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

  1. Copy the whole prompt above and paste it into 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.