Mike's Checks/grok-4.6/06 execercise
06 execercise
grok-4.6Grok CLIhigh effortrun 1 Sep 2026
▸Instructions — the case's current instructions; none were saved with this result
I have added a bunch of context on this exec offsite session in the context file and I want you to create a folder for Adrian Vale (SVP Strategic Initiatives, initials AV) with 2-3 ideas he could build, with any synthetic data he needs to build it, in a way that matches his role, with a well written prompt for each idea. Put everything in a folder with his initials. Give realistic file formats for the synthetic data.
Answer
Adrian Vale session pack
Everything for Adrian Vale (SVP Strategic Initiatives) is in AV/. Three build ideas, each with a copy-paste prompt and a synthetic data pack in realistic formats. Nothing in data/ is live Aurex information.
What to have him build
| Folder | Walk-out artifact | Role fit |
|---|---|---|
AV/01-ma-market-activation-dashboard/ |
Local HTML Activation OS dashboard | Cross-company view of the 2025 acquisitions, eight new markets, and partner conversion from messaging to on-network settlement |
AV/02-competitive-intelligence-brief/ |
Staff-ready weekly brief + reusable “bot” prompt | The Sunday-night competitive read for Dana / Monica / staff (Clearnet, Brightbank Ledger, Parity, Cardinal, Beacon) |
AV/03-exec-staff-preread/ |
Tuesday staff pre-read + talking points + Monday workflow | SI’s weekly operating cadence — including the AI-transformation beat he is personally driving |
If he can only ship one: 01 for demo impact, 03 if he wants something he will use at 08:30 the same morning. 02 is the fastest second build.
Each prompt is written in his voice, names the files to read, forbids fabricating extra deals/markets, and asks Claude to surface tracker-vs-narrative conflicts rather than smooth them over. That is deliberate: the weekly memos contradict the CSVs in a few places (Treasura RAG, the 40% on-network figure, Luxembourg as a “launch”).
Synthetic data formats
| Format | What it stands in for |
|---|---|
.csv |
Smartsheet / Sheets / PMO exports (acquisitions, workstreams, synergies, markets, partner funnel, RAID, win/loss, KPIs, initiative portfolio) |
.md |
Workstream lead updates, news clips, last week’s staff notes, data dictionaries, briefing template |
.eml |
Internal Outlook/Gmail forwards (Corp Dev, Legal, Network, Treasura, People, Comms) |
.json |
Slack export of #strategic-initiatives (plus a private leads channel) |
.ics |
Calendar slice for Miami week and the deadlines the pre-read has to respect |
Connectors are optional. Every idea runs off local files so a Gmail/Slack permission failure cannot block the session.
Assumptions (called, not hidden)
- Hope Carver and Sulaiman Rao sit on Adrian’s SI team (they were on the 26 Feb planning call).
- Integration PMO is dotted-line into SI; deal origination stays with Erik Jansen.
- Internal headcount (~1,500) is used, not the third-party 925 figure.
- “R. Visser, Treasura” is treated as Rik Visser for email realism.
- Named workstream leads below the executive team (Daniela Ruiz, James Okonkwo, Priya Nair, Lena Vogt, etc.), all synergy dollars, partner-level volumes, and win/loss rows are invented.
- Data freeze is Friday 6 March 2026; the session is Tuesday 10 March 2026.
- Two company facts from the context pack are intentionally left in tension inside the data, because they are his actual job: “eight new markets” vs. licenses without GTM, and “~40% on-network” vs. a denominator Partnerships cannot currently defend.
What this pack does not include
A finished dashboard, brief, or pre-read. The point of the session is that he ships it. Prompts specify the output filenames so a trainer can tell, in the room, whether v1 landed.
Checks
10/10Idea folders existfolder
an AV / adrian-vale folder exists with 2-3 idea subfolders
Usable data filesreal-data
every idea has >=1 data file in a realistic format that parses
Prompt for each ideaprompt-per-idea
every idea has a non-trivial prompt file
Q1Fits the person's role
Judge's reasoning
All three ideas sit in strategy/corp-dev remit — M&A integration + market activation dashboard, competitive intelligence brief, and a cross-company staff pre-read built from 'the SI-owned and SI-shepherded programs' (initiative_portfolio.csv), not generic exec productivity.
▸Rubric
Role fit. Is every idea something this specific exec — SVP Strategic Initiatives — would own, rather than another function's job (a marketing campaign calendar, an HR onboarding tracker, an engineering ticket triager) or generic executive-productivity filler (inbox summarizer, meeting-notes cleaner) that any exec at any company could have been handed? Mike: "what I'm looking for here is like, does it come up with interesting ideas that are relevant." FAIL if any one idea sits outside the strategy / corp-dev / cross-company-programs remit.
Q2Specific to the company
Judge's reasoning
Deliverables are saturated with Aurex specifics — 'AUSD collateral attach fees' synergy lines, the five 2025 deals (Northwind/Prime, Treasura, Tideway, Vaultline, Castellan), the messaging-vs-on-network partner funnel, and the payments/token competitive set (Clearnet, Beacon, Brightbank Ledger, Cardinal, Parity/PUSD).
▸Rubric
Company-specific. Are the ideas built on Aurex's actual situation — its products, the AUSD token, the acquisition-integration program, the payments and digital-asset competitive set? FAIL if the deliverable would read identically with the company name swapped for any other mid-size B2B company.
Q3Different ideas
Judge's reasoning
Distinct problems and artifacts: an HTML program-operating dashboard, an external competitive brief plus reusable weekly briefing engine, and a 700-word decision-oriented staff pre-read with talking points.
▸Rubric
Ideas are distinct. Do the 2-3 ideas solve different problems for him? FAIL if two of them are the same artifact with different input data (e.g. two dashboards that differ only in subject).
Q4Self-contained prompts
Judge's reasoning
Each PROMPT.md is a copy-paste block with full company framing, named output filenames ('a single-file HTML dashboard named aurex-activation-os.html'), explicit structure, and no placeholders or references to prior conversation.
▸Rubric
Prompt is self-contained. Could Vale paste each prompt into a fresh Claude session, with only the files in that idea's folder, and get the thing built without adding anything? FAIL if any prompt has unfilled placeholders (`[INSERT ...]`, `<your company>`), leans on conversation context ("as we discussed", "the ideas above"), or never states what should be produced.
Q5Prompts match the data
Judge's reasoning
Every prompt enumerates its folder's files exactly and each shipped file is referenced — e.g. prompt 02 lists all six data files plus 'twelve items' in news_clips/ (12 present) and three emails (3 present).
▸Rubric
Prompt and data match. Does each prompt name the data files that are actually present in that idea's folder, and does each supplied data file get used by the prompt? FAIL if a prompt references a file that does not exist, or the folder ships data the prompt never mentions.
Q6Realistic practice data
Judge's reasoning
Content is specific and internally consistent, not filler — e.g. raid_log R-002 'AUSD go-live date promised as Q2 sold as Q3 engineered' with a cost-of-delay note, 30 workstream rows, 24 KPI rows with confidence flags, and .eml/.ics/.json files with realistic headers and named actors.
▸Rubric
The data is real data, not props. Mike: "the thing I look for here is, um, does it, does it create real data?" Format is already checked by script — judge the *content*. FAIL if values are obvious filler (`Company A`, `Competitor 1`, lorem text, the same row repeated, all-identical dates/amounts) or if there is too little of it to build the thing the prompt asks for (e.g. a trend dashboard shipped with four rows).
Q7Buildable during the session
Judge's reasoning
Each prompt states 'All processing happens from these local files. Do not try to call Slack, Gmail, or an API' / 'Local files only', and the README notes connectors are optional so 'permissions cannot block the build.'
▸Rubric
Buildable in the session. Could this be built during a workshop session against the supplied synthetic data? FAIL if any idea's core function requires live credentials or system access the exec won't have in the room (a real NetSuite/Snowflake connection, his production inbox, a paid market-data feed) instead of working off the included files.