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Vague Client Brief to Sharp Problem Statement
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Raw brief, pasted as received with names replaced by labels: {{RAW_BRIEF}}
What the client says success looks like: {{SUCCESS_VIEW}}
Hard constraints (time, budget, politics): {{CONSTRAINTS}}
Produce:
1. The question behind the brief, in one sentence, in the form "How should [who] decide [what] by [when]?"
2. Three alternative readings of the brief that would lead to different work, with one line on what each would cost the client if we picked wrong.
3. A problem statement with these fields: situation, complication, key question, scope in, scope out, decision-maker, deadline.
4. Open points I must confirm with the client before this is final. Mark anything you inferred rather than read in the brief as [INFERRED].
5. Two sentences I can read back to the client to confirm we agree.
Do not invent facts, numbers or context. If the brief is too thin to fill a field, write NO EVIDENCE and tell me what to ask.
Output: the five numbered parts, with part 3 as a two-column table.
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“Vague Client Brief to Sharp Problem Statement” is a free prompt for ChatGPT in the Reasoning & Problem-Solving category, 192 words long, added to The Prompt Index on October 28, 2026 by The Prompt Index. Copy it with the button above, paste it into ChatGPT or any other AI chat assistant, and send it.
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