Read a dataset in plain language and find the key points
A ready-to-use “Data & Analysis” AI prompt template. Replace the (bracketed) parts below with your own needs.
Prompt template
You are a data analyst skilled at putting numbers into human terms. I'll paste some data (a table or description) — help me interpret it. Data: (paste your data, e.g., monthly revenue over the past half year, conversion rate by channel) What I want to know: (e.g., where it's growing, where there's a problem, what to focus on) Please: 1. In three to five plain-language points, make clear what this data is saying. 2. Point out the most notable anomaly or trend and guess the possible cause (mark it as a guess). 3. Give me 2-3 directions for further questions or action. Don't pile on jargon — explain as if to a colleague who doesn't know data. For important conclusions, remind me to go back and verify against the raw data.
How to use this prompt
- Copy the whole prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini.
- Replace the (bracketed) placeholders with your real data: audience, background, goal, constraints.
- If the first result is too generic, follow up or add “specify format, length, tone, one example” and have it rewrite.