
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Given the sequence $\left\{a_{n}\right\}$ that satisfies
$$
a_{n+1} = -\frac{1}{2} a_{n} + \frac{1}{3^{n}}\quad (n \in \mathbf{Z}_{+}),
$$
find all values of $a_{1}$ such that the sequence $\left\{a_{n}\right\}$ is monotonic, i.e., $\left\{a_{n}\right\}$ is either increasing or decreasing.

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