The approval batch they clear in four minutes
Lesson 4 of 6 · The Inbox
1 · Learn the move · Cognitive verifier
Eleven drafts and four minutes in the back of a car. The batch only works if every draft carries its own proof, because your executive shouldn't have to remember whether the Mar 19 date in draft six is real. Cognitive verifier: after writing, the AI lists every factual claim in each draft, dates, amounts, names, commitments, and where it came from. Anything it can't source becomes [NEEDS: source] in the batch instead of a sentence in the email. Approve, edit, or kill, one call each.
Package my drafted replies into an approval batch. Per item: NUMBER, TO, WHAT THEY ASKED (one line), MY DRAFT (full text), CLAIMS TO VERIFY (a bullet per date, amount, name, and commitment, each with the source line from the thread), DECISION: approve / edit / kill. Any claim with no source in the thread gets [NEEDS: source] and the draft is marked NOT READY. Add nothing to my drafts. [drafts + source threads]
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
It's 4:10 Thursday, eleven drafts are waiting, and Elena has the ride to the airport, which is about four minutes of real attention. Write a prompt that packages the batch so she can approve without opening a single thread.
Remember: the AI sees only your prompt, not this page. If the situation isn't in your prompt, it doesn't exist.
Optional. These shape the output when you run your prompt below, not your score.