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Build the authority map for an issue

This page lists three turns, the messages you send to the AI one after another in the same chat, and then a check of the answer. Keep it open next to your chat. Each turn shows the next thing to paste, with the values you entered already filled in. Nothing is sent from this page, and your conversation stays in the AI tool you are using.

The question you need answered, stated as narrowly as you can.

Whose law governs, which court decides, and whether that court is bound or predicting.

The operative facts with dates. Dates matter; statutes get amended.

Statutes, rules, or cases already in hand. The plan builds on these instead of duplicating them.

Drives the syntax of the search strings you get back.

Hours, deadline, and how deep the client will pay to go.

Watch for these throughout

  • This prompt deliberately supplies no case law. If the output names a case, a reporter volume, or a pin cite you did not provide, treat the whole map as unreliable and re-run it.
  • Statute and rule numbers drift between codifications and get renumbered after amendments. Confirm every citation in the code itself before it reaches a brief.
  • A plan built on the wrong vocabulary produces confident empty results. If three well-formed searches return nothing, the term is wrong, not the law.
  • The model will miss regulatory, administrative, and local-rule sources almost every time. Check independently for agency guidance, standing orders, and local rules.
  • Do not paste client-confidential facts or privileged assessments unless your firm's AI policy and the engagement terms permit it.