A reusable research prompt
Nullstar Lab

Help me make this decision: [decision].
Constraints: [time, budget, geography, audience].
What I already know: [facts and sources].

1. Identify the questions that could change the decision.
2. Research those questions using accessible primary sources where possible.
3. For every important claim, include its source and date.
4. Separate observed facts, inference and unknowns.
5. State when a source could not be accessed or verified.
6. Compare the viable options against my constraints.
7. End with the next practical step and the evidence still needed.

Do not invent sources, quotations, current availability or certainty.