{"id":"acct-check-register-gap-explained-lines","audience":"accounting","category":"finance-work","track":"finance","technique":"format","level":"beginner","title":"Find gaps in a check number sequence and separate the explained ones","free":false,"task":"You're reviewing the October check register for gaps. Write a prompt for plain text with exactly four lines starting \"Gaps:\", \"Explained:\", \"Unexplained:\" and \"Next step:\". Gaps lists every missing check number in the range. Explained uses the void log and says where the support is. Next step names who to ask, with no guess about what happened to an unexplained check. Under 60 words.","materialLabel":"Source material (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"CHECK REGISTER - October 2026 (checks 5001 to 5012 were printed)\n\nChecks recorded in the register: 5001, 5002, 5003, 5005, 5006, 5007, 5008, 5010, 5011, 5012\n\nVoid log (kept by Accounts Payable): check 5004 - printer jam, voided Oct 6, physical check destroyed and attached to the log. Check 5010 - listed here as issued, not void.\n\nBank statement: cleared checks include 5001, 5002, 5003, 5005, 5006, 5007, 5008, 5010 and 5011. Check 5012 has not cleared yet.\n\nOther notes: the check stock is kept in a locked cabinet; the treasury analyst, Mei Tan, holds the key and prints the checks. The bookkeeper noticed that two numbers in the range are missing from the register. The controller reviews check sequence gaps every month and files the review with the bank reconciliation. A lost or unrecorded check would need to be stopped with the bank.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":60}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the four lines","patterns":["gaps","explained","unexplained","next step"]},{"label":"Uses the void log","patterns":["void log","voided"]},{"label":"Names who to ask","patterns":["who to ask","treasury","ask"]},{"label":"Bans guessing","patterns":["do not guess","don'?t guess"]},{"label":"Caps length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","under \\d+"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Missing the second gap","why":"The AI finds 5004 only.","fix":"Say: \"List every missing number in the range 5001 to 5012.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Guessing about 5009","why":"The AI says the check was probably lost or stolen.","fix":"Add: \"Do not guess what happened to an unexplained check.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Extra commentary","why":"The AI adds headings and explanations.","fix":"Add: \"Exactly four lines, plain text.\"","checks":["plainText","maxWords","r0"]}],"hint":"Find every gap first, then split explained from unexplained. Don't speculate.","rubricLabels":["Exactly four lines starting Gaps:, Explained:, Unexplained: and Next step:, and Gaps lists 5004 and 5009","Explained names check 5004 as voided (printer jam, support is the void log) and Unexplained names 5009 only","Next step names a person or role to ask (such as Mei Tan in treasury or the check stock custodian) and does not guess what happened to 5009"]}