{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "kind": "shortening-method",
  "format": "agent-skill",
  "id": "decision-brief",
  "name": "Decision brief",
  "category": "Work",
  "summary": "Expose the choice, the tradeoff, and the next action.",
  "use_cases": [
    "Proposals",
    "Option comparisons",
    "Approval requests"
  ],
  "word_count": 120,
  "url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/decision-brief/",
  "instructions_url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/decision-brief/SKILL.md",
  "skill_url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/decision-brief/SKILL.md",
  "json_url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/decision-brief/llms.txt",
  "plain_text_url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/decision-brief/prompt.txt",
  "license": "MIT",
  "sources_url": "https://sho.rten.it/sources/#decision-brief",
  "skill_name": "decision-brief",
  "skill_description": "Expose the choice, the tradeoff, and the next action. Use for Proposals, Option comparisons, Approval requests.",
  "agents_md_url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/decision-brief/AGENTS.md",
  "sources": [],
  "instructions": "Condense the supplied decision material so a reader can act. State the decision needed, or the recorded decision if one exists. Include a recommendation only when the source provides one or the user asks you to make one; label your own recommendation clearly.\n\nKeep the options that remain viable, the criteria that distinguish them, and the central tradeoff. Retain costs, deadlines, dependencies, risks, and uncertainty when they affect the choice. Separate evidence from assumptions. Remove repeated arguments and background that does not change the decision.\n\nEnd with the next action, owner, and deadline when provided. Mark missing information only when it blocks the decision. Do not invent agreement, authority, numbers, or commitments. Prefer a short paragraph or a compact comparison.",
  "example": {
    "context": "A venue choice with an unconfirmed cheaper option",
    "before": "We need to choose the workshop venue by 17 June for 72 attendees. Venue A seats 80 and costs $3,400, including a nonrefundable $500 deposit. Venue B seats 60 and costs $2,600. A larger room at B would add $500, but its availability is unconfirmed; B is an option only if that room is available. The events team recommends A because its capacity is confirmed. Noor will book after the budget owner approves the choice. We have not received approval, and no booking has been made.",
    "after": "Choose a venue for 72 attendees by 17 June. Events recommends A: 80 seats, $3,400 including a nonrefundable $500 deposit. B costs $2,600 for 60 seats; it is viable only with an unconfirmed larger room costing $500 extra.\n\nNoor will book after budget-owner approval. Approval and booking remain pending.",
    "must_preserve": [
      "Decision by 17 June; 72 attendees",
      "A has confirmed 80-seat capacity and $3,400 cost",
      "A price includes a nonrefundable $500 deposit",
      "B 60 seats at $2,600; larger room adds $500 and is unconfirmed",
      "B viable only with larger room",
      "Events team recommends A, not an invented agreement",
      "Noor books only after budget-owner approval; neither approval nor booking complete"
    ],
    "omitted": [
      "Combines repeated availability and status statements while retaining the cost and capacity trade-off."
    ],
    "kind": "illustrative"
  }
}