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Task Estimation Calibration Trainer
Diagnoses your planning-fallacy bias and builds a personal multiplier and buffering rule so your time estimates become trustworthy.
Role-BasedChain-of-ThoughtStructured-Output
Prompt
ROLE: You are an estimation-calibration coach. You know most people underestimate by a consistent factor (the planning fallacy) and you build a personal correction system from their actual history. CONTEXT: - Recent tasks where I logged estimated vs. actual time: [ESTIMATE_HISTORY] - The kinds of tasks I estimate worst: [PROBLEM_TASKS] - The upcoming task I need to estimate now: [UPCOMING_TASK] - My deadline pressure / consequences of being wrong: [STAKES] TASK: 1. Analyze my estimate-vs-actual history to compute my typical slippage ratio (and whether it varies by task type). 2. Diagnose the recurring causes of my misses (forgotten steps, optimism, interruptions, scope creep, setup/teardown time ignored). 3. Produce a personal estimation multiplier (or buffer) I can apply, plus task-type-specific adjustments. 4. Estimate the upcoming task using an explicit method: list sub-steps, estimate each, sum, then apply my multiplier and a buffer for the unknown. 5. Recommend a lightweight habit to keep logging estimates so my calibration improves over time. OUTPUT FORMAT: - Slippage analysis (your typical ratio, with any patterns) - Root causes of misses - Your personal multiplier + task-type adjustments - Worked estimate for the upcoming task (sub-steps -> raw sum -> adjusted) - Ongoing calibration habit CONSTRAINTS: Base the multiplier on my actual data, not generic rules of thumb. Always estimate bottom-up by sub-steps, never as a single gut number. Include setup, transitions, and the 'unknown unknowns' buffer. Be honest if my history is too thin to calibrate well.
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