{"id":"pm-prd-scope-in-out","audience":"product-managers","category":"planning","track":"productivity","technique":"grounding","title":"Write the in-scope and out-of-scope lines for a PRD","free":false,"task":"You're writing the Scope section of a PRD so nobody argues about it later. You need a line 'In scope:' followed by exactly 3 bullets, then 'Out of scope:' followed by exactly 2 bullets, so at most 5 bullets in total, each under 12 words, plain text. Use the final decisions from the kickoff, including the item that moved out, and don't add scope that nobody discussed.","materialLabel":"Kickoff notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Kickoff - Recurring appointments (Bookly salon scheduling), Jan 14\nPeople: Rosa (PM), Ken (eng), Ivy (design), Marco (support)\n\n- Clients can book a repeating appointment: weekly, every 2 weeks, or monthly. Agreed.\n- Stylist gets one notification for the whole series, not one per appointment. Agreed.\n- Client can cancel one appointment in the series without cancelling the rest. Agreed.\n- Client can cancel the whole series. Ken: easy, add it. Rosa: OK.\n- Recurring appointments for group classes: Ivy wants it. Rosa: no, too different, out for v1.\n- Deposits/prepayment for the whole series: Marco says salons ask for this. Ken: payment work is 4+ weeks.\n  UPDATE (Rosa, Jan 16): deposits are OUT of v1, finance needs a policy first.\n- Custom intervals like \"every 3 weeks\": Ivy: nice to have. Rosa: in, only if it's cheap.\n  UPDATE (Ken, Jan 17): not cheap, needs a new calendar engine. Rosa: drop it, not in v1 or out of scope list, we'll decide later.\n\nNext: Ivy has mocks by Jan 24.","rules":[{"type":"maxBullets","max":5},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking for 'a scope section'","why":"The AI writes headings, goals, assumptions and long bullet lists.","fix":"Be exact: \"'In scope:' with 3 bullets, then 'Out of scope:' with 2 bullets. Plain text.\"","checks":["maxBullets","plainText"]},{"title":"Missing the updates","why":"Deposits and custom intervals look in scope in the first notes, and the AI keeps them.","fix":"Add: \"Use the updates: deposits are out, custom intervals appear nowhere.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"Splitting or padding the list","why":"The AI lists every agreed item as its own bullet, so you get 4 or 5 in-scope bullets.","fix":"Add: \"Combine the two cancel items into one bullet so In scope has exactly 3.\"","checks":["r0"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Shows the two labels","patterns":["in scope:?","out of scope:?"]},{"label":"Sets bullet counts","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,15}bullet","\\b(2|two)\\b.{0,15}bullet"]},{"label":"Uses the updates","patterns":["update","final","deposits.{0,15}out","custom interval"]},{"label":"Forbids new scope","patterns":["don'?t add","only what","nothing (new|else)","only.{0,20}(notes|discussed)"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"Scope sections exist to end arguments, so they must match the final decisions exactly. Give the AI the two labels, the bullet counts, and point it at the updates.","rubricLabels":["In scope has exactly 3 bullets covering: booking weekly / every 2 weeks / monthly repeats, one stylist notification per series, and cancelling one appointment or the whole series (cancel items may be combined)","Out of scope has exactly 2 bullets: group class recurring appointments and deposits/prepayment for a series","Custom intervals (every 3 weeks) appear in neither list, nothing undiscussed is added, and there is no intro, heading or note beyond the two labels"]}