{"id":"fpa-price-floor-check-table","audience":"fpa","category":"finance-work","track":"finance","technique":"format","level":"intermediate","title":"Check quoted prices against a price floor and flag the ones below it","free":false,"task":"You're checking Q4 quotes against the price floor. Write a prompt for a markdown table with columns Deal | Price | Floor | Gap | Flag, one row per deal. Gap = price minus floor in dollars and as a percent of the floor, with a sign. Flag is \"Below floor\" when the price is under the floor, otherwise blank. Don't mention strategic reasons or approvals. No commentary. Under 80 words.","materialLabel":"Quotes and price floor (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"PRICE FLOOR CHECK - Starter Kit quotes, Nov 2026\n\nPrice floor: $80.00 per unit (below this needs CFO approval)\n\nDeal | Quoted price per unit\nA - Fenwick Dental | $82.00\nB - Harbor Lane Bakery | $78.00\nC - Pine Ridge Dental | $80.00\n\nNotes: the rep on deal B wrote 'strategic account, we need the logo'. No CFO approval has been requested. This table only measures the gap; approvals are handled separately.\n\nBackground: the floor was set in September after a margin review and applies to quotes in North America. The deals above are in the pipeline for Q4 and none has been signed. Deal C is exactly at the floor. The rep for deal A included a two-year commitment. Quotes are per unit and do not include shipping. The deal desk reviews the table every Monday.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":80},{"type":"maxBullets","max":0}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the columns","patterns":["deal.*price.*floor.*gap.*flag","columns"]},{"label":"Gives the gap formula","patterns":["price minus floor"]},{"label":"Defines the flag","patterns":["below floor"]},{"label":"Bans side topics","patterns":["(do not|don'?t).*(strategic|approval)"]},{"label":"Limits output","patterns":["no commentary","only the table"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Flagging an at-floor price","why":"The AI flags deal C because it equals the floor.","fix":"Say: \"Below floor means the price is under the floor.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Mentioning strategy","why":"The AI repeats the logo argument.","fix":"Add: \"Do not mention strategic reasons or approvals.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Gap shown without percent","why":"The AI shows dollars only.","fix":"Add: \"Gap in dollars and as a percent of the floor, with a sign.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong columns","why":"The AI adds a Notes column.","fix":"Say: \"Columns exactly: Deal | Price | Floor | Gap | 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":"A floor check is a comparison, a gap and a flag. Define the flag edge case and ban the justification.","rubricLabels":["Table has the columns Deal | Price | Floor | Gap | Flag with rows A, B and C","Gaps are +$2.00 (+2.5%), -$2.00 (-2.5%) and $0.00 (0.0%)","Only deal B is flagged Below floor, and the output never mentions the rep's strategic comment or approvals"]}