{"id":"sales-quote-line-items-explain-optional-excluded","audience":"small-business","category":"sales-work","technique":"format","track":"sales","level":"intermediate","title":"Explain a quote's line items and total, leaving out the optional one","free":false,"task":"Explain the quote to the customer in a markdown table with columns Item | Cost | What it is (under 10 words), one row per required line item, then a last line starting \"Total:\" showing the sum, like \"Total: 100 + 200 = $300\". Leave the optional item out of the table and the total, and mention it only in one final sentence starting \"Optional:\". Plain text otherwise, no bold, under 110 words.","materialLabel":"Quote (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"QUOTE #882 - Foxglove Web Studio for Dr. Imani Cole (private practice)\n\nRequired items:\n1. Website design, 5 pages: $2,400\n2. Appointment-booking form setup: $450\n3. Domain registration and hosting, first year: $180\n\nOptional (customer has not chosen it): Monthly maintenance plan: $60 per month ($720 per year).\n\nPayment: 50% to start, 50% at launch. Valid 30 days from Nov 4.\n\nThe previous version of this quote (Oct 21) listed the booking form at $350 and included the maintenance plan in the total; replaced by this version.\n\nDr. Cole said: \"Please explain each line in plain terms; I'm not technical.\"","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":110}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Including the optional plan","why":"The AI adds $720 to the total.","fix":"Add: \"Leave the optional item out of the table and total.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Using the old booking price","why":"The AI uses $350 from the earlier version.","fix":"Add: \"Use the current quote only.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Jargon descriptions","why":"The AI uses technical terms.","fix":"Add: \"Each description in plain words, under 10 words.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Bold and extras","why":"The AI bolds the total and adds a pitch.","fix":"Add: \"No bold, under 110 words.\"","checks":["plainText","maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the columns","patterns":["item","cost","what it is"]},{"label":"Asks for the sum","patterns":["total:","sum","\\+"]},{"label":"Excludes the optional item","patterns":["optional","leave out"]},{"label":"Uses the current quote","patterns":["current","replaced","previous"]},{"label":"Plain text","patterns":["no bold","plain","under 110"]}],"hint":"Name the columns, ask for the Total line and say where the optional item goes.","rubricLabels":["Is a table with columns Item, Cost and What it is with exactly 3 rows (website design, booking form, domain and hosting), each description under 10 words","The Total line shows 2,400 + 450 + 180 = $3,030 using the current booking form price of $450","The maintenance plan appears only in one final sentence starting \"Optional:\" and is not in the table or the total, and there is no bold"]}