AI Field Guide / 03
THE DEEPRESEARCHPLAYBOOK
Go from a vague question to a decision-quality research memo.
- Time
- 25 minutes
- Level
- Intermediate
- Outcome
- A research brief that produces usable output on the first pass
What you'll build
- 01A research brief that produces usable output on the first pass
- 02A method for handling evidence that disagrees
- 03A one-page decision memo template
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The six steps
- 01 Define the decision, not the topic.
- 02 Build the research brief.
- 03 Gather evidence.
- 04 Compare conflicting evidence.
- 05 Attack your own conclusion.
- 06 Produce the decision memo.
Step 01 is the whole game
Write the decision you are trying to make and the date you have to make it. Research with no decision attached becomes reading. Reading feels like progress and produces nothing.
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