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Help me make this decision with a structured pass rather than a gut call. The decision: [DECISION IN ONE SENTENCE]. The options I am considering: [LIST YOUR OPTIONS]. Hard constraints: [BUDGET, TIME, OR OTHER LIMITS]. What matters to me, roughly in order: [YOUR CRITERIA]. Work through this sequence. Step 1 — classify the decision: is it reversible or hard to reverse, and how costly is a wrong choice in practice? Calibrate the depth of the remaining analysis to that answer; a cheap, reversible decision gets a short treatment. Step 2 — pressure-test the framing: propose at least one option I have not listed, and include both do nothing and delay until [DATE OR TRIGGER EVENT] if I omitted them. Step 3 — build a weighted table: score each option 1-5 against each criterion, state the weight you assigned each criterion and why, and show the arithmetic so I can adjust it. Step 4 — run the reversal test: for the winning option, write the strongest honest paragraph arguing against it. Step 5 — state your recommendation, your confidence as low, medium, or high, and the single piece of missing information that would most change the answer. Do not hedge the recommendation into a summary of trade-offs; commit to one option and defend it.

Write it so someone can paste it straight into Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini and fill the [BRACKETS].