{"id":"exec-train-vs-flight-recommendation","audience":"executive-assistants","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"intermediate","technique":"constraints","title":"Recommend one travel option against the executive's rules","free":false,"task":"Compare the two travel options for Marta Silva's trip to Boston and recommend one. Plain text. First line: Recommend: Option A or Option B. Then two lines showing each option's total door-to-door time as a sum, then one line on the cost difference, then one line starting \"Rule check:\" saying which of her rules each option breaks. Use only the notes and the corrected fare.","materialLabel":"Trip notes and Marta's rules (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Trip: Marta Silva, New York to Boston, Tuesday for a 2:00 pm meeting at the Back Bay office.\n\nMarta's rules: (1) Arrive at least 60 minutes before a meeting. (2) No flights when a train is under 4.5 hours door to door. (3) Company policy: choose the cheaper option if both satisfy rules 1 and 2.\n\nOption A - Train: 9:10 am departs Penn Station, arrives Boston South Station 1:20 pm. Home to Penn: 25 min. South Station to office: 15 min. Fare $128 (the first quote said $148, then corrected).\nOption B - Flight: 10:30 am departs LaGuardia, lands Boston 11:45 am. Home to LaGuardia: 40 min, plus 60 min at the airport before departure. Landing to office: 35 min (including bags). Fare $210.\n\nThe assistant noted: Marta prefers the train when it's comfortable.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":160},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the old fare","why":"The AI uses $148.","fix":"Say: \"The corrected train fare is $128.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Skipping the sums","why":"The AI states durations without adding.","fix":"Say: \"Show each total as a sum of legs.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Hiding a rule break","why":"The AI recommends without a rule check.","fix":"Say: \"Add a Rule check line naming any rule broken.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"No recommendation first","why":"The AI starts with background.","fix":"Say: \"First line: Recommend: Option A or Option B.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"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 30 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":"Pick first","patterns":["recommend:","first line"]},{"label":"Sums","patterns":["sum","add","total"]},{"label":"Rules","patterns":["rule check","rules?"]},{"label":"Corrected fare","patterns":["corrected","128"]},{"label":"Plain text","patterns":["plain text"]}],"hint":"Say what comes first, ask for sums, and require the rule check line.","rubricLabels":["The first line is \"Recommend:\" followed by Option B (flight) as the pick","The two time lines show sums, such as Option A: 25 + 250 + 15 = 290 minutes and Option B: 40 + 60 + 75 + 35 = 210 minutes, and the cost line uses $128 for the train and $210 for the flight, an $82 difference","The Rule check line says Option A breaks rule 1 (arrives at the office 1:35 pm, only 25 minutes before 2:00) and Option B breaks none, and the train is over 4.5 hours so rule 2 does not rule out the flight"]}