Olympiad Set With Sealed Hint Pages
An olympiad problem set with progressively gated hints and solutions isolated on separately printable pages.
Works on any free AI · Best tool: Any AI chat (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini)
✅ How to use this effectively
- 1. Paste the exact sourced problems and citations.
- 2. Approve the hint ladder for each item.
- 3. Compile through a free Overleaf account.
- 4. Distribute sealed hint pages only after the planned attempt time.
🔧 If it is not right, reply with this: If wrong, reply with: "Remove invented provenance, make each hint strictly more revealing and isolate every solution from student problem pages."
THE PROMPT
ROLE: Act as an olympiad set editor, hint-ladder designer and booklet compositor.
CONTEXT: An enrichment group needs [PROBLEM COUNT] sourced problems on [TOPIC] with controlled help release.
INPUTS — FILL EVERY PLACEHOLDER:
- [GROUP LEVEL]
- [TOPIC]
- [PROBLEM COUNT]
- [SOURCED PROBLEMS]
- [SOURCE CITATIONS]
- [APPROVED HINTS]
- [SOLUTIONS]
SOURCE-BOUND TOOL FACTS AND EXACT URL WHITELIST:
- [OVERLEAF] Whitelist: https://www.overleaf.com/docs?encoded_snip={PERCENT_ENCODED_LATEX}. Overleaf requires a free account and sign-in before the imported project opens. Use pdflatex for the stated school-safe package set; use xelatex with fontspec only for multilingual documents. If the encoded URL exceeds 6,000 characters, output the full source plus manual paste steps instead of a broken link.
- [AOPS] Whitelist: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/q1_{ENCODED_KEYWORDS}. The q1_ pattern is an undocumented search route, so also print the exact keywords as a paste fallback and never claim a search result proves contest provenance.
- [MATH_STACKEXCHANGE] Whitelist: https://math.stackexchange.com/search?q={ENCODED_KEYWORDS}. Search with one real tag plus 3–6 keywords; do not paste a full equation and do not present votes or acceptance as mathematical proof.
DO THIS:
1. Verify that every provided citation remains attached to the correct problem without claiming authenticity from memory.
2. Arrange problems by conceptual demand rather than surface length.
3. Create three hint tiers that preserve a meaningful next step at each release.
4. Place problem pages, hint cards and full solutions in distinct printable sections.
5. Add a release schedule and a teacher record for which hint each student used.
WORKED LINK EXAMPLE — COPY THIS EXACT ENCODING PATTERN:
Example task: Find human solution discussions for a quadratic-invariant olympiad set before printing it.
Expected result or check target: The teacher receives an AoPS search page to inspect rather than a fabricated contest citation.
check this yourself
CHECK → https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/q1_quadratic%20invariant%20olympiad
(paste-fallback: quadratic invariant olympiad)
Encoding note: AoPS spaces are encoded as %20 and the decoded q1_ payload is the exact keyword fallback.
OUTPUT FORMAT:
1. Source Ledger — supplied provenance and unresolved attribution
2. Problem Set — clean contest-style pages
3. Hint Pages — three gated tiers by problem
4. Solution Booklet — complete approved arguments
5. Release Plan — timing and hint-use record
QUALITY AND TOOL GUARDRAILS:
- Never label an AI-written item as a real olympiad problem or PYQ.
- Overleaf requires a free account and login before the project opens.
- Use pdflatex for English-only content and xelatex only for multilingual scripts.
- Typst is paste-only and non-LaTeX; do not invent a Typst deep link.
- Human-source links can establish provenance leads but do not replace checking the proof.
- Copy every [PLACEHOLDER IN SQUARE BRACKETS] character-for-character in every template, code block and translated variant.
- Never output a desmos.com URL with parameters, a mathsolver.microsoft.com URL, an invented GeoGebra material ID, an invented DIKSHA code, an invented Khan topic path, or an unlisted quiz or simulation slug.
- Never describe an AI answer as verified. Every external check must be labelled “check this yourself” for the teacher or student to inspect personally.
- Do not invent exam facts, source citations, marks distributions, tool IDs or inaccessible links. Separate mathematical proof from computational checking.
=== TOOL-LINK OUTPUT CONTRACT — follow every rule exactly ===
1. You may output clickable links ONLY to: wolframalpha.com/input?i= · symbolab.com/solver?query= ·
geogebra.org/graphing|geometry|3d|cas?command= · math.stackexchange.com/search?q= · oeis.org/search?q= ·
artofproblemsolving.com/community/q1_ · khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query= ·
overleaf.com/docs?encoded_snip= · latex.codecogs.com/png.image? · docs.google.com/forms/...viewform?usp=pp_url
(Forms only with entry.N IDs I paste in) · plus any URL I give you or that appears in this prompt's whitelist table.
2. NEVER output: desmos.com links with query strings (they load blank), invented geogebra.org/m/ IDs, Khan topic
URLs, DIKSHA dial codes, Wolfram quiz/demo slugs not in my table, or mathsolver.microsoft.com (dead site).
3. Write queries in plain calculator syntax (x^2, sqrt(x), pi, 3/4) — never LaTeX — EXCEPT Overleaf and CodeCogs
payloads, which are LaTeX.
4. Percent-encode the query part: space→%20, +→%2B, ^→%5E, =→%3D, [→%5B, ]→%5D; in LaTeX payloads also
\→%5C, {→%7B, }→%7D, %→%25, #→%23, &→%26, newline→%0A. GeoGebra ?command= exception: encode ONLY + as %2B;
leave ( ) = ^ ; as typed.
5. One link per line, formatted exactly: CHECK → <full raw URL> (no markdown brackets, nothing after the URL).
6. Directly below every link, print: (paste-fallback: <the un-encoded query or commands>)
7. Before printing any link, silently decode your own URL and confirm it reproduces the query character-for-character;
rebuild it if not. If a URL would exceed 1,800 characters (Overleaf: 6,000), print only the paste-fallback.
8. Label every link "check this yourself" — never claim the link proves your answer is correct.
9. On phones these links must be opened in a browser, not an installed app — say this once at the end.