{"id":"life-job-unemployment-letter","audience":"job-seekers","category":"everyday-life","track":"life","technique":"format","title":"Pull the must-do steps from an unemployment letter","free":false,"task":"You applied for unemployment benefits and got a dense letter back. Get only the things you must do, as numbered lines sorted by deadline, each like \"1. By Nov 14: Do X\", with the weekly benefit amount on a final line starting \"Weekly benefit:\". Use the amended amount. Under 80 words, plain text, no advice. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"The benefits letter (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"STATE DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SERVICES (fictional)\nNOTICE OF MONETARY DETERMINATION\nClaimant: Devon Hale | Claim date: 10/27/2026\n\nBased on wages reported in your base period, you are monetarily eligible for unemployment benefits.\nWeekly benefit amount: $412\nMaximum benefit amount: $10,712 (26 weeks)\n\nWHAT YOU NEED TO DO\n- Complete your online identity verification by 11/10/2026. If you do not, payments will be held.\n- File a weekly claim every Sunday through Wednesday for each week you want to be paid.\n- Register with the state job board (JobLink) within 14 days of your claim date, by 11/10/2026.\n- Attend a mandatory Reemployment Orientation. Your session: Tuesday 11/18/2026, 9:00 AM, online.\n- Keep a record of at least 3 work search contacts each week.\n\nIf you disagree with this determination, you may file an appeal within 21 days of the mailing date (mailed 10/30/2026).\n\nOffice hours: Mon-Fri 8 AM to 5 PM. This notice is available in other languages on request.\n\nAMENDED DETERMINATION (mailed 11/3/2026): After receiving additional wage information from a prior employer, your weekly benefit amount is $448. Your maximum benefit amount is $11,648.\n\nMy note: friend says you don't actually have to go to the orientation.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":80},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the first amount","why":"The AI quotes $412 from the top and misses the amended determination.","fix":"Add: \"Use the amended weekly benefit, $448.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Summarizing the whole notice","why":"The AI explains appeals, office hours and base periods instead of what you must do.","fix":"Say: \"Only the things I must do, sorted by deadline. Skip appeals and office hours.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"Not showing the line shape","why":"The AI writes paragraphs, so deadlines are easy to miss.","fix":"Show it: \"Format each like: 1. By Nov 10: Verify identity online\".","checks":["r2","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 80 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"each line under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the amended amount","patterns":["amend","\\$?448","updated"]},{"label":"Asks for must-dos only","patterns":["must do","to.?dos?","only (the )?(things|steps)","action"]},{"label":"Sorts by deadline","patterns":["sort","by (deadline|date)","order"]},{"label":"Shows the line shape","patterns":["by \\w+ \\d+:","like:?","format"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"The AI treats every paragraph as equally important. Tell it you want only your to-dos by deadline, which amount is current, and show it one line.","rubricLabels":["The final line starts \"Weekly benefit:\" and gives the amended $448 (not $412)","Lists the dated must-dos sorted by deadline: identity verification and JobLink registration by Nov 10, then the orientation on Nov 18, and includes the orientation as required","Puts each dated task on its own numbered line that starts with its date, and leaves out office hours, languages and the appeal section"]}