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Turn an ops dashboard into a three-bullet Slack post

  • For Operations and supply chain
  • You practice Asking for a format you can use
  • Time about 5 minutes
  • Level Intermediate

About this exercise

Your VP of Operations, Dev Kapoor, wants Monday's dashboard as a Slack post. Write plain text under 75 words: a first line 'Ops, Mon Nov 3:' then exactly 3 bullets starting with '-'. Bullet 1 is the one number that needs action, bullet 2 the biggest improvement, and bullet 3 one thing to ignore until the data is fixed.

Common mistakes when you ask AI for this

  • Treating all metrics equally. The AI summarizes every KPI in a paragraph. Try: Add: "3 bullets: action needed, best improvement, ignore for now."
  • Missing the broken feed. The AI reports 61% inventory accuracy as a crisis. Try: Add: "Ignore inventory accuracy: the feed broke, re-run Tuesday."
  • Wrong first line. The AI opens with a greeting or heading. Try: Add: "Line 1 exactly: Ops, Mon Nov 3:"
  • Leaving the format to chance. The AI picks its own length and layout unless told the exact shape. Try: Add: "At most 3 bullets. Plain text, no bold or headings."
  • Trusting the AI to count words. AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it. Try: Cap each part instead, for example "each line under 15 words."

What a strong prompt includes

  • Names the reader
  • Sets the three bullets
  • Names the backlog
  • Handles the broken metric
  • Fixes the first line

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