{"id":"dat-sb-cleaning-quotes-annual","audience":"small-business","category":"decisions","technique":"context","title":"Compare cleaning quotes priced three different ways","free":false,"task":"You need office cleaning twice a week, but you're closed 2 weeks a year, so you need 50 weeks (100 visits). Compare three quotes on yearly cost: write exactly 3 numbered lines, each showing the annual math including any fees, then one unnumbered last line: Pick: [vendor]. Plain text, under 70 words.","materialLabel":"Three quotes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"CLEANING QUOTES - Ridgeway Dental Billing office\n\nSparkPro Cleaning\n\"$95 per visit. Bill only for visits completed.\"\n\nBrightside Services\n\"Flat $790/month, any schedule. Billed 12 months a year.\"\n\nClearwater Commercial\n\"$180 per week for 2 visits. We only bill weeks we clean.\"\nFine print: supplies fee of $25/month, billed 12 months.\n\nNotes:\n- SparkPro cleaned our old office; they were fine but sometimes late.\n- Brightside's rep said they're \"the most popular choice in the area.\"\n- Clearwater can start Dec 1.\n- Lease says the landlord cleans the lobby, we cover our suite.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":70}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Assuming 52 weeks","why":"The AI prices a full year of cleaning, and Brightside comes out cheapest.","fix":"Add: \"We're closed 2 weeks: 50 weeks, 100 visits.\"","checks":["r0","r1","r2"]},{"title":"Missing the fine print","why":"The AI skips Clearwater's monthly supplies fee.","fix":"Add: \"Include every fee in the yearly cost.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not asking to see the work","why":"Three pricing styles are easy to mix up without the math.","fix":"Add a line to copy: \"1. SparkPro: 100 x $95 = $9,500\"","checks":["r1","numberedItems"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 14 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it goes","why":"AI loves markdown tables and bold, which show up as clutter in an email to your business partner.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the weeks","patterns":["50 weeks","100 visits","closed"]},{"label":"Includes fees","patterns":["fee","supplies","fine print"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the |your )?(math|work)","x \\$|\\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 quotes are priced three ways and the AI doesn't know your schedule. Give it the weeks and ask for every fee in the math.","rubricLabels":["Clearwater is 50 x $180 + 12 x $25 = $9,300 (supplies fee included, 50 weeks not 52)","SparkPro is 100 x $95 = $9,500 and Brightside is 12 x $790 = $9,480","The last line picks Clearwater Commercial, after the three lines, with no intro or pros-and-cons"]}