Check your shop's Wi-Fi router against a checklist

About this exercise

Check your café's router settings against the checklist your IT helper gave you. List only the settings that fail, numbered, as 'setting: now -> change to', in the checklist's order. Plain text, under 70 words.

Common mistakes when you ask AI for this

• Grading by general advice. The AI tells you to put a password on guest Wi-Fi, which Ken said is fine. Try: Say: "Check only against Ken's checklist."
• Listing everything. The AI comments on every setting, including the ones that pass. Try: Add: "List only the settings that fail, in checklist order."
• No exact change. The AI says 'secure your router' instead of the setting to flip. Try: Show the shape: "setting: now -> change to."
• Trusting the AI to count words. AI is bad at counting. Ask for "under 70 words" and it often lands well over. Try: Ask for less than the limit and cap each line: "each line under 15 words, under 50 words total."
• Letting markdown in. AI adds bold and headings by default, and in a printed note for Ken they show up as stray symbols. Try: Add: "Plain text only, no bold, no headings."

What a strong prompt includes

• Uses the checklist
• Lists only failures
• Shows the line shape
• Sets a word limit
• Asks for plain text

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