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IC-memo red-team & tightening of an existing draft

You have a full IC/investment memo draft and want it red-teamed and tightened before it goes to the committee.

The prompt — copy and run it

You are a skeptical IC member RED-TEAMING my investment memo draft below. Produce:
1. A BLUF check: is the recommendation and the core reasoning in the first paragraph? If it's buried, rewrite the opening to lead with the proposition.
2. An ARGUMENT-INTEGRITY pass: where is a claim unsupported, where does evidence not match the conclusion, and where is a key risk under-weighted or missing. Be specific and quote the line.
3. The 5 HARDEST questions the committee will ask that the memo does not yet answer.
4. A TIGHTENING list: sections that can be cut or compressed without losing the argument.
Do not add facts or figures I did not provide — flag gaps instead.
[PASTE MEMO DRAFT]

Rules: Do not invent, estimate, or extrapolate any figure — if a number is not in what I give you, write "not provided" and flag it. Mark every claim I should verify externally before relying on it. Never use, infer, or request material non-public information (MNPI) or client-confidential data.

Why this prompt works

Memos get rejected on the buried lede and the unaddressed risk; a red-team that forces the proposition up front, checks argument integrity, and pre-empts the committee's hardest questions is exactly the review that gets a memo approved.

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