{"id":"acct-reconciliation-status-days-table","audience":"accounting","category":"finance-work","track":"finance","technique":"constraints","level":"beginner","title":"Mark account reconciliations Current or Overdue by days since review","free":false,"task":"You're checking reconciliation status at Oct 31, 2026 for the controller. Write a prompt for a markdown table with columns Account, Days and Status, one row per account in the order listed. Days is the number of days from the last reviewed reconciliation to Oct 31. Status is exactly Overdue if Days is more than 30, otherwise Current. Under 90 words.","materialLabel":"Source material (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"RECONCILIATION TRACKER - as of Oct 31, 2026\n\nPolicy: each balance sheet account must be reconciled and reviewed at least every 30 days. A reconciliation counts as completed only after the reviewer signs off, not when the preparer finishes.\n\nAccount | Last prepared | Last reviewed and signed\nCash | Oct 28 | Oct 29\nAccounts receivable | Oct 15 | Oct 15\nPrepaid expenses | Sep 29 | Sep 30\nAccrued liabilities | Oct 1 | Oct 1\nPayroll liabilities | Sep 24 | Sep 25\nLong-term debt | Oct 20 | Sep 28 (October version awaiting reviewer sign-off)\n\nCalendar help: September has 30 days and October has 31 days.\n\nNote: the controller will bring Overdue items to the close meeting on Nov 3. The tracker is shared with the external auditors, so the table should report only dates and status, not reasons.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":90}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the columns","patterns":["account","days","status"]},{"label":"Counts from review","patterns":["reviewed","signed","sign-off"]},{"label":"Sets the threshold","patterns":["more than 30","over 30","30 days"]},{"label":"Fixes the labels","patterns":["overdue","current"]},{"label":"Caps length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","under \\d+"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the prepared date","why":"The AI counts from when the preparer finished.","fix":"Say: \"Count from the last reviewed and signed date.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"Boundary error at 30 days","why":"The AI marks 30 days Overdue.","fix":"Add: \"Overdue only if more than 30 days.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong day counts","why":"The AI miscounts across September and October.","fix":"Add: \"Show Days as whole days to Oct 31.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong table shape","why":"The AI adds reasons or columns.","fix":"Add: \"Columns Account, Days, Status only.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"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 part short.","checks":["maxWords"]}],"hint":"A tracker is only right if the clock starts at the right date. Say which date counts and where the line is.","rubricLabels":["The table has six rows in listed order with columns Account, Days and Status","Days are 2, 16, 31, 30, 36, 33 for Cash, Accounts receivable, Prepaid expenses, Accrued liabilities, Payroll liabilities and Long-term debt (days counted from the last reviewed date)","Status is Current, Current, Overdue, Current, Overdue, Overdue, using exactly Overdue or Current, and Long-term debt is Overdue because the October version is not yet signed off"]}