Force the answer into a decision matrix
Lesson 6 of 7 · Compliance & safe AI use
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 so the options land side by side on the same criteria - one row each - instead of three paragraphs your principal has to hold in their head. What you get is a table that gets a decision in one pass, 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
Three dates are possible for the offsite and every one breaks something. Write a prompt that turns them into one matrix - who can attend, what it displaces, cost, deadline pressure - so your principal decides in one pass instead of three emails.
Write the prompt for this scenario as given, or swap in a real one from your own work. The score works the same either way.
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.