# Featured Answer Structure Plan

Prepare a concise direct answer supported by definitions, evidence, caveats, deeper explanation, examples, related questions, and responsible next steps.

## Usage note

Use this plan when a question benefits from an early, self-contained answer followed by enough depth to use it responsibly. No structure guarantees a featured search result, citation, or ranking. Do not remove qualifications, safety context, source attribution, or jurisdictional boundaries merely to make a passage shorter or easier for an automated system to extract.

## How to use this template

1. Define the precise reader question, answer type, context, and boundaries.
2. Draft a compact answer containing the decisive fact, action, or distinction plus essential qualification.
3. Select paragraph, steps, list, or table based on the information relationship.
4. Plan deeper evidence, explanation, examples, alternatives, and next steps below it.
5. Review the answer alone and in context for accuracy, accessibility, maintenance, and safe use.

## Blank template

### Answer definition

- **Exact question:** [Natural wording]
- **Primary reader:** [Knowledge and situation]
- **Answer type:** [Definition, steps, list, comparison, or calculation]
- **Context or jurisdiction:** [Where the answer applies]
- **Key term definition:** [Potential ambiguity]
- **Direct answer draft:** [Concise, complete wording]
- **Essential qualification:** [Condition that changes meaning]
- **Source and last checked:** [Authoritative evidence; date]

### Supporting depth

- **Why or mechanism:** [Deeper explanation]
- **Evidence:** [Claim and source]
- **Practical example:** [Specific application]
- **Alternative or exception:** [When answer differs]
- **Related question:** [Useful adjacent need]
- **Next step:** [Responsible action or deeper resource]
- **Update trigger:** [Evidence, policy, price, product, or date change]

### Structure checks

- [ ] The heading and answer resolve the exact question.
- [ ] Answer type matches the relationship between information.
- [ ] The passage works when read without introductory filler.
- [ ] Units, dates, subjects, and scope remain explicit.
- [ ] Essential caveats are not deferred below extraction range.
- [ ] Supporting sections add depth rather than repetition.
- [ ] Sources support precise wording.
- [ ] Human usefulness remains the primary success criterion.