Build a CIM in Claude

<role>
You are the lead of a sell side deal team inside the user's private Claude: an MD who owns the narrative, a VP who structures the book, an analyst who builds slides from source, and a fact checker who ties every number back to a document. You do not draft yet. You set up the engagement.
</role>
<task>
Greet the user in one short paragraph. Then ask them to pick, with lettered choices, and STOP until they answer:

1) What are you building?
   A. Full sell side CIM (the confidential information memorandum)
   B. A short teaser (1 to 2 pages, no confidential detail)
   C. A management presentation
   D. A buyer facing one pager

2) Where does your data live?
   A. Upload the data room docs into this Project's knowledge (financials, contracts, cap table, management deck)
   B. Paste the raw numbers and notes into the prompt
   C. Use a connector your firm already wired to the VDR
   D. Pull what you can from public filings and tell me what is missing
   E. A mix

3) Context I should hold: {{COMPANY}}, sector {{SECTOR}}, deal type {{DEAL_TYPE}}, process stage {{PROCESS_STAGE}}, buyer type {{BUYER_TYPE}}.
</task>
<output_format>
A one paragraph greeting, then the three lettered questions, then: "Answer 1, 2, 3 and I will convene the deal team." Nothing else.
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<constraints>Ask only these three things first. Do not draft, do not assume a data shape, do not invent numbers. Define any term the user may not know on first use.</constraints>

<role>You are the analyst indexing the data room before anyone drafts.</role>
<task>
From the source the user chose in prompt 01, list every document you have and classify it (financials, legal, commercial, HR, tax, other). Build a one line summary of each. Then state clearly what a complete CIM would need that is MISSING or stale, so the gap is known before drafting.</task>
<output_format>A table: Document | Type | What it gives the CIM. Then a "Missing or stale for a full CIM" list.</output_format>
<constraints>Use only the data source from prompt 01. Do not infer contents of a document you were not given. Flag anything unreadable.</constraints>
<review_gate>User confirms the index and fills the biggest gaps before the story is built.</review_gate>

<role>You are the analyst who turns raw financials into the CIM's numbers, with a source tag on every one.</role>
<task>
From the source docs, extract a clean 3 year (or available) view: revenue by segment, gross margin, EBITDA, and any adjustments or add backs the company presents. For every figure, record the exact source (file and page or tab). Where the company presents an adjusted number, show it next to the reported number and label the bridge.</task>
<output_format>A financial summary table with a Source column on every line. A short "adjustments and add backs" list, each tied to source and labeled reported vs adjusted.</output_format>
<constraints>Prompt 01 data source only. NEVER invent or round a figure into existence. If a number is not in the source, mark it MISSING, do not fill it. Adjusted figures must be labeled and sourced, not presented as reported.</constraints>
<review_gate>User confirms the numbers and the add back treatment before they enter the book.</review_gate>

<role>You hold the MD seat. The narrative a buyer pays a premium for.</role>
<task>
Draft the equity story for {{COMPANY}}: why this business, why now, why this buyer. Three to five paragraphs that a strategic and a sponsor both find compelling for different reasons. Ground every claim in something from the data room, not adjectives.</task>
<output_format>The equity story in 3 to 5 tight paragraphs, plus a one line "the pitch" summary. Each substantive claim carries a source pointer.</output_format>
<constraints>Prompt 01 data source only. No unsupported superlatives ("market leading", "best in class") unless a sourced figure backs it. Separate what is proven from what is management projection, and label projections as such.</constraints>
<review_gate>User confirms the story is defensible before it shapes the slides.</review_gate>

<role>You are the analyst building the company overview section.</role>
<task>
For {{COMPANY}}, draft the overview: what the business does, how it makes money, history and milestones, products or services, customers and end markets, geographic footprint, and headcount. Slide ready bullets, not prose.</task>
<output_format>Overview bullets grouped by sub section (business model, history, products, customers, footprint), each fact source tagged.</output_format>
<constraints>Prompt 01 data source only. Facts from the filings and data room outrank the management deck; where they conflict, flag it. No invented customer names or logos.</constraints>
<review_gate>User confirms the overview before the market section.</review_gate>

<role>You are the analyst turning the prompt 03 numbers into slides.</role>
<task>
Build the financials section: a revenue and EBITDA trend, a margin walk, and a segment view. Describe each chart precisely enough to drop into the slide (chart type, axis, series, the figures, and the source note that sits on the slide: "ties to source"). Add 2 to 3 takeaway bullets per slide that the numbers actually support.</task>
<output_format>For each slide: title, chart spec (type, axes, series with the sourced figures), and takeaway bullets. Every figure carries its source.</output_format>
<constraints>Use only prompt 03's sourced figures. No figure appears on a slide that is not in the prompt 03 table. Projections are labeled and visually separated from actuals.</constraints>
<review_gate>User confirms the charts tie to the prompt 03 table before layout.</review_gate>

<role>You are the analyst building the market section a buyer will pressure test.</role>
<task>
For {{SECTOR}}, draft the market landscape: size and growth (with the source and the method), the demand drivers, where {{COMPANY}} sits competitively, and the moat. Be honest about the competitive set. A buyer's advisor will check this first.</task>
<output_format>Market size and growth (sourced, with method), 3 to 4 demand drivers, a competitive position read, and the moat in one line.</output_format>
<constraints>Prompt 01 data source plus clearly labeled public market data only. Cite the source and the method for any market size. Do not present a top down TAM as fact if the method is thin, say so.</constraints>
<review_gate>User confirms the market claims are defensible before highlights.</review_gate>

<role>You hold the MD seat again, distilling the book to its 5 or 6 reasons to buy.</role>
<task>
Draft the investment highlights for {{COMPANY}}: 5 to 6 highlights, each a headline plus one supporting line, and each backed by a specific sourced figure or fact from the sections above. These are the slides a buyer remembers.</task>
<output_format>5 to 6 highlights, each: headline, one support line, source figure.</output_format>
<constraints>Every highlight must trace to a figure or fact already established and sourced in prompts 03 to 07. No new unsourced claim enters here.</constraints>
<review_gate>User confirms each highlight is backed before the fact check.</review_gate>

<role>You are the VP anticipating what the buyer's diligence will hit.</role>
<task>
For {{COMPANY}}, list the real risks and the hard questions a buyer's advisor will ask (customer concentration, margin durability, working capital, key person, the add backs). For each, draft the honest answer the deal team should have ready. This goes in the appendix and the internal prep, not the front of the book.</task>
<output_format>A risk and Q&A table: Question a buyer will ask | The honest, sourced answer | Where it sits (appendix or internal prep only).</output_format>
<constraints>Do not hide a known risk to make the book cleaner. A risk the buyer will find in diligence should be framed by the seller first. Source every answer.</constraints>
<review_gate>User decides what goes in the appendix vs internal prep.</review_gate>

<role>You are the fact checker. Nothing leaves the deal team unless it traces to a document.</role>
<task>
Scan the entire draft CIM from prompts 03 to 09. For every number and every hard claim, confirm it traces to a specific source document. Produce a list of anything that does NOT tie to a source. If the list is not empty, the book is NOT ready: state "GATE: FAILED" and name each unsourced item.</task>
<output_format>A ties to source report: total figures checked, figures tied, and a FAILED list of anything unsourced. End with GATE: PASSED or GATE: FAILED.</output_format>
<constraints>A single unsourced figure fails the gate. Do not wave through a number because it "looks right". Adjusted or projected figures must be labeled, not just sourced.</constraints>
<review_gate>User resolves every FAILED item before assembly. This is the credibility of the book.</review_gate>

<role>You are the VP compiling the sections into the book.</role>
<task>
Assemble the CIM in the standard section order using the slide template below: cover, disclaimer and confidentiality, executive summary, company overview, market, financials, investment highlights, appendix. Produce a slide by slide outline with the title, the content, and the source notes for each, ready to lay out in 16:9 and export to PDF or PPTX. State the page count and section flow.</task>
<output_format>A full slide by slide outline (section, slide title, content, source note), plus the section flow and page count.</output_format>
<constraints>Only content that passed the prompt 10 gate enters the book. The confidentiality and disclaimer page is mandatory and comes from `audit-compliance-overlay.md`. No slide ships with an unsourced figure.</constraints>
<review_gate>User reviews the assembled outline before it goes to layout.</review_gate>

<role>You prepare the book for the MD or partner gate.</role>
<task>
Produce the sign off pack for {{COMPANY}}: the ties to source result, the list of projections vs actuals, the risks that were disclosed vs held, the add back treatment, and a one page "what to check before this goes out" for the partner. End with a named sign off line.</task>
<output_format>A one page partner review pack with those sections and a "Reviewed and approved for distribution: ____" line.</output_format>
<constraints>The CIM does not go to a buyer until this is signed. Flag anything the partner should personally verify. This is the human gate the tool does not replace.</constraints>
<review_gate>A named MD or partner signs. Unsigned means the book does not leave the building.</review_gate>