Do a SWOT analysis that leads to action
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats — plus the strategies that follow from them.
The prompt
Do a SWOT analysis for [COMPANY / PRODUCT / TEAM / PERSONAL CAREER].
Context: [what we do, market, recent performance]
Goal or decision this informs: [GOAL]
Information to use: [PASTE data, feedback, competitor notes]
Deliver:
1. SWOT — 4–6 specific points per quadrant, each with evidence (no vague items like "good team").
2. TOWS strategies: use strengths to capture opportunities (SO), fix weaknesses to capture opportunities (WO), use strengths against threats (ST), and minimize weaknesses and threats (WT).
3. The top 3 priorities and the first action for each.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- COMPANY / PRODUCT / TEAM / PERSONAL CAREER
- what we do, market, recent performance
- GOAL
- PASTE data, feedback, competitor notes
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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