{"id":"par-summer-camp-compare","audience":"parents","category":"decisions","technique":"context","title":"Compare summer camps on real cost and pickup time","free":false,"task":"You're choosing a summer day camp for both kids, Nora (9) and Sam (6). You and your partner both work until 5:15, so the earliest either of you can pick up is 5:45, and the camp must cover that. Send your partner exactly 3 numbered lines, one per camp, each with the real weekly cost for both kids (or why it doesn't work), then a last line starting \"Pick:\" with the cheapest camp that works. Under 90 words, plain text. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Camp info you collected (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"CAMP PINECREST (flyer)\nAges 5-12. Mon-Fri, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.\n$310 per child per week.\nSibling discount: 10% off the second child's camp fee (not aftercare).\nAftercare until 6:00 pm: $60 per child per week.\nLunch: bring your own.\n\nLAKESIDE DAY CAMP (website)\nAges 6-11. Mon-Fri, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.\n$275 per child per week.\nExtended day until 5:30 pm: $40 per child per week.\nSwimming every day! Hot lunch included.\n\nRIVERBEND YMCA SUMMER CAMP (printed brochure)\nAges 5-12. Mon-Fri, 7:30 am - 6:00 pm, all day included.\n$295 per child per week.\nField trips on Fridays.\n\nEmail from Riverbend YMCA (Oct 30):\n\"Thanks for your interest! Please note the brochure you picked up lists last summer's rate. Our rate for this summer is $375 per child per week. No sibling discount this year. Registration opens Jan 15.\"\n\nNotes from the playground:\n- Priya says Lakeside counselors are \"amazing\" and her kids loved it.\n- Heard Pinecrest might be raising prices? Not sure.\n- Sam really wants a camp with swimming.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":90},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Leaving out your pickup time","why":"The AI only knows what the camps say. It can't know you can't get there before 5:45, so it calls Lakeside cheapest.","fix":"Tell it: \"We can't pick up before 5:45. Rule out any camp that ends earlier.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Missing the rate update","why":"The brochure price looks like a bargain, and the AI often uses it instead of the YMCA's later email.","fix":"Add: \"Use Riverbend's Oct 30 email rate, not the brochure.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not showing the math","why":"The AI skips the sibling discount or the aftercare, and you can't see where it went wrong.","fix":"Ask for it: \"Show each cost like '$310 + $279 + $120 = $709'.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Asking \"which camp is best?\"","why":"The AI writes a long pros-and-cons essay with headings, weighs swimming and reviews, and hedges the pick.","fix":"Say the shape: \"3 numbered lines, then a last line starting 'Pick:'. Plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText","r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 90 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each line instead: \"each line under 20 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives your pickup time","patterns":["5:45","5:15","pick ?up","work until"]},{"label":"Says it's for two kids","patterns":["both kids","two kids","2 kids","nora","sibling"]},{"label":"Uses the rate update","patterns":["update","email","375","brochure","latest"]},{"label":"Ends with a clear pick","patterns":["pick:","last line","final line","end with"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no table","no markdown","text message"]}],"hint":"The AI only knows what's in the flyers, not your workday. Tell it the facts about your family that decide the answer, and point it at the newest prices.","rubricLabels":["Rules out Lakeside Day Camp because its extended day ends at 5:30, before the 5:45 earliest pickup, and does not pick it","Gives the correct weekly costs for both kids: Pinecrest $709 ($310 + $279 after the 10% sibling discount + $120 aftercare) and Riverbend $750 (the updated $375 rate x 2, not the old $295)","The last line, after the 3 numbered lines, starts \"Pick:\" and picks Camp Pinecrest, and no rumors or opinions (Priya's praise, the possible Pinecrest price rise, Sam wanting swimming) are used as reasons"]}