{"id":"mkt-x-saas-newsletter-whats-new","track":"marketing","audience":"product-managers","category":"writing-emails","technique":"grounding","title":"Write a newsletter what's-new section with only shipped features","free":false,"task":"You're the PM writing the \"What's new\" section of Tasklark's monthly customer newsletter. Write at most 3 bullets, each starting with the feature name followed by a colon and each under 20 words. Include only features that are live for all customers now, not the one rolled back or the one in beta. Plain text, no heading or intro.","materialLabel":"Release notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"TASKLARK - October releases (for the Nov newsletter)\n\nShipped to everyone:\n- Recurring tasks: set any task to repeat daily, weekly or monthly (Oct 3)\n- Calendar export: send your due dates to Google or Outlook calendar (Oct 10)\n- Bulk edit: change due dates or owners on up to 50 tasks at once (Oct 24)\n\nRolled back:\n- Dark mode shipped Oct 17, ROLLED BACK Oct 19 (contrast bug in charts). Back \"soon\", no date. Do not announce.\n\nBeta (10% of accounts, invite only):\n- AI task summaries. Not for the newsletter - most readers can't see it and support gets confused tickets.\n\nInternal:\n- Moved to new servers, 30% faster page loads in our tests. Engineering says don't publish the % until it's measured on real traffic.\n\nNewsletter audience: team admins at small companies. They skim. Last month's section was 6 paragraphs and got almost no clicks.","rules":[{"type":"maxBullets","max":3},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking for \"a what's new section\"","why":"The AI writes paragraphs with a heading and a sign-off.","fix":"Set the shape: \"At most 3 bullets, each Feature name: one sentence.\"","checks":["maxBullets","r0"]},{"title":"Announcing everything","why":"Dark mode and AI summaries are exciting, so the AI includes them.","fix":"Add: \"Only features live for everyone. No dark mode, no AI summaries.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Publishing internal numbers","why":"The 30% speedup is a nice stat, and the AI uses it.","fix":"Add: \"Skip the server move and any speed numbers.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Getting formatting","why":"The AI bolds feature names and adds a heading.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no heading.\"","checks":["plainText","r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Limits the bullets","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,15}bullet","bullet.{0,20}\\b(3|three)\\b"]},{"label":"Sets the bullet shape","patterns":["feature name","colon"]},{"label":"Only shipped features","patterns":["shipped","live for (all|every)","dark mode","beta","rolled back"]},{"label":"Skips internal numbers","patterns":["internal","30%","server"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no heading"]}],"hint":"Release notes mix shipped, rolled back and beta work. Tell the AI which ones count and the exact shape of each bullet.","rubricLabels":["Each bullet starts with a feature name followed by a colon (such as 'Recurring tasks:') and is under 20 words","Covers only recurring tasks, calendar export and bulk edit; never mentions dark mode or AI task summaries","Doesn't mention the server move or 30% faster loads, and has no heading, intro line or closing line"]}