{"id":"dat-off-supply-requests-merge","audience":"office","category":"data","technique":"format","title":"Merge a messy chat thread of supply requests into one order","free":false,"task":"You collected office supply requests from a busy chat channel and need to paste one clean order into the supplier form. Merge duplicates and different spellings into one numbered line per item (there should be 5), alphabetical, each as Item - total unit with the added amounts in parentheses, and no names. Apply cancellations, leave out anything that isn't a supply, plain text, nothing else.","materialLabel":"Requests from #office-help (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Supply requests from #office-help, week of Nov 10:\n\n- Dana: 2 boxes black pens, 1 pack sticky notes\n- Raj: sticky notes x3 packs, printer paper 2 reams\n- Mei: Black pens (box) x1, AA batteries 1 pack\n- Tom: 5 reams printer paper\n- dana again: oh and 1 box of blue pens pls\n- Raj (Wed): scratch my printer paper, found some in the supply closet\n- Luis: post-its - 2 packs\n- Mei: batteries AA - 1 more pack please\n- Tom: can we get a standing desk?? (Facilities says that's their budget, not supplies)\n- Priya: 1 box blk pens\n\nOther stuff in the channel:\n- Staplewise order form closes Thursday at noon.\n- Someone left a lunch in the fridge since October. Please.\n- Reminder: we switched from Officeway to Staplewise in September.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not saying to merge","why":"The AI copies each request on its own line, names and all, so pens show up three times.","fix":"Add: \"Merge duplicates and spellings like blk pens and post-its into one line per item.\"","checks":["r0","numberedItems"]},{"title":"Missing the cancellation","why":"The AI counts Raj's printer paper even though he took it back.","fix":"Add: \"Apply cancellations and leave out non-supplies like the standing desk.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Leaving the shape open","why":"The AI adds a heading, a table and a note about the deadline.","fix":"Show it: \"1. AA batteries - 2 packs. Alphabetical, no names, nothing else.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it goes","why":"AI loves markdown tables and bold, which show up as clutter in a supplier form.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Asks to merge duplicates","patterns":["merge|combine|consolidat|dedup","duplicate"]},{"label":"Applies cancellations","patterns":["cancel","scratch","raj"]},{"label":"Asks for alphabetical order","patterns":["alphabet","a-z|a to z"]},{"label":"Drops names","patterns":["no names","without names","drop (the )?names"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no (headings|tables)"]}],"hint":"The same item shows up under different spellings. Tell the AI to merge them, apply the cancellation, and give one alphabetical line per item.","rubricLabels":["Merges variants correctly: Black pens - 4 boxes (Dana 2, Mei 1, Priya's 'blk pens' 1) and Sticky notes - 6 packs (including Luis's 'post-its')","Printer paper is 5 reams (Raj's 2 canceled) and the standing desk is not listed","Lines are in alphabetical order (AA batteries, Black pens, Blue pens, Printer paper, Sticky notes) with no requester names and no intro or closing line"]}