{"id":"life-fl-credit-card-statement-facts","audience":"freelancers","category":"everyday-life","track":"life","technique":"format","title":"Pull the four numbers that matter from a card statement","free":false,"task":"Your credit card statement is long and you want just the facts. Get exactly 4 numbered lines in plain text, under 60 words, each with its label: 1. Due date (use the updated one); 2. Statement balance; 3. Interest charged this month; 4. Promo rate ends. No advice about paying or other cards. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your card statement (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"SUMMIT REWARDS VISA - MONTHLY STATEMENT (fictional)\nCardholder: Tessa Park | Account ending 3309\nStatement closing date: Oct 28, 2026\n\nACCOUNT SUMMARY\nPrevious balance ........................ $2,140.00\nPayments ................................ -$500.00\nPurchases ............................... +$860.40\nInterest charged ........................ +$31.62\nFees .................................... $0.00\nNew balance (statement balance) ......... $2,532.02\n\nMinimum payment due: $40.00\nPayment due date: Nov 22, 2026\n\nPROMOTIONAL BALANCE\nBalance transfer at 0% APR: $1,200.00 of the new balance\nPromotional rate expires: Jan 31, 2027. After that, the purchase APR of 24.99% applies.\n\nIMPORTANT NOTICE: Starting with this statement, your payment due date has moved to the 25th of each month. Your payment for this statement is due Nov 25, 2026.\n\nMINIMUM PAYMENT WARNING: If you make only the minimum payment each period, you will pay more in interest and it will take longer to pay off your balance.\n\nMy note: friend says the minimum payment is always enough.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":60},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Missing the date change","why":"The AI quotes Nov 22 from the summary and misses the notice below.","fix":"Add: \"Use the updated due date from the notice.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not naming the lines","why":"The AI summarizes the whole statement in paragraphs.","fix":"Show it: \"Exactly 4 numbered lines like: 1. Due date: [date]\".","checks":["r1","numberedItems","plainText"]},{"title":"Getting payment advice","why":"The AI tells you to pay in full or echoes the minimum-payment idea.","fix":"Add: \"Facts only, no advice.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 60 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"each line under 10 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the updated due date","patterns":["updated","nov(ember)? 25","notice","moved"]},{"label":"Names each line","patterns":["due date","statement balance","interest","promo"]},{"label":"Rules out advice","patterns":["no advice","facts only"]},{"label":"Sets the number of lines","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,20}(lines?|numbered|items?|steps?)"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"Statements repeat numbers in several places. Tell the AI exactly which four facts you want, with labels, and which date is current.","rubricLabels":["Line 1 gives the due date as Nov 25, 2026 (the updated date, not Nov 22)","Line 2 gives the statement balance as $2,532.02 and line 3 gives interest charged as $31.62","Line 4 gives the promo rate end as Jan 31, 2027, and the answer gives no advice about how much to pay"]}