Monthly executive narrative generated from raw KPIs.
Paste in the month’s numbers. Inspector produces a plain-language summary: what improved, what declined, what the leading indicators suggest, and what decisions need to be made now. Board prep drops from a full day to 90 minutes.
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Describe the task
Inspector turns a month of raw numbers into the narrative a board actually reads: what moved, what it means, and what decision it forces. You paste the KPIs; it structures the story, cites every figure back to the source cell, and flags the two or three items that need a decision this month rather than burying them in a metrics dump.
The clearer your prompt, the more decision-ready the draft. Tell Inspector which metrics are the ones the board cares about, what last month looked like for comparison, and what decisions are already on the table, and it will build the narrative around those instead of narrating every row equally.
Turn the month-end numbers in kpi-dump.csv into a board narrative. Structure it as: headline (one paragraph), what improved, what declined, what the leading indicators suggest, and decisions needed now. For every figure: - Cite the source metric and the month-over-month delta - Call out whether it beat, missed, or held against plan-targets.xlsx Weight net revenue retention, cash runway, and pipeline coverage as the headline metrics. Flag anything that needs a board decision this month, and keep it to a 2-page draft in plain language, no jargon.
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Give Inspector context
In an Inspector workspace, connect the month-end KPI export and, if you have it, the plan or budget you are measuring against. Inspector reads both so it can say not just what a number is, but whether it beat or missed the target, the part a board actually reacts to.
Give Inspector last month’s narrative or numbers as well. With a prior period to compare against, the leading-indicator section becomes real ("pipeline coverage slipped from 3.4x to 2.9x") instead of a static snapshot.
Required contextA month-end KPI export, revenue, retention, cash, pipeline, headcountA short note on what the board most wants to see this month and any live decisionsOptional contextA plan or budget file, so Inspector scores each metric against target, not just trendLast month’s numbers or narrative, for real month-over-month leading indicatorsA slide template, so the draft comes out formatted for your board deckkpi-dump.csvplan-targets.xlsxlast-month-narrative.pdf - 3
What Inspector creates
Inspector structures the month into a plain-language, board-ready narrative with every figure cited back to source and every delta measured against plan. You get the two-page draft, a decisions-needed section pulled to the front, and a short list of numbers it could not reconcile against the prior period.
From Inspector: Structured a 2-page board narrative from kpi-dump.csv, scored against plan-targets.xlsx.
90 minFrom full-day board prep24KPIs summarised3Decisions surfacedBeat plan9 metricsMetric Actual vs Plan Read Net revenue retention 114% +4 pts Expansion in mid-market cohort is compounding New logo ARR $312K +18% Second month above plan, driven by the partner channel Gross margin 79% +2 pts Infra spend flattened after the migration finished Needs a decision3 itemsItem Signal Decision on the table Cash runway 14 months at current burn Approve the hiring freeze or start the bridge conversation Pipeline coverage Slipped to 2.9x from 3.4x Reallocate marketing spend to top-of-funnel this quarter "Two figures in kpi-dump.csv, support CSAT and website conversion, had no prior-month value to compare against, so I reported them flat. Want me to format this into your board template, or expand the runway section into a two-scenario burn model?"
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Follow-up prompts
Format it into your board deck
With a slide template connected, Inspector lays the narrative straight into your deck, headline slide, wins, watch-items, and a decisions slide, so you are editing, not rebuilding.
Lay this narrative into board-template.pptx: one headline slide, a wins slide, a watch-items slide, and a decisions-needed slide with the three flagged items and their options.
Expand runway into a burn model
Turn the single runway line into a two-scenario model so the board is deciding against numbers, not a sentence.
Build a burn model from the current numbers: a base case at today’s burn and a scenario with the hiring freeze applied. Show the runway in months for each and the point where they diverge.
Run it automatically at month-end
Save the setup and schedule it, so the draft is waiting in your inbox the morning the numbers close each month.
Save this as a runbook called "monthly-board-narrative", then schedule it for the 2nd of each month against the latest kpi-dump.csv and export the draft to Google Docs when it is ready.
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Tips and troubleshooting
Tell Inspector which metrics lead the story
A board narrative that weights all 24 KPIs equally reads like a spreadsheet. Name your three headline metrics in the prompt and Inspector builds the story around them, relegating the rest to supporting context.
Give it a prior period for real leading indicators
Without last month’s numbers, Inspector can only describe a snapshot. With them, it can tell you a trend is decelerating before it shows up as a miss, which is the part boards actually value.
Keep the decisions section honest
Inspector surfaces items that need a decision, but it will not invent options you have not considered. If there are constraints (no new hires this quarter, no fresh raise), say so, and the options it drafts will stay inside them.
Ready to try it yourself?
Paste in the month’s numbers and get a cited, two-page board narrative with the decisions pulled to the front, in 90 minutes instead of a full day.
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