{"id":"res-fin-industry-report-actuals-pages","audience":"finance","category":"research","technique":"grounding","title":"Pull page-cited actuals from an industry report for a CFO deck","free":false,"task":"Your CFO wants 3 industry figures for a planning deck on regional grocery margins. You want exactly 3 numbered stats, each a 2025 actual for the Midwest region (not national, not forecasts), under 15 words, ending with the page in parentheses. Use the corrected figure where the report fixes itself, use only the report, plain text, nothing else.","materialLabel":"Excerpts from the industry report (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"2026 GROCERY RETAIL BENCHMARKS - Corbin & Hale Advisors (excerpts)\n\np. 5 - National: average net margin 2.1% in 2025.\np. 7 - Midwest: average net margin 2.4% in 2025.\np. 8 - Midwest: labor costs were 13.2% of sales in 2025.\np. 9 - Midwest: shrink (loss from theft, damage, spoilage) averaged 2.9% of sales in 2025.\np. 12 - Forecast: Midwest net margins expected to reach 2.7% by 2027.\np. 14 - National: private label share of sales 21% in 2025.\np. 31 - Corrections: The Midwest labor cost figure on p. 8 should read 12.6%, not 13.2%.\n\nCFO note: \"Midwest only, actuals only, I don't want forecasts in this deck.\"","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Mixing regions","why":"National and Midwest figures sit side by side, and the AI may grab either.","fix":"Say: \"Midwest figures only.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Including the forecast","why":"Forecasts look like data, so the AI may count the 2027 margin.","fix":"Add: \"2025 actuals only, no forecasts.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Missing the correction","why":"Corrections sit at the back of reports, and the AI copies the first number.","fix":"Add: \"Use corrected figures where the report fixes itself.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Leaving out pages","why":"The CFO's team needs to trace every number to the report.","fix":"Show it: \"End each with (p. N).\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not saying how many","why":"The AI decides the length itself and usually returns more stats than you can use.","fix":"Be exact: \"exactly 3 numbered stats.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Getting markdown back","why":"AI defaults to bold labels and headings, which show up as stray symbols in the deck's notes.","fix":"Ask for \"plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the region","patterns":["midwest"]},{"label":"Rules out forecasts","patterns":["actuals?","no forecasts?","2025"]},{"label":"Handles the correction","patterns":["correct","12\\.6","p\\.? ?31"]},{"label":"Asks for pages","patterns":["page","p\\.\\s*\\d","\\(p\\."]},{"label":"Says exactly how many","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,25}(stat|line|figure)","exactly \\d+"]}],"hint":"Industry reports mix regions, years and forecasts, and correct themselves late. Tell the AI exactly which kind of number you need, and to cite pages.","rubricLabels":["The 3 stats are the Midwest 2025 actuals: net margin 2.4% (p. 7), labor costs (p. 8) and shrink 2.9% (p. 9), with no national figures and no 2027 forecast","The labor cost figure is 12.6% (the p. 31 correction), not 13.2%","Each line includes its page reference, and nothing else is output: no intro, no analysis or recommendations"]}