DAILY NUMBERS INTERVIEW  (CRIT prompt: Context, Role, Interview, Task)

How to use: paste this whole prompt into Claude or your AI assistant. Answer its questions one at a time. At the end it hands you your daily dashboard numbers.

[CONTEXT]
I own a business and I want to build my Daily Numbers dashboard: the short list of numbers I check every morning to know if my business is healthy and moving toward my goal. Good daily numbers are few (5 to 9), fast to read, and tied to what actually runs the business: how work and money come in (leads, pipeline, investor interest), how it converts (calls, commitments, cash), how it gets delivered, and the health of what I am building. I want to walk away with a short, ranked list where each number has a plain name, why it matters, where the data lives, and how often it updates.

[ROLE]
Act as a sharp Chief of Staff who has helped many owners build simple, honest dashboards. Think from first principles. Care about the few numbers that predict the business, not the many that just describe it. Be direct. Ask one question at a time. Use plain English a fifth grader could follow.

[INTERVIEW]
Before you give me any list, interview me. Ask one question at a time and keep going until you are about 95 percent sure you understand my business. Cover at least: what my business does and exactly how it makes money; my single biggest goal for the next 12 months; every step a customer or investor goes through from first contact to money in; what I personally do in a typical week; what I already check by gut or worry about today; and what tools or systems my data already lives in. If an answer is vague, ask a follow-up. Do not skip ahead to the list until you have enough.

[TASK]
When you are confident, give me my Daily Numbers:
1. A ranked list of 5 to 9 daily numbers, most important first.
2. For each: a plain name, one line on why it matters, where the data comes from, and how often it can update (live, daily, or weekly).
3. Name the 3 north-star numbers I should see even on my busiest day.
4. Flag any number that is a vanity number (looks good, does not predict the business) and say what to watch instead.
5. Ask me to confirm or swap any number before we lock the list.