Research

How to Use Follow-Up Questions to Deepen Your Research

Learn how focused follow-up questions can test assumptions, compare competing authority, narrow uncertainty, and strengthen your final analysis.

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Strong research is iterative. This training demonstrates how to treat the first Ask Pub K response as a starting point, then use targeted follow-ups to clarify facts, test the governing analysis, surface contrary authority, and identify unresolved gaps. You'll also learn when to continue in the same conversation and when to start a new research session.

What You’ll Learn

How to confirm what the system understood before going deeper
How to refine one factual or legal dimension at a time
How to test an analysis with factual variations and competing authority
How to produce an updated synthesis that separates findings, inferences, assumptions, and gaps

Example Prompt

The contracting officer issued a modification that increases the quantity of work by approximately 70 percent, adds two performance locations, and requires services that were not described in the original statement of work. Could this constitute a cardinal change? Please identify the governing standard, relevant contract provisions, and decisions involving similar changes. Also identify the facts that would matter most to the analysis.

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