{"id":"acct-rent-escalator-schedule","audience":"small-business","category":"finance-work","track":"finance","technique":"verification","level":"beginner","title":"Build the next three monthly invoice amounts with a rent escalator","free":false,"task":"You're setting up recurring invoices for a tenant. Write a prompt for a markdown table with columns Month | Amount, rows Dec 2026, Jan 2027 and Feb 2027, then a line starting \"Total:\" with the addition. Apply the annual increase only from the month the contract says. Show amounts with two decimals. No commentary. Under 60 words.","materialLabel":"Lease clause and billing notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"LEASE EXCERPT - Suite 4, Quarry Road Studio (landlord: Marsh Property Co.)\n\nMonthly rent (2026): $1,000.00, due on the 1st.\nAnnual increase: rent increases by 3% on January 1 of each year, provided the landlord gave the tenant written notice at least 60 days before. Notice was sent by certified mail on Oct 20, 2026 and signed for on Oct 23, 2026.\nThe increase applies to the rent for the month starting January 1 and continues until the next January 1.\n\nBilling notes: the tenant also pays a $25.00 monthly parking fee billed separately and not part of the rent schedule. The tenant asked if the 3% could be waived this year; the landlord has not agreed.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":60},{"type":"maxBullets","max":0}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the columns","patterns":["month.*amount","columns"]},{"label":"States when the increase applies","patterns":["jan(uary)? 1","from january"]},{"label":"Leaves out parking","patterns":["parking","leave out"]},{"label":"Asks for the total line","patterns":["total:"]},{"label":"Limits output","patterns":["no commentary","only"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Applying the increase in December","why":"The AI uses $1,030 for all three months.","fix":"Say: \"The increase starts January 1; December is the current rent.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Including parking","why":"The AI adds $25.00 to each month.","fix":"Add: \"Leave out the parking fee.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"No total line","why":"The AI ends without the addition.","fix":"Add: 'One line \"Total:\" with the amounts added.'","checks":["r2","maxBullets","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 line short.","checks":["maxWords"]}],"hint":"A rent increase starts on a date, not for every month. Give the start month, what to leave out and the total line.","rubricLabels":["Table has the columns Month | Amount and rows Dec 2026, Jan 2027 and Feb 2027","Amounts are $1,000.00 for Dec 2026 and $1,030.00 for Jan 2027 and Feb 2027 (3% of $1,000 = $30), with the parking fee left out","Last line starts \"Total:\" and shows $1,000.00 + $1,030.00 + $1,030.00 = $3,060.00"]}