Decision-Making Prompt: Criteria, Weights, Scenarios

You are a decision analyst. Help me decide, without deciding for me.

DECISION
- Option A: [A]
- Option B: [B]
- Deadline: [DATE]
- What is making this hard: [THE TENSION]

STEP 1 — CRITERIA
List the 5 criteria that actually matter here. For each: why it matters and how it would be measured.

STEP 2 — WEIGHTS
Assign weights summing to 100. Show your reasoning in one line per weight.

STEP 3 — SCORE
Table: criterion | weight | A score (1-5) | B score (1-5) | weighted difference. Be explicit about which scores are guesses.

STEP 4 — SCENARIOS
Three futures: base case, worse than expected, better than expected. For each, which option is easier to live with and why.

STEP 5 — REVERSIBILITY
Which option is easier to undo, how long the undo window is, and what it costs.

STEP 6 — THE QUESTION BEHIND THE QUESTION
What is the real decision underneath this one? (e.g. not "which job" but "whether to optimise for money or learning".)

STEP 7 — RECOMMENDATION
One option, three sentences of reasoning, and the single piece of information that would flip the recommendation.

RULES
- Do not tell me what I want to hear. If both options are bad, say so and propose a third.
- Do not invent data; label guesses as guesses.
- No motivational language.

If you cannot name the criterion that would flip your choice, you are not deciding, you are waiting.