{"id":"mgr-x-okr-progress-update","audience":"managers","category":"summarizing","track":"productivity","technique":"format","title":"Report quarterly key result progress in three lines","free":false,"task":"Your skip-level manager wants a mid-quarter check on your team's key results. Write exactly 3 numbered lines in the form 'Key result: current vs target - On track or At risk', plain text, under 60 words, with any At risk line first. Use the latest figure for each, and add no explanations beyond the status.","materialLabel":"Your tracking notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Q2 key results - Customer Support (week 6 of 13)\n\nKR1: First reply time under 4 hours (median).\n- Week 4: 5.1 hours. Week 6: 3.8 hours. On track.\n\nKR2: CSAT at or above 90%.\n- Week 6: 91%. On track.\n\nKR3: Help center deflection at 30% (share of visitors who don't open a ticket).\n- Week 4: 26%. Week 6: 27%.\n  Note from analyst: at this pace we'd hit about 28% by quarter end. At risk.\n\nContext:\n- The new hire started in week 5, which helped reply time.\n- Two help articles got rewritten last week; too early to see impact.\n\nSkip-level (Mara) asked: \"Status per KR, at-risk first, no essays.\"","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":60},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking for 'a progress update'","why":"The AI writes paragraphs per KR with context and headings.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 3 numbered lines 'KR: current vs target - status'. 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 line instead: \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Keeping the notes' order","why":"The AI lists KR1 to KR3, so the risk lands last.","fix":"Add: \"Put the At risk key result first.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Using older figures","why":"Week 4 numbers are in the notes, and the AI may use them.","fix":"Add: \"Use week 6 figures.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Adding explanations","why":"The AI explains every number, which Mara didn't ask for.","fix":"Add: \"Status only, no explanations.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Puts the risk first","patterns":["at risk first","risk.{0,15}first","first"]},{"label":"Uses the latest figures","patterns":["week 6","latest","current"]},{"label":"Shows the line shape","patterns":["vs target","on track","at risk"]},{"label":"Bans explanations","patterns":["no explanation","status only","no (essays|context)"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"Mid-quarter checks are about status, risk first. Give the AI the line shape, the order, the latest figures, and tell it to skip explanations.","rubricLabels":["Line 1 is the help center deflection key result at 27% vs 30% - At risk","The other lines are first reply time 3.8 hours vs under 4 hours - On track (not 5.1) and CSAT 91% vs 90% - On track","No line adds explanations or context (no new hire, article rewrites, or pace projection), and there is no intro or closing"]}