Calibrate Voicemail Urgency to Reduce False High Alerts
Use this adjusted version of the prioritization prompt if the standard prompt is over-classifying messages as High urgency — for example, when polite 'please call me back as soon as you can' language is being treated as genuinely time-sensitive.
The Prompt
Below are transcripts from my business voicemails, numbered VM 1 through VM [X]. Read all of them, then return a table with exactly these columns: | # | Caller Name/Number | One-Sentence Summary | Urgency | Recommended Action | Best Call-Back Window | For Urgency, use High, Medium, or Low. Classify as High if the message contains: words like urgent, emergency, cancel, complaint, deadline; a caller who leaves their number twice; or a clearly frustrated or distressed tone. Classify as Low if the message is routine, informational, or a vendor following up with no deadline mentioned. Do not classify as High unless there is a concrete deadline, a threat to cancel, or explicit language indicating an emergency. Polite requests for callbacks are Medium. Sort the table by Urgency — High first. Do not add commentary outside the table. [Paste all numbered transcripts here]
From the guide
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