Unit 5: Put the urgent thing first · Lesson 2 of 4 · about 6 min

Turn voicemails into a to-do list

Five voicemails came in while you were on a job. You want one list, most urgent first.

You're practising: Getting the most urgent thing first, and having your AI flag what it could not understand instead of guessing.

The mistake to catch: AI lists things in the order it read them, not in the order they matter.

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1. Open the prompt

Open Turn Voicemails Into an Action Listand copy its prompt into your AI. Any AI works.

2. Give it this sample data

1. "Hi, it's Maria from Sparkle Cleaning, confirming Thursday at 10. Call back only if that doesn't work."
2. "This is Tom Becker. I need a quote for a deck repair by Friday, please call me at 555-0142."
3. "Hello, this is the school nurse. Your son left his inhaler here. Please pick it up before 4pm today."
4. "...uh, [unintelligible name] from [unintelligible] bank about the loan papers, need signature by Monday... number unclear, sounds like 555-01-something."
5. "Ace Hardware here, your order is ready for pickup whenever you like."

Your task: Ask your AI to turn these into an action list, most urgent first, and to flag anything it could not understand instead of guessing.

3. Paste your AI's answer

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1. Today, before 4pm: pick up your son's inhaler from the school nurse.
2. By Friday: call Tom Becker (555-0142) about a deck repair quote.
3. By Monday: loan papers need a signature. The caller's name, bank and number were unclear, so check your bank's portal or email to confirm who called.
4. No action unless it changes: Sparkle Cleaning confirmed Thursday at 10.
5. Any time: Ace Hardware order ready for pickup.

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Turn voicemails into a to-do list

1. Open the prompt

2. Give it this sample data

3. Paste your AI's answer

Passed. Here's one answer that also passes, to compare

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