{"id":"acct-team-expense-summary-table","audience":"accounting","category":"finance-work","track":"finance","technique":"format","level":"intermediate","title":"Summarize team expenses by category and flag a missing receipt","free":false,"task":"You're summarizing expense lines for a manager, Kim. Write a prompt for a markdown table with columns Category | Total, one row per category in alphabetical order, then a line starting \"Total:\" with all category totals added, and a line starting \"Missing receipts:\" naming the line and amount. No commentary. Under 90 words.","materialLabel":"Expense lines (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"TEAM EXPENSE LINES - Oct 2026, Sales team (approved by Kim Alvarez)\n\nDate | Category | Description | Amount | Receipt\nOct 14 | Travel | Airfare, Denver | $412.60 | yes\nOct 14 | Meals | Client dinner, Harbor Grill | $86.40 | NO\nOct 15 | Lodging | Hotel night 1 | $289.00 | yes\nOct 15 | Lodging | Hotel night 2 | $289.00 | yes\nOct 16 | Travel | Taxi to airport | $34.20 | yes\nOct 16 | Travel | Parking | $28.00 | yes\nOct 17 | Meals | Team lunch | $31.25 | yes\nOct 18 | Meals | Coffee with prospect | $47.25 | yes\nOct 19 | Office | Printer paper | $62.10 | yes\n\nNote: the 'Meals' category in the finance system includes client dinners and team lunches together. Do not split it.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":90},{"type":"maxBullets","max":0}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the columns","patterns":["category.*total","columns"]},{"label":"Asks for alphabetical order","patterns":["alphabetical"]},{"label":"Asks for the total line","patterns":["total:"]},{"label":"Asks for the missing receipt line","patterns":["missing receipts"]},{"label":"Limits output","patterns":["no commentary","only"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Wrong category totals","why":"The AI drops a parking or taxi line.","fix":"Say: \"Add every line in each category, to the cent.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Splitting Meals","why":"The AI creates Client meals and Team meals rows.","fix":"Add: \"Do not split Meals.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Missing the receipt flag","why":"The AI never mentions the line with no receipt.","fix":"Add: 'A line starting \"Missing receipts:\" with the date, description and amount.'","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Total line without addition","why":"The AI shows only the total.","fix":"Add: \"Total: with the four totals added.\"","checks":["r1","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":"Totals by category need every line, one meals bucket and a flag for the missing receipt. Give the row order and the two closing lines.","rubricLabels":["Table has the columns Category | Total with rows in alphabetical order: Lodging $578.00, Meals $164.90, Office $62.10, Travel $474.80","The line starting \"Total:\" shows $578.00 + $164.90 + $62.10 + $474.80 = $1,279.80","The line starting \"Missing receipts:\" names the Oct 14 client dinner at Harbor Grill, $86.40, and there is no commentary"]}