{"id":"dat-job-savings-runway","audience":"job-seekers","category":"data","technique":"context","title":"Work out how many months your savings last while job hunting","free":false,"task":"You want to know how long your savings last while you look for work. Your student loan is paused until March (not $0 on the list yet), and you earn about $800 a month from weekend tutoring. Write exactly 3 numbered lines: 1) monthly expenses added up, 2) monthly gap = expenses − income, 3) runway = savings ÷ gap in months. Plain text, under 60 words.","materialLabel":"Your budget notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"MONTHLY BUDGET - job search mode (Devon)\n\nSavings: $8,820 (checking + savings, not counting the 401k)\n\nMonthly bills:\n- Rent (my half): $1,200\n- Groceries: $400\n- Phone: $60\n- Car insurance: $120\n- Student loan: $220\n- Streaming (cut down to one): $12? no, canceled last week\n\nNotes:\n- Got a forbearance letter: loan payments paused Nov through Feb.\n- Gas is maybe $80/month now that I'm not commuting. Forgot to add above. Add it.\n- Interview with Larkfield next Thursday!\n- Mom offered to help \"if it gets bad.\" Not counting on it.\n- Tutoring is steady: four students, weekends only.\n- Forbearance letter is in my email; loan servicer confirmed by phone.\n- Rent is split with my roommate; the lease runs through June.\n- I applied for unemployment, but haven't heard back, so don't count it.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":60}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not mentioning the pause and your income","why":"The AI counts the loan and ignores tutoring money, so runway looks much shorter.","fix":"Add: \"Loan is paused. I earn $800/month tutoring.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"Copying the list as-is","why":"The AI keeps canceled streaming and misses the gas you noted.","fix":"Add: \"Apply my notes: add gas, drop canceled items.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not asking to see the work","why":"A bare number of months is hard to trust.","fix":"Add a line to copy: \"3. Runway: $8,820 ÷ $X = Y months\"","checks":["numberedItems","r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 14 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it goes","why":"AI loves markdown tables and bold, which show up as clutter in your notes app.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Mentions the loan pause","patterns":["loan","pause|forbearance"]},{"label":"Mentions your income","patterns":["\\$?800","tutoring","income"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the |your )?(math|work)","x \\$|\\bx\\b.{0,10}=","calculation","step"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no (headings|tables)"]}],"hint":"Your list is out of date and doesn't show your income. Tell the AI both and ask for each step.","rubricLabels":["Expenses are 1,200 + 400 + 60 + 120 + 80 = $1,860 (loan paused, streaming canceled, gas added)","The gap is $1,860 − $800 = $1,060 a month","Runway is $8,820 ÷ $1,060 = about 8.3 months (8 months is fine), with nothing before the first numbered line"]}