Writing a good decision

solvemax's clarify step is built to ask only what it can't infer or safely assume — so the more real context you give up front, the fewer (and sharper) the questions, and the better the scoring.

What to include

• The actual decision, stated as a question or a choice, not a general topic. "Should I take the Series A offer from Fund X or bootstrap another 6 months?" works; "startup funding" doesn't.
• Numbers, when you have them. Budget, timeline, headcount, revenue, runway — anything quantifiable sharpens the scoring criteria.
• Constraints that are non-negotiable. If a deadline, a legal limit, or a hard budget ceiling rules something out, say so — otherwise the engine may generate and score an option that was never actually available to you.
• How you feel about it, if it matters. solvemax's clarifying questions are specifically for preferences, risk appetite, and non-negotiables — things nobody but you can answer. Naming your gut reaction up front can save a question.

Matching your input to the mode you want

• Describing the situation with no fixed options → DECIDE (the engine generates its own candidate set).
• Naming the specific options you're actually choosing between → COMPARE (only those get scored).
• Handing over an existing plan and wanting it stress-tested → GRILL (each component gets KEEP/FIX/KILL).

Length

Anonymous and free-tier runs are capped at 6,000 characters; signed-in and API runs at 20,000. If you're pasting in a long document, favor the parts that state the actual choice and its constraints over background narrative — the clarifying questions exist precisely to fill in what the engine can't infer, so it doesn't need the whole backstory, just the decision-relevant facts.

What not to bother writing

The engine is built to assume anything inferable at high confidence rather than ask about it — you don't need to spell out things like "I want this to succeed" or other assumptions any reasonable reader would already make. Save the space for what's genuinely undecided.