{"id":"ind-np-volunteer-reminder-text","audience":"nonprofit","category":"writing-emails","technique":"grounding","title":"Text volunteers a reminder with the new entrance","free":false,"task":"You're texting tomorrow's coat drive volunteers a reminder. Keep it under 40 words, plain text, no emojis and no greeting line: the start time and the new entrance first, then what to bring, then who to text if they're running late. Use the latest location update. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"The coordinator's notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"COAT DRIVE - Saturday Nov 15 - Eastside Neighbors Alliance (fictional)\nLocation: Pine Street Community Center, 410 Pine St\n\nVolunteer details:\n- Arrive 8:30 AM (doors open to the public at 9)\n- Bring: a reusable water bottle and comfortable shoes. Gloves for sorting are provided.\n- Wear your green volunteer shirt if you have one.\n- Running late? Text Monique at 555-0148.\n\nUPDATE (Fri 2 PM) from the center: main entrance on Pine St is closed for floor work. Volunteers use the side door on Elm Ave, next to the bike rack.\n\nOther notes:\n- 22 volunteers signed up.\n- Last year we gave out 640 coats.\n- Pizza for volunteers at noon from Tony's.\n- Parking lot is shared with the church; don't park in the reserved spots.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":40},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 40 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"3 sentences, each under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Opening with a greeting","why":"The AI starts with \"Hi volunteers! Thanks so much...\" and the time and door come later.","fix":"Add: \"No greeting. First sentence: 8:30 AM, side door on Elm Ave.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Listing everything","why":"The AI includes the pizza, the shirt and gloves, and the texts gets long.","fix":"Add: \"Bring: water bottle and comfortable shoes (gloves provided).\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Adding emojis and a sign-off","why":"AI texts to volunteers often end with emojis and \"See you there! - The Team\".","fix":"Add: \"End with: Running late? Text Monique at 555-0148. No emojis, no sign-off.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Ignoring where it will be pasted","why":"AI loves bold and headings, which show up as stray ** and # symbols in a text message.","fix":"Name the place and the format: \"For a text message. Plain text, no bold or headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the new entrance","patterns":["side door","elm","entrance","update"]},{"label":"Puts time and door first","patterns":["first sentence","lead with","start with","first"]},{"label":"Bans greeting and emojis","patterns":["no greeting","emoji","no sign-?off"]},{"label":"Says who to text","patterns":["monique","555-0148","running late"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"A reminder text gets a glance. Tell the AI what goes first, which location is current, and what to leave out.","rubricLabels":["The first sentence gives the 8:30 AM arrival and the side door on Elm Ave (next to the bike rack), with no greeting before it","Says to bring a water bottle and comfortable shoes and does not tell them to bring gloves","The last sentence says to text Monique at 555-0148 if running late, and there are no emojis and no sign-off"]}