Make it yours: add one detail the tool cannot know - a real number, a name, a constraint - then read the result once end to end before you keep it.
Example 4: Trimming a repeated task list
The task: Trimming a repeated task list. You start from the lines to clean, plus a choice of keeping the first or last copy of each repeat.. The tool returns a list where every line appears only once., giving you a clean set of unique lines ready to import or count. you can edit rather than a blank page.
Make it yours: add one detail the tool cannot know - a real number, a name, a constraint - then read the result once end to end before you keep it.
Example 5: Checking a pasted list for double entries
The task: Checking a pasted list for double entries. You start from the lines to clean, plus a choice of keeping the first or last copy of each repeat.. The tool returns a list where every line appears only once., giving you a clean set of unique lines ready to import or count. you can edit rather than a blank page.
Make it yours: add one detail the tool cannot know - a real number, a name, a constraint - then read the result once end to end before you keep it.
A Full Worked Example
Input: apple\nbanana\napple\ncherry\nbanana
apple\nbanana\ncherry - each repeated line kept once.
The pattern behind every example above: context and constraints go in, structure comes out, and your edit makes it true.
How to Build Your Own Examples
- Take a task already on your calendar for this week.
- Write the brief in two sentences: the job and the audience.
- Generate, compare against the version you would have written manually.
- Save the prompt alongside the result so the second run takes seconds.
Getting More From Each Example
Most people stop at the first result. Generate a second version with one changed variable - length, tone or angle - and compare. The better version usually appears on the second run, not the first.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is matching case sensitive?
Yes - each line is compared exactly, so Apple and apple count as two different entries.
Does it keep the first or the last copy?
You choose - the default keeps the first occurrence, or switch it to keep the last instead.
Will it remove blank lines?
Only repeated blank lines collapse to one; remove any single blank line yourself if you do not want it.
Is my list uploaded?
No - deduplication runs in your browser and nothing is stored.
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