{"id":"exec-press-holding-statement-for-comms-review","audience":"executives","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"advanced","technique":"constraints","title":"Draft a holding statement for comms and legal review, facts only","free":false,"task":"Draft a holding statement for a press inquiry about a service outage. Plain text, under 90 words. Line 1 exactly: DRAFT - for Communications and Legal review. Then the statement: 3 sentences. Sentence 1 states what happened with the date and duration. Sentence 2 says what you did. Sentence 3 says when you will share more. Use confirmed facts only, no cause, no blame, no estimate of customers affected and no promise of compensation.","materialLabel":"Incident facts (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Incident: Tuesday Nov 12, payment processing unavailable 14:05-15:20 (75 minutes).\n\nCONFIRMED\n- Service restored at 15:20 after switching to a backup system.\n- A customer notice was posted on the status page at 14:30.\n- Full review will conclude by Nov 19; a summary will be shared by Nov 20.\n\nNOT CONFIRMED\n- Cause (internal team thinks it may be a vendor update). Do not say.\n- Number of customers affected: counts range from 2,000 to 6,000. Do not give.\n- Compensation: under discussion. Do not promise.\n- Reporter's claim that data was exposed: no evidence; do not address.\n\nNote: the first status page post said 60 minutes; it was corrected to 75 minutes.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":90},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Stating a cause","why":"The AI mentions a vendor update.","fix":"Say: \"No cause until confirmed.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Giving a customer count","why":"The AI estimates thousands.","fix":"Say: \"Don't give a number of customers.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Old duration","why":"The AI says 60 minutes.","fix":"Say: \"The duration is 75 minutes.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing draft line","why":"The AI writes the statement as final.","fix":"Say: \"Line 1 exactly: DRAFT - for Communications and Legal review.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text.\"","checks":["plainText"]},{"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 sentence: \"each under 25 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":"Draft line","patterns":["draft - for communications"]},{"label":"Three sentences","patterns":["three sentences","3 sentences"]},{"label":"Confirmed only","patterns":["confirmed"]},{"label":"Bans","patterns":["no cause","no blame","compensation"]},{"label":"Duration","patterns":["75 minutes"]}],"hint":"Give the draft line, each sentence's job, and the list of things not to say.","rubricLabels":["Line 1 is exactly \"DRAFT - for Communications and Legal review\" followed by exactly three sentences","Sentence 1 states payment processing was unavailable on Tuesday Nov 12 for 75 minutes (14:05 to 15:20, not 60 minutes) and sentence 2 says service was restored by switching to a backup system with a notice posted on the status page","Sentence 3 says a summary will be shared by Nov 20, and the statement gives no cause, no customer count, no compensation promise and does not address data exposure"]}