These are selected for this specific competitor research job. Use the prompt-ready instruction when it helps, and skip it when the condition does not fit.
Tool-aware research planning Tool-aware research plan
Use when: Use with web-enabled research, source notebooks, coding agents, MCP tools, SEO tools, ad libraries, or APIs.
Prompt move: Before analysis, state which sources or tools should be checked, which facts each tool can verify, and which claims must stay manual.
Skip when: Skip when all evidence is already pasted and no tool access is needed.
Cited-current-research workflow Cited answer-engine check
Use when: Use when the prompt depends on current web facts, public pricing, recently changed pages, search results, product releases, or market claims.
Prompt move: Run a cited search pass for current facts. Keep URLs, dates checked, and quoted claims separate from your own pasted evidence, then downgrade anything without a reliable source.
Skip when: Skip when all evidence is private, pasted, or already date-stamped.
Source grounding Source-grounded context pack
Use when: Use when the answer depends on competitor pages, screenshots, ads, pricing, SEO exports, or reviews.
Prompt move: Build a source table first with source, date checked, claim, confidence, and business meaning. Use only that table for the final recommendations.
Skip when: Skip only for brainstorming with no factual claims.
Parallel research workflow Parallel research sharding
Use when: Use when researching many competitors, channels, markets, ad libraries, SERPs, or weekly monitoring sources.
Prompt move: Split the work by competitor, channel, or source type. Force every shard to return the same schema, then merge only source-backed findings and mark disagreements.
Skip when: Skip for one competitor, one page, or one narrow teardown.
Output contract Structured output contract
Use when: Use when the output must be compared, reviewed, or turned into tasks.
Prompt move: Return the main output as tables or labeled sections with fixed columns: finding, evidence, confidence, risk, action, and verification needed.
Skip when: Skip when the desired output is narrative copy.
Long-context workflow Long-context triage
Use when: Use when pasting many pages, long exports, transcripts, or screenshots.
Prompt move: First extract the decisive evidence and discard irrelevant material. Then analyze only the evidence that can change the recommendation.
Skip when: Skip for short, clean source packs.
Agent workflow Goal-plan-loop agent workflow
Use when: Use when the job includes collecting sources, running checks, writing files, updating a tracker, or repeating the workflow.
Prompt move: When using an agent or browsing mode, structure the run as /goal: the outcome and decision, /plan: ordered sources, tools, limits, and checks, and /loop: collect, verify, summarize, then repeat until the stop condition is met.
Skip when: Skip for a one-off chat answer.
Autonomous-agent guardrails Autonomous-agent sandbox
Use when: Use when an agent can browse, click, write files, call tools, collect sources, or repeat a workflow without constant supervision.
Prompt move: Define allowed sources, allowed actions, forbidden claims, budget, stop conditions, and a validation checklist before the agent starts. Require a final source log and a list of unsupported findings.
Skip when: Skip for read-only synthesis from evidence you already pasted.
Verification workflow Verification loop
Use when: Use before sharing research with a client, team, sales deck, ad brief, or website backlog.
Prompt move: After the first draft, run a verification pass that lists unsupported claims, stale details, missing sources, and recommendations to downgrade or remove.
Skip when: Skip only for private rough notes.