{"id":"prod2-office-coffee-contract-bluf-memo","audience":"office","category":"decisions","track":"productivity","technique":"format","title":"Write a bottom-line-first memo on the coffee contract","free":false,"task":"Your office manager reads only the top of emails. Write a bottom-line-first memo: exactly 3 numbered lines labeled Recommendation, Because, If we wait. Because gives two reasons, each with a number from the notes. The vendor raised its price after the first quote, so use the new price. Plain text, under 70 words.","materialLabel":"Your notes and the vendor's notice (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Coffee service - renew or switch? (contract ends Nov 30)\n\nCurrent: BeanWorks\n- Quote for next year: $310/month\n- Machines break about once a month; last repair took 5 days\n- 34 people use it daily\n\nOption: Copperpot Coffee Co.\n- $280/month, includes 2 machines and same-week repairs\n- 1-year term, no setup fee\n- Office survey: 21 of 34 people preferred Copperpot's sample beans\n\nBeanWorks notice (arrived Monday):\n\"Due to rising costs, your renewal rate will be $355/month starting Dec 1.\"\n\nOther: Jules in accounting wants an espresso machine. Not in scope.\nCopperpot needs a signed order by Nov 20 to install by Dec 1.\n","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Burying the recommendation","why":"The AI opens with background on both vendors.","fix":"Add: \"Line 1 is 'Recommendation:'.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Using the old price","why":"The notes list $310, and the AI uses it.","fix":"Add: \"BeanWorks now charges $355/month, per their notice.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"No deadline","why":"The AI doesn't say what happens if nobody decides.","fix":"Add: \"If we wait: mention the Nov 20 order deadline.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"A long comparison","why":"The AI writes a pros and cons table with bold headings.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly 3 numbered lines, plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText","maxWords"]},{"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 18 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Puts the answer first","patterns":["bottom.line","recommendation first","line 1"]},{"label":"Names the labels","patterns":["if we wait","because"]},{"label":"Uses the new price","patterns":["355","notice","new price"]},{"label":"Mentions the deadline","patterns":["nov 20","deadline"]},{"label":"Caps the length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words"]}],"hint":"Busy readers decide from the first line. Tell the AI to lead with the answer, which price is current, and what waiting costs.","rubricLabels":["The 3 lines are labeled, in this order: Recommendation, Because, If we wait","Recommendation is to switch to Copperpot, and Because gives two reasons each with a number from the notes; any BeanWorks price given is $355/month, not $310","If we wait mentions the Nov 20 order deadline"]}