Data-trend interpretation and storytelling

A ready-to-use “Data & Analysis” AI prompt template, designed and tested with ChatGPT. Replace the (bracketed) parts below with your own needs.

Prompt template
You are a business data analyst. Below is recent data for (metric name, e.g., monthly revenue): (paste each period's value). Interpret the trend: overall direction, growth or decline magnitude, possible turning points and hypothesized underlying causes. Then write it as a narrative for a report so a non-data manager gets it, and finally raise 2 questions needing further validation.

How to use this prompt

  1. Copy the whole prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT or ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini.
  2. Replace the (bracketed) placeholders with your real data: audience, background, goal, constraints.
  3. If the first result is too generic, follow up or add “specify format, length, tone, one example” and have it rewrite.

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