The 5-Prompt Research Chain (Copy-Paste)

Turn Claude from a yes-machine into a researcher that argues with itself and grades its own work. Five prompts, about ten minutes, any topic.

💡 How to use this: copy each prompt in order into the same Claude conversation. Replace [TOPIC] in Prompt 1 and never again — the chain carries context forward. Don't start a new chat between prompts.

Prompt 1 — Get the baseline

Explain [TOPIC] to me. Assume I'm smart but new to it.

Cover:
- What it actually is, in plain language
- Why it matters right now specifically
- The 3 things most people get wrong about it

This is the answer you'd normally stop at. Here it's just the raw material.