{"id":"res-free-client-pitch-facts","audience":"freelancers","category":"research","technique":"grounding","title":"Pull sourced facts about a prospective client before a pitch","free":false,"task":"You're pitching photography services to a boutique hotel and gathered notes about it. You want exactly 3 numbered facts you can use in your pitch, each under 15 words and ending with its source in parentheses, like \"(hotel website)\". Use only facts from named sources, skip gossip and anything your notes mark as unconfirmed, and output nothing else in plain text.","materialLabel":"Your research notes on the hotel (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"PROSPECT: The Marigold Hotel, Savannah (pitch call Nov 12 with marketing lead Tasha Grant)\n\n- Hotel website (About page): 42 rooms in a restored 1890s cotton warehouse. Rooftop bar opened 2025.\n- Savannah Business Journal (Sept 2026): Marigold is renovating 12 suites; reopening planned for March 2027.\n- Hotel Instagram: 18,400 followers. Most posts are phone photos of cocktails.\n- A Reddit thread says the owner is \"about to sell the place\" - no source, unconfirmed.\n- Tasha's LinkedIn post (Oct 2026): \"We're looking to refresh our website imagery before peak season.\"\n- My friend who worked there in 2022 says they \"never pay vendors on time.\" Unconfirmed.\n- Travel review site: rated 4.7 from 1,200 reviews.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Including gossip","why":"The AI treats every note as usable, so a rumor about a sale can end up in your pitch prep.","fix":"Say: \"Only facts from named sources. Skip anything unconfirmed.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not asking for sources","why":"Without a source on each fact, you can't tell what's safe to mention on the call.","fix":"Show it: \"End each fact with its source, like (hotel website).\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Getting a pitch script","why":"The AI turns your notes into talking points and an opener you didn't ask for.","fix":"Say: \"Output only the 3 facts.\"","checks":["r2","r0"]},{"title":"Not saying how many","why":"The AI decides the length itself and usually returns more facts than you can use.","fix":"Be exact: \"exactly 3 numbered facts.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Getting markdown back","why":"AI defaults to bold labels and headings, which show up as stray symbols in your call notes.","fix":"Ask for \"plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Asks for sources","patterns":["source","\\(hotel website\\)","cite","where (it|each) came from"]},{"label":"Skips gossip","patterns":["unconfirmed","rumor","gossip","named sources?"]},{"label":"Says exactly how many","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,25}(fact|line)","exactly \\d+"]},{"label":"Limits each line","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","short"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"Pitch prep should only use facts you can stand behind. Tell the AI what counts as a source, what to skip, and to tag every fact.","rubricLabels":["All 3 facts come from named sources in the notes (website, Business Journal, Instagram, Tasha's LinkedIn post, or the review site), with numbers matching the notes","No fact uses the Reddit rumor about selling or the friend's comment about late payments","Each line ends with its source in parentheses, and nothing else is output: no intro, no pitch script, no pricing ideas"]}