How do I improve an AI brief that keeps choosing the wrong priorities?
When a brief gets a priority wrong, tell it why. "This should have been first" gives it less to work with than "a client decision due today comes before an internal update with no deadline". Then check the source, since the missing piece may be a document the AI agent never saw.
In describing her morning workflow, Teresa Carlson said the output isn't always right and that she adjusts it. A brief can be useful without being ready to run your day.
You may find the deadline sat in an attachment the AI agent didn't use. Or a message sounded urgent without naming a real due date. Those are different problems. One needs a source change and the other needs a clearer standard for urgency.
Keep a short record of each correction: what the brief picked, what you picked and why. Use a few of those examples to test the revised instructions before you rely on the next brief.
I'd add a rule for uncertainty too. When the deadline is unclear, the AI agent can flag it and leave the ranking open. A made-up date would hide the gap.
You're still the one responsible for the priorities, including the exceptions no simple rule covers.
What to try this week
Find one priority the brief got wrong this week and write the reason in a sentence a stranger could follow. Add it to the instructions, then run the brief again and see whether the ranking moves.