Summarise a document for a decision

For a chat window.

The prompt

Summarise the document below for someone who has to make this decision: {{DECISION}}

<document>
{{DOCUMENT}}
</document>

Rules:
- Lead with what the document implies for that decision specifically.
- Include anything that argues against the obvious reading.
- Quote the three or four sentences that matter most, verbatim, with their location.
- Separately list what the document does not say that I would want to know.
- Do not summarise sections that are irrelevant to the decision, however long they are.

What to fill in

Placeholder	What goes there
{{DECISION}}	whether to sign this contract as drafted
{{DOCUMENT}}	the contract, report or paper

Why it works

A summary for a decision and a summary for a file note are different documents, and saying which one you want changes the output substantially.

Verbatim quotes are the check: they let you confirm the summary is of the document in front of you and not of the general topic.

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