{"id":"revops-stage-aging-alert-slack","audience":"managers","category":"sales-work","technique":"constraints","track":"sales","level":"beginner","title":"Post a stage-aging alert listing only deals over the limit","free":false,"task":"Write a Slack alert for managers in plain text, no emoji, under 80 words. Start with \"Deals past stage limit:\" then one line per over-limit deal in the form \"Deal - Stage - N days (limit L) - over by D\", sorted by days over (most first). Calculate days in stage from the entered date to today, Nov 6 2026. List only deals over their limit. End with the line \"Update next steps by Wed Nov 11.\"","materialLabel":"Stage limits and open deals (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"STAGE LIMITS (max days in stage): Discovery 21; Demo 14; Proposal 30; Negotiation 20.\n\nOPEN DEALS (stage entered date):\nAster Co | Proposal | entered Sep 30\nBolt Inc | Demo | entered Oct 20\nCrest LLC | Discovery | entered Oct 25\nDune Ltd | Negotiation | entered Oct 12\nElm Corp | Proposal | entered Oct 15\n\nHelper (days from entered date to Nov 6): Sep 30 = 37; Oct 20 = 17; Oct 25 = 12; Oct 12 = 25; Oct 15 = 22.\n\nNote: do not list deals within their limit. The limits are in days, not business days.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":80}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Listing deals within limit","why":"The AI lists all five deals.","fix":"Add: \"List only deals over their limit.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Wrong limit applied","why":"The AI uses one limit for all stages.","fix":"Add: \"Use each stage's own limit.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong order","why":"The AI lists in CRM order.","fix":"Add: \"Sort by days over, most first.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Slack clutter","why":"The AI adds emoji and a chatty intro.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no emoji, under 80 words.\"","checks":["r2","plainText","maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the opener","patterns":["deals past stage limit"]},{"label":"Gives the line pattern","patterns":["deal -","days \\(limit","over by"]},{"label":"Limits to over-limit deals","patterns":["only deals over","within"]},{"label":"Sorts by days over","patterns":["sorted","most first"]},{"label":"Gives the closing line","patterns":["update next steps","wed nov 11"]}],"hint":"Give the opener, the line pattern, the sort and the closing line.","rubricLabels":["Starts with \"Deals past stage limit:\" and lists exactly three deals: Aster Co, Dune Ltd and Bolt Inc, in that order","Lines read Aster Co - Proposal - 37 days (limit 30) - over by 7, Dune Ltd - Negotiation - 25 days (limit 20) - over by 5, and Bolt Inc - Demo - 17 days (limit 14) - over by 3","Crest LLC and Elm Corp are not listed, there is no emoji, and the last line is exactly \"Update next steps by Wed Nov 11.\""]}