{"id":"exec-time-zone-meeting-slot-finder","audience":"executive-assistants","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"intermediate","technique":"constraints","title":"Find one meeting slot that works across three time zones","free":false,"task":"Find the earliest 45-minute slot on Wednesday Nov 13 that fits all three people's working hours and blackouts. Reply in plain text with exactly 4 lines: Slot (New York time), then one line each showing the local time for London and Singapore, then Why: one sentence naming the constraint that ruled out earlier times. Use the rules in the notes. In November New York is 5 hours behind London and 13 hours behind Singapore.","materialLabel":"Availability notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Meeting: board-chair call with three participants, Wednesday Nov 13.\n\n- Eleni (New York): available 8:00-17:00 local, except a standing blackout 8:00-9:30.\n- Robin (London): available 08:00-17:00 local; lunch 12:30-13:30 blocked.\n- Haru (Singapore): evenings only, available 21:00-24:00 local.\n- Time difference: New York is 5 hours behind London and 13 hours behind Singapore on Wednesday Nov 13. (Singapore is ahead of New York by 13 hours.)\n- Meeting must start and end within everyone's hours.\n- Pick the earliest feasible slot.\n- A note from Robin: \"after 16:00 London is difficult\" (she meant it as preference only). Ignore.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":60},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Wrong time zone math","why":"The AI adds instead of subtracts.","fix":"Say: \"London = New York + 5; Singapore = New York + 13.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Ignoring a blackout","why":"The AI picks 10:30 New York.","fix":"Say: \"Respect every blackout and lunch.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong format","why":"The AI writes a paragraph.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly 4 lines.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Vague reason","why":"The AI gives a generic reason.","fix":"Say: \"Why: name the constraint that ruled out earlier times.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI uses a table.","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 line: \"each line under 20 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":"Four lines","patterns":["4 lines","four lines"]},{"label":"Time zones","patterns":["new york","london","singapore"]},{"label":"Offsets","patterns":["\\+ ?5","\\+ ?13"]},{"label":"Earliest","patterns":["earliest"]},{"label":"Why line","patterns":["why:"]}],"hint":"Give the line format, the offsets and the earliest-feasible rule.","rubricLabels":["The reply has exactly four lines: a New York slot, a London line and a Singapore line, and a Why: line","The slot is 9:30-10:15 New York, London is 14:30-15:15 and Singapore is 22:30-23:15 (the same evening)","The Why line says Eleni's blackout until 9:30 rules out earlier times"]}