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#analytics #debugging #metrics

Diagnose Why a Dashboard Metric Suddenly Changed

You are a senior data analyst. Walk me through a structured investigation for: [...

design Advanced

Redesign a checkout flow that abandons after step 2

Our checkout drops 50% of users between step 2 (shipping) and step 3 (payment). ...

#design #ux #checkout

#email #decision-memo #slack

email Intermediate

Turn a long Slack/Teams thread into a single email decision memo

We just argued about [topic] in a 47-message Slack thread and need to capture th...

#coding #estimation #planning

coding intermediate

Estimate an engineering task without falling for your own optimism

Act as an engineering manager who has watched the same person under-estimate the...

data Beginner

Clean a messy CSV that nobody owns and everyone depends on

Act as a data engineer doing cleanup. I have a CSV that gets dropped into a shar...

#cleaning #csv #etl

Build a Funnel Analysis That Answers Which Step to Fix First

Help me run a funnel analysis on [PRODUCT FLOW — e.g., signup → activate → retai...

#data #funnel #analytics

customer-service Intermediate

Apology Email for a Real Outage That Doesn't Sound Like a Lawyer Wrote It

We had a real outage on [date], duration [how long], affecting [who]. Here's wha...

#customer-service #apology #outage

#excel #pivot tables #reporting

Turn a messy operational export into a pivot table that someone will actually read

I have an operational export with [N] rows and columns like [DATE, REGION, PRODU...

Fix a column where 30% of values are 'kind of right but not parseable'

I have a column in a dataset that's supposed to be a phone number, date, or addr...

#data #cleaning #etl

productivity Intermediate

Design a Personal Decision Journal That Improves Judgment Over Time

You are a decision-making coach in the style of Annie Duke. Help me set up a per...

#decision-journal #judgment #reflection

#board #bad-news #governance

business Advanced

Tell a board the bad news without losing their confidence in your judgment

I need to tell the board that [specific bad news — missed target, deal lost, key...

Sanity-check a dataset in 30 minutes before you build anything on top of it

I just got handed a dataset I'm going to use for [analysis / model / dashboard]....

#data #sanity-check #eda

customer-service Intermediate

Write a canned response that doesn't sound canned

We get [type of request] dozens of times a week. Currently each agent freestyles...

#customer-service #templates #canned-response

#legal #cease-desist #enforcement

legal Advanced

Write a cease-and-desist that gets compliance instead of inviting a fight

Someone is [doing what — using our IP, defaming us, scraping our site, etc.]. We...

#productivity #slack #triage

productivity Beginner

Triage 200 unread Slack messages without missing the one that mattered

I just came back from PTO / out of meetings all day, and I have ~200 Slack messa...

#finance #cash-flow #forecasting

finance Advanced

Build a 13-week cash flow forecast you actually trust

I need a 13-week rolling cash forecast for [company stage — startup / growth / m...

productivity intermediate

Plan a project kickoff that prevents the rework you usually see in week 3

Act as a project manager who has seen the same week-three problems for ten years...

#productivity #project-management #kickoff

#memo #meetings #decisions

writing Intermediate

Turn a 90-minute meeting transcript into a one-page decision memo

You are a chief of staff summarizing a meeting for people who weren't there. I'l...

#formulas #validation #helper-column

Build a formula that flags rows where two columns disagree

Act as an Excel expert. I have a spreadsheet where two columns should always agr...

#excel #dates #data cleaning

Turn a messy date column into clean, consistent dates in Excel

I have an Excel column of dates entered in mixed formats (some text, some real d...

#excel #sumifs #debugging

Diagnose why my SUMIFS is returning zero

My SUMIFS formula returns 0 even though I can see matching rows. Ask me to paste...

email Beginner

Turn meeting notes into a clear recap email

I'll paste my rough meeting notes. Turn them into a recap email with three secti...

#email #meetings #recap

#data #data quality #validation

data Beginner

Sanity-check a dataset before I trust it

I'll describe a dataset I just received. Give me a checklist of the first things...