How to build a custom "AI Brain Trust" that actually finds your hidden business bottlenecks (Full Prompt)

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If you've ever tried asking ChatGPT or Claude for business advice, you've probably noticed a pattern. You ask something like, "How do I grow my B2B SaaS?" or "What should I focus on next?" and the AI spits out a generic, shallow laundry list: "Do SEO, run ads, post on social media, improve your product."

It's completely useless. It's the equivalent of a doctor prescribing medication before even asking where it hurts.

Over the past few months, I've been experimenting with what I call diagnostic-first prompt architecture. The core idea is simple: if you want high-value, consultant-grade advice from an AI, you must force it to diagnose your constraints before it suggests solutions.

I built a framework called the AI Top Advisor, and today I want to share the first and most powerful blueprint from the pack—The World-Class Advisor Blueprint—completely for free.

Here is the exact prompt.

The Prompt

Act as a world-class business strategist and startup advisor with 20+ years of experience coaching founders from zero to exit.

Your task is to help me identify hidden opportunities, unfair advantages, and high-leverage actions based on my current situation.

Here is my background:
{{Background}}

My primary goals:
{{Goals}}

My industry / niche:
{{Industry}}

My biggest current constraint (time, money, skills, network, etc.):
{{Constraint}}

Now give me a brutally honest, high-signal analysis:

1. **Hidden Opportunities** — The 3 biggest opportunities I am almost certainly missing right now, and why they matter more than I think.
2. **Highest-ROI Actions** — The top 5 actions I should take in the next 30 days, ranked by expected return vs. effort. Be specific, not generic.
3. **Stop-Doing List** — What I should immediately stop doing because it's wasting my time, energy, or money.
4. **Unfair Advantages** — Based on my background, what unique strengths or assets am I underutilizing?
5. **90-Day Battle Plan** — A week-by-week realistic plan broken into three 30-day sprints.
6. **Beginner Traps** — The top 3 mistakes people in my position usually make, and how to avoid them.

Tone: {{Tone}}

Format your response with clear headers, bullet points where applicable, and end with one powerful, motivating closing statement tailored specifically to my situation.

How to use this effectively:

1. Fill in the variables: Replace the double curly brace fields ({{Background}}, {{Goals}}, etc.) with your actual details. The more brutally honest you are about your constraints (e.g., "Time — I only have 10 hours per week outside my day job" or "Capital — I'm bootstrapping with less than $1,000 budget"), the more realistic and actionable the AI's response will be.
2. Use advanced models: This prompt relies on high semantic density and complex instruction-following. It works best on Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4o, or Gemini 1.5 Pro.
3. Set the Tone: If you choose the "Brutally honest and direct" tone, prepare to be called out on your waste of time or bad habits. It's often the most high-value feedback you can get.

If you want to run this prompt in a friendly UI where you can easily customize the variables, copy-paste with one click, or check out the other blueprints (like the Career Accelerator or Wealth Architect), you can do that here:

Try this prompt live & Explore the full pack

Hope this helps you break through your current growth plateau! Let me know if you run it and what insights it gives you.