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Prompt library
Browse Winston's starter prompts by the job you want done. They are examples, not the full list of what Winston can do, and availability depends on your workspace and connections.
Learn Winston opens with a few prompts picked from your setup answers; Edit answers changes the picks. Show all prompts opens the full catalog (titled "Every prompt Winston knows"), with a For you filter, the categories below, and sort by name, recommended or most run. Read What to expect before running. Some prompts use defaults; others ask you to confirm stores, dates or definitions. A prompt's name does not guarantee that every required field is available.
★ Run first week marks the best places to start. A needs connector badge means the prompt will not run until the relevant system is connected; the app shows which one on the padlock. See Connect your tools and Data coverage.
Examples, not confirmed templates
Running a starter depends on your workspace's tools, connections, permissions and data. A padlock or needs connector badge is the app's own answer; this guide cannot see your workspace. If the live catalog in Learn Winston is unavailable, the descriptions below are documentation only, not confirmed runnable templates. Wait for the catalog, or ask Winston in Chat for the same job in your own words. See What Winston can do.
Improve a prompt you wrote yourself
Where prompt review is available, use it to improve a request you write yourself in Chat. It applies to your own wording, not to a starter launched from Learn Winston. Check that a suggested rewrite keeps your stores, dates, measures and limits; a review can tighten the wording and lose a constraint at the same time. A suggestion does not authorize a job and does not establish access to any data. Decide what to send, then read the answer the same way as any other. See Asking Winston.
Every prompt, by category
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Competitor Analysis
Competitor Analysis
Compare accessible competitor information on a consistent price and product basis. Separate observed gaps from interpretation and cite the sources.
Customer & Loyalty
Hourly Traffic Pattern Analysis
Hourly traffic patterns by weekday to build staffing around.
Customer & Loyalty
Customer Win-Back Analysis
★ run first week, once connectedneeds connectorSize non-overlapping lapsed-customer cohorts after confirming stores, dates, boundaries and contact-eligibility rules. Analysis does not send a campaign.
Customer & Loyalty
New vs Returning Customer Analysis
★ run first week, once connectedCompare sales, tickets and average basket for new and returning customer groups using the stated identity and history definitions.
Customer & Loyalty
Loyalty Program ROI Analysis
★ run first week, once connectedneeds connectorCompare recorded loyalty discounts with participating customers' spending. Revenue alone does not establish incremental profit or causal return on the program.
Customer & Loyalty
Marketing Campaign ROI Analysis
★ run first week, once connectedneeds connectorSummarize recent campaign activity and attributed revenue where available. State the attribution window; identify missing costs or control data rather than claiming incremental lift.
Customer & Loyalty
Brand Promotion Audience Builder
Prepare aggregate, non-overlapping audience groups and explain their relevance. Confirm channel and consent requirements before any export or contact.
Customer & Loyalty
Customer Identity
Check duplicate records using available identifiers. Report coverage and uncertainty; probabilistic matches are data-quality signals, not confirmed identities.
Customer & Loyalty
Customer Segmentation
An aggregate lapsed-customer segment: cohort size, average spend, last purchase, and top category. Runs on your POS customer data.
Deliveries
Delivery Performance Analysis
★ run first week, once connectedneeds connectorA per-driver breakdown of delivery times and order volume, with slow outliers flagged before they hit the customer experience.
Ecommerce & Catalog
Company Website Analysis
Review public website product content for missing, stale or inconsistent fields. Identify the page and recommended correction; label inaccessible or intentionally blank content separately.
Ecommerce & Catalog
E-commerce Search Terms
Rank search terms by volume and flag zero-result searches for the stated period. Separate observed search behavior from suggested catalog matches.
Ecommerce & Catalog
E-Commerce Catalog Audit
An audit of your ecommerce catalog that lists missing images, descriptions, and other content gaps to fix.
Employee Performance
Budtender Performance Analysis
Compare eligible employees using the stated ticket threshold, store baseline and identifier. Use outliers to guide review and coaching, not to establish fault.
Employee Performance
Budtender SPIF Leaderboard
Calculate a leaderboard using the confirmed incentive rules, eligible products and employee identifiers. Review the rules and totals before treating a figure as payable.
Inventory
Invoice Processing
Get the invoice requirements and prepare extracted fields and proposed matches for review. Confirm the destination and supported submission path before approving a write.
Loss Prevention
Metrc Compliance Variance Report
★ run first week, once connectedA list of discrepancies between Metrc and your POS, ranked by dollars at risk. Runs on your Metrc and POS data.
Loss Prevention
Shift Cash Variance Report
Cash drawer variances broken down by store, drawer, employee, and date, so patterns stand out. Runs on your POS register data.
Loss Prevention
Product Returns Analysis
A breakdown of your most-returned products, ready to bring to vendor conversations. Runs on your POS data.
Loss Prevention
Employee Returns Analysis
Return rates by store and employee compared with the average, so outliers stand out. Runs on your POS data.
Negotiation
Promo Pitch Modeling
A promo pitch with the brand's share of the discount already framed.
Negotiation
Brand Margin Analysis
Brand margin table, low performers flagged and sized by revenue.
Negotiation
Invoice Price Creep Analysis
Item-level price increases across invoices, flagged so you can push back. Runs on your invoice data.
Negotiation
Brand Sales Room Report
Shareable brand-facing report that justifies the credit program.
Negotiation
Brand Quarterly Business Review Prep
A one-thread QBR briefing you can walk into the meeting with.
Negotiation
Competitive Gap Analysis
Ranked competitive gap report for the negotiation.
Negotiation
Aging Stock Credit Modeling
A credit ask per aging product, sized in dollars for the vendor conversation. Runs on your POS and invoice data.
Negotiation
Renegotiation Candidate Finder
Find strong sellers with weak margins and slow inventory tying up cash. Confirm whether to prioritize margin, aging stock or both.
Negotiation
Vendor Profitability + Margin Leakage
A per-vendor profitability view that surfaces where margin is leaking, so you know who to push on.
Purchasing & Replenishment
Store by store reorder report
★ run first week, once connectedReview products below the applicable days-of-supply threshold, with sellable stock, velocity and proposed reorder quantities. Keep backstock and non-sellable locations distinct.
Purchasing & Replenishment
Out-of-Stock Product Substitution Recommendation
Identify supported in-stock substitutes using product attributes, price and available demand evidence. Confirm the product or category scope before running.
Purchasing & Replenishment
Stockout Impact Analysis
Estimate units and revenue at risk from supported stockout evidence. Confirm stores, stockout definition and velocity window; do not present estimates as observed lost revenue.
Purchasing & Replenishment
Batch Expiration Analysis
A list of batches nearing expiration with the dollars at stake, so you can discount or return them in time. Runs on your POS inventory data.
Purchasing & Replenishment
Salesfloor Restock Pull List
A pull list of products sitting in backstock that should be out on the sales floor. Runs on your POS inventory data.
Purchasing & Replenishment
Inventory With Active Promotions
Show current stock and velocity alongside identified promotions, after confirming the stores, as-of date and definition of active.
Purchasing & Replenishment
Vendor Inventory Concentration Check
Compare each vendor's share of sellable units and inventory cost against the applicable cap. Show denominators, snapshot date and missing-cost coverage.
Purchasing & Replenishment
Inventory Eligibility
A store-by-store list of products under 7 days of supply, with on-hand, daily velocity, and vendor, and missing data flagged. Runs on your POS data.
Sales
Daily Business Recap
★ run first week, once connectedA one-glance daily health check with week-over-week comparisons, built to run on a schedule. Runs on your POS sales data.
Sales
Category Performance Analysis
How your category mix is shifting over time, with growing and shrinking categories called out. Runs on your POS sales data.
Sales
Product Affinity Analysis
Products customers actually buy together, ranked, so bundles match real baskets. Runs on your POS sales data.
Sales
Promotion Performance Scorecard
Compare promotion redemptions, customers, discount dollars, net sales and margin. Confirm the success measure and distinguish observed performance from causal lift.
Sales
Discount Effectiveness
Compare discounts with a reconciled baseline for the same stores and period. Show margin and attach-rate limits without inferring causal lift.
Sales
Slack Weekly Business Review
A weekly business summary formatted for Slack, ready to paste into the channel your team reads. Runs on your POS sales data.
Sales
Holiday lookback
What sold, who showed up, where staffing and margin leaked, what to do differently.
Sales
Monthly Store Health Review
Build a comparable store scorecard after confirming the completed month, stores and baseline. Identify unusual results and missing inputs.
Sales
Product Velocity + True Margin
Rank products by units and show available selling price, cost, gross profit dollars and margin. Call out missing or unsuitable costs instead of implying complete profitability data.
Sales
Sales Dashboard vs Product Report Reconciliation
A side-by-side reconciliation of your sales dashboard against the product report, with any mismatches surfaced.
Vendor Credits
Vendor Credit Report Generation
Identify the attachments, agreement details, connections and permissions required, then prepare a vendor-credit report for review. Nothing is owed solely because a report was generated.
Vendor Credits
Bulk Vendor Credit
Prepare vendor-grouped credit calculations for the stated period using confirmed eligibility and terms. Show exclusions and unresolved mappings; do not submit or send automatically.
Vendor Credits
Vendor Credit Pipeline Analysis
Review credit exposure against authoritative agreement terms. If terms are missing, return a missing-input checklist rather than an invented receivable.
Vendor Credits
Vendor Credit Opportunity Ranking
Rank brands by recorded discount exposure to prioritize vendor discussions. A ranking identifies an opportunity, not an established reimbursement obligation.
Vendor Credits
Vendor Promo Reimbursement Reconciliation
Reconcile eligible units and discounts against confirmed vendor terms, including returns and stacking rules. Separate supported amounts from unresolved lines.