{"id":"legal-negotiation-prep-approval-memo","audience":"legal","category":"legal-compliance","track":"legal","level":"advanced","technique":"context","title":"Sort stakeholder asks by who must approve them","free":false,"task":"Write a prep memo for the legal manager using exactly these three headings in order: ## Within playbook, ## Needs approval, ## Questions for counsel. Sort each stakeholder ask by the playbook ladder and name the approver in Needs approval. Under 190 words. Questions for counsel are questions only. Do not advise accepting or refusing any ask, and do not say what the law requires.","materialLabel":"Your material (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"PLAYBOOK LADDER (reference)\nLiability cap: preferred 12 months of fees; fallback down to 6 months needs no approval; below 6 months needs General Counsel.\nPayment terms: preferred Net 30; fallback up to Net 45 needs no approval; beyond Net 45 needs Finance Director.\nRenewal price increase: up to 5% needs no approval; above 5% needs the legal manager.\n\nSTAKEHOLDER ASKS for the Pinecrest deal\n- Sales (Alma): accept Pinecrest's liability cap of 3 months of fees to close this quarter.\n- Procurement (Raj): accept Net 60 payment because cash flow is tight for the supplier.\n- Finance (Karl): accept a 4% price increase at renewal.\n- Operations (Dee): wants clarity on what \"reasonable support hours\" means in the draft.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":190}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Exact headings","patterns":["## within playbook","## needs approval"]},{"label":"Ladder","patterns":["ladder","playbook"]},{"label":"Names approver","patterns":["approver","general counsel"]},{"label":"Questions only","patterns":["questions only"]},{"label":"No advice","patterns":["do not advise","accepting or refusing"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Over-escalating","why":"The AI sends the 4% increase for approval.","fix":"Say: \"Apply the ladder; asks inside the fallback need no approval.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong approver","why":"The AI sends the cap to the Finance Director.","fix":"Say: \"Name the approver from the playbook for each ask.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Taking sides","why":"The AI recommends accepting Alma's cap to close.","fix":"Say: \"Do not advise accepting or refusing any ask.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong headings","why":"The AI invents its own sections.","fix":"Say: \"Use exactly these three headings in order.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI runs long.","fix":"Say: \"Each bullet under 18 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"hint":"Give the three headings, tell it to apply the ladder and name approvers, and keep questions as questions.","mission":"Sort stakeholder asks by playbook and approver.","musts":["Three exact headings","Right approver per ask","No accept or refuse advice"],"rubricLabels":["Has exactly the headings ## Within playbook, ## Needs approval, ## Questions for counsel in that order","Places Karl's 4% increase in Within playbook, Alma's 3-month cap in Needs approval with General Counsel, and Raj's Net 60 in Needs approval with Finance Director","Questions for counsel are questions only (such as what reasonable support hours means), and the memo does not advise accepting or refusing any ask or say what the law requires"]}