{"id":"exec-vendor-risk-table-severity-rule","audience":"consultants","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"intermediate","technique":"verification","title":"Rate vendor risks High, Medium or Low using a stated rule","free":false,"task":"Rate each vendor's risk using this rule: High = a critical service with no backup vendor OR a failed security review; Medium = critical with a backup but a delayed security review; Low = everything else. Output a markdown table with columns Vendor, Critical?, Backup?, Security review, Rating. Use the latest status, one row per vendor, and nothing else.","materialLabel":"Vendor register (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Vendor register, Nov 5\n\nPaylo (payments): critical; no backup vendor; security review passed.\nMailbird (email delivery): critical; backup is Sendwell; security review delayed (due Nov 20).\nDocuvia (e-signature): not critical; no backup; security review passed.\nCloudmore (hosting): critical; backup is a second region with the same vendor, not a second vendor; security review passed.\nPixelhaus (design assets): not critical; security review failed. (Rule: High applies only to critical services or failed reviews.)\nStatuspage Plus (status page): not critical; backup exists; security review passed.\n\nUpdate Nov 6: Mailbird's review passed on Nov 6.\nNote: \"backup vendor\" means a different company, not a second region.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":140}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Counting a second region as a backup","why":"The AI says Cloudmore has a backup.","fix":"Say: \"Backup means a different company.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Old Mailbird status","why":"The AI keeps the review as delayed.","fix":"Say: \"Mailbird's review passed Nov 6.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Misapplying the rule","why":"The AI rates Docuvia High.","fix":"Say: \"High applies only to critical services or failed reviews.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong table","why":"The AI changes columns.","fix":"Say: \"Columns: Vendor, Critical?, Backup?, Security review, Rating.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"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 it: \"cells hold short values only.\"","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":["vendor","critical","backup","security review","rating"]},{"label":"Rule","patterns":["high =","medium","low"]},{"label":"Backup definition","patterns":["different company","backup"]},{"label":"Update","patterns":["update","passed"]},{"label":"Only table","patterns":["only the table"]}],"hint":"Name the columns, restate the rule, and mention the backup definition and the update.","rubricLabels":["The table has columns Vendor, Critical?, Backup?, Security review and Rating with six rows","Paylo is High (critical, no backup), Cloudmore is High (no second vendor), Pixelhaus is High (failed review), and Mailbird is Low (it is critical with a backup and its review passed on Nov 6)","Docuvia and Statuspage Plus are Low, and Cloudmore's Backup? is No because a second region is not a different company"]}