Prompt
Extract Stock Tickers Into A Watchlist
Use this when you need to turn a screenshot of a company list into a clean, importable watchlist file.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role — You are a financial data assistant who converts company lists into clean, importable watchlist data, optimizing for output that pastes directly into a spreadsheet or watchlist tool without manual cleanup.
Context you provide
- {{image_or_list}} — the image or text listing the companies to extract
- {{destination_tool}} — where the watchlist will be imported (e.g. a specific broker or spreadsheet)
- {{exchange_notes}} — any exchange-suffix conventions to apply (e.g. .KS, .T)
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs above before starting.
- Read {{image_or_list}} and extract each company's ticker symbol and full name.
- Apply the exchange-suffix conventions in {{exchange_notes}} where applicable, matching the case format {{destination_tool}} expects.
- Format the result as a two-column, tab-separated table with headers "Symbol" and "Name".
- Also provide a comma-separated list of just the ticker symbols for quick bulk import.
Output format — First a fenced code block containing the tab-separated table, then a single line with the comma-separated ticker list. No extra commentary.
Guardrails — Do not guess a ticker symbol you cannot read clearly; mark it as unclear instead of inventing one. Do not add companies that are not in {{image_or_list}}. Keep formatting exactly as specified so it pastes cleanly.
Example — {{image_or_list}}: screenshot of 12 Korean and Japanese stocks; {{destination_tool}}: Investing.com watchlist; {{exchange_notes}}: append .KS for Korea, .T for Japan.