You received a vague request to " look at our pricing.

Under the objective Adapt prompting strategies based on task type (e.g., analysis, research, drafting, brainstorming), prompt architectures must be tailored to the exact analytical objective established during discovery.

Because the clarified objective is to generate an actionable, evidence-based competitor pricing briefing (rather than creative ideation), the workflow demands a structured research and synthesis strategy (Option C). This approach directs Claude to extract concrete pricing data across key competitors, explicitly attribute claims to named source documents or market reports, and transparently state confidence levels for each datapoint. Divergent brainstorming (Option A) produces speculative ideas when factual market intelligence is needed. Arbitrarily restricting analysis to a single competitor (Option B) ignores the broader competitive landscape. Relying on unstructured open conversation (Option D) produces inconsistent formatting unsuitable for executive decision-making.