{"id":"exec-director-feedback-action-table","audience":"executive-assistants","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"intermediate","technique":"format","title":"Compile directors' emailed feedback into an action table for the CEO","free":false,"task":"Compile the directors' feedback on the board pack into a markdown table with columns Director, Request, Owner, Due. One row per distinct request (merge duplicates, list both directors in the Director cell). Use the corrected due dates, write \"owner needed\" if no owner is named, and leave out comments that are not requests. Output only the table.","materialLabel":"Emails from directors (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"From Elaine (chair), Nov 22: Please add a one-page cash forecast to the next pack. Joel can do this by Dec 10.\nFrom Omar (director), Nov 22: Loved the product section. I'd like a cash forecast too. Also, can someone tell us the customer concentration, top 5 customers as a % of revenue? Ana, I'm guessing?\nFrom Hye-jin (director), Nov 23: Customer concentration, yes please. Ana confirmed she will send it by Dec 3. Also please send the hiring plan earlier next time; not sure who.\nFrom Elaine, Nov 24: Correction: the cash forecast is due Dec 6, not Dec 10. Joel agreed.\nFrom Omar, Nov 24: The new office photos were nice.\nFrom Ana (CEO), Nov 24: Customer concentration will be by Dec 3.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":120}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Duplicate rows","why":"The AI lists each director's email as a row.","fix":"Say: \"Merge duplicate requests and list both directors.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Old due date","why":"The AI uses Dec 10.","fix":"Say: \"Use the correction: Dec 6.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Inventing owners","why":"The AI assigns the hiring plan to People.","fix":"Say: \"Write 'owner needed' if none is named.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Including non-requests","why":"The AI adds the photo comment.","fix":"Say: \"Only requests.\"","checks":["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 cell: \"each cell under 10 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"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 part instead, for example: \"each line under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Columns","patterns":["director","request","owner","due"]},{"label":"Merge","patterns":["merge","duplicates?"]},{"label":"Owner needed","patterns":["owner needed"]},{"label":"Corrected","patterns":["correct","latest"]},{"label":"Only table","patterns":["only the table"]}],"hint":"Name the columns, tell it to merge duplicates, and give the missing-owner wording.","rubricLabels":["The output is a markdown table with columns Director, Request, Owner and Due and exactly three data rows (cash forecast, customer concentration, hiring plan earlier)","The cash forecast row lists Elaine and Omar, owner Joel, due Dec 6 (not Dec 10), and the customer concentration row lists Omar and Hye-jin, owner Ana, due Dec 3","The hiring plan row has owner needed and no invented owner, and the office photos comment is not in the table"]}