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DELEGATING-TO-AI5 MIN READ

Build a Brief for a Market Scan

Build a market-scan brief with source limits, output format, and verification.

The VP needs a quick market scan on three segments, but the team cannot afford unsupported claims in the lunch discussion. Build the brief in four moves: question, source boundary, comparison frame, verification trail. Asking "scan the market and tell me the best segment" invites stale facts, hidden assumptions, and a model-owned recommendation. Question Define the decision support question: "Which segment deserves deeper discovery next week?" This keeps the AI from pretending to make the investment decision. Source boundary Use only the pasted analyst notes and supplied public excerpts. Separate unsupported outside knowledge. Source boundaries reduce hallucinated market claims and…

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