Write a public notice residents will actually understand
A legally complete public notice for a hearing, rate change, or service change, plus a plain-language version for web and social channels.
The prompt
Write a public notice for my agency.
Type of notice: [e.g. "public hearing", "proposed fee or rate change", "road closure", "service change", "comment period"]
What is happening and why: [DETAILS]
Who is affected and where: [areas, addresses, groups]
Key dates: [hearing date and time, comment deadline, effective date]
How people can take part: [in person, online, phone, written comments, address]
Legal requirements I know of: [e.g. "must run in newspaper of record 10 days before", "required elements list"; or "unsure"]
Languages needed: [LANGUAGES]
Accommodation contact: [ADA / disability accommodation and interpretation request contact]
Give me:
1. The formal notice with every required element I listed, in the order a legal notice normally follows: title, authority, description, time and place, how to comment, where documents can be viewed, accommodation statement, contact.
2. A plain-language version (under 150 words, about 6th to 8th grade reading level) that leads with what changes for residents and what they can do about it.
3. A social post (under 280 characters) and a text alert (under 160 characters).
4. A checklist of required elements, marking any I have not supplied as [ADD].
Rules: dates, times, and locations in bold; no jargon or unexplained acronyms; never invent legal citations, deadlines, or fees. Remind me to confirm publication and posting requirements with our clerk or counsel.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- DETAILS
- areas, addresses, groups
- hearing date and time, comment deadline, effective date
- in person, online, phone, written comments, address
- LANGUAGES
- ADD
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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