{"id":"hr-payroll-date-change-announcement","audience":"hr","category":"people-work","track":"people","level":"beginner","technique":"constraints","title":"Announce a payroll date change in four lines","free":false,"task":"Write the all-staff announcement in plain text as exactly four lines. Line 1 exactly: Subject: Payroll date change in December. Line 2 gives the old and new pay dates for the December payday. Line 3 says who to contact with questions. Line 4 exactly: - People Team. No apology, no exclamation marks, and do not explain the bank's internal reasons.","materialLabel":"Payroll notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"From Payroll (Nov 6): The regular payday is the 15th and the last business day. Because of the bank holiday on Friday, Dec 25, the December month-end payday moves from Thursday, Dec 31 to Wednesday, Dec 30. The mid-month payday on Tuesday, Dec 15 is not changing. Direct deposit will arrive on Dec 30 for most banks; some credit unions may take until Dec 31. Questions go to payroll@lakeshore-example.com or ext. 2230.\n\nInternal: the bank's processing cutoff changed because of a vendor system upgrade and one of their staff is out; people are annoyed that the company announced this late. Do not include this in the message.\nThe December bonus run is a separate topic and is paid with the Jan 15 payroll.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":75},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Apologizing","why":"The AI says 'we apologize for the inconvenience'.","fix":"Say: \"No apology and no exclamation marks.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Sharing internal reasons","why":"The AI explains the bank cutoff.","fix":"Say: \"Do not explain internal reasons.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong number of lines","why":"The AI writes a paragraph.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly four lines, line 1 and line 4 exactly as given.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Missing dates","why":"The AI says 'moves up slightly'.","fix":"Say: \"Line 2 gives the old and new pay dates.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"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 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds words or adds headings.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Exact lines","patterns":["subject: payroll date change","- people team"]},{"label":"Four lines","patterns":["four lines","exactly four"]},{"label":"Old and new dates","patterns":["old and new"]},{"label":"No apology","patterns":["no apology"]},{"label":"Word cap","patterns":["under \\d+ words"]}],"hint":"Say how many lines, give the exact first and last lines, and say what to leave out.","mission":"Announce the December payroll date change to all staff.","musts":["Old and new dates","No apology or exclamation","Don't explain bank reasons"],"rubricLabels":["Has exactly four lines, with line 1 exactly \"Subject: Payroll date change in December\" and line 4 exactly \"- People Team\"","Line 2 gives the old date Thursday Dec 31 and the new date Wednesday Dec 30 for the December month-end payday, and line 3 names payroll@lakeshore-example.com or ext. 2230","Contains no apology, no exclamation marks, and nothing about the vendor upgrade, the bank's reasons, the late announcement or the bonus run"]}