Compare My Options
Best for Purchases, career moves, business decisions, tool choices
When to use When you have 2–5 concrete options and need to choose
Generic pros-and-cons lists are useless if they ignore your specific situation. This recipe gets AI to compare options based on what actually matters to you — your constraints, your priorities, your context.
The Recipe
I'm deciding between: [list your options]
My situation: [who you are, what you need, what your constraints are]
Compare these options for my specific situation. For each one, tell me:
- How well it fits what I actually need
- The biggest advantages in my case
- The hidden costs or downsides I might not see
- Who it's actually best for (and whether that's me)
Then give me your recommendation, with a reason.
Example — Choosing a project management tool
I'm deciding between: Notion, Linear, and Trello
My situation: I run a 4-person freelance agency. We need to track client projects, not internal product development. We're not technical. Budget is a concern — we need free or very cheap. We've tried and abandoned Asana.
Compare these options for my specific situation. For each one, tell me how well it fits, the biggest advantages for my use case, hidden costs or downsides, and who it's really built for. Then recommend which one I should try first.
🔁 Leftover Remixes
🌶️ Spicy: “Now make the case for the option you recommended least. If someone disagreed with your recommendation, what would be their best argument?”
🧊 Mild: “Skip the full comparison — just tell me which you’d choose if you were in my situation, and why in 2 sentences.”
💰 Budget: “Assuming I need to minimize cost to zero, which option is the best free version and what am I giving up?”