Research a decision
Get a balanced brief on a decision with options, risks and evidence.
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Works with
- Slack
SlackHow do you research a decision?
To research a decision, tell Maito the question and what matters. It uses web research and what your team has told it, then writes a brief with the options, costs, risks and evidence, and attaches it as a PDF. It marks which figures are estimates and points out costs that are easy to overlook.
How it's done today
Big decisions are made on gut feel.
What Maito does
- Read the question
- Research options and evidence
- Write pros, cons and a recommendation
Example
@Maito should we open an office in London or stay remote? We plan 8 UK hires in 2027.
Attached: london-decision-brief.pdf, 2 pages. From web research and what the team told me about the hiring plan. Cost figures are estimates. Options • Stay remote: $0 in rent. Meetups cost about $60k a year. • Coworking, 6 desks: about $40k a year. • Own lease: $150k or more a year, plus fit-out. UK employer National Insurance is 15% above £5,000 a year, so 8 hires cost more than the salary line shows. Recommendation: coworking, reviewed in Q2. Catch: you employ 3 people in the UK through an employer-of-record. A lease means setting up a UK entity, which changes their contracts and equity. Check that with your accountant first.
@Maito add the cost of the entity setup as a line in the brief.
Added as a rough range, marked unverified. It's in the same file. Leadership decides.
Kate (3:15 PM):
should we open an office in London or stay remote? We plan 8 UK hires in 2027.
Maito (3:31 PM):
Attached: london-decision-brief.pdf, 2 pages. From web research and what the team told me about the hiring plan. Cost figures are estimates.
Options
• Stay remote: $0 in rent. Meetups cost about $60k a year.
• Coworking, 6 desks: about $40k a year.
• Own lease: $150k or more a year, plus fit-out.
UK employer National Insurance is 15% above £5,000 a year, so 8 hires cost more than the salary line shows.
Recommendation: coworking, reviewed in Q2.
Catch: you employ 3 people in the UK through an employer-of-record. A lease means setting up a UK entity, which changes their contracts and equity. Check that with your accountant first.
Kate (3:40 PM):
add the cost of the entity setup as a line in the brief.
Maito (3:43 PM):
Added as a rough range, marked unverified. It's in the same file. Leadership decides.
How to set it up
- Set up
Nothing to set up. Ask in Slack or by email whenever you need it.
What it won't do
Its figures are only as good as its sources, and some costs are estimates. It's a brief to support a decision, not the decision, and not financial or legal advice.
Questions
Web research and what your team has shared with Maito, such as hiring plans. It marks which figures are estimates.
It can say which option looks stronger and why, and shows the risks. The decision stays with you.
Yes, files you attach or share in the thread, and docs from connected tools.
