{"id":"exec-strategy-vs-budget-contradictions-table","audience":"executives","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"advanced","technique":"verification","title":"Find where the strategy memo and the budget contradict each other","free":false,"task":"Compare the two documents and list only real contradictions in a table with the header Topic | Strategy memo says | Budget says. Skip topics where they agree. Quote the figures exactly. After the table add a line \"Contradictions found:\" followed by the number. Do not decide which document is right. Plain text, under 120 words.","materialLabel":"Two documents (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"STRATEGY MEMO (Sep 12)\n1. Headcount: hold flat at 240 through next year.\n2. Launch: the Premium plan launches in Q2.\n3. Revenue target: $50M next year.\n4. Customers: reach 500 enterprise customers.\n5. Europe: expansion to Germany is the top priority; open an office in Q1.\n6. Marketing: keep spend at 8 percent of revenue.\n\nBUDGET (Oct 30)\n- Headcount: 252 by year end (12 net hires).\n- Premium plan: development funded through Q2; launch cost lines begin in Q3.\n- Revenue plan: $46M.\n- Enterprise customers: 500 by year end.\n- Europe: no office or travel lines; Germany is listed as \"phase 2, year after next\".\n- Marketing: 8 percent of revenue.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":120},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Listing agreements","why":"The AI includes customers and marketing.","fix":"Say: \"Skip topics where they agree.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Choosing a winner","why":"The AI says the budget should be fixed.","fix":"Say: \"Do not decide which document is right.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Paraphrasing figures","why":"The AI rounds or generalizes numbers.","fix":"Say: \"Quote the figures exactly.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong count line","why":"The AI leaves out the count.","fix":"Say: \"End with Contradictions found: and the number.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong table","why":"The AI adds columns.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly this header.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds topics.","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 part instead, for example: \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the header","patterns":["topic \\|","strategy memo says","budget says"]},{"label":"Only contradictions","patterns":["skip","agree","only"]},{"label":"Exact figures","patterns":["exactly","figures"]},{"label":"Gives the count line","patterns":["contradictions found"]},{"label":"No verdict","patterns":["do not decide","which document is right"]}],"hint":"Give the header, say to skip agreements and quote figures exactly, and give the count line.","rubricLabels":["Has the header Topic | Strategy memo says | Budget says and exactly four rows, one for each real contradiction","The rows are headcount (240 vs 252), Premium launch (Q2 vs launch costs starting Q3), revenue ($50M vs $46M) and Europe (office in Q1 vs phase 2, year after next), with the customers and marketing items left out because they agree","The last line is \"Contradictions found: 4\" and the response does not say which document is right"]}