{"id":"res-np-food-insecurity-donor-note","audience":"nonprofit","category":"research","technique":"audience","title":"Explain new food insecurity data to donors before Giving Tuesday","free":false,"task":"You're writing a short donor email ahead of Giving Tuesday on Dec 1. You want at most 3 sentences in plain text that give the county's current food insecurity rate from the 2026 brief (not the older figure), the group the brief says is most affected, and a line that your Giving Tuesday match runs Dec 1. Use only the research brief and skip jargon like \"prevalence\".","materialLabel":"The county research brief (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"FOOD INSECURITY IN DORSEY COUNTY - Research Brief (County Health Data Office, Oct 2026)\n\nCurrent estimate (2026 survey of 2,300 households): 14% of county residents are food insecure, up from 11% in the 2023 survey.\nMost affected: households with children under 5, where 21% are food insecure.\nSeniors living alone: 12%.\nMain reasons given: grocery prices (62% of food-insecure households), job loss or reduced hours (24%).\nMethod note: Food insecurity prevalence was measured using a standard 6-question survey module.\n\nOlder figure still on many websites: \"1 in 10 county residents faces hunger\" (2019 report).","rules":[{"type":"maxSentences","max":3},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the familiar number","why":"\"1 in 10\" is the line everyone repeats, and the AI may use it.","fix":"Say: \"Use the 2026 estimate only.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Missing the key group","why":"The AI may lead with seniors or prices instead of the group the brief says is hit hardest.","fix":"Add: \"Name the most affected group from the brief.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Forgetting the ask","why":"The AI doesn't know about your match unless you mention it.","fix":"Add: \"Mention the Giving Tuesday match on Dec 1.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not capping the length","why":"The AI writes several paragraphs by default, far more than the reader will take in.","fix":"Say: \"at most 3 sentences.\"","checks":["maxSentences"]},{"title":"Getting markdown back","why":"AI defaults to bold labels and headings, which show up as stray symbols in a donor email.","fix":"Ask for \"plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the current figure","patterns":["2026","14","current","not the (old|2019)"]},{"label":"Names the most affected group","patterns":["most affected","children","under 5","hardest"]},{"label":"Mentions the match","patterns":["giving tuesday","dec(ember)?\\.? 1","match"]},{"label":"Says who it's for","patterns":["donors?"]},{"label":"Caps the number of sentences","patterns":["\\d+\\s*sentences","(two|three|four|five) sentences","sentence"]}],"hint":"Old statistics stick around online. Tell the AI which year counts, which group to highlight, and the ask it can't know about.","rubricLabels":["Gives the 2026 rate of 14% (not the 2019 'one in 10' or the 2023 11%)","Names households with young children (under 5) as most affected","Mentions the Giving Tuesday match on Dec 1 and uses no jargon like 'prevalence' or 'survey module'"]}