{"id":"lead-quarter-priorities-three-sources-reconcile","audience":"managers","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"advanced","technique":"constraints","title":"Reconcile three sources into team priorities with a tie-break line","free":false,"task":"Pick the team's priorities using this rule: a topic becomes a priority only if at least two of the three sources support it. Write exactly 3 lines starting \"Priority:\", each with the topic and its sources in brackets like [CEO, Roadmap]. Then one line starting \"Needs a decision:\" that lists the topics supported by only one source. Plain text, under 70 words.","materialLabel":"Three sources (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Q1 team priorities - what each source says\n\nCEO email (Nov 4): \"Focus on reducing churn, fixing onboarding, and sorting out pricing before spring.\"\n\nRoadmap document (v3, Nov 10): Q1 items are churn reduction, the Launch X release and a partner portal pilot. (The partner portal pilot was moved to Q2 on Nov 12 in a comment.)\n\nTeam survey (Nov 14, top requests from 11 people): the Launch X release, fixing onboarding, and paying down tech debt.\n\nNote: the roadmap's partner portal pilot is in the roadmap's Q1 list, but the Nov 12 comment says it moved to Q2.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Counting a moved item","why":"The AI includes the partner portal pilot.","fix":"Say: \"Use the latest information: the pilot moved to Q2.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Including single-source topics","why":"The AI adds pricing or tech debt as priorities.","fix":"Say: \"A priority needs at least two sources.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"Missing source tags","why":"The AI lists topics without sources.","fix":"Say: \"Show sources in brackets like [CEO, Roadmap].\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong shape","why":"The AI writes a narrative.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly 3 Priority: lines then one Needs a decision: line.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds the topics.","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 part instead, for example: \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the line labels","patterns":["priority:","needs a decision:"]},{"label":"States the two-source rule","patterns":["at least two","two of the three"]},{"label":"Bracket format","patterns":["\\[ceo","brackets"]},{"label":"Uses latest info","patterns":["latest","moved"]},{"label":"Exactly three lines","patterns":["exactly 3","three lines"]}],"hint":"State the two-source rule, show the bracket format, and name the last line.","rubricLabels":["Has exactly three lines starting \"Priority:\" and one line starting \"Needs a decision:\" after them","The three priorities are churn reduction [CEO, Roadmap], onboarding [CEO, Team survey] and Launch X [Roadmap, Team survey], each with the correct two sources","The Needs a decision line lists pricing (CEO only) and tech debt (team survey only), and the partner portal pilot is not listed because it moved to Q2"]}