Task guide · beginner · 15 minutes

Compare difficult options

Make criteria, trade-offs and assumptions visible while keeping the final choice with the person affected.

Situation: You have several plausible options, competing priorities and no single answer that is best for everyone.
Finished outcome: A side-by-side comparison, strongest counter-case and clearer questions before you decide.

The complete workflow

Understand the hand-off before opening a product.

The reading order remains useful without the visual layout: person, AI, review, result.

01 · person
You provide
Options, constraints and a definition of failure.
02 · ai
AI helps
A criteria-based comparison with assumptions visible.
03 · review
You check
Weights, missing evidence and the counter-case.
04 · result
Finished result
A clearer human decision, not an automated verdict.

AI helps with

A useful first pass

Proposes decision criteria
Compares trade-offs consistently
Builds the strongest case against the leading option

You bring

Context and responsibility

Whether criteria reflect real priorities
Whether facts are verified
Which trade-offs are acceptable

Worked example

See where the draft changes.

The correction is the core teaching moment, not an optional warning after the result.

01 · Input

What the person provides

Compare two booking systems for a five-person clinic. Non-negotiables: Australian support hours, exportable data and a simple patient experience.

02 · AI draft

The useful first pass

Comparison across support, data portability, patient workflow, setup effort and cost, with System A leading on setup and System B leading on export controls.

03 · Human correction

Facts and judgement

The clinic owner changes data portability to a non-negotiable gate, removes an unverified support claim and adds staff training time.

04 · Final result

Human-approved outcome

A gated comparison showing one unresolved support question and a short pilot plan before any purchase.

Try it

Use your own material.

Remove anything you cannot share, replace the bracketed details and keep the checking step.

Do not use this instead of regulated professional advice.
Do not let a polished matrix hide missing or unverified facts.

Help me think through this decision without choosing for me: [decision]. Options: [list]. My constraints: [list]. First propose a short set of decision criteria and ask me to correct them. Then compare the options, show the main trade-offs, mark unverified facts and make the strongest case against whichever option currently looks best.

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