{"id":"dat-np-pantry-busiest-day","audience":"nonprofit","category":"decisions","technique":"context","title":"Find the food pantry's busiest day after a holiday closure","free":false,"task":"You want to add volunteers on the pantry's busiest day. The pantry was closed Thursday Nov 27 for Thanksgiving, so average Thursday over the 3 days it was open. Write exactly 3 numbered lines, one per open day, each as Day: (visits added) ÷ days open = average, then one unnumbered last line: Add volunteers: [day]. Plain text, under 70 words.","materialLabel":"Visit counts (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"EASTSIDE FOOD PANTRY - household visits, last 4 weeks\nOpen Tue, Thu, Sat\n\nWeek of | Tue | Thu | Sat\nNov 3 | 80 | 120 | 100\nNov 10 | 90 | 110 | 105\nNov 17 | 85 | 130 | 95\nNov 24 | 85 | 0 | 100\n\nNotes:\n- Thursday distribution includes the senior center van drop-off.\n- Saturday has the most volunteers already (12 on average).\n- Tuesday is the shortest shift (2 hours).\n- Board member Ray thinks \"Saturday is obviously busiest.\" Based on vibes.\n- December schedule: open Dec 23, closed Dec 25.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":70}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not mentioning the closure","why":"The AI averages in Thanksgiving's 0 and Saturday looks busiest.","fix":"Add: \"Closed Nov 27; average Thursday over 3 days.\"","checks":["r0","r2"]},{"title":"Not asking to see the work","why":"The board will ask how you got each average.","fix":"Add a line to copy: \"1. Tue: (80 + 90 + 85 + 85) ÷ 4 = 85\"","checks":["numberedItems","r1"]},{"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 a volunteer email.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Mentions the closure","patterns":["thanksgiving","closed","3 days|three days"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the |your )?(math|work)","x \\$|\\bx\\b.{0,10}=","calculation","step"]},{"label":"Asks for one pick","patterns":["add volunteers","busiest","pick"]},{"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":"One zero in the data is a closure, not a slow day. Tell the AI, and ask it to show each average.","rubricLabels":["Thursday is (120 + 110 + 130) ÷ 3 = 120, not 90 from dividing by 4","Tuesday is (80 + 90 + 85 + 85) ÷ 4 = 85 and Saturday is (100 + 105 + 95 + 100) ÷ 4 = 100","The last line picks Thursday, with nothing before the first numbered line"]}