generate-essay-college-application

activev2026.06.04

Draft a personal college application essay: find a distinctive angle from the applicant's background, structure a focused story, then draft a voice-driven essay that answers the prompt within the word limit.

This page renders the template’s published registry entry — the contract itself, not a description of it. Immutable versions; sealed properties exist but are not public.

What you provide — intake contract

FieldTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
promptstringrequiredThe application essay prompt
backgroundstringrequiredApplicant's experiences, values, and details to draw from
programstringoptionalTarget school or program
wordLimitnumberoptional650Word limit

How it runs — step topology

1
Developllm
systempromptTemplatemaxTokens
2
Outlinellm
systempromptTemplatemaxTokens
3
Draftllm
systempromptTemplatemaxTokens

Model roles: text bindings budgetPolicy

What you get — artifact

essayresearch

Version lineage

2026.06.04rev 1current2026-06-04
sha256:64260240d

Full contract (as served)

GET /v1/catalog/workflows/generate-essay-college-application
{
  "_comment": "SYNCED SNAPSHOT — do not hand-edit. Regenerate with: node scripts/sync-workflow-catalog.mjs (pulls api.esy.com GET /v1/catalog/workflows/{id}).",
  "generatedAt": "2026-08-03T20:25:35.317038Z",
  "id": "generate-essay-college-application",
  "name": "Generate College Application Essay",
  "description": "Draft a personal college application essay: find a distinctive angle from the applicant's background, structure a focused story, then draft a voice-driven essay that answers the prompt within the word limit.",
  "shortDescription": "Draft a distinctive personal college application essay.",
  "artifactClass": "research",
  "outputType": "writing",
  "status": "active",
  "supersededById": null,
  "version": "2026.06.04",
  "stages": [
    {
      "name": "Angle",
      "description": "Find a distinctive angle from the background.",
      "stepCount": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Outline",
      "description": "Structure a focused personal story.",
      "stepCount": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Draft",
      "description": "Compose a voice-driven essay.",
      "stepCount": 1
    }
  ],
  "intakeSchema": {
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      {
        "name": "prompt",
        "type": "string",
        "required": true,
        "description": "The application essay prompt"
      },
      {
        "name": "background",
        "type": "string",
        "required": true,
        "description": "Applicant's experiences, values, and details to draw from"
      },
      {
        "name": "program",
        "type": "string",
        "required": false,
        "description": "Target school or program"
      },
      {
        "name": "wordLimit",
        "type": "number",
        "required": false,
        "description": "Word limit",
        "default": 650
      }
    ]
  },
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      "maxTokens": "redacted"
    },
    {
      "id": "step-2",
      "name": "Outline",
      "kind": "llm",
      "capability": "text",
      "system": "redacted",
      "promptTemplate": "redacted",
      "maxTokens": "redacted"
    },
    {
      "id": "step-3",
      "name": "Draft",
      "kind": "llm",
      "capability": "text",
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      "promptTemplate": "redacted",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "id": "gate-develop",
      "name": "Develop",
      "type": "quality",
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        "intake"
      ],
      "outputs": [
        "material"
      ],
      "unlocks": [
        "step-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gate-outline",
      "name": "Outline",
      "type": "quality",
      "inputs": [
        "material"
      ],
      "outputs": [
        "outline"
      ],
      "unlocks": [
        "step-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gate-draft",
      "name": "Draft",
      "type": "quality",
      "inputs": [
        "outline"
      ],
      "outputs": [
        "draft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "artifactSchema": {
    "artifactClass": "research",
    "artifactType": "essay",
    "files": [],
    "metadata": {
      "sections": "array",
      "sources": "array"
    }
  },
  "providers": {
    "text": "redacted"
  },
  "budgetPolicy": "redacted",
  "versions": [
    {
      "version": "2026.06.04",
      "revision": 1,
      "contentHash": "sha256:64260240d83d76484b7ba4fdaa14da045e61205c8c11b401f46bdd486c566002",
      "createdAt": "2026-06-04T23:03:41.537179Z"
    }
  ],
  "updatedAt": "2026-08-02T17:38:39.354031Z"
}

Snapshot generated 2026-08-03 from the live registry.