{"id":"sb-winter-hours-post","audience":"small-business","category":"social-content","technique":"examples","title":"Write a post that matches your shop's past posts","free":false,"task":"You run Spoke & Pedal, a bike repair shop, and need an Instagram post announcing winter hours and the winter tune-up special. Match your two past posts: a short question first, no emojis, under 40 words, plain text, and the same last line (\"Swing by 418 Alder St.\" followed by your two shop hashtags, no others). Use the corrected hours and leave out anything that isn't decided yet. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your past posts and notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"PAST POSTS THAT DID WELL (match this style)\n\nPost 1 (Sept):\nFlat tire on the way to work?\nWe fix most flats in 20 minutes, no appointment needed.\nSwing by 418 Alder St. #spokeandpedal #ridelocal\n\nPost 2 (Oct):\nBrakes squeaking on the hills?\nBrake tune-ups are back to $35 this month.\nSwing by 418 Alder St. #spokeandpedal #ridelocal\n\n---\nNotes for the new post (Ben, owner)\nWinter hours start Dec 1: Tue-Sun 10-5.\nWinter tune-up special: $49, through Jan 31. Includes brakes, gears and a chain clean.\nCorrection from Ben, Nov 3: we're closing Sundays too this winter. Winter hours are Tue-Sat 10-5. Closed Sun and Mon.\nMaybe mention a holiday sale? Not decided yet, leave it out for now.\nShop cat Pickles says hi.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":40},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not pointing to your examples","why":"Without your past posts as a model, the AI writes a generic post full of emojis and exclamation points.","fix":"Add: \"Match the style of my two past posts: short question first, no emojis.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Losing your usual ending","why":"AI ends with a call to action of its own and 8-10 trendy hashtags, but your posts always end the same way.","fix":"Add: \"End with the same last line as my past posts: Swing by 418 Alder St. #spokeandpedal #ridelocal\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 40 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"each line under 10 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Missing the correction or adding a sale","why":"The first hours in the notes include Sunday, and the AI may also announce the holiday sale that isn't decided.","fix":"Add: \"Use the Nov 3 corrected hours and the $49 tune-up through Jan 31. No holiday sale.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Forgetting it's going on Instagram","why":"AI may bold the hours, and Instagram shows that as stray asterisks.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Points to your past posts","patterns":["past posts?","example","style","match","same (shape|format)"]},{"label":"Says no emojis","patterns":["emoji"]},{"label":"Keeps the usual ending","patterns":["hashtag","#spokeandpedal","swing by","last line","same ending"]},{"label":"Uses the corrected hours","patterns":["correct","tue.{0,5}sat","closed sun","latest","nov(ember)? 3"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"You already have two posts that worked. Show the AI those as the model and name what to copy, then tell it which hours are current and what to leave out.","rubricLabels":["Matches the past posts' style: opens with a short question and uses no emojis (the past posts have none)","The last line is 'Swing by 418 Alder St.' followed by the two shop hashtags (#spokeandpedal #ridelocal), and there are no other hashtags","Gives the corrected winter hours (Tue-Sat 10-5, not Tue-Sun) and the tune-up special ($49, through Jan 31), and does not mention a holiday sale"]}