{"id":"prod2-mgr-decision-log-from-thread","audience":"managers","category":"decisions","track":"productivity","technique":"grounding","title":"Log the final decision from a thread that changed its mind","free":false,"task":"Your team's Slack thread changed direction halfway. Write a decision log entry of exactly 4 numbered lines labeled Decision, Why, Decided by, Revisit by. Record only the final decision, not the one that was reversed, and give the revisit date as a calendar date. Plain text, under 70 words.","materialLabel":"The Slack thread (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"#support-leads thread, Mon Sep 8\n\nNoor (Support Mgr): Weekend coverage proposal: we hire 2 part-time weekend agents starting Oct 1. Thoughts?\nFelix: +1, weekend backlog is killing Monday mornings. 140 tickets last Monday.\nNoor: Ok, decision: hiring 2 part-timers. I'll open the reqs.\nIvy (Finance): Heads up, hiring freeze until January. No new reqs, even part-time.\nFelix: Ugh. Could we rotate current agents instead? Each agent does 1 Saturday a month, gets a weekday off.\nNoor: Let's do that. Final call: rotation, 1 Saturday per agent per month, starts Sat Oct 4. Hiring is off.\nIvy: Works for budget.\nNoor: We'll revisit 8 weeks after the first rotation Saturday and see if Monday backlog drops under 50.\nFelix: I'll build the rotation calendar this week.\nIvy: Also unrelated, office plants are being replaced Thursday lol.\n","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Logging the reversed decision","why":"The thread says 'decision: hiring' first, and the AI grabs it.","fix":"Add: \"Record only the final decision. Hiring was reversed.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Vague revisit date","why":"The AI copies '8 weeks after the first rotation' instead of a date.","fix":"Add: \"Give Revisit by as a calendar date: 8 weeks after Oct 4 is Nov 29.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"A thread summary","why":"The AI retells the whole discussion instead of logging the outcome.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly 4 numbered lines: Decision, Why, Decided by, Revisit by.\"","checks":["r0","numberedItems"]},{"title":"Markdown formatting","why":"The AI bolds the labels.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold.\"","checks":["plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting words, so a total word cap usually lands over.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 14 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the labels","patterns":["decided by","revisit"]},{"label":"Asks for the final decision","patterns":["final","reversed","changed"]},{"label":"Asks for a calendar date","patterns":["calendar date","nov 29","date"]},{"label":"Sets the line count","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,15}lines?"]},{"label":"Caps the length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words"]}],"hint":"Threads often decide one thing and then undo it. Tell the AI you want only the final call, and turn relative dates into real ones.","rubricLabels":["The 4 lines are labeled, in this order: Decision, Why, Decided by, Revisit by","The Decision is the agent rotation (1 Saturday per agent per month, starting Oct 4); hiring part-timers is not presented as the decision","Revisit by gives the calendar date Nov 29 (8 weeks after Oct 4), and Decided by names Noor"]}