{"id":"pm-decision-log-from-review","audience":"product-managers","category":"meetings","track":"productivity","technique":"format","title":"Separate decisions from open questions after a review","free":false,"task":"After a messy product review, you need a decision log for the team wiki. Write exactly 5 numbered lines, each starting 'Decided:' or 'Open:', with every decided item first and naming its owner, under 90 words, plain text. Use the final version of anything that changed during the meeting, and don't invent owners for open items.","materialLabel":"Meeting transcript excerpt (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Product review - Shared templates (Thu, 3pm). Raj (PM), Mei (eng lead), Leah (pricing), Tom (support)\n\nRaj: Launch date. I think Mar 19 is too tight with the beta.\nMei: Agreed. Apr 2 works for eng.\nRaj: OK, Apr 2 it is. I'll own the launch plan.\nLeah: Before we lock pricing: should templates be paid or free? I need usage data first.\nRaj: Let's not decide today. Leah, bring numbers next week.\nMei: The Android home-screen widget won't make this quarter. I'd drop it.\nRaj: Agreed, dropping it. Mei, can you tell the mobile team?\nMei: Yes.\nRaj: Beta: 20 customers for 2 weeks, starting Mar 9. I'll recruit.\nTom: 20 is small for feedback on edge cases.\nMei: Make it 30 then.\nRaj: Fine, 30 customers. Still me.\nTom: Who's rewriting the help center articles for templates?\nRaj: Good question... nobody yet. Let's figure that out.\nLeah: Also, I love the new logo.\nTom: Same!","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":90},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking for 'meeting notes'","why":"The AI writes a recap with headings for attendees, discussion and next steps.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 5 numbered lines starting Decided: or Open:. Plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText"]},{"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 line instead: \"each line under 16 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Mixing decided and open","why":"The AI follows the order people spoke, so decisions and questions are tangled.","fix":"Add: \"All Decided lines first, each with its owner, then the Open lines.\"","checks":["r0","r2"]},{"title":"Using the first number","why":"The beta size changed mid-meeting, and the AI may keep 20.","fix":"Add: \"Use the final version of anything that changed (the beta is 30 customers).\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Filling in an owner","why":"AI likes complete-looking logs and may assign the help center rewrite to someone.","fix":"Add: \"Don't invent owners. If nobody owns it, say so.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Shows the line labels","patterns":["decided:","open:","decided.{0,20}open"]},{"label":"Puts decisions first","patterns":["decided.{0,20}first","first.{0,20}decided","then (the )?open"]},{"label":"Uses final versions","patterns":["final","latest","changed","\\b30\\b"]},{"label":"Forbids invented owners","patterns":["don'?t invent","no owner","do not invent","unassigned"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"A decision log is only useful if it separates what's settled from what isn't. Give the AI the line labels, the order, and tell it not to fill gaps.","rubricLabels":["Lines 1-3 are the decided items with owners: launch moved to Apr 2 (Raj), Android widget dropped this quarter (Mei), beta with 30 customers for 2 weeks (Raj)","The beta line says 30 customers, not 20","Lines 4-5 are the open items, templates pricing (Leah to bring data) and who rewrites the help center articles, with no owner invented for the help center item and no logo chatter"]}