{"id":"ind-fin-mileage-rate-text","audience":"finance","category":"explaining","technique":"constraints","title":"Text field staff about the new mileage rate","free":false,"task":"Field technicians need a group text about the new mileage reimbursement rate. Keep it under 45 words, plain text, with no greeting or sign-off: the new rate and its start date first, then one worked example using a 120-mile week, then where to log trips as the last sentence. Don't mention the rumored rate or anything that isn't decided. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"The finance memo (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"MEMO - Finance to Field Operations - Brightwater HVAC (fictional)\nRE: Mileage reimbursement update\n\nEffective December 1, the company mileage rate goes from 62 cents to 68 cents per mile for personal vehicles used on company business.\n\nTrips must be logged in the FieldPay app within 7 days. Late trips won't be paid until the following month.\n\nCommuting from home to your first job site is still not reimbursed (unchanged).\n\nQ&A from last week's managers' call:\n- A tech heard the rate would be 72 cents. That was an early draft; the final rate is 68 cents.\n- Will we switch to a car allowance? Still being discussed, no decision. Don't share yet.\n- The FieldPay app update with GPS logging comes in January, not ready yet.\n\nExample in the memo: a tech who drives 200 business miles in a week gets 200 x $0.68 = $136.00.\n\nOps note: techs mostly read texts between calls, keep it short.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":45},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 45 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"3 sentences, each under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Burying the rate","why":"The AI opens with \"Hi team, quick update on...\" before the number.","fix":"Add: \"No greeting. First sentence: 68 cents per mile starting Dec 1.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Copying the memo's example","why":"The AI reuses the 200-mile example instead of the one you asked for.","fix":"Add: \"Example: 120 miles x $0.68 = $81.60.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Adding extras","why":"The AI adds a sign-off or mentions the car allowance or the 72-cent rumor to be thorough.","fix":"Add: \"End with where to log trips. No sign-off, rumor, car allowance or GPS update.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Formatting a text","why":"Bold and headings show up as symbols in a group text.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text only.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Leads with the rate","patterns":["first","lead with","start with","68"]},{"label":"Asks for the 120-mile example","patterns":["120","example"]},{"label":"Leaves out undecided items","patterns":["rumor","72","allowance","not decided","undecided"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]},{"label":"Mentions where to log","patterns":["fieldpay","log","7 days"]}],"hint":"A text read between service calls needs the number first. Tell the AI the order, the exact example, and what's not ready to share.","rubricLabels":["The text opens directly with the new rate of 68 cents per mile and the December 1 start date, with no greeting (like 'Hi team') before it","Includes a worked example for 120 miles: 120 x $0.68 = $81.60 (not the memo's 200-mile example)","The last sentence says to log trips in FieldPay within 7 days, there's no sign-off, and it doesn't mention 72 cents, a car allowance or the GPS update"]}