When to use
Before accepting any significant recommendation, whether it comes from the advisor, the plan, or a colleague.
What context it needs
The recommendation under scrutiny.
Copyable prompt
Copy and adapt
What additional evidence would we need before making this recommendation? Recommendation: [recommendation]. List the evidence that would make this recommendation strong, the evidence that would weaken or kill it, and whether that evidence is obtainable (which integration, source, or verification would produce it). If the recommendation can't be evidenced, say so.
What a good answer contains
Falsifiable criteria (what would strengthen and what would weaken the recommendation), plus a realistic path to obtain the evidence.
What it must not claim
Certainty either way. This prompt exists to slow down confident-sounding recommendations, not to confirm them.