{"id":"wri-par-landlord-repair-request","audience":"parents","category":"writing-emails","technique":"constraints","title":"Ask your landlord for repairs clearly and calmly","free":false,"task":"Two things in your apartment are broken. Email your landlord under 100 words: the first sentence asks for both repairs, then exactly 2 numbered lines, one per problem, each with the date it started. Offer your entry windows, ask him to reply with a repair date by Friday, and keep it calm with no legal threats or talk of withholding rent. Write a prompt that gets that email.","materialLabel":"Your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"NOTES FOR EMAIL TO LANDLORD (Mr. Halvorsen, Unit 3B, 41 Birch St)\n\nProblems:\n- Dishwasher: stopped draining Tuesday, Oct 28. Water sits in the bottom and smells. We've been handwashing for a family of 4.\n- Kitchen faucet: dripping constantly. I wrote \"started Nov 1\" on the fridge list, but I checked my texts with my husband and it was actually Sunday, Nov 2.\n\nWhen we're home for someone to come in:\n- Tuesdays and Thursdays after 4 pm.\n- Saturday mornings before noon.\n- Lease says he can enter with 24 hours' notice anyway.\n\nOther stuff:\n- Our neighbor in 2A said we're allowed to withhold rent until it's fixed. Not sure that's true, and I don't want a fight.\n- The hallway light has been out for a month too, but that's a building thing, I already called the management line.\n- Rent is always on time, 6 years here.\n- He prefers email. Phone: 555-0119 if he wants to call.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":100}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not setting the shape","why":"The AI writes a long paragraph that mixes both problems together.","fix":"Show it: \"Exactly 2 numbered lines like: 1. Dishwasher: not draining since Tuesday, Oct 28.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 100 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"Each line under 16 words; 4 short sentences total.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Burying the ask","why":"The AI opens with pleasantries and how long you've lived there.","fix":"Say it: \"First sentence asks him to repair the dishwasher and faucet.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Using the wrong date","why":"Your notes show Nov 1 before the correction. The AI may copy it.","fix":"Add: \"The faucet started Sunday, Nov 2.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Threatening or forgetting times","why":"The AI may pass on the neighbor's withholding-rent idea, or skip when someone can come in.","fix":"Add: \"Offer Tue/Thu after 4 pm or Saturday before noon, and ask for a repair date by Friday. No legal talk.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Leads with the ask","patterns":["first sentence","lead with","start with"]},{"label":"Uses the right dates","patterns":["oct(ober)?\\s*28","nov(ember)?\\s*2\\b"]},{"label":"Offers entry times","patterns":["tuesday","after 4","saturday","times"]},{"label":"Keeps it calm","patterns":["calm","no (threat|legal)","withhold","polite"]}],"hint":"Landlords fix things faster when the email is clear and easy to act on. Tell the AI the shape, the right dates, your times and the tone.","rubricLabels":["The first sentence (after a greeting) asks for both repairs (the dishwasher and the kitchen faucet)","Has exactly 2 numbered lines, one per problem, with the correct start dates: dishwasher since Tuesday, Oct 28 and faucet since Sunday, Nov 2 (not Nov 1)","Offers the entry windows (Tuesdays and Thursdays after 4 pm, Saturday mornings before noon), asks him to reply with a repair date by Friday, and contains no legal threats or mention of withholding rent"]}