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Make sense of a chart or table in plain words
Numbers in a chart are confusing. Get what it shows and what it doesn't.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Explain this chart or table. Description or paste: [details] My question: [what I need to know] Source if known: [optional] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. What it shows in plain words. 2. The main takeaway. 3. What it does not show. 4. A caution about scale or missing context if relevant. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, steps or official URLs you're not sure of. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. details: a short note you already have. what I need to know: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Claude
Explain this chart or table. Description or paste: [details] My question: [what I need to know] Source if known: [optional] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. What it shows in plain words. 2. The main takeaway. 3. What it does not show. 4. A caution about scale or missing context if relevant. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, steps or official URLs you're not sure of. UK English. Stay in this Claude chat. Do not use a connector, and do not open a project that already holds someone else's files.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. details: a short note you already have. what I need to know: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You describe or paste the chart.
The assistant asks about the question you have.
You get a plain reading and caveats.
What happens
Use Claude to make sense of a chart or table in plain words
Numbers in a chart are confusing. Get what it shows and what it doesn't.
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