Decompose a messy research task

Imani needs a competitor readout by noon, but the initial prompt asks AI to "research what matters" without a decision question, source boundary, or verification plan. Centaur research decomposition: human frames the decision, AI extracts from bounded sources, human checks relevance, AI drafts synthesis, human owns the recommendation. The common shortcut is giving AI the whole research task at once. That creates a fluent answer but blurs source quality, relevance, and final judgment. Frame Write the business decision first: "Should we copy the competitor's annual-plan discount?" A decision question gives AI a target and gives the human a standard for…

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