{"id":"wri-col-roommate-chore-rotation-text","audience":"college","category":"writing-emails","technique":"format","title":"Post a chore rotation your roommates can read in seconds","free":false,"task":"You're posting this month's chore rotation in your apartment group chat. Write exactly 4 numbered lines, one per roommate, each shaped 'Name: chore, when it's due', using the latest swaps from the chat. Add no other text before or after the list, and no emojis. Write a prompt that gets that post.","materialLabel":"Group chat and lease notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"APT 4B GROUP CHAT (Kai, Ben, Tasha, Omar)\n\nKai: ok new month, new chores. Last month was chaos. Here's the plan:\nKai - trash & recycling\nBen - kitchen\nTasha - bathroom\nOmar - living room\n\nBen: can I swap? I'll take bathroom instead, kitchen is my nightmare\nTasha: YES. I'll take kitchen then\nOmar: fine with living room\nKai: deal. so Ben bathroom, Tasha kitchen\nOmar: wait when is stuff due\nKai: trash goes out Tuesday night (pickup is Wed 6 am). Everything else done by Sunday 8 pm\nTasha: kitchen by Sunday is fine but I'm away this weekend for my cousin's wedding\nKai: then do it Friday this week, regular Sunday after\nBen: who's buying toilet paper\nOmar: we have like 2 rolls\nKai: separate convo lol\n\nLEASE NOTES (from the landlord)\n- Recycling must be rinsed. Pizza boxes go in trash, not recycling.\n- Quiet hours 11 pm to 7 am.\n- Inspection on the 28th.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not giving the shape","why":"The AI writes a chatty message with paragraphs or a table instead of a list.","fix":"Show it: \"Exactly 4 numbered lines like: 1. Kai: trash and recycling, Tuesday night.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Using the first plan","why":"The chat starts with the old plan. The AI may miss the swap that came later.","fix":"Say it: \"Use the swaps: Ben has bathroom, Tasha has kitchen.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Leaving out due dates","why":"The AI lists who does what but forgets when, so the chaos continues.","fix":"Add: \"Each line ends with when it's due. Tasha does kitchen Friday this week.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Adding chatter and emojis","why":"AI group-chat posts open with \"Hey everyone! 🧹\" and close with \"Let's crush it!\"","fix":"Add: \"Only the 4 lines. No intro, no emojis.\"","checks":["r2","plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Sets the number of lines","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,15}(lines|items|numbered)","numbered"]},{"label":"Uses the latest swaps","patterns":["swap","ben.{0,20}bathroom","tasha.{0,20}kitchen","latest"]},{"label":"Includes due dates","patterns":["due","when","deadline","sunday"]},{"label":"Bans extras","patterns":["no emoji","no intro","only the","nothing else"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"A chore list works when each line says who, what and when. Show the AI the line shape and tell it to skip the cheerful extras.","rubricLabels":["Uses the swapped assignments: Kai has trash and recycling, Ben has the bathroom, Tasha has the kitchen, Omar has the living room","Every line gives when the chore is due (trash: Tuesday night; the others: Sunday by 8 pm), and Tasha's line notes Friday this week","The reply is only the 4 numbered lines: no intro or closing line, no emojis, and no extra items like toilet paper, quiet hours or the inspection"]}