{"id":"search-off-deep-research-brief-chairs","audience":"office","category":"ai-search","track":"research","technique":"constraints","title":"Write a deep-research brief for buying office chairs","free":false,"task":"Your office manager asked you to use a deep-research tool to find ergonomic chairs: 25 chairs, at most $400 each, delivered before January 15, and no affiliate \"best of\" lists or sponsored reviews as sources. Write the brief as exactly 5 numbered lines labeled Goal:, Must have:, Sources:, Exclude: and Output:, where Output: asks for a table with Price, Warranty, Delivery date and Source columns. Plain text, under 110 words.","materialLabel":"Your notes from the office manager (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Notes from chat with Priya (office manager), Nov 4\n\n- new hires starting Jan 20, plus replacing 9 broken chairs\n- we want ergonomic: adjustable seat height, lumbar support, adjustable arms\n- people complained about mesh seats last time (\"too scratchy\")\n- facilities says the elevator max is 6 boxes per trip, doesn't matter for the search\n- budget from finance: $10,000 total for chairs\n- last time someone used \"Top 10 Office Chairs 2026\" from a deals site and half the links were affiliate ads\n- we like brands with at least a 5-year warranty\n- the old chairs came from a vendor that went out of business, so no repeat\n\nThings I tried: asked a chatbot \"best office chairs\" - got a list of $1,200 chairs and some gaming chairs.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":110},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking for recommendations","why":"The AI lists chairs from memory instead of writing instructions for the research tool.","fix":"Say: \"Write a brief for a deep-research tool, not a list of chairs.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Leaving out the hard limits","why":"Without them the tool returns $1,200 chairs that ship in March.","fix":"Add: \"25 chairs, at most $400 each, delivered before January 15.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Forgetting the team's complaints","why":"The no-mesh request and the warranty rule are buried in your notes.","fix":"Add: \"Must have: lumbar, adjustable arms and height, 5-year warranty, no mesh seat.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not banning bad sources","why":"Research tools love affiliate \"top 10\" lists.","fix":"Add: \"Exclude affiliate best-of lists and sponsored reviews.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Long or formatted output","why":"The AI writes a long brief with bold headings.","fix":"Add: \"Exactly 5 numbered lines, each under 20 words, plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","maxWords","plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Asks for a brief, not the research","patterns":["brief","deep.?research","research tool","instructions"]},{"label":"States the hard limits","patterns":["\\$?400","25 chairs","january 15|jan 15"]},{"label":"Bans bad sources","patterns":["affiliate","sponsored","exclude"]},{"label":"Names the 5 labels","patterns":["goal:","must have","sources:","exclude:","output:"]},{"label":"Asks for a table","patterns":["table","warranty","delivery date"]}],"hint":"A research tool only knows the limits you write down. Put the hard numbers, the team's must-haves and the banned sources in the brief.","rubricLabels":["The lines are labeled Goal:, Must have:, Sources:, Exclude: and Output:, and Goal or Must have states 25 chairs, at most $400 each, delivered before January 15","Must have lists the ergonomic features (adjustable seat height, lumbar support, adjustable arms) and the 5-year warranty, and says no mesh seats","Exclude names affiliate best-of lists and sponsored reviews, and Output asks for a table with Price, Warranty, Delivery date and Source columns"]}