{"id":"hr-review-cycle-timeline-table","audience":"hr","category":"people-work","track":"people","level":"intermediate","technique":"format","title":"Lay out the review cycle dates in a table","free":false,"task":"Using the policy, build the review cycle table for 2026 with the header Step | Owner | Due date. Use these steps in order: Self-review, Manager review, Calibration, Share results. Dates come from the policy rules counted from the cycle start date. Use dates in the form Mon Day (for example Nov 16). Plain text, no bold. After the table add one line: Check with HR: followed by anything in the policy that is unclear. Do not add steps.","materialLabel":"Review cycle policy (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Annual review cycle policy (updated 2025)\n- The cycle opens on Monday, Nov 16, 2026.\n- Self-review: employees complete it within 10 calendar days of the cycle opening.\n- Manager review: managers complete it within 7 calendar days after the self-review deadline.\n- Calibration: People Team schedules calibration meetings; they happen within 5 business days after the manager review deadline. Business days are Monday to Friday.\n- Share results: managers share results with employees within 10 calendar days after the end of calibration, and not later than Jan 15.\n- Owners: employee, manager, People Team, manager.\n\nNotes: Dec 25 and Jan 1 are company holidays but this policy does not say whether they count as business days. The old 2022 policy gave 14 days for the self-review.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":130},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Old 14 days","why":"The AI uses the 2022 policy.","fix":"Say: \"Use the 2025 policy: 10 days for self-review.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Date math errors","why":"The AI miscounts business days.","fix":"Say: \"Count from the cycle start; show only the date.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing check line","why":"The AI ends without the unclear point.","fix":"Say: \"Finish with a line starting Check with HR: for anything unclear.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Header","why":"The AI adds steps or columns.","fix":"Say: \"Header exactly Step | Owner | Due date, four rows.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"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 header","patterns":["step \\|","owner \\|","due date"]},{"label":"Counted dates","patterns":["counted from","calendar days"]},{"label":"Check line","patterns":["check with hr:"]},{"label":"No extra steps","patterns":["do not add"]},{"label":"Word cap","patterns":["under \\d+ words"]}],"hint":"Give the header, the four steps in order, the date format and the Check with HR line.","mission":"Lay out the 2026 review cycle dates.","musts":["Dates counted from policy","Four steps, no extras","Check with HR line"],"rubricLabels":["Has the header Step | Owner | Due date with exactly four rows in the order Self-review, Manager review, Calibration, Share results","Dates are right: Self-review Nov 26, Manager review Dec 3, Calibration Dec 10, Share results Dec 20 at the latest, and owners are employee, manager, People Team, manager","Ends with a line starting \"Check with HR:\" that says the policy does not state whether holidays count as business days or notes the share-results date is a limit, and the old 14-day rule is not used"]}