{"id":"lead-promotion-announcement-email-hr-approved","audience":"managers","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"beginner","technique":"tone","title":"Announce a colleague's promotion with approved facts only","free":false,"task":"Announce Nadia Rao's promotion to your team in an email. Plain text, subject first, under 90 words. Subject exactly: Subject: Nadia Rao is our new Senior Analyst. Body: three sentences: the role and start date, one concrete contribution with a number, and a line inviting congratulations. Do not mention salary, other candidates, or reasons she was chosen over anyone. HR reviewed this wording: end with HR approved wording.","materialLabel":"Approved facts (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Promotion: Nadia Rao to Senior Analyst, effective Jan 6 (not Dec 1; HR moved it).\n\nContribution (verified): she built the churn dashboard that the whole company now uses; 62 people use it weekly.\nHer new scope: leads the analytics rotation and mentors two junior analysts.\nSalary: confidential.\nOther candidates: Tomas and Ibrahim also applied (do not mention).\nWhy chosen: panel feedback (private; do not mention).\nHer manager: Leah Fox.\nCongratulations can be sent to her directly or in the team channel #analytics.\nHR contact: people@orchardworks.example.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":90},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Old date","why":"The AI uses Dec 1.","fix":"Say: \"Effective Jan 6.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Mentioning other candidates","why":"The AI says she beat two others.","fix":"Say: \"No other candidates or panel feedback.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Missing the contribution number","why":"The AI says 'great work'.","fix":"Say: \"Give the 62 weekly users.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong ending","why":"The AI adds a sign-off.","fix":"Say: \"Last line exactly: HR approved wording.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text.\"","checks":["plainText"]},{"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 sentence: \"each under 22 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"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 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Exact subject","patterns":["subject","exactly"]},{"label":"Three sentences","patterns":["three sentences","3 sentences"]},{"label":"Number","patterns":["62"]},{"label":"Leaves out","patterns":["salary","candidates","chosen"]},{"label":"HR line","patterns":["hr approved wording"]}],"hint":"Give the exact subject and last line, the three sentences' jobs, and what to leave out.","rubricLabels":["Line 1 is exactly \"Subject: Nadia Rao is our new Senior Analyst\" and the first body sentence gives the role and start date Jan 6 (not Dec 1)","The second sentence cites the churn dashboard used weekly by 62 people and the third invites congratulations in #analytics or directly","It does not mention salary, other candidates or why she was chosen, and the last line is exactly \"HR approved wording\""]}