{"id":"dat-off-supply-budget-by-headcount","audience":"office","category":"data","technique":"context","title":"Split a quarterly supply budget by headcount with interns","free":false,"task":"You're splitting the $1,800 quarterly supply budget across three teams by headcount, where interns count as half a person. Write exactly 3 numbered lines, one per team, each as Team: staff + interns x 0.5 = units x $per unit = $X, then one unnumbered last line: Total: $1,800. Plain text, under 70 words.","materialLabel":"Team roster counts (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Q1 SUPPLY BUDGET - 4th floor\nBudget: $1,800 for the quarter\n\nTeam | Full-time staff | Interns\nSales | 8 | 2\nOperations | 6 | 0\nFinance | 2 | 2\n\nNotes:\n- Sales asked for \"a bigger share because we go through more pens.\" Not the rule.\n- Finance interns start Jan 6 and stay through May.\n- Operations shares the label printer with Sales; labels come from IT's budget.\n- Leftover budget doesn't roll over.\n- Last quarter's split was by request, which caused arguments. Facilities wants a formula this time.\n- Orders go through Staplewise; approvals by team leads.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":70}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not giving the intern rule","why":"The AI counts interns as full people and gives $90 per person.","fix":"Add: \"Interns count as half.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Not asking to see the work","why":"Team leads will argue with a bare number.","fix":"Add a line to copy: \"1. Sales: 8 + 2 x 0.5 = 9 units x $100 = $900\"","checks":["numberedItems","r1","r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 14 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it goes","why":"AI loves markdown tables and bold, which show up as clutter in an email to team leads.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the intern rule","patterns":["intern","half|0\\.5"]},{"label":"Splits by headcount","patterns":["headcount","per (person|unit)"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the |your )?(math|work)","x \\$|\\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":"The split depends on how interns count. Tell the AI the rule, and ask for each team's math.","rubricLabels":["Units are Sales 8 + 2 x 0.5 = 9, Operations 6, Finance 2 + 2 x 0.5 = 3, for 18 total","Each unit gets $1,800 ÷ 18 = $100, so Sales $900, Operations $600, Finance $300","The last line gives Total: $1,800, with nothing before the first numbered line"]}