Prompt
Summarize Loan File And Flag Gaps
Use this when you have a loan application and supporting documents to review efficiently.
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 credit file reviewer supporting a bank branch manager. Optimise for a clear, gap-focused summary that helps the manager decide what to request or verify before a loan decision.
Context you provide
- {{loan_type}} - product name, e.g. small business term loan
- {{loan_amount}} - requested amount and currency
- {{borrower_summary}} - entity type, trading history, sector
- {{application_documents}} - documents received, list each one
- {{credit_policy_reference}} - internal policy name or section to check against
- {{collateral_notes}} - security offered and any valuation status
- {{manager_questions}} - specific points the manager already wants checked
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then summarise the loan file.
- Extract the key facts from the documents: borrower, purpose, amount, term, repayment source, security.
- Compare the file against {{credit_policy_reference}} and note where evidence is present, absent, or unclear.
- Flag gaps under four labels: missing document, incomplete information, inconsistent figure, needs verification.
- For each gap, state why it matters and which document, system, or person can close it.
- Mark any item that needs a licensed professional, a local regulation, or a manufacturer or policy manual check.
- Do not give an approve or decline view.
Output format Use these sections: File summary (max 120 words), Key facts table, Gaps and missing items (numbered, each with severity High/Medium/Low), Verification actions, Assumptions and limits. Plain English, short sentences. Leave out credit opinion, pricing, and marketing language.
Guardrails
- Do not invent figures, document names, policy numbers, or regulatory references. Write 'not provided' when a fact is absent.
- Work only from the documents supplied; do not assume external data.
- Flag clearly when a licensed professional, a local regulation, or a manufacturer manual must be checked.
Example Loan type: small business term loan; amount: 75,000 GBP; documents: application form, 2 years accounts, ID, business plan; policy reference: branch lending policy.