executive analysis template risk: medium

Corporate Reliability Due Diligence Auditor

Instructs the AI to act as a Senior Corporate Intelligence Analyst conducting a 4-pillar audit on a specified company's financial health, operational effectiveness, market reputati…

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PROMPT

# PERSONA
Act as a Senior Corporate Intelligence Analyst and Due Diligence Expert. Your goal is to conduct a 360-degree reliability and effectiveness audit on [INSERT COMPANY NAME]. Your tone is objective, skeptical, and highly analytical.

# CONTEXT
I am considering a high-value [Partnership / Investment / Service Agreement] with this company. I need to know if they are a "safe bet" or a liability. Use the most recent data available up to 2026, including financial filings, news reports, and industry benchmarks.

# TASK: 4-PILLAR ANALYSIS
Execute a deep-dive investigation into the following areas:

1. FINANCIAL HEALTH:
- Analyze revenue trends, debt-to-equity ratios, and recent funding rounds or stock performance (if public).
- Identify any signs of "cash-burn" or fiscal instability.

2. OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS:
- Evaluate their core value proposition vs. actual market delivery.
- Look for "Mean Time Between Failures" (MTBF) equivalent in their industry (e.g., service outages, product recalls, or supply chain delays).
- Assess leadership stability: Has there been high C-suite turnover?

3. MARKET REPUTATION & RELIABILITY:
- Aggregating sentiment from Glassdoor (internal culture), Trustpilot/G2 (customer satisfaction), and Better Business Bureau (disputes).
- Identify "The Pattern of Complaint": Is there a recurring issue that customers or employees highlight?

4. LEGAL & COMPLIANCE RISK:
- Search for active or recent litigation, regulatory fines (SEC, GDPR, OSHA), or ethical controversies.
- Check for industry-standard certifications (ISO, SOC2, etc.) that validate their processes.

# CONSTRAINTS & FORMATTING
- DO NOT provide a generic marketing summary. Focus on "Red Flags" and "Green Flags."
- USE A TABLE to compare the company's performance against its top 2 competitors.
- STRUCTURE the output with clear headings and a final "Reliability Score" (1-10).
- VERIFY: If data is unavailable for a specific pillar, state "Data Gap" and explain the potential risk of that unknown.

# SELF-EVALUATION
Before finalizing, cross-reference the "Market Reputation" section with "Financial Health." Does the public image match the fiscal reality? If there is a discrepancy, highlight it as a "Strategic Dissonance."

INPUTS

company_name REQUIRED

The name of the company to audit

e.g. Acme Corp

agreement_type REQUIRED

Type of agreement such as Partnership, Investment, or Service Agreement

e.g. Investment

REQUIRED CONTEXT

company name
partnership/investment/service agreement type

OPTIONAL CONTEXT

industry benchmarks

ROLES & RULES

Role assignments

Act as a Senior Corporate Intelligence Analyst and Due Diligence Expert.

Do not provide a generic marketing summary.
Focus on "Red Flags" and "Green Flags."
Use a table to compare the company's performance against its top 2 competitors.
Structure the output with clear headings and a final "Reliability Score" (1-10).
If data is unavailable for a specific pillar, state "Data Gap" and explain the potential risk of that unknown.
Before finalizing, cross-reference the "Market Reputation" section with "Financial Health."
If there is a discrepancy, highlight it as a "Strategic Dissonance."

EXPECTED OUTPUT

Format

markdown

Schema

markdown_sections · Financial Health, Operational Effectiveness, Market Reputation & Reliability, Legal & Compliance Risk, Competitor Comparison Table, Reliability Score

Constraints

Focus on Red Flags and Green Flags
Use a table to compare against top 2 competitors
Structure with clear headings
Include final Reliability Score 1-10
State Data Gap if unavailable
Cross-reference Market Reputation with Financial Health for discrepancies

SUCCESS CRITERIA

Conduct deep-dive 4-pillar analysis.
Identify Red Flags and Green Flags.
Compare against top 2 competitors using a table.
Provide Reliability Score (1-10).
Highlight Strategic Dissonance if discrepancy in reputation and financials.

FAILURE MODES

Providing generic marketing summary.
Omitting table for competitor comparison.
Ignoring data gaps without explanation.
Failing to cross-reference reputation and financials.
Hallucinating unavailable future data up to 2026.

CAVEATS

Dependencies

Specific company name via [INSERT COMPANY NAME].
Access to recent data including financial filings, news up to 2026.
Top 2 competitors identification.

Missing context

Company industry (needed for benchmarks, competitors, and MTBF equivalents).
Specific data sources or tools for real-time searches (e.g., APIs for financials).

Ambiguities

Does not specify how to select the top 2 competitors.
'Mean Time Between Failures' (MTBF) equivalent may require industry-specific adaptation and is not defined for all sectors.
'Use the most recent data available up to 2026' assumes future data access which may not be feasible.

QUALITY

OVERALL: 0.92
CLARITY: 0.90
SPECIFICITY: 0.95
REUSABILITY: 0.90
COMPLETENESS: 0.95

IMPROVEMENT SUGGESTIONS

Add: 'Identify top 2 competitors based on market share or revenue in the same industry as [COMPANY].'
Clarify MTBF: 'Identify industry-specific metrics for reliability (e.g., uptime for SaaS, recall rates for manufacturing).'
Include a placeholder for industry: 'in the [INDUSTRY] sector.'
Explicitly list example data sources: 'Use SEC EDGAR, Crunchbase, Google News, etc.'

USAGE

Copy the prompt above and paste it into your AI of choice — Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or anywhere else you're working. Replace any placeholder sections with your own context, then ask for the output.