{"id":"pro-fl-podcast-episode-countdown","audience":"freelancers","category":"planning","technique":"context","title":"Count back a podcast episode's production from a new publish date","free":false,"task":"You're a freelance podcast producer, and your client moved the publish date for next episode. You want exactly 5 numbered lines in date order, each as date - step - who, under 60 words, plain text. Count each step back from the new publish date using the lead times in your notes. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your production notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Episode 42 - \"Small Shops, Big Holidays\" - client: Main Street Makers podcast (host: Tara)\nPublish date: Thu Dec 11\n\nLead times (calendar days before publish):\n- Record interview: 10 days before - Tara + guest\n- Rough edit: 7 days before - me\n- Tara's notes on the rough edit: 5 days before - Tara\n- Final mix + show notes: 2 days before - me\n- Upload + schedule in hosting app: 1 day before - me\n\nEmail from Tara (Nov 24): \"Can we publish Tuesday Dec 9 instead? Our sponsor wants it out before their sale.\"\nMe: \"Yes, works.\"\n\nOther: send invoice for Episode 41. Try the new noise-removal plugin sometime.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":60},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the old date","why":"Dec 11 is at the top.","fix":"Add: \"Publish moved to Tue Dec 9. Count back from that.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Rounding the dates","why":"The AI says 'early December'.","fix":"Add: \"Give the exact date for each step.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Dropping who","why":"The AI lists steps without names.","fix":"Add: \"Each line: date - step - who.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Letting the AI add extras","why":"The AI adds the invoice.","fix":"Add: \"Only production steps. Plain text, numbered.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText","r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 60 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"each line under 8 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(5|five)\\b"]},{"label":"Uses the new date","patterns":["dec(ember)? 9","tuesday","new (publish )?date"]},{"label":"Counts back","patterns":["count back","days before","lead time"]},{"label":"Shows the line shape","patterns":["date.{0,5}-.{0,10}step","who"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"Every step moves with the publish date. Give the AI the new date and ask for exact dates.","rubricLabels":["Lines are in date order, each with a date, step and who","Dates count back from the new Tue Dec 9 publish date: record Nov 29, rough edit Dec 2, Tara's notes Dec 4, final mix Dec 7, upload Dec 8 (none based on Dec 11)","Leaves out the invoice and the plugin, with no intro"]}