{"id":"mgr-draft-announcement-feedback","audience":"managers","category":"writing-feedback","technique":"context","title":"Get pointed feedback on a touchy team announcement","free":false,"task":"You drafted a Slack message telling your team about new in-office days. A layoff rumor is going around another department, so your team is jumpy, and most of them only read the first line. Get exactly 3 numbered suggestions, each quoting the exact words to change from your draft and giving a replacement, and one must fix the opening line, which could sound like layoffs. Plain text, under 150 words, no rewrite of the whole message, and no facts beyond your fact sheet.","materialLabel":"Your draft, fact sheet and context (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"MY DRAFT (to #design-team)\nHi all, big changes are coming to how our team works. Leadership has been thinking a lot about how we collaborate, and in order to unlock cross-functional synergies and drive alignment, we are moving toward a more intentional in-person model. Effective soon, everyone will be expected to be in the office more. I know this is a shift. Let me know if you have concerns, my door is always open.\n\nFACT SHEET (from HR, final)\n- In-office days: Tuesday and Thursday.\n- Starts: Tuesday, Jan 6.\n- Applies to everyone on the design team. No changes to roles or headcount.\n- Parking in the Elm St garage is free on in-office days.\n- Exceptions: talk to your manager by Dec 15.\n\nCONTEXT\n- Last month the sales department announced layoffs in a message that opened with \"big changes are coming\". People noticed.\n- My team skims Slack. Most people read the first line and maybe the second.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":150},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking for \"feedback\"","why":"The AI returns a long critique with headings and a dozen points.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 3 numbered suggestions. Plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","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 part instead: \"Quote at most 12 words, and keep each replacement under 20 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Leaving out the context","why":"The AI doesn't know about the layoff rumor, so it may even praise the punchy opening line.","fix":"Add: \"My team is worried about layoffs. One suggestion must fix the opening line.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Getting vague advice","why":"The AI says things like 'make it clearer', which you can't act on.","fix":"Add: \"Quote the exact words to change and give the replacement.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Getting a full rewrite","why":"The AI rewrites the whole message and fills gaps with details it made up.","fix":"Add: \"Don't rewrite the whole message. Use only facts from the fact sheet.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the context","patterns":["layoff","rumou?r","worried|nervous|jumpy|anxious"]},{"label":"Limits the suggestions","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,15}(suggestion|change|edit|fix)"]},{"label":"Asks for exact quotes","patterns":["quote","exact words","replace"]},{"label":"Says no full rewrite","patterns":["(don'?t|do not|no|not) rewrite","whole message"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"The AI can't see what your team is worried about. Tell it the situation, which line matters most, and the exact shape you want each suggestion in.","rubricLabels":["One suggestion targets the opening line ('big changes are coming to how our team works') and its replacement says plainly that this is about in-office days, without alarming wording","Each of the 3 suggestions quotes words that actually appear in the draft and gives a specific replacement (not general advice like 'be clearer')","Does not rewrite the whole message, and every fact in the replacements comes from the fact sheet (no invented dates, perks or policies)"]}