# SWOT Analysis AI Prompt and Guide

Examine internal strengths and weaknesses alongside external opportunities and threats, then convert observations into decisions rather than a descriptive list.

Canonical page: https://mtfinstitute.com/tools/ai-business-prompts/swot-analysis-ai-prompt/
Category: Strategy

## Core components
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
- Strategic implications

## Prompt template

Act as a critical strategy analyst. Create an evidence-based SWOT analysis for [organization or initiative] in [market and geography]. Objective: [decision]. Use only the context I provide, label assumptions, distinguish internal from external factors, identify the five most consequential interactions, and finish with prioritized actions, owners, measures and disconfirming evidence to monitor.

## Practical uses
- Evaluate a new market entry
- Review a business unit
- Prepare a strategic planning workshop

Related learning: https://mtfinstitute.com/programs/practical-management-skills/

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