{"id":"dat-sb-boutique-days-of-stock","audience":"small-business","category":"data","technique":"context","title":"Spot which items will run out before a reorder arrives","free":false,"task":"Your supplier takes 14 days to deliver, so anything with under 14 days of stock needs a reorder today. Use the last-2-weeks sales rate, since sales picked up after a local news story. Write exactly 4 numbered lines, one per item, each as Item: on hand ÷ daily sales = X days, then REORDER or OK. Plain text, under 70 words.","materialLabel":"Inventory and sales export (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"INVENTORY - Fern & Finch gift shop, Nov 6\n\nItem | On hand | Avg daily sales (30 days) | Avg daily sales (last 2 weeks)\nSoy candles | 60 | 5 | 5\nCeramic mugs | 90 | 3 | 3\nCanvas totes | 40 | 2 | 4\nKnit scarves | 50 | 2 | 5\n\nNotes:\n- The Herald ran a \"local gifts\" story Oct 24. Totes and scarves took off.\n- Candle supplier raised prices 8% starting Dec.\n- Mugs: 6 have tiny glaze flaws, still sellable at a discount.\n- Holiday window display goes up Nov 15.\n- Supplier is Wren & Co; we reorder every Thursday.\n- Holiday shoppers start showing up the week before Thanksgiving.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":70}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not giving the lead time","why":"The AI can't say what's urgent without knowing delivery takes 14 days.","fix":"Add: \"Reorder anything under 14 days of stock.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Using the 30-day rate","why":"The AI uses the slower average, so totes and scarves look fine.","fix":"Add: \"Use the last-2-weeks sales rate.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not asking to see the work","why":"Bare verdicts are hard to trust when money's on the line.","fix":"Add a line to copy: \"1. Soy candles: 60 ÷ 5 = 12 days REORDER\"","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 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it goes","why":"AI loves markdown tables and bold, which show up as clutter in a note to your buyer.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the lead time","patterns":["14 days","lead time","deliver"]},{"label":"Picks the sales rate","patterns":["2 weeks|two weeks|recent"]},{"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 export has two sales rates and no lead time. Tell the AI which rate to use and how long delivery takes.","rubricLabels":["Uses the last-2-weeks rates: Canvas totes 40 ÷ 4 = 10 days and Knit scarves 50 ÷ 5 = 10 days, both REORDER","Soy candles are 60 ÷ 5 = 12 days REORDER and Ceramic mugs are 90 ÷ 3 = 30 days OK","Each line shows the division and a REORDER or OK verdict, with no intro or merchandising tips"]}