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Create a weekly decision digest with the decision, owner and date

  • For Project managers
  • You practice Asking for a format you can use
  • Time about 5 minutes
  • Level Beginner

About this exercise

Create the weekly decision digest in plain text. Line 1 is exactly: Decisions this week. Then exactly 3 lines in the form Decision - Owner - Date (YYYY-MM-DD), for the three decisions marked final. Last line exactly: Open items are in the tracker. Use the final dates and leave out proposals and anything marked draft.

Common mistakes when you ask AI for this

  • Including drafts. The AI lists the cancellation flow. Try: Say: "Only decisions marked final and not withdrawn."
  • Wrong middle lines. The AI includes drafts or uses the wrong date format. Try: Say: "Three final decisions, dates as YYYY-MM-DD."
  • Wrong date. The AI uses the effective date. Try: Say: "Use the date each decision was made."
  • Missing first or last line. The AI adds a greeting. Try: Say: "Use the exact first and last lines."
  • Markdown. The AI uses a table. Try: Say: "Plain text."
  • 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 line: "each line under 14 words."
  • 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 12 words."

What a strong prompt includes

  • Exact lines
  • Format
  • Final only
  • ISO date
  • Plain

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