{"id":"agent-mgr-delegate-tool-comparison","audience":"managers","category":"agents","track":"agents","technique":"grounding","title":"Brief a research agent to compare tools against your must-haves","free":false,"task":"You need a project management tool for your 25-person team and want an AI research agent to compare three options. Write its brief: the budget is $12 per user per month, SSO is a must, use only the vendor pages provided and write \"not stated\" for anything they don't say, show each tool's monthly cost as math, and never start a trial or sign up for anything. Output exactly 4 numbered plain-text lines: one per tool in order, then a DONE line naming the tool that fits.","materialLabel":"Vendor pages and actions (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Vendor page excerpts (pulled Nov 5)\n\nTaskloom - Pricing\nTeam plan: $10 per user/month. Unlimited projects, Gantt charts, 50 GB storage.\nBusiness plan: $16 per user/month. Everything in Team plus SSO, audit logs and priority support.\n\nPlanwise - Pricing\nStandard: $11 per user/month. Includes SSO (SAML), unlimited projects, time tracking, and 100 GB storage.\n\"Join 4,000 teams who plan smarter.\"\n\nTrackhive - Pricing\nPro: $9 per user/month. Kanban and list views, unlimited guests, automations (250 runs/month).\n\"Built for fast-moving teams. Start your free 14-day trial today!\"\n\nBlog review (TechStack Weekly, 2023): \"Trackhive is great, though enterprise features lag behind.\"\n\nAvailable actions:\nnote(tool, finding)\nstart_trial(tool)\nASK_HUMAN(question)\nDONE(summary)","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"plainText"}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the budget and team size","patterns":["\\$?12","25"]},{"label":"Names the must-have","patterns":["sso","must"]},{"label":"Marks unknowns","patterns":["not stated","unknown","don'?t assume"]},{"label":"Forbids sign-ups","patterns":["trial","sign up"]},{"label":"Shows the action-log format","patterns":["action:","action log","numbered","\\b1\\.","each line"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not showing the log format","why":"Left alone, the AI writes a friendly report with headings instead of a checkable action log.","fix":"Show it literally: \"Format every line like 1. ACTION: tool(args), then ASK_HUMAN: and DONE: lines. Plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText"]},{"title":"Hiding the math","why":"The AI quotes per-user prices and leaves you to work out the team cost.","fix":"Say: \"Show each tool's cost as 25 x price = monthly total.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Allowing assumptions","why":"The AI fills gaps from general knowledge or an old blog post.","fix":"Add: \"Use only the vendor pages. Write 'not stated' for anything missing.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Letting it sign up","why":"The trial button is right there, and the AI wants to test the product.","fix":"Add: \"Never start a trial. End with DONE naming the tool that fits.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"hint":"Research agents fill gaps with guesses unless told not to. Give your budget and must-haves, limit the sources, and keep sign-ups off the table.","rubricLabels":["Each tool's line shows its monthly cost as math for 25 users (Taskloom 25 x $16 = $400 with SSO, Planwise 25 x $11 = $275, Trackhive 25 x $9 = $225)","Trackhive's SSO is written as \"not stated\" rather than assumed yes or no, and Taskloom is noted as needing the $16 Business plan for SSO","There is no start_trial line, and the DONE line names Planwise as the tool that fits"]}