{"id":"proc-three-quotes-cheapest-fastest-pick","audience":"procurement","category":"operations-work","track":"operations","technique":"constraints","level":"beginner","title":"Name the cheapest, the fastest and the pick that meets the deadline","free":false,"task":"Write a prompt for plain text with exactly four lines: \"Cheapest:\", \"Fastest:\", \"Pick for approval:\" and \"Reason:\". The pick is the cheapest quote that delivers in 10 days or fewer. Reason shows the price difference from the cheapest as math. The buyer approves. Under 60 words.","materialLabel":"Your material (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"QUOTES - 40 replacement conveyor rollers\n\nVendor Pike: $1,150, delivery in 12 days.\nVendor Quill: $1,240, delivery in 8 days.\nVendor Rook: $1,300, delivery in 5 days.\n\nWe need the rollers within 10 days to avoid a line stop. All three meet the specification. The buyer approves the choice and issues the PO.\n\nQuill's rep wrote, \"We're the best balance of price and speed.\" Pike's rep wrote, \"We'll try to deliver sooner if we can.\"\n\nOther terms: all three quotes include freight to our dock and are valid for 30 days. Payment terms are net 30 for each. The rollers are a standard catalog part, so the quotes are directly comparable. If the line stops, the cost to the plant is roughly $4,000 per day, which is why the 10-day limit matters.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":60}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Quotes the four labels","patterns":["cheapest:","fastest:","pick for approval:","reason:"]},{"label":"States the deadline rule","patterns":["10 days or fewer","within 10 days","deadline"]},{"label":"Asks for the difference math","patterns":["difference","1,240 - 1,150","show"]},{"label":"Mentions the buyer approves","patterns":["buyer approves"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Picking the cheapest","why":"The AI picks Pike because it is the lowest price.","fix":"Say: \"The pick is the cheapest quote that delivers in 10 days or fewer.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Believing 'try to deliver sooner'","why":"The AI treats Pike as possibly meeting the deadline.","fix":"Say: \"Do not rely on promises to try for sooner.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong lines","why":"The AI writes a comparison table.","fix":"Quote the four labels.","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Getting markdown back","why":"AI adds bold, headings and bullets by default, which show up as stray symbols where this is pasted.","fix":"Say \"plain text, no bold, no headings, no asterisks\".","checks":["plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting and usually runs long, so a vague \"keep it short\" lands over the limit.","fix":"Cap each part instead of the total, for example \"each line under 15 words\".","checks":["maxWords"]}],"hint":"Define each line and the deadline rule for the pick.","mission":"Pick the cheapest quote that delivers within 10 days.","musts":["Name cheapest and fastest","Show price difference math","Buyer approves"],"rubricLabels":["There are exactly four lines starting Cheapest:, Fastest:, Pick for approval: and Reason: in that order","Cheapest is Pike at $1,150 and Fastest is Rook at 5 days","Pick for approval is Quill at $1,240 (cheapest within 10 days; Pike's 12 days misses) and Reason shows 1,240 - 1,150 = 90"]}