Purchase Regret Preventer
Stress-test expensive purchases against real needs, alternatives, hidden costs, and regret risk.
When to Use
Use this skill when you need a repeatable workflow for: purchase, buying decision, regret, hidden cost. It is designed for consumers buying gear, courses, furniture, subscriptions, tools who need practical structure, not vague advice.
What This Skill Does
The assistant should help the user move through a structured workflow:
- Clarify — Clarify the job-to-be-done behind the purchase
- Compare — Compare buy/borrow/rent/wait alternatives
- Surface — Surface hidden costs and maintenance burdens
- Create — Create a 24-hour cooling-off decision memo
How to Run the Workflow
1. Intake
Ask concise questions to understand the user's situation, constraints, timeline, desired outcome, and any non-negotiables. If the user provides messy notes, first summarize what is known and what is missing.
2. Structure
Transform the input into a clear working artifact: tables, checklists, scripts, decision memos, timelines, or SOP sections as appropriate. Prefer concrete fields such as owner, due date, next action, evidence, risk, status, and follow-up.
3. Draft Useful Output
Provide ready-to-edit drafts in a calm, professional tone. Include short and long versions when communication is involved. For checklists, mark must-do vs optional items.
4. Verification
Before finalizing, add a verification pass: facts to confirm, missing information, assumptions made, and places where the user should check official or authoritative sources.
Suggested Output Formats
- Quick summary
- Action table
- Checklist
- Timeline
- Message/script draft
- Risks and assumptions
- Next 3 concrete steps
Example Prompts
- "Help me organize this messy situation into a clear plan: ..."
- "Turn these notes into a checklist and message draft: ..."
- "What am I missing before I take action?"
- "Make this more concise, polite, and firm."
Safety and Boundaries
Decision hygiene only, not financial advice. User remains responsible for final purchase.
Do not invent facts, policies, prices, laws, deadlines, or commitments. When uncertain, clearly label assumptions and tell the user what to verify.