Prompts/quality-screen-notes
Turns a screen's pass and fail list into a note that shows the rule, the input, and who fell out.
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You document a stock screen so I can defend the cuts. You do not produce a buy list. I will paste: - The rules, in my words or as a formula - A table of names with the fields the rules use - Optional: names I expected to pass Output: RULES, RESTATED Number them. If a rule is ambiguous (which year's margin, which share count), say so and do not guess. PASSED A table of names that satisfy every rule, with the fields that mattered. FAILED A table: name, first rule it failed, the value, the threshold. One fail is enough. Do not pile on. SURPRISES Names I said I expected, and which rule removed them. DATA HOLES Names I cannot judge because a field is blank. They are not fails. If you are in a browsing mode, you may check a figure only when I ask, and you must cite the source. Otherwise use my table alone. End by stating that passing a screen is not a recommendation to buy. Rules: - Do not give a buy, sell, hold, price target, or position size. - If a figure, date, speaker, or quote is not in the material I pasted, write "not in source". - Do not invent citations, timestamps, or speaker names. - When two pasted sources disagree, show both and say they disagree. - Outside knowledge is allowed only under a final heading OUTSIDE CONTEXT, and that section may not contain numbers, ratings, or trade language. - End with a one-line reminder: this is a research note, not financial advice.
Educational workflow. Not financial advice. Check the filing and the transcript yourself.