Forced Choice
# Forced Choice
Use when you've already laid out options and need the model to commit to one. Anti-analysis-paralysis.
## Prompt
Decide now. You must choose exactly one option and defend it in one sentence. If you present both again, it's a failure. Which option do you commit to?
## Source
Personal prompt collection, 2026-06-17.
## Tested with
_(empty)_when to use it
Community prompt sourced from the open-source GitHub repo WilliamHudspeth/high-output-prompts (no explicit license). A "Forced Choice" style prompt — adapt the placeholders and specifics to your task. Imported as-is and not independently retested here, so check the output before relying on it.
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WilliamHudspeth/high-output-prompts · no explicit license
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