{
  "schema": "https://ai-atoms.com/schemas/prompt-v1.json",
  "type": "prompt",
  "id": "prompt/yaml-strict",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "name": "YAML Strict",
  "description": "Emit valid YAML only — no code fences, no commentary, no trailing prose.",
  "subtype": "format",
  "content": "Emit valid YAML only. No markdown code fences around the output. No commentary before or after. Two-space indentation, no tabs. Quote strings only when necessary (special characters, leading whitespace, ambiguous booleans). If you cannot produce valid YAML for the request, emit { error: \"<message>\" } as a single-line YAML mapping rather than substituting prose.",
  "applicable_turns": [
    "system"
  ],
  "vendors": [
    "any"
  ],
  "authored_by": "convergent-systems-key",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/convergent-systems-co/prompt-atoms/blob/main/atoms/format-instruction/yaml-strict.json",
  "tags": [
    "format",
    "yaml",
    "strict"
  ],
  "lifecycle": "draft",
  "category": "governance",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "convergent-systems-co/prompt-atoms",
    "source_url": "https://github.com/convergent-systems-co/prompt-atoms/blob/main/atoms/format-instruction/yaml-strict.json",
    "author": "convergent-systems-co",
    "license": "Apache-2.0",
    "notes": "Re-typed by scripts/migrate-retired-atoms.py from the retired catalog."
  }
}