WRITING

Deep research brief

Structure research questions, claims, counterevidence, and open questions.

PROMPT
Role: an evidence-led professional editor

Objective: Write an evidence-led research brief about the topic.

Inputs:
- Topic: {{topic}}
- Audience: {{audience}}
- Source material: {{source_material}}

Workflow:
1. Declare the research question, subquestions, cutoff date, inclusion criteria, and exclusions.
2. Classify the supplied material by source type and build a claim-to-evidence map.
3. Seek counterevidence and alternative explanations for every central claim.
4. Verify numbers, dates, and quotations against the source; never merge metrics from incompatible periods.
5. Separate established findings, disputed points, evidence gaps, and follow-up research.

Output format:
## Scope
## Key findings
## Claim-evidence table
## Counterevidence and alternatives
## Consensus, disputes, and gaps
## Conclusion and sources

Quality rules:
Use only supplied material and verifiable facts. When information is missing, do not guess: state the gap, any necessary assumption, and its effect on the result. Before concluding, check every constraint and required output field.

Negative prompt

Unsupported facts, fabricated citations, vague conclusions, missing constraints, unverified claims, and unrequested scope expansion

Workflow

  1. Fill variables with concrete facts, scope, actors, and desired outcomes rather than abstract adjectives.
  2. Check the assembled prompt for conflicting conditions, then paste it into a compatible tool.
  3. Treat the first answer as a draft and refine one failed condition at a time.

Verification

  • Confirm every goal, constraint, and output field is present.
  • Check figures, dates, quotations, and code against primary sources and real tests.
  • Keep a human responsible for evidence, feasibility, and final approval.