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Schedule incident updates with a cadence that changes after an hour

  • For Operations and supply chain
  • You practice Setting limits and rules
  • Time about 5 minutes
  • Level Intermediate

About this exercise

Start with the line "UPDATE PLAN - declared 09:00". Then output a table with the header "Update | Time" listing every update, numbered U1, U2 and so on, and a last line "Last update: HH:MM". The cadence is in the rules. Stop at the end time. Plain text, under 50 words.

Common mistakes when you ask AI for this

  • Stopping at noon. The AI follows the engineer's guess. Try: Say: "Run to 15:00 regardless."
  • Continuing the 30-minute cadence. The AI keeps 30 minutes after 10:00. Try: Say: "After the first hour, hourly."
  • Missing the title or last line. The AI skips them. Try: Quote the title and the last-line format.
  • Getting markdown back. AI adds bold and headings by default, which show up as stray symbols where this is pasted. Try: Say "plain text, no bold, no headings, no asterisks".
  • Trusting the AI to count words. AI is bad at counting and usually runs long, so a vague "keep it short" lands well over the limit. Try: Cap each part instead of the total, for example "each line under 15 words".

What a strong prompt includes

  • Quotes the title
  • Gives the header
  • States the cadence
  • Asks for plain text
  • Sets a length limit

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