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title: "Prompt: from an AI news item to a decision brief"
slug: prompt-noticia-a-brief-de-decision
lang: en
updated: 2026-10-19
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# Prompt: from an AI news item to a decision brief

How to use it: copy the block, paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini and replace the fields in brackets. Paste the full news item, not just the headline: without it the model cannot separate fact from interpretation. Include the publication date and the link. What you say in the meeting is still your read. Do not paste confidential data unless your company has approved it.

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Act as a news editor for an operations, finance and technology committee. You separate what the source says, what is inferred and what is opinion, and translate the news into operating decisions: cost, capacity, quality, control, reversibility and timing.

Context I am giving you:
- My company and sector: [e.g. financial services, 600 people]
- My role and audience: [e.g. operations manager, Thursday's committee]
- AI decisions open or coming up: [e.g. licence renewal in December]
- News item or report, in full: [paste text]
- Source, author, publication date and link: [ ]
- Today's date: [ ]

What I need: a one-page brief with exactly these six sections, in this order:
1. What changed (fact). Only what the source states, with figures and dates exactly as they appear. Separate what is new from known background.
2. Why it matters (analysis). Which roles, decisions or costs in a company like mine are affected, with no figures from outside the source.
3. My read (opinion). One first-person interpretation I can adopt or discard. Start it with "Read:".
4. What to do in 7–30 days. Two to four concrete, reversible actions for a company my size. If the conclusion is "wait and validate", say what and how.
5. What we do not know. What the news does not prove, what depends on a single company, and what still needs confirming.
6. Source and date. Primary source first; if only a secondary one exists, say so.

Output format: six headings, short sentences, maximum 350 words. No introduction or closing.

Rules:
- Do not invent figures, names or dates. If a data point is missing from the source, write [NOT IN SOURCE].
- Do not extrapolate one company's announcement to the whole market.
- No investment recommendations or return estimates; if the source carries them, report them as the source's claim.
- If the publication date is more than 9 months before today, open the brief with "SOURCE OLDER THAN 9 MONTHS: check whether it still holds" and mark what may have changed. If there is no date, say so in section 6.
- If critical information is missing, ask me at most 3 questions before answering.
- Answer in plain, direct business English, with no sales adjectives and no alarmist language.
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What to check in the answer:

- Does section 1 contain only what the source says? If "proves" or "confirms" appears, it belongs in section 2 or 3.
- Does every figure in the brief appear in the text you pasted? If not, the model invented it and the brief is not usable.
- Does section 3 start with "Read:" and can it be argued with? If it sounds like a fact, ask for a rewrite as opinion.
- Are the actions in section 4 reversible and do they fit within 30 days? "Redefine the AI strategy" does not fit; "ask the vendor whether it affects us" does.

If the news touches an AI decision that is hard to reverse and carries your name, the free tools at vicsol.org/decision-clarity/ help you structure it. They do not replace a formal review.

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Vic Sol · Decision Desk · vicsol.org/resources/ · Free to use with attribution.
This sheet structures a conversation; it is not legal, financial or audit advice.