{"id":"mkt-x-board-quarter-metric-lines","track":"marketing","audience":"nonprofit","category":"data","technique":"format","title":"Report quarter-over-quarter metrics to the board with the math","free":false,"task":"You're preparing the marketing slide for Cedar Valley Food Co-op's board meeting. Write exactly 3 numbered lines in the shape Metric: this quarter vs. last quarter (change), showing the change as a number and a percent. Use the corrected newsletter count, and reply with only the plain-text list.","materialLabel":"Quarterly numbers (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"CEDAR VALLEY FOOD CO-OP - Q3 vs Q2 marketing numbers\n\nNew member sign-ups: Q2 200, Q3 250\nNewsletter subscribers (end of quarter): Q2 4,000, Q3 4,600\n  -> CORRECTION (Oct 4): Q3 count included 200 duplicate emails from a list import. Real Q3 is 4,400.\nInstagram followers: Q2 2,500, Q3 2,750\n\nBoard format (from the treasurer):\n- Show change as number and percent, rounded to whole percent\n- Example: \"Volunteers: 60 vs. 50 (+10, +20%)\"\n\nNotes:\n- Don't add website traffic; analytics broke in August and the numbers are wrong.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Missing the correction","why":"The newsletter's 4,600 includes duplicates.","fix":"Add: \"Q3 newsletter is 4,400 after removing duplicates.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Number or percent only","why":"The AI gives one kind of change, not both.","fix":"Show it: \"Volunteers: 60 vs. 50 (+10, +20%).\"","checks":["r0","r2"]},{"title":"Adding broken data","why":"Website traffic is a common board metric, so the AI adds it.","fix":"Add: \"No website traffic.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Getting a table","why":"The AI builds a markdown table with bold headers.","fix":"Add: \"Exactly 3 numbered lines, plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the correction","patterns":["4,?400","correct","duplicate"]},{"label":"Shows number and percent","patterns":["number and percent","\\+\\d","percent"]},{"label":"Sets the line shape","patterns":["vs\\.? last quarter","metric:","this quarter"]},{"label":"Skips broken data","patterns":["website","traffic"]},{"label":"Asks for only the list","patterns":["only the (numbered )?list","no (intro|notes|explanation)","nothing else","plain text"]}],"hint":"Board slides need the math visible and the numbers right. Point the AI to the correction and show it one finished line.","rubricLabels":["New member sign-ups show 250 vs. 200 (+50, +25%) and Instagram shows 2,750 vs. 2,500 (+250, +10%)","Newsletter uses the corrected 4,400 vs. 4,000 (+400, +10%), never 4,600 or +15%","Each line follows Metric: this quarter vs. last quarter (change), there's no website traffic line, and the reply is only the numbered list"]}