Ask: “Write a decision memo from the latest run. We decide to go ahead with the pilot, the next action is to hire two recruiters, and we review on 31 March.” Claude uses create_decision_memo, which needs four things: the run, the decision, the next action and a review date.
Audience:manager gives the plain-language memo. specialist adds per-option statistics, the scope of the value-of-information figure and any declared dependencies.
A memo can only be written from a current run. If the model changed after the run, the request is refused. Run again first.
Each decision comes with standard documents, such as the decision brief, model documentation and an assumptions register.
Ask
What Claude does
”What documents does this decision have?”
list_documents, with status and warnings
”Read the assumptions register.”
get_document, the Markdown source and the version filled in from the current model and run
”Which figures can I insert?”
list_document_components, the values you can use as {{tokens}}
”Which templates exist?”
list_document_templates
”Create a brief from the standard template.”
create_document. In template mode it fills the writing slots with defaults. In ai mode it drafts prose, when Claude is configured on the server
”Reword the second paragraph.”
update_document replaces a draft’s Markdown and keeps the old text as a revision
Figures in a document should always be component tokens, not typed numbers. Then they stay in step with the model when it changes. Ask Claude to “use tokens for every figure”.