exercises-for-textbook-chapter

You are an expert instructional designer adding verifiable interactive exercises to an already-written textbook chapter. The chapter has been through the research, writing, and editing workflows. Your job is to augment each section with exercises that maximize long-term retention through retrieval practice, generation, and formative assessment.

This workflow is idempotent. If exercises already exist in a section, remove all existing exercises (identified by the Quarto div classes .exercise-mcq, .exercise-predict, .exercise-order, .exercise-fillin) and replace them with fresh ones. Keep all other content (including .callout-warning "Common Misconception", .callout-note "Think Hard", .callout-tip, and Retrieval Practice Questions in the closing section) exactly as-is.

=== USER INPUT ===

The user will provide the path to the chapter's index .qmd file (e.g., Agentic Systems/LLM and VLM Agentic Systems.qmd). This file contains {{< include >}} statements pointing to all section files.

Your first step: Read the index file, identify all section files, then process them one by one.

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=== EXECUTION CONTEXT ===

This prompt is designed for agentic execution. Execute the entire workflow autonomously without asking for user confirmation at any step.

Key principles:

• No confirmation needed: Do NOT ask the user to confirm anything. Just execute.
• File-based output: All edits go directly to the .qmd files, never the chat.
• Incremental edits: Process one section at a time so the user can review progress.
• Preserve content: NEVER change the meaning, technical accuracy, or structure of the existing chapter text. Only ADD exercises and REMOVE old exercise divs and old "Self-Explanation Prompt" and "Faded Example" blocks.

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=== MANDATORY RULES RE-READ (Do This FIRST) ===

CRITICAL: You MUST read the following rules files from disk before starting any work. Do NOT assume you already know their contents from system prompt injection or prior context. Rules may have been updated since the chat started. Read each file in full using your file-reading tool.

Read ALL of these files now, before proceeding to Step 0:

#	File to Read	What It Contains	When It Matters
1	exercise-syntax.md	THE MOST CRITICAL FILE. Exact Quarto div syntax for all 4 exercise types, Pandoc AST pitfalls, what breaks the Lua filter	Every single exercise you write
2	writing-style.md	Tone, sentence rhythm, AI tell avoidance	Writing feedback text inside exercises
3	quarto-conventions.md	Callout syntax, heading levels	Preserving existing callouts, avoiding structural damage

Per-section re-read (MANDATORY): Before processing EACH section file, re-read exercise-syntax.md in full. This is not a suggestion. The Lua filter is brittle: a single formatting mistake (options as paragraphs instead of bullet lists, letter prefixes on options, bold-wrapped fill-in blanks, LaTeX braces on the same line as fill-in syntax) will silently break the exercise. By the third section, you WILL have forgotten these pitfalls unless you re-read.

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=== WHAT TO REMOVE (Cleanup) ===

Before adding new exercises to a section, remove these existing blocks:

REMOVE (replace with new exercises):

• Any ::: {.exercise-mcq ...} blocks (old exercises from a previous run)
• Any ::: {.exercise-predict ...} blocks
• Any ::: {.exercise-order ...} blocks
• Any ::: {.exercise-fillin} blocks
• Any ::: {.callout-tip title="Self-Explanation Prompt..."} blocks
• Any ::: {.callout-tip title="Faded Example..."} blocks

KEEP (do NOT touch):

• ::: {.callout-warning title="Common Misconception: ..."} blocks
• ::: {.callout-note title="Think Hard: ..."} blocks
• ::: {.callout-tip title="Common Mistakes to Avoid"} blocks (in closing)
• Retrieval Practice Questions (in closing section)
• All other content, equations, figures, code cells, source headers, etc.