{"id":"res-free-payment-protection-cases","audience":"freelancers","category":"research","technique":"grounding","title":"Check which of your jobs the payment protection policy covers","free":false,"task":"You have 4 situations on a freelance platform and want to know which are covered by its payment protection. You want one numbered line per situation, under 50 words total, each starting Covered, Not covered, or Policy doesn't say, then the section in parentheses where one applies. Use only the current policy, plain text, nothing else.","materialLabel":"The platform's payment protection policy and your situations (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"TASKBRIDGE PAYMENT PROTECTION (updated Sept 2026)\nS1. Hourly contracts are covered when hours are logged with the TaskBridge time tracker.\nS2. Fixed-price contracts are covered once the client funds the milestone in escrow.\nS3. Work started before a milestone is funded is not covered.\nS4. Payments arranged outside TaskBridge are never covered.\nS5. Disputes must be filed within 30 days of the work being submitted.\n(Previous version, 2024: disputes could be filed within 60 days.)\n\n-----\nMY SITUATIONS\n1. Hourly logo job, all 14 hours logged in the TaskBridge tracker. Client hasn't paid.\n2. Fixed-price website: I started designing before the client funded the first milestone.\n3. Client asked to pay me by bank transfer to \"save on fees\" for a bonus round.\n4. Fixed-price brochure, milestone funded, I submitted work 45 days ago and just noticed the client never released payment.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":50},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the old window","why":"The 2024 note says 60 days, which would make situation 4 look covered.","fix":"Say: \"Use only the Sept 2026 policy.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not applying every section","why":"A funded milestone looks covered until you check the dispute deadline.","fix":"Add: \"Check every section for each situation.\"","checks":["r2","r0"]},{"title":"Getting advice","why":"The AI adds tips on handling the client, which buries the answers.","fix":"Say: \"Output only the 4 lines.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands 10-20% over.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 8 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Getting markdown back","why":"AI defaults to bold labels and headings, which show up as stray symbols in your notes.","fix":"Ask for \"plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives exact labels","patterns":["covered","not covered","policy doesn't say","label"]},{"label":"Names the current policy","patterns":["current","sept(ember)?","2026","not the (old|2024|previous)"]},{"label":"Asks for sections","patterns":["section","\\(S\\d","which rule"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","one (short )?sentence","word (limit|count)"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"Coverage depends on every rule at once, including deadlines that changed. Tell the AI which version counts, to check each section, and give it exact labels.","rubricLabels":["Situation 1 is Covered (S1) and situation 2 is Not covered (S3)","Situation 3 is Not covered (S4, payment outside the platform)","Situation 4 is Not covered because the 30-day dispute window (S5, current version, not the old 60 days) has passed, and the output is only the 4 lines with no intro or advice"]}