{"id":"sales-quote-validity-extension-approval-request","audience":"sales","category":"sales-work","technique":"context","track":"sales","level":"beginner","title":"Request manager approval to extend a quote by one week","free":false,"task":"Write a Slack request to your manager, Lin, asking approval to extend a quote's validity. Plain text, exactly 4 lines starting Ask:, Why:, Impact:, Need by:. Each line under 18 words. Why is one real reason from the notes, Impact states what the extension costs (nothing in price), Need by gives a day and date. No emoji.","materialLabel":"Deal notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Deal: Eastbrook Charter Schools, $44,000/year. Rep: Ines. Quote Q-6102 expires Nov 13 2026 (30-day validity).\n\nWhy extend: Eastbrook's board meets Nov 17 to approve new vendors; the superintendent asked Ines to keep the quote valid through the meeting; the board secretary confirmed the agenda item by email on Nov 4.\nProposed new expiry: Fri Nov 20 2026 (one week).\nPrice impact: none; same price, same terms. Policy: reps can extend a quote by up to 7 days with manager approval.\nNeed an answer by Tue Nov 10 so the customer is told before the original expiry.\n\nDo not mention: discount ideas, the competitor, rep's confidence level.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":60}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Vague ask","why":"The AI writes 'can I get more time'.","fix":"Add: \"Ask names the quote and the new expiry date.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Adding discount talk","why":"The AI suggests sweetening the deal.","fix":"Add: \"No discount, competitor or confidence talk.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Missing date","why":"The AI writes 'soon'.","fix":"Add: \"Need by: day and date.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Chatty message","why":"The AI writes a paragraph with emoji.","fix":"Add: \"Four labeled lines, plain text, no emoji.\"","checks":["r0","plainText","maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Lists the four labels","patterns":["ask:","why:","impact:","need by"]},{"label":"Names the quote and dates","patterns":["q-6102","nov(ember)? 20"]},{"label":"States no price impact","patterns":["no change","same price"]},{"label":"Requires day and date","patterns":["day and date","tue nov 10"]},{"label":"Bans extras","patterns":["no emoji","discount","competitor"]}],"hint":"Give the four labels and what each must contain.","rubricLabels":["Has exactly four lines starting Ask:, Why:, Impact:, Need by: in that order","Ask requests extending quote Q-6102 from Nov 13 to Nov 20, and Why cites the Nov 17 board meeting confirmed on the agenda","Impact says no change in price or terms, Need by is Tue Nov 10, and there is no emoji or mention of discounts, the competitor or confidence"]}