{"id":"off-fact-check-move-notice","audience":"office","category":"fact-checking","technique":"verification","title":"Check an AI-written move notice against the real memo","free":false,"task":"An AI tool drafted the office move announcement below. A coworker says it has 3 mistakes compared with the facilities memo, but not which ones. Before it goes to 60 people, get exactly 3 numbered lines, one per mistake, each saying what the draft says and what the memo says (or that the memo doesn't mention it). Put any deadline mistake first, since people act on deadlines. Plain text, under 60 words, no rewritten announcement and no intro.","materialLabel":"Facilities memo and AI draft (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"FACILITIES MEMO (source of truth)\nMove: from 18 Mill Road to 400 Harbor Street, Suite 1200 (12th floor).\nCorrection, Nov 3: an earlier version of this memo said Suite 1400. The correct suite is 1200.\nPacking crates arrive at desks on Mon Jan 5.\nPack your desk by 3pm Thu Jan 8. Movers start Fri Jan 9.\nFirst day in the new office: Mon Jan 12.\nParking: old parking passes stop working Jan 9. At Harbor Street, get your parking validated at the front desk.\nQuestions: ask Rosa in Facilities.\n\n---\nAI DRAFT ANNOUNCEMENT\nSubject: We're moving!\n\nHi team,\n\nBig news: we're moving to 400 Harbor Street, Suite 1400! Packing crates will arrive at your desk on Monday, January 5. Please have your desk packed by 5pm on Friday, January 9, so the movers can get started. Our first day in the new office is Monday, January 12, and we'll celebrate with a free catered lunch for everyone. Note that your old parking pass stops working on January 9. At Harbor Street, the front desk will validate your parking. Questions? Ask Rosa in Facilities.\n\nSee you at Harbor Street!","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":60},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking to \"check this\"","why":"The AI writes a long review with headings, extra notes and often a full rewrite you didn't ask for.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 3 numbered lines, one per mistake. Don't rewrite it.\"","checks":["numberedItems","r2"]},{"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":"Set the shape instead: \"Each line: Draft says X; memo says Y. Under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Only hunting for contradictions","why":"The AI checks facts that clash with the memo but can let an invented extra, like a free lunch, slide by.","fix":"Add: \"Also flag anything in the draft the memo doesn't mention.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not saying what matters most","why":"The AI lists mistakes in the order they appear, so the deadline people must act on isn't first.","fix":"Add: \"Put any deadline mistake first.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Forgetting the format","why":"AI bolds labels and adds headings, which you then have to clean up.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold or headings, no intro.\"","checks":["plainText","r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the memo as the source","patterns":["memo","source of truth","compare|against|check"]},{"label":"Catches invented details","patterns":["doesn'?t mention|not in the memo|isn'?t in the memo|made.?up|invent|extra"]},{"label":"Puts the deadline first","patterns":["deadline.{0,20}first","first.{0,30}deadline"]},{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,20}(lines|mistakes|errors|items)","numbered"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"Tell the AI exactly what counts as a mistake (including details the memo never mentions), what to put first, and what shape each line should take.","rubricLabels":["Catches all 3 mistakes (Suite 1400 instead of 1200; packing by 5pm Fri Jan 9 instead of 3pm Thu Jan 8; the free catered lunch, which the memo doesn't mention) and flags nothing the draft gets right (street address, crates on Jan 5, first day Jan 12, parking, Rosa)","The first line is the packing deadline mistake (draft: 5pm Fri Jan 9; memo: 3pm Thu Jan 8)","Each line says what the draft says and what the memo says (or that the memo doesn't mention it), with no rewritten announcement and no intro or closing line"]}