{"id":"lead-rag-line-per-project-one-line","audience":"product-managers","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"beginner","technique":"format","title":"Write a one-line RAG status for each project with a reason","free":false,"task":"Write the weekly status for your VP: exactly 4 numbered lines, one per project, in the format: 1. Project - Green/Amber/Red - reason in under 12 words. Use the status rules in this task: Red = a date is already missed or blocked more than 5 days; Amber = at risk but dates hold; Green = on track. Use only the notes and the latest information.","materialLabel":"Project notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Project notes, Friday\n\nApollo (checkout rewrite): Launch is Nov 22. Two bugs open, both fixed by Monday. Testing on schedule.\nBirch (data export): Waiting on legal sign-off since Oct 28. Launch date was Nov 15; now no date. Blocked.\nCobalt (onboarding revamp): On schedule, though design might ask for one more round. Review Tuesday. Launch Dec 3.\nDune (partner API): Update Thursday evening: the partner delivered their test keys, which unblocks us. Earlier this week I wrote it was blocked for 6 days. Launch Dec 10 still holds.\n\nAlso: team lunch is Friday.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":110}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Wrong format","why":"The AI writes a table or a paragraph.","fix":"Say: \"Format each line like: 1. Project - Status - reason.\"","checks":["r0","numberedItems"]},{"title":"Using the stale status","why":"The AI marks Dune Red from the early note.","fix":"Say: \"Use Thursday's update: Dune is unblocked.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Long reasons","why":"The AI writes full sentences.","fix":"Say: \"Reason under 12 words.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"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 line: \"each line 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":"Shows the line format","patterns":["1\\.\\s*project","format","like:"]},{"label":"States the status rules","patterns":["red","amber","green","rules?"]},{"label":"Uses latest info","patterns":["latest","update","newest"]},{"label":"Limits the reason","patterns":["under \\d+ words"]},{"label":"Output only lines","patterns":["only","no intro"]}],"hint":"Show the line format literally, give the red/amber/green rules, and say which information wins.","rubricLabels":["Each line follows the format \"N. Project - Status - reason\" with the four projects Apollo, Birch, Cobalt and Dune in order","Birch is Red, Apollo and Cobalt are not Red, and Dune is not Red because the keys arrived (latest information)","Every reason is under 12 words and comes from the notes, with no mention of the team lunch"]}