{"id":"pm-advisory-board-invite","audience":"product-managers","category":"writing-emails","track":"writing","technique":"context","title":"Invite customers to an advisory board session","free":false,"task":"You're inviting 6 customers to a product advisory session. Write the email with a 'Subject:' line naming the date, then a body under 100 words in total, plain text, with exactly 3 numbered details: when (with the time zone), what you'll ask of them, and what they get. Use the corrected time, and don't share the unreleased roadmap or other customers' names.","materialLabel":"Session plan (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Customer advisory session - Ledgerly, spring\n\nDate: Thursday, Apr 16. Time: 1:00-2:00pm ET, video.\n  UPDATE Apr 2: moved to 2:00-3:00pm ET (our VP has a board call at 1).\n\nInvitees (6): owners of small accounting firms. Each gets their own email.\nDon't name other invitees (some are competitors of each other).\n\nWhat we ask:\n- 15 minutes of prep: try the new invoice reminder settings in a test account we'll set up.\n- Join the 60-minute session and share honest feedback.\n\nWhat they get:\n- Early access to the new reminder settings.\n- A $100 gift card for their time.\n\nNot to share: the H2 roadmap slides (confidential); the session will cover reminders only.\nSender: Priya Shah, Product Manager. RSVP by Apr 9.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":100},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"No date in the subject","why":"The AI writes a generic subject like 'You're invited!' that gets lost.","fix":"Add: \"Subject line with the date, Thursday, Apr 16.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"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 part instead: \"each line under 18 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Using the old time","why":"1:00pm appears first, with the update below it.","fix":"Add: \"The session is 2:00-3:00pm ET (updated).\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Burying the details","why":"The AI writes paragraphs, and the ask and reward get lost.","fix":"Add: \"Exactly 3 numbered details: when, what we ask, what you get. Plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText"]},{"title":"Over-sharing","why":"The AI teases the roadmap or names other firms to sound exclusive.","fix":"Add: \"No roadmap, no other invitees. Ask for RSVP by Apr 9.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Puts the date in the subject","patterns":["subject","apr(il)? 16"]},{"label":"Uses the updated time","patterns":["2:00","2 ?pm","update"]},{"label":"Lists the three details","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,15}(detail|item|point)","numbered"]},{"label":"Keeps confidential items out","patterns":["roadmap","other (invitees|customers)","confidential"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"Busy customers say yes when the when, the ask and the reward are obvious. Tell the AI the subject line, the three details, and what stays private.","rubricLabels":["Starts with a Subject: line that includes Thursday, Apr 16 (or April 16)","The 3 numbered details are: Apr 16 at 2:00-3:00pm ET by video (not 1:00pm); 15 minutes of prep in a test account plus the 60-minute session; early access to the new reminder settings and a $100 gift card","Asks them to RSVP by Apr 9, and mentions neither the H2 roadmap nor any other invitee"]}