{"id":"pro-re-buyer-closing-countdown","audience":"real-estate","category":"planning","technique":"context","title":"Give a first-time buyer a countdown to an earlier closing date","free":false,"task":"You're the agent for first-time buyers whose closing just moved up a week. You want to text them exactly 5 numbered lines in date order, each as date - what they do, under 70 words, plain text. Count every task back from the new closing date using the lead times in your notes, and include only what the buyers themselves must do. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Buyers: Lena + Marco Ruiz - 72 Birch Hollow Rd\nClosing was Fri Dec 12. \n\nText from lender (Mon Nov 24): \"Seller asked to close early. Everyone agreed - closing is now Friday, Dec 5, 10am, Summit Title office.\"\n\nBuyer to-dos (lead times count back from closing):\n- Send proof of homeowners insurance to lender: 7 days before closing\n- Schedule utilities transfer (power, water) to start on closing day: 5 days before closing\n- Wire the down payment: 2 days before closing (call title company to verify wiring instructions by phone first!)\n- Final walkthrough of the house: 1 day before closing\n- Closing: bring photo ID, both of you\n\nMy to-dos (not for buyers):\n- Send commission disbursement form to title\n- Order the closing gift (wine + doormat)\n- Update the MLS to \"sold\" after closing\n\nAlso: their moving truck is booked Dec 13, they may want to move it earlier.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Counting from the old date","why":"Dec 12 is the first date in the notes, so the AI counts back from it.","fix":"Add: \"Closing is now Dec 5. Count every task back from that.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Dropping the safety step","why":"The AI shortens the wire line and loses the call-to-verify step.","fix":"Add: \"Keep 'call title to verify wiring instructions' in the wire line.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Including your own tasks","why":"The AI merges your to-dos into the buyers' list.","fix":"Add: \"Only what the buyers must do.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Letting the AI pick the layout","why":"The AI writes a long friendly email with headings.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 5 numbered lines like '1. Nov 28 - Send proof of insurance to lender'. 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 lines","patterns":["\\b(5|five)\\b"]},{"label":"Uses the new closing date","patterns":["dec(ember)? 5","new closing","moved","earlier"]},{"label":"Counts back from closing","patterns":["count back","days before","lead time"]},{"label":"Only buyer tasks","patterns":["only.{0,30}buyers?","not (my|the agent)","leave out"]},{"label":"Keeps the wire safety step","patterns":["verify","wir","call (the )?title"]}],"hint":"The date moved, so every task moves with it. Give the AI the new date, the line shape, and say whose tasks to include.","rubricLabels":["Lines are in date order, each starting with a date and saying what the buyers do","Dates count back from the new Dec 5 closing: insurance Nov 28, utilities Nov 30, wire Dec 3, walkthrough Dec 4, closing Dec 5 at 10am (no Dec 12 dates)","The wire line includes calling the title company to verify wiring instructions, and none of the agent's own to-dos appear (commission form, gift, MLS)"]}