{"id":"job-search-week","audience":"job-seekers","category":"planning","technique":"constraints","title":"Turn a messy to-do list into a 5-day job search plan","free":false,"task":"Plan next week's job search from your to-do dump, to print and stick on the fridge: exactly 5 numbered lines, Monday to Friday, under 90 words total, plain text. Respect your fixed commitments, meet the real application deadline (it changed), and don't add tasks that aren't on your list. Output only the 5 lines. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your to-do dump (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"job stuff next week (Nov 10-14), in no order:\n\n- finish Brightline Bank teller application (posting says it closes Fri 11/14)\n   -> UPDATE: recruiter emailed, it now closes WED 11/12 at 5 pm!!\n- mock interview with Aunt Rosa. She's only free Thursday\n- update my LinkedIn headline\n- follow up with Dev at Pinecrest Dental (applied 2 weeks ago, no reply)\n- career fair at Riverside Community College, Monday 10 am - 2 pm\n- my shift at the cafe Tuesday 7 am - 3 pm. Wiped out after, no job stuff that day\n- ask Coach Miller to be a reference\n- watch that 20-min video on salary negotiation\n- buy printer ink?? (maybe not, can print at library)\n- Mom says I should \"just walk in and hand out resumes\" lol no\n\nNotes to self: I do my best work in the morning. I want one easy-ish day before the weekend. Don't overload Monday, the fair takes most of the day.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":90},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Missing the changed deadline","why":"The AI sees \"closes Fri 11/14\" first and may plan the application for Thursday or Friday.","fix":"Add: \"The Brightline application now closes Wednesday at 5 pm. Schedule it by then.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Ignoring fixed commitments","why":"The AI spreads tasks evenly across the week, so your work day and Aunt Rosa's only free day get overlooked.","fix":"List the fixed points: \"Tuesday is my cafe shift, no tasks. Career fair Monday. Mock interview Thursday.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Getting a full planner page","why":"AI builds time blocks, headings and bonus tips, which won't fit on a fridge.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 5 numbered lines, one per weekday, plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 90 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead, like \"each line under 15 words,\" so the total lands near 70.","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Letting the AI add tasks","why":"The AI pads the plan with its own ideas, like networking events or \"research companies.\"","fix":"Add: \"Use only tasks from my list. Output only the 5 lines.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says the shape","patterns":["\\b(5|five)\\b.{0,20}(lines|numbered|days|items)","one (line )?per (week)?day"]},{"label":"Names the fixed commitments","patterns":["tuesday","shift","thursday","aunt rosa"]},{"label":"Uses the new deadline","patterns":["wednesday","wed","deadline","update"]},{"label":"Keeps to your list","patterns":["only.{0,25}(list|tasks)","don't add","do not add","no (new|extra) tasks"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"The AI doesn't know which plans are fixed or which note is newest. Tell it the shape, the commitments it can't move, the real deadline, and to stick to your list.","rubricLabels":["The Brightline Bank application is scheduled on Wednesday or earlier (not Thursday or Friday)","Tuesday has no job-search tasks (the cafe shift), the career fair is on Monday, and the mock interview with Aunt Rosa is on Thursday","Output is only the 5 day lines: no intro, tips, or closing note, and no tasks that aren't in the to-do list (such as networking events or walking in to hand out resumes)"]}