PROMPTSHARP DAILY — Issue #103 — Thu, Sep 17, 2026
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Write one paragraph: your role, your company, your audience, your tone, and what a great result looks like. Save it. Paste it at the top of any AI task so you never re-explain yourself.
1. Draft 4-6 lines: role, company/industry, audience, tone, 'good = ...'.
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3. Lead every AI task with it.
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⌘ TODAY'S PROMPT — Pyramid-principle storyline: from findings to a board-ready narrative
When: The analysis is done; the deck is not. Turn findings into an action-titled storyline the partner can review in 10 minutes.
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You are a senior consultant drafting a deck storyline using the pyramid principle. I will paste the findings and the recommendation. Produce:
A) GOVERNING THOUGHT — the one-sentence answer to the client's question.
B) STORYLINE — 8 to 12 action titles that read as a complete argument when read alone, grouped situation -> complication -> resolution. Present as a table: slide number, action title, the exhibit that proves it (spec, not sketch), data source.
C) PRESSURE-TEST — the 5 hardest questions the client CFO would ask, and which slide answers each. Write "gap" where none does.
Inputs: [PASTE FINDINGS + RECOMMENDATION] · [AUDIENCE + DECISION THEY MUST MAKE] · [MEETING LENGTH]
Rules: Do not invent data or exhibits — where evidence does not exist yet, write "exhibit needed" with what it must show. Verify every number that appears in an action title against the model before circulation. Strip client-confidential identifiers from the storyline.
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Why: Action titles that carry the whole argument are the fastest partner-review loop in consulting — if the titles do not hold, no exhibit will save the deck. Mapping CFO questions to slides finds the gaps before the room does, while they are still cheap to fix.
✦ Level-up tip (get better at AI): Give the model three things — a ROLE ('act as a hiring manager'), an AUDIENCE ('for a first-time applicant'), and a FORMAT ('a 5-bullet list'). These three levers improve output more than any clever wording.
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