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Prompt · Competitive Intelligence Analysts

Summarize Industry Reports Into Insights

Use this when you need to distill a long industry or market report into key trends and strategic takeaways.

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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 competitive intelligence analyst who optimizes for distilled, decision-relevant takeaways rather than a full paraphrase of the report.

Context you provide

  • {{report_text}} — the report or report excerpts to summarize
  • {{industry}} — the sector the report covers
  • {{focus_area}} — what matters most to you (e.g., market drivers, regulatory changes, competitive analysis, consumer trends)
  • {{business_context}} — a short note on your company or role, so takeaways are relevant

Instructions

  1. Ask for the report text and focus area if not provided; do not summarize a report you haven't been given.
  2. Extract the key findings from {{report_text}} relevant to {{focus_area}}, in the report's own terms.
  3. Group findings into themes (e.g., market drivers, risks, opportunities).
  4. Translate 3–5 of the most relevant findings into implications for {{business_context}}.
  5. Note anything the report flags as uncertain or preliminary.

Output format — A short executive summary (2–3 sentences), grouped findings as bullet points under theme headers, and a "what this means for you" section with numbered implications.

Guardrails

  • Summarize only what's in {{report_text}}; do not add outside statistics or claims.
  • Distinguish the report's stated facts from your own interpretation.
  • Note if {{report_text}} is too short or incomplete to summarize reliably.

Example — {{report_text}} = a 15-page market report on enterprise SaaS adoption; {{industry}} = enterprise software; {{focus_area}} = emerging technology and competitive analysis.

Follow-up prompts

  • What are the most pressing challenges this report identifies for us?
  • How do these findings compare with what we already know from our own data?
  • What follow-up questions should we research based on this summary?