{"id":"lead-standup-notes-done-next-blocked-slack","audience":"managers","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"beginner","technique":"format","title":"Turn rambling standup notes into a three-label Slack post","free":false,"task":"Write a Slack post from the standup notes in plain text with exactly three lines starting Done:, Next:, Blocked:. Each line is under 14 words. Blocked names what you need, from whom and by when. Leave out small talk and anything already finished last week. No emojis.","materialLabel":"Your standup notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Standup notes, Wed Oct 15 (Billing team)\n\nOkay so, funny story about the coffee machine. Anyway. Last week we shipped the invoice export (done, nobody needs to hear about it again). This week: the refund screen is finished and in review as of yesterday. Today I start the tax-rate settings page, probably done Friday. I'm stuck on one thing: I can't test the tax page without the sandbox keys from the Payments team, and Marcus said he'd send them but hasn't. I need them by end of day Thursday or Friday's date slips to Monday. Also I might take Friday afternoon off, not sure yet.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":50},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Including finished work","why":"The AI mentions the invoice export.","fix":"Say: \"Leave out anything already finished last week.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Vague blocker","why":"The AI says \"waiting on another team\".","fix":"Say: \"Blocked names what, from whom and by when.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Small talk","why":"The AI includes the coffee machine.","fix":"Say: \"Leave out small talk.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong labels","why":"The AI adds headings or bullets.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly three lines starting Done:, Next:, Blocked:.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds labels.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no emojis.\"","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":"Three labels","patterns":["done:","next:","blocked:"]},{"label":"Blocked has what, who, when","patterns":["what","from whom","by when"]},{"label":"Leave out finished work","patterns":["already finished","last week"]},{"label":"Caps length","patterns":["under 14 words"]},{"label":"Plain text","patterns":["plain text","no emojis"]}],"hint":"Name the three labels, say what Blocked must hold and what to leave out.","rubricLabels":["Has exactly three lines starting Done:, Next: and Blocked: in that order, each under 14 words","Done says the refund screen is finished and in review, and does not include last week's invoice export","Blocked says it needs the sandbox keys from the Payments team (Marcus) by end of day Thursday, and neither the coffee machine nor the Friday afternoon off appears"]}