{"id":"fpa-arr-definition-card","audience":"fpa","category":"finance-work","track":"finance","technique":"format","level":"beginner","title":"Write an ARR definition card that excludes one-time and usage revenue","free":false,"task":"You're documenting how the company defines ARR. Write a prompt for a plain-text definition card with exactly these labels, one per line: \"Name:\", \"Formula:\", \"Includes:\", \"Excludes:\", \"Source:\", \"Owner:\". Use the final policy, not the earlier draft. Under 70 words. No bullets or numbering.","materialLabel":"Finance policy thread (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"FINANCE POLICY THREAD - ARR definition, Oct 2026\n\nDana (Controller), Oct 12 draft: 'ARR = all revenue in the last month x 12.'\n\nPriti (CRO), Oct 13: 'That would include one-time setup fees and usage overages. Let's only count contracted recurring subscription fees.'\n\nRae (CFO), Oct 14, final: 'ARR = contracted recurring subscription fees in force at month end, annualized (monthly recurring fee x 12). Contracts canceled with notice stay in until their end date. Excludes one-time setup and implementation fees and usage overages. Source: billing system subscription table. Owner: Sam in RevOps owns the monthly number.'\n\nSam confirmed on Oct 15 that the billing system export can separate recurring subscription fees from one-time fees and usage.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"maxBullets","max":0}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the six labels","patterns":["name:","formula:","includes:","excludes:","source:","owner:"]},{"label":"Uses the final policy","patterns":["final","ignore.*draft"]},{"label":"Lists exclusions","patterns":["setup","usage"]},{"label":"Names the source and owner","patterns":["billing system","sam"]},{"label":"Caps length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","plain"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the draft formula","why":"The AI defines ARR as last month's revenue x 12.","fix":"Say: \"Use Rae's final definition; ignore the Oct 12 draft.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Missing exclusions","why":"The AI lists subscriptions only and forgets setup fees and overages.","fix":"Add: \"Excludes: one-time setup and implementation fees, usage overages.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing source or owner","why":"The AI leaves out the billing system or Sam.","fix":"Add: \"Source: billing system subscription table. Owner: Sam in RevOps.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Markdown extras","why":"The AI adds bold labels, headings and a closing note.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold. Output only the lines asked for.\"","checks":["plainText","maxBullets"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting and runs past word limits.","fix":"Ask for fewer words than the real cap and keep each line short.","checks":["maxWords"]}],"hint":"A definition card needs the final policy, both what is in and what is out, and a source and owner.","rubricLabels":["Formula says contracted recurring subscription fees in force at month end x 12 (not all last-month revenue x 12)","Excludes names one-time setup and implementation fees and usage overages, and Includes mentions contracts canceled with notice staying in until the end date","Source is the billing system subscription table and Owner is Sam in RevOps, with exactly the six labels in order"]}