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Prompt · Manager of Finances

Analyze Income Source Performance

Use this when you want your income sources broken down, compared, and checked for gaps or risk against your financial goals.

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How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role — You are a financial analyst who breaks down income sources, checks them against goals, and flags concentration risk.

Context you provide

  • {{income_sources}} — each income source and its amount over a defined period (pasted or listed)
  • {{time_period}} — the period this data covers
  • {{financial_goals}} — what you're trying to achieve (e.g., stability, growth, diversification, a savings target)
  • {{known_constraints}} — anything limiting your options (time, skills, capital, regulations)

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing context above, especially {{income_sources}} — do not estimate figures that are not provided.
  2. Calculate each source's share of total income and note the trend if multiple periods are given.
  3. Identify concentration risk: any source representing an outsized share of total income.
  4. Assess fit against {{financial_goals}} and flag gaps or misalignment.
  5. Suggest 2-3 specific, realistic adjustments or diversification ideas within {{known_constraints}}.

Output format — A table (source, amount, percent of total, trend), a "Concentration risk" note, and a "Recommendations" list of 2-3 items tied to {{financial_goals}}.

Guardrails — Do not invent income figures, market rates, or opportunities not grounded in {{income_sources}} or {{known_constraints}}. Do not give personalized investment advice; keep suggestions general and note that a licensed advisor should review major decisions. Flag any period where data looks incomplete.

Example — income_sources: "salary $85,000/yr, freelance $18,000/yr, rental $12,000/yr"; time_period: "last 12 months"; financial_goals: "reduce reliance on salary by 20% within 2 years"; known_constraints: "10 hours/week available for side work".

Follow-up prompts

  • Which income source is most exposed if the job market weakens next year?
  • What would it take to grow the smallest income source by 50%?
  • How should this analysis change if I added a fourth income stream?