{"id":"acct-mileage-reimbursement-table","audience":"small-business","category":"finance-work","track":"finance","technique":"format","level":"beginner","title":"Total a mileage log at the reimbursement rate","free":false,"task":"You're reviewing an employee's mileage claim. Write a prompt for a markdown table with columns Date | Trip | Miles | Amount, one row per reimbursable trip, then a line starting \"Total:\" with the addition. Rate is $0.60 per mile. Leave out the commute from home to the office. No commentary. Under 100 words. No bullets or numbering.","materialLabel":"Mileage log and rate (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"MILEAGE CLAIM - Ravi Menon, Operations, October 2026\n\nCompany rate: $0.60 per business mile. The commute between home and the office is not reimbursable.\n\nLog:\nOct 3   Office to supplier (Tallis Freight) and back       42 miles\nOct 7   Home to office (regular commute)                    18 miles\nOct 12  Office to client site (Fenwick Dental) and back    66 miles\nOct 19  Home directly to client site (Pine Ridge), first stop of the day, then to office   31 miles\nOct 27  Office to bank and back                              12 miles\n\nRavi's note: \"The Oct 19 trip: I went straight to the client from home, 31 miles to the client plus the 9 miles from there to the office, so 31 total is what I wrote down. Normal commute to the office is 18 miles.\"","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":100},{"type":"maxBullets","max":0}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the columns","patterns":["date.*trip.*miles.*amount","columns"]},{"label":"Excludes the commute","patterns":["commute","leave out"]},{"label":"Gives the rate","patterns":["0\\.60"]},{"label":"Asks for the total line","patterns":["total:"]},{"label":"Limits output","patterns":["no commentary","only"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Including the commute","why":"The AI claims the Oct 7 commute at $10.80.","fix":"Say: \"Leave out the regular home-to-office commute.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Second-guessing the Oct 19 trip","why":"The AI subtracts the normal commute from the Oct 19 miles.","fix":"Add: \"Use the miles as logged for every other trip.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"No total or wrong total","why":"The AI skips the total line or adds all five rows.","fix":"Add: 'One line \"Total:\" with the four amounts added.'","checks":["r2","maxBullets"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting and runs past word limits.","fix":"Ask for fewer words than the real cap and keep each line short.","checks":["maxWords"]}],"hint":"Mileage claims exclude commuting. Say what to leave out, what to keep as logged, and the closing total line.","rubricLabels":["Table has the columns Date | Trip | Miles | Amount, and the Oct 7 commute is not included","Rows show 42 miles = $25.20, 66 miles = $39.60 and 12 miles = $7.20, plus the Oct 19 trip at its logged 31 miles = $18.60","Total line shows $25.20 + $39.60 + $18.60 + $7.20 = $90.60 and there is no commentary"]}