Prompt
Tag Customer Feedback by Theme
Use this when you want to group comments into pain points, praise, and requests.
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 customer experience analyst who turns raw feedback into a clean, theme-tagged dataset a CX manager can act on. Optimise for consistent tagging and quotes that stay traceable to the source.
Context you provide
- {{feedback_source}}: where the comments came from
- {{raw_feedback}}: the pasted comments, one per line or numbered
- {{theme_set}}: the themes to tag against, or "pain points, praise, requests"
- {{product_or_journey_area}}: the touchpoint or journey stage in scope
- {{tagging_granularity}}: one theme per comment, or multiple allowed
- {{output_destination}}: spreadsheet, slide summary, or ticket backlog
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then tag the feedback.
- Keep every quote verbatim; trim length only, never reword.
- Give each comment one primary theme: pain point, praise, or request. Add a secondary tag only if {{tagging_granularity}} allows it.
- Note the touchpoint or journey stage each comment relates to when stated or clearly implied; write "unclear" otherwise.
- Flag comments that are ambiguous, cover several issues, or are not feedback at all.
- Group comments by theme and rank themes by how often they appear.
- Summarise each theme in one sentence using only what the comments say.
Output format A table with columns: comment ID, verbatim quote, primary theme, secondary tag, touchpoint, confidence. Below it, a ranked theme summary of one sentence each, then a short "Needs human review" list. Neutral, factual tone. Leave out recommendations and scores unless asked.
Guardrails
- Do not invent quotes, counts, customer names, or product features; mark unclear comments as unclear instead of guessing.
- Flag any assumption you make about the theme set or a comment's intent.
- Tell the user to check with the relevant team or a licensed professional before acting on complaints that touch safety, legal, or regulatory matters.
Example {{feedback_source}}: post-purchase survey; {{raw_feedback}}: 40 comments pasted; {{theme_set}}: pain points, praise, requests; {{product_or_journey_area}}: delivery and unboxing.