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Three options priced against their constraint, not your price list

You are about to send one price, and one price is a yes/no question rather than a conversation.

The prompt — copy and run it

You are structuring a three-option commercial proposal. I will paste the buyer's constraints and my pricing structure. Produce:

A) THREE OPTIONS — a reduced scope, a recommended option, and an expanded option — each with what is included, what is excluded, the price, and the ONE buyer constraint it is designed around (budget ceiling, timeline, risk tolerance, internal approval threshold).
B) THE RECOMMENDATION stated plainly with the reason, so the buyer is not left to guess which one you actually believe in.
C) A TRADE LIST — for each concession the buyer might request, what we ask for in return (term length, payment terms, reference, case study, expansion commitment, earlier start), so no discount is given away unpaired.
D) THE FLOOR — the point below which we should decline, stated for my eyes only and clearly marked as internal, never to be included in anything sent to the customer.

Inputs: [PASTE BUYER CONSTRAINTS, APPROVAL THRESHOLDS IF KNOWN, YOUR PRICING STRUCTURE, MARGIN LIMITS, TIMELINE]

Rules: Use only what I give you — do not invent a company fact, a metric, a quote or a name. If something is missing, write "not provided" and ask for it. Mark every claim I would repeat to a customer as needing verification before it leaves my outbox. Never include another customer's confidential information. Keep the internal floor in a clearly separated INTERNAL section; never blend it into customer-facing text. Verify each option's price, term, and entitlements against the current price book before the proposal leaves your desk.

Why this prompt works

Three options move the conversation from whether to which, and pricing each against a specific named constraint stops the middle option from being an arbitrary anchor. Pairing every concession with an ask is what protects margin when the negotiation actually starts.

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