Prompt Vault · Plan and decide
Compare two AI views of a decision
Use disagreement between two answers to examine the reasoning.
A real decision with context and two separate AI conversations.
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You’ll need: A real decision with context and two separate AI conversations.
Paste the same opening prompt into two separate AI conversations.
Here's a real decision I'm facing: [the decision, with the context that actually matters].
What should I do, and why?
What happens nextThis first prompt gets the initial answer. Use the follow-up prompts in the full lesson to compare the arguments.
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Two AIs argue your decision, round after round, until only the strongest case survives.
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The prompt, ready to paste.
Here's a real decision I'm facing: [the decision, with the context that actually matters].
What should I do, and why?
Replace anything in [brackets] with your real thing. The prompt is deliberately short — resist the urge to pad it.
Paste each answer into the other AI
Another AI said this about my decision: [paste].
Attack it. Make the stronger case.
Repeat, round after round, until they start repeating themselves — that’s the signal. Then:
Fuse the strongest surviving arguments from every round into one recommendation.
When to use it.
A real decision you can't see around — pricing, moving, quitting, killing a project.
Why it works
One AI tells you what you want to hear. Two AIs attacking each other's answers strip away everything weak — and when they start repeating themselves, the argument is done. The fuse step forces one recommendation instead of a debate transcript.
The method, step by step.
- Ask two different AIs the same question
Give both the real decision with the context that actually matters, and ask each what you should do and why. - Make them attack each other
Paste each AI's answer into the other one: “Attack it. Make the stronger case.” Repeat round after round until they start repeating themselves — that's the signal. - Fuse the survivors
Ask either AI to fuse the strongest surviving arguments from every round into one recommendation.
How I actually use it.
I ran a six-round debate on whether to delete twenty thousand lines of my own code. What survived was better than either side's opening argument. We deleted it all.
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The same method, pointed at real situations.
For a pricing decision
Here's a real decision I'm facing: I charge [current price] for [what you sell] and I'm considering moving to [new price]. Here's what my customers are like and what my costs look like: [context].
What should I do, and why?
For a job offer
Here's a real decision I'm facing: I have an offer at [company] for [role and comp], against staying at [current situation]. What actually matters to me: [context].
What should I do, and why?
For killing a project
Here's a real decision I'm facing: I've spent [time/money] on [the project] and it's [current state]. I'm deciding whether to keep going or kill it. Context that matters: [context].
What should I do, and why?
Keep exploring the vault.
- Legacy №002 Steelman My Enemy: Before the hard conversation, make AI argue the other side at full strength.
- Legacy №008 The Tenth Man: If nine agree, the tenth must argue the other side. Nobody wants that job — AI will take it.
- Legacy №003 The Pre-Mortem: Read the obituary before the funeral — make AI write the story of how your plan failed.
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