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.
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.
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.
Facts and judgement
The clinic owner changes data portability to a non-negotiable gate, removes an unverified support claim and adds staff training time.
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.
Supporting product guides
Choose a product after the task is clear.
These recommendations are editorial inferences from reviewed provider material. Their evidence state is visible.
Its reviewed task guidance includes criteria, trade-off and counter-case comparison.
inferred · moderate confidenceOpen the supporting guide →ClaudeIts reviewed guide is suited to careful reading and sustained reasoning over a bounded decision.
inferred · moderate confidenceOpen the supporting guide →Reviewed content
Sources and review
- Reviewed
- Review by
- Owner
- The Human Bit editorial
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