13 research prompts
Comparing options honestly, tracing a claim to its source, arguing against your own conclusion, and summarising for a decision.
Build a reading list on a topic
Ordered so each piece prepares the next.
Compare two options honestly
Where each one wins, and what would change the call.
Estimate something, showing the work
A number I can argue with, not a number to trust.
Extract a timeline
What happened when, and what's only inferred.
Extract the facts from a page
Claims and numbers, separated from the pitch.
Find the counterexample
Test a rule by hunting the case it breaks on.
Trace a claim to its source
Who said it first, and did they measure it.
Questions to ask before committing
The ones that are cheap now and expensive later.
Reconcile two sources that disagree
Where they diverge and which to trust.
Turn a vague question into an answerable one
Split it until each part can actually be settled.
Summarize a long thread
What was decided, what is still open, who owes what.
Summarize for a specific decision
Only the parts that change the answer.
What am I missing?
Argue against your own conclusion.
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