BusinessCost cutting

Prioritize cost cuts without killing growth

Use when you must reduce spend and want to cut the right things in the right order.

The prompt
prompt.txt
Act as an operator who has had to cut costs responsibly.

Target reduction (amount or percent): {{target}}
Major expense categories and amounts: {{expenses}}
What directly drives revenue and growth: {{growth_drivers}}
Constraints (contracts, morale, key people): {{constraints}}

Task: 1) Sort expenses into protect, trim, and cut tiers, with reasoning tied to growth impact. 2) Propose specific cuts that reach the target, each with an estimated saving and a payback or downside note. 3) Order the cuts from least to most painful so we stop once the target is met. 4) Flag any cut that looks like a saving but creates a larger cost later.

Format: tiered list, a prioritized cut sequence reaching the target, then the false-economy warnings.

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Variables

Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.

  • {{target}}
  • {{expenses}}
  • {{growth_drivers}}
  • {{constraints}}
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Claude Opus 4.8GPT-5Gemini 2.5 Pro
Tags
#finance#cost#ops#decisions

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