{"id":"dat-sales-commission-check-ai","audience":"sales","category":"data","technique":"verification","title":"Check an AI's commission math against your tiered plan","free":false,"task":"A chatbot told you your Q3 commission is $6,800 (8% of $85,000). Your plan pays 5% on the first $50,000 of the quarter and 8% on everything above, and clawed-back deals don't count. Write exactly 3 numbered lines: 1) countable sales, 2) tier 1, 3) tier 2, each with math, then one unnumbered last line: Commission: $X (chatbot was right or wrong). Plain text, under 70 words.","materialLabel":"Your Q3 deals and the chatbot's answer (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"MY Q3 CLOSED DEALS\n- Orchard Supply | $20,000 | closed Jul 12\n- Benton Logistics | $35,000 | closed Aug 3\n- Cray & Hale | $30,000 | closed Sep 22\n\nOps email (Oct 5): \"Orchard Supply canceled within the 60-day window. The deal is clawed back and won't count toward Q3 commission.\"\n\nCHATBOT ANSWER (pasted)\n\"Your total closed is $85,000. At an 8% commission rate, your Q3 commission is $6,800. Great quarter!\"\n\nOther:\n- Q4 kickoff is Oct 14.\n- SPIFF for multi-year deals starts in Q4.\n- Manager said \"you're on pace for President's Club.\" Not a number.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":70}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not giving your plan","why":"The AI accepts the chatbot's flat 8%.","fix":"Add: \"5% on the first $50,000, 8% above that.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"Counting the clawback","why":"The AI starts from $85,000.","fix":"Add: \"Orchard Supply was clawed back. Don't count it.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not asking to see the work","why":"If the AI just says 'wrong,' you can't take it to your manager.","fix":"Add a line to copy: \"2. Tier 1: $50,000 x 5% = $2,500\"","checks":["numberedItems","r1"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 14 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it goes","why":"AI loves markdown tables and bold, which show up as clutter in a message to your sales ops.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the tiers","patterns":["5\\s*%","8\\s*%","tier","first \\$?50"]},{"label":"Drops the clawback","patterns":["claw","orchard","cancel"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the |your )?(math|work)","x \\$|\\bx\\b.{0,10}=","calculation","step"]},{"label":"Asks for a verdict","patterns":["right or wrong","chatbot","correct"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no (headings|tables)"]}],"hint":"The chatbot didn't know your plan. Give the AI the tiers and the clawback, and ask it to show each step.","rubricLabels":["Countable sales are $35,000 + $30,000 = $65,000 (Orchard Supply's $20,000 clawed back)","Tier 1 is $50,000 x 5% = $2,500 and tier 2 is $15,000 x 8% = $1,200","The last line gives Commission: $3,700 and says the chatbot's $6,800 was wrong, with no intro"]}