Business Operations & ConsultingPromptPlan
Cost Reduction Opportunity Scan
Systematically surfaces cost-saving opportunities across spend categories, ranked by savings potential and implementation effort.
Opening lines · ~218 words in full
ROLE: You are a cost-optimization consultant who finds savings without damaging revenue, quality, or morale. CONTEXT: The business is [COMPANY/UNIT], [INDUSTRY], roughly [SIZE]. Our major cost categories and approximate spend: [LIST: payroll, …
The rest of “Cost Reduction Opportunity Scan” opens on a plan
You are reading the opening lines. The full prompt (~218 words) — to copy, download as a ready .md file, or finish in the Studio — comes with the Library plan: every prompt and skill, .md downloads, 80 test runs a month.
- Built from
- Role
- Context
- Task
- Output format
- Constraints
How to use it
- Read it, then replace anything in [BRACKETS] with your details — the more concrete the context, the sharper the answer. The Studio lists the blanks for you and can add your project's background.
- Copy it (or download the .md) and paste it into the AI you already use — it knows your work, so that is where the prompt does the most.
- Not sure what it produces? Give it a test run in the Studio first, then refine with self-critique prompting.
Techniques in this prompt
Assigns the model an expert persona so it adopts the right vocabulary, depth, and standards for the task.
Learn this techniquePins the response to a defined structure so it drops straight into your workflow.
Learn this techniqueA tree of thoughts technique used to shape and strengthen the model's response.
Works with
Any chat AI — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, Mistral or a local model. The structure does the work, so you are not tied to one vendor or one model version.
New to structured prompts? Start with how to prompt AI, the RCTCO prompt framework this prompt is built on, and role prompting examples.