{"id":"fpa-capex-project-remaining-table","audience":"fpa","category":"finance-work","track":"finance","technique":"verification","level":"intermediate","title":"Compute remaining capex budget per project including commitments","free":false,"task":"You're reviewing capital project budgets. Write a prompt for a markdown table with columns Project | Budget | Actual | Committed | Remaining | Flag, one row per project, then a line starting \"Total remaining:\" with the addition. Remaining = budget - actual - committed. Flag is \"Over\" if remaining is negative. Don't net one project's overage against another. No commentary. Under 90 words.","materialLabel":"Project budgets, spend and commitments (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"CAPEX PROJECT STATUS - Nov 6, 2026, Ridgeway Distribution\n\nProject | Budget | Actual to date | Committed (open POs)\nP1 Warehouse scanners | $120,000 | $84,000 | $30,000\nP2 Dock HVAC | $60,000 | $45,000 | $20,000\nP3 Racking | $200,000 | $50,000 | $0\n\nNotes: the P2 project manager says the HVAC overage 'will be covered by the P3 underspend'. Transfers between projects need CFO approval and none has been requested. 'Committed' means purchase orders issued but not yet invoiced.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":90},{"type":"maxBullets","max":0}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the columns","patterns":["project.*budget.*actual.*committed.*remaining.*flag","columns"]},{"label":"Gives the remaining formula","patterns":["budget - actual - committed"]},{"label":"Defines the flag","patterns":["over"]},{"label":"Bans the offset comment","patterns":["(do not|don'?t).*(offset|mention)"]},{"label":"Limits output","patterns":["only the table"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Ignoring commitments","why":"The AI computes remaining as budget minus actual only.","fix":"Say: \"Remaining = Budget - Actual - Committed.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Netting the overage","why":"The AI nets P2's overage against P3 and shows no Over flag.","fix":"Add: \"Do not net projects; flag P2 Over.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"Echoing the manager's plan","why":"The AI repeats that P3 will cover P2.","fix":"Add: \"Do not mention the plan to offset the overage.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong table shape","why":"The AI drops the Committed column or adds notes.","fix":"Say: \"Columns exactly: Project | Budget | Actual | Committed | Remaining | Flag.\"","checks":["r0","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":"Remaining budget must subtract commitments, and one project's slack isn't another's. Give the formula, the flag and the ban.","rubricLabels":["Table has the columns Project | Budget | Actual | Committed | Remaining | Flag with rows P1, P2 and P3","Remaining values are $6,000 (P1), -$5,000 (P2) and $150,000 (P3), and only P2 is flagged Over","The line starting \"Total remaining:\" shows $6,000 - $5,000 + $150,000 = $151,000, and the output never mentions the P2 manager's plan to cover the overage from P3"]}