{"id":"pro-np-shelter-volunteer-steps","audience":"nonprofit","category":"planning","technique":"grounding","title":"Write an animal shelter's new volunteer steps in order","free":false,"task":"You coordinate volunteers at an animal shelter and need a checklist for the website's 'Get started' page. You want exactly 5 numbered steps in the order a new volunteer does them, each starting with a verb, under 70 words, plain text. Use the new online orientation (not the old in-person one), include the extra form for volunteers under 18, and leave out staff-only tasks. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"New volunteer process - Second Chance Animal Rescue\n\nHow it works now (from our old flyer):\n1. Fill out the volunteer application on our website.\n2. Attend in-person orientation (first Saturday of the month, 10am).\n3. Complete a 2-hour dog-walking training shift with a lead volunteer.\n4. Sign up for shifts in the VolunteerHub app.\n\nUpdates (Nov board meeting):\n- Orientation is now a 45-minute online video you watch anytime. Must be done before the training shift. In-person orientation is discontinued.\n- Volunteers ages 14-17 must upload a signed parent/guardian waiver BEFORE orientation.\n- Everyone must also pass a short online quiz after the orientation video (score 8/10).\n\nStaff only (not for volunteers):\n- Run background check for anyone working with cats in the medical ward\n- Add new volunteers to the monthly newsletter list\n- Order volunteer T-shirts in bulk\n\nNote: we always need more weekend dog walkers!","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Copying the old flyer","why":"The old in-person orientation is written as a numbered step, so the AI keeps it.","fix":"Add: \"Use the November updates: orientation is an online video now.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Dropping the extra rules","why":"The AI skips the quiz or the guardian waiver to keep it short.","fix":"Add: \"Include the quiz and the under-18 waiver before orientation.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"Including staff tasks","why":"The AI adds background checks and T-shirts.","fix":"Add: \"Only what volunteers do.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Letting the AI pick the layout","why":"The AI writes a web page with headings and a welcome paragraph.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 5 numbered steps, verb first, plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText","r0"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 70 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"each line under 9 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many steps","patterns":["\\b(5|five)\\b"]},{"label":"Uses the updates","patterns":["online","video","update","november"]},{"label":"Includes the under-18 rule","patterns":["under 18","14.17","guardian","waiver","minor"]},{"label":"Only volunteer steps","patterns":["only.{0,20}volunteers?","staff.only","leave out"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"The old flyer is out of date. Tell the AI to use the updates, include the extra rules, and skip staff tasks.","rubricLabels":["Steps are in this order: application, (guardian waiver if under 18), online orientation video, quiz, training shift, shift sign-up in VolunteerHub, with the waiver placed before orientation; each starts with a verb","Uses the online orientation video (no in-person Saturday orientation) and includes the 8/10 quiz","Includes the parent/guardian waiver for ages 14-17, and leaves out staff-only tasks (background checks, newsletter, T-shirts)"]}