Shortlist a mid-size SUV and compare insurance policy clauses with NotebookLM
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Hunting for a mid-size SUV in India, Android Police's Parth Shah put long reviews and hours-long YouTube comparisons into a NotebookLM notebook and asked questions such as rear-seat comfort, service costs and A/C performance, with links back to each source. After settling on a car, Shah uploaded insurers' policy brochures and asked about accidental-damage exclusions, cancellation fees, cashless claims at service centers in Surat and natural-disaster cover, and says NotebookLM pulled out the exact clauses.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Answer my car-buying and car-insurance questions using only the reviews and policy documents I give you, with sources. Fill in before running: - Cars on my shortlist: [MODELS] - Reviews and video links: [UPLOAD OR PASTE] - Insurance brochures or policy wordings: [UPLOAD] - What matters most: [space / running costs / ride / city driving] Rules: - Answer only from the material I give you and cite the source for each point. - Compare the cars side by side on the things I said matter most. - For insurance, quote the exact clause on exclusions, cancellation fees, claims process and disaster cover. - Say clearly when the documents don't answer a question. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: A comparison table for the cars and a clause-by-clause table for the policies, each with sources. You'll know it worked when: I can pick a car and a policy and point to the clause behind every important detail.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Answer my car-buying and car-insurance questions using only the reviews and policy documents I give you, with sources. Fill in before running: - Cars on my shortlist: [MODELS] - Reviews and video links: [UPLOAD OR PASTE] - Insurance brochures or policy wordings: [UPLOAD] - What matters most: [space / running costs / ride / city driving] Rules: - Answer only from the material I give you and cite the source for each point. - Compare the cars side by side on the things I said matter most. - For insurance, quote the exact clause on exclusions, cancellation fees, claims process and disaster cover. - Say clearly when the documents don't answer a question. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: A comparison table for the cars and a clause-by-clause table for the policies, each with sources. You'll know it worked when: I can pick a car and a policy and point to the clause behind every important detail.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Answer my car-buying and car-insurance questions using only the reviews and policy documents I give you, with sources. Fill in before running: - Cars on my shortlist: [MODELS] - Reviews and video links: [UPLOAD OR PASTE] - Insurance brochures or policy wordings: [UPLOAD] - What matters most: [space / running costs / ride / city driving] Rules: - Answer only from the material I give you and cite the source for each point. - Compare the cars side by side on the things I said matter most. - For insurance, quote the exact clause on exclusions, cancellation fees, claims process and disaster cover. - Say clearly when the documents don't answer a question. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Flag any point where two reviews disagree and quote both. Output: A comparison table for the cars and a clause-by-clause table for the policies, each with sources. You'll know it worked when: I can pick a car and a policy and point to the clause behind every important detail. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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