{"id":"fpa-four-week-cash-table","audience":"fpa","category":"finance-work","track":"finance","technique":"verification","level":"intermediate","title":"Build a four-week cash table and flag the week below the minimum","free":false,"task":"You're preparing a short cash view for the treasurer. Write a prompt for a markdown table with columns Week | Opening | In | Out | Closing | Flag, four rows, with Flag showing \"Below minimum\" or blank. The minimum balance is $500,000. Closing = opening + in - out, and each week opens with the previous closing. Count each payment once. Under 90 words and no commentary. No bullets or numbering.","materialLabel":"Weekly cash inputs (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"FOUR-WEEK CASH FORECAST INPUTS - Larkin Foods ($ thousands)\n\nOpening cash, week 1: 800\n\nWeek 1: receipts 220, payments 260\nWeek 2: receipts 180, payments 300\nWeek 3: receipts 150, payments 310 (includes payroll of 90)\nWeek 4: receipts 400, payments 250 (includes payroll of 90)\n\nTreasury note: payroll of 90 is paid once, in week 3. The 90 in week 4 is a duplicate entry from copying last month's schedule.\nMinimum cash policy: keep at least 500 in the operating account.\nAll figures are in $ thousands.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":90},{"type":"maxBullets","max":0}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the columns","patterns":["week.*opening.*closing","columns"]},{"label":"Gives the closing formula","patterns":["opening \\+ in - out","closing ="]},{"label":"Removes the duplicate","patterns":["duplicate"]},{"label":"Defines the flag","patterns":["below minimum","500"]},{"label":"Limits output","patterns":["no commentary","only"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Keeping the duplicate payroll","why":"The AI uses 250 for week 4 and closes at 630.","fix":"Add: \"Remove the duplicate payroll of 90 from week 4.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Opening balances not rolled","why":"The AI reuses 800 as each week's opening.","fix":"Say: \"Each week opens with the previous week's closing.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Flagging the wrong weeks","why":"The AI flags week 4 or none.","fix":"Add: 'Flag \"Below minimum\" if closing is under 500.'","checks":["r2","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":"One input line is a duplicate and the balance rolls forward. Tell the AI both, plus the flag rule.","rubricLabels":["Table has columns Week | Opening | In | Out | Closing | Flag and four rows with closings of 760, 640, 480 and 720","Week 4 uses payments of 160 (250 minus the duplicate payroll of 90), so week 4 closes at 480 + 400 - 160 = 720","Only week 3 (closing 480) shows \"Below minimum\" and there is no commentary"]}