Kingy AI Certificate ยท Lesson 6 of 6
Fix the draft
About 7 minutes. No signup.
An AI draft is a starting point, not a finished message. A few minutes of fixing turns it into something you'd happily put your name to.
Why it matters
AI drafts often look finished. They're neat, polite and well laid out. That makes it easy to miss the one wrong date, or the friendly promise nobody agreed to.
Once you send it, it's your message. People will hold you to what it says.
The habit: four quick checks
- Wrong facts. Check every number, date, time and price against your source.
- Made-up extras. Cut anything the source doesn't say, like "free parking" or "refreshments provided".
- Missing must-haves. Add anything that has to be there: a deadline, a reply-by date, who to contact.
- Ready to send. No leftover gaps like [Name] or [Date], and it sounds like you.
Try it (2 minutes, with your own AI)
You work at a primary school office. Here's the trip letter from the teacher and an AI draft for parents. Both are made up.
See a good way to do it
What to paste:
Check this letter to parents against the trip details and fix any mistakes. Keep it short. [paste the details without the teacher's name, then the draft]
Four things to fix:
- Wrong fact: back by 3 pm, not 3:30 pm.
- Made-up extra: lunch is not provided. Children bring a packed lunch.
- Missing must-have: the pay-by date, 19 November.
- Not ready: replace [Name] with the school office's sign-off.
Check yourself
1. The AI draft says "refreshments will be served". Your event notes don't mention food. What do you do?
- Leave it: people like refreshments
- Cut it
- Change it to "light refreshments"
Answer
Cut it. If nobody has arranged food, don't promise it.
2. The draft is great except one date is wrong. What do you do?
- Fix the date, check the rest, then use it
- Ask AI to write a completely new one
Answer
Fix the date and check the rest. A new draft might bring in new mistakes.
3. True or false: if the draft has no spelling mistakes, it's ready to send.
Answer
False. Spelling is the easy part. The facts, the extras and the missing must-haves are what matter.
In the certificate test
One task gives you a source and an AI draft with a few faults planted in it: a wrong number, a made-up extra and a missing line. You hand in the fixed draft, ready to send. We check that you gave your AI the source, that the right facts are in, and that the planted wrong ones are gone.
"Ready to send" means the finished version only: the person's name back in, no [placeholders] and no notes about what you changed. If a name is missing or a placeholder is left in, that task can score at most 7 out of 10.