{"id":"life-par-school-letter-decode","audience":"parents","category":"everyday-life","track":"life","technique":"format","title":"Pull the to-dos and dates out of a school letter","free":false,"task":"Your child's school sent a long letter and you need to know what you actually have to do. Get only the things a parent must do, as numbered lines sorted by due date, each like \"1. Nov 14: Return the permission slip\". Use the updated field trip date, and leave out general information. End with the line \"Questions: call the office at 555-0163.\" Under 80 words, plain text. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"The school letter (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Willow Creek Elementary - Family Newsletter, November (fictional)\n\nDear 3rd Grade Families,\n\nWhat a wonderful fall it has been! Our students have been working hard on their multiplication facts and we are so proud of their progress. Thank you to everyone who came to the Harvest Festival.\n\nField Trip: Our class trip to the Grant County Science Museum will be on Friday, November 21. Please sign and return the permission slip by Friday, November 14. The cost is $12, payable by cash or check to Willow Creek PTA, due with the slip.\n\nPicture Retakes: Retakes are Tuesday, November 18. If you would like a retake, send back the original photo packet that morning.\n\nConferences: Parent-teacher conferences are the week of December 1. Sign-up links will go home on November 17. Please sign up by November 24.\n\nLibrary: The library is collecting gently used books for our book swap all month.\n\nReminder: Students should dress for outdoor recess as the weather gets cooler.\n\nWarmly,\nMs. Harper and Mr. Diaz\n\nUPDATE (stapled to the letter): Due to a scheduling conflict at the museum, the field trip has moved to Friday, December 5. Permission slips and payment are now due Monday, November 24. Questions: call the office at 555-0163.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":80},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Missing the stapled update","why":"The AI reads the letter body first and gives the old Nov 14 and Nov 21 dates.","fix":"Add: \"Use the stapled update's dates for the field trip.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Getting a summary instead of to-dos","why":"The AI summarizes the whole newsletter, festival and recess included.","fix":"Say: \"Only things a parent must do, nothing else.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not showing the line shape","why":"The AI groups by topic with headings, so dates are buried.","fix":"Show it: \"Sort by due date. Format each like: 1. Nov 14: Return the permission slip\".","checks":["r1","plainText"]},{"title":"No exact ending","why":"The AI ends with a friendly note or nothing at all.","fix":"Add: \"Last line exactly: Questions: call the office at 555-0163.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"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":"Asks for to-dos only","patterns":["to.?dos?","must do","action","only (the )?things"]},{"label":"Uses the update","patterns":["update","stapled","moved","dec(ember)? 5","new date"]},{"label":"Sorts by date","patterns":["sort","by (due )?date","order"]},{"label":"Shows the line shape","patterns":["like:?","format","nov \\d+:"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"School letters mix news with tasks. Tell the AI you only want what you must do, which dates are current, and show it one line.","rubricLabels":["Uses the updated dates: the permission slip and $12 are due Nov 24 (not Nov 14), and if it mentions the trip date it's Dec 5 (not Nov 21)","Lists only parent to-dos (permission slip and $12, picture retake packet Nov 18 if wanted, conference sign-up by Nov 24) as numbered lines sorted by due date, and leaves out general news like the festival, recess clothing and multiplication","The last line is exactly \"Questions: call the office at 555-0163.\""]}