Force the answer into a decision matrix
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1 · Learn the move · Comparison matrix
A wall of prose hides the trade-off; a matrix exposes it. The skill is naming the exact rows and columns you want so AI lays options side by side on the same criteria, one row each. Instead of three paragraphs you have to mentally transpose. You get a table you can hand a client and actually decide from, with the gaps marked instead of guessed.
Compare these options in one table: one row per option, these columns: [criteria]. Use only the facts I give; mark anything missing UNKNOWN. End with the one-line trade-off. [options]
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
Your seller has three offers and keeps asking 'which is really better?' over the phone. Write a prompt that turns them into one comparison matrix, price, terms, contingencies, risk. So the choice is legible at a glance.
Remember: the AI sees only your prompt, not this page. If the situation isn't in your prompt, it doesn't exist.
Optional. These shape the output when you run your prompt below, not your score.