{"id":"acct-warranty-provision-template","audience":"accounting","category":"finance-work","track":"finance","technique":"format","level":"intermediate","title":"Fill a warranty provision template using the revised rate","free":false,"task":"You're preparing the October warranty provision. Write a prompt that fills in a plain-text template, one field per line, labeled Line A provision, Line B provision, Required provision, Booked provision, Additional entry, Debit, Credit and Sign-off. Show the math on the first five fields. Use the current rate for each product line. Any change to a warranty estimate needs Controller sign-off; the Sign-off line says so. Under 100 words.","materialLabel":"Source material (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"WARRANTY PROVISION INPUTS - October 2026\n\nProduct line A sales in October: $400,000\nProduct line B sales in October: $150,000\n\nProvision rates (percent of sales):\n- Standard rate used since January: 1.5% for all lines\n- Engineering review dated Sep 28: line B claims are running at twice the standard rate; line B rate becomes 3.0% effective Oct 1. Line A stays at 1.5%.\n\nProvision already booked for October by the accounts payable clerk (at 1.5% on all sales): $8,250\n\nAccounts: Warranty expense (6720); Warranty reserve (2310)\n\nNote: Line B launched in March and has about 7 months of claims history. Management believes the reserve balance at Sep 30 is adequate and wants only October's provision corrected. Sales figures are net of returns and agree to the GL.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":100}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Lists the eight labels","patterns":["line a provision","required provision","additional entry","sign-off"]},{"label":"Uses the current rates","patterns":["3\\.0%","current rate","revised"]},{"label":"Asks for the math","patterns":["show the math","x 1\\.5%","math"]},{"label":"Names the accounts","patterns":["debit","credit","6720"]},{"label":"Caps length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","under \\d+"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the old rate on line B","why":"The AI applies 1.5% everywhere.","fix":"Say: \"Use the revised line B rate of 3.0% from Oct 1.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Booking the whole provision again","why":"The AI books $10,500 on top of the $8,250.","fix":"Add: \"Additional entry = required minus already booked.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Forgetting sign-off","why":"The AI leaves out approval.","fix":"Add: \"Sign-off: Controller approves any estimate change.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Markdown extras","why":"The AI adds bold labels, headings and a closing note.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold. Output only the lines asked for.\"","checks":["plainText"]},{"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":"Fill templates field by field. Say which rate wins and what is already booked.","rubricLabels":["Line A provision shows $400,000 x 1.5% = $6,000 and Line B provision shows $150,000 x 3.0% = $4,500","Required provision shows $6,000 + $4,500 = $10,500 and Additional entry shows $10,500 - $8,250 = $2,250","Debit is Warranty expense 6720 for $2,250, Credit is Warranty reserve 2310 for $2,250, and Sign-off says the Controller must approve the estimate change"]}