{"id":"lead-standup-notes-weekly-update-synthesis","audience":"managers","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"intermediate","technique":"audience","title":"Synthesize five standup notes into a weekly update for your director","free":false,"task":"Combine five standup notes into one weekly update for your director, Miriam. Plain text, under 120 words. Format: a first line stating the status as one word (Green, Amber or Red) per the rule in the notes; then Shipped: with one sentence; At risk: with one sentence naming the person's task but not the person; Need from you: with one ask. Use the latest note when they disagree.","materialLabel":"Standup notes and rule (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Status rule: Green = all committed items on track; Amber = one item at risk but the deadline holds; Red = a deadline will be missed.\n\nMon (Kira): finished the invoice export; testing the tax rounding fix, due Wed.\nMon (Jonas): customer portal search is on track for release Friday.\nTue (Pia): dashboard load time still slow; I think I can fix it by Thursday, maybe Friday.\nWed (Kira): tax rounding fix passed testing and shipped Wed 3 pm.\nThu (Pia): dashboard fix is harder than expected; new estimate next Tuesday. The release date is Friday Dec 6, and the dashboard is part of it.\nThu (Jonas): search release is Friday as planned.\nNeed: Miriam to decide whether to ship without the dashboard fix or delay the release to Dec 10. Decision by Friday morning.\n\nKira's cat is sick (irrelevant).","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":120},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Missing shipped items","why":"The AI skips what shipped.","fix":"Say: \"Shipped: name what was completed this week.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong color","why":"The AI says Amber.","fix":"Say: \"Apply the rule: a missed deadline is Red.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Naming the person","why":"The AI writes 'Pia is struggling'.","fix":"Say: \"Name the task, not the person.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Using the old estimate","why":"The AI says the fix lands Thursday.","fix":"Say: \"Use Thursday's note: next Tuesday.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"No clear ask","why":"The AI ends with a status.","fix":"Say: \"Need from you: the decision and deadline.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI uses bullets.","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 line: \"each line under 28 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":"Status word","patterns":["one word","green","amber","red"]},{"label":"Labels","patterns":["shipped:","at risk:","need from you"]},{"label":"Latest","patterns":["latest","most recent"]},{"label":"No names","patterns":["not the person","don'?t name"]},{"label":"Plain","patterns":["plain text"]}],"hint":"Give the line layout, apply the status rule, and tell it which note wins.","rubricLabels":["The first line is one word, Red, because the dashboard fix will miss the Friday Dec 6 release deadline","Shipped: names the invoice export and the tax rounding fix shipped Wednesday","At risk: describes the dashboard load-time fix with the new estimate of next Tuesday without naming Pia, and Need from you: asks Miriam to decide between shipping without the fix or delaying to Dec 10 by Friday morning"]}