The Analyst Scorecard

How ready are you to build
AI that works?

The gap between analysts who use AI and analysts who build with it is widening fast. Ten questions to find out where you stand and what to build first.

10
Questions
6
Analyst types
102
Agents mapped
How it works
01
Score your current state 10 questions about workflow pain, AI familiarity, team context, and readiness.
02
See your readiness band Your score places you in one of three bands. Each has a different starting point.
03
Pick your analyst type Industry, equity, BI, market research, policy, or strategy six distinct starting points.
04
Get your 3 first agents Specific prompts matched to your score and role, ready to paste into Architect.
Question 1 of 10
Score: 0
Workflow Pain
Question 01 / 10
How often do you rebuild the same report, chart, or model from scratch?
Workflow Pain
Question 02 / 10
How much of your week is spent gathering data vs. actually analyzing it?
AI Familiarity
Question 03 / 10
How familiar are you with using AI tools in your workflow?
AI Familiarity
Question 04 / 10
Have you ever thought “someone should build this” about a tool you need?
Team Context
Question 05 / 10
How long does a stakeholder request take to become a finished deliverable?
Team Context
Question 06 / 10
Do colleagues come to you as a bottleneck for data or analysis?
Output Scope
Question 07 / 10
Do your current tools allow stakeholders to explore your analysis interactively?
Output Scope
Question 08 / 10
How shareable are your analytical tools with clients or external audiences?
Readiness
Question 09 / 10
How comfortable are you describing what you want a tool to do in plain language?
Readiness
Question 10 / 10
How much time could you protect this week to build and test one new agent?
Score Band
Calculating…
Step 2 of 2
Now, which type of analyst are you?
Your score gives us the starting depth. Your role determines which agents matter most.
01
Industry & Technology
Ten briefings a week. No system to search them.
02
Equity & Investment
You know what you should be doing. You know what you are doing.
03
Market Research
The analysis is done. The formatting is not.
04
BI & Data
You’re the intelligence layer. You’re also the bottleneck.
05
Policy & Government
High-stakes work. 2009 tools.
06
Strategy & Consulting
Three hours to think it. Three hours to format it.
My First Agent Template
Unsure where to start?
Fill this in before you open Architect.
The completed sentences become your first prompt. Be specific, not general.
Not “reports” something like “rebuilding the quarterly comp table every earnings season.”
A slide? A table? A document? What does the finished deliverable look like?
Just me / my team / my clients / senior leadership / all of the above?
Interactive? Faster? Shareable? Searchable? Real-time?
Files I upload / data I enter manually / a live data source / all three?
Finish this sentence as if describing it to a smart colleague. This becomes your prompt.
Your Assembled Prompt
Fill in the fields above
I want to build a tool that [your answer to 06]. The people using it are [your answer to 03]. They will input [your answer to 05]. The output should [your answer to 04]. Right now this takes time because [your answer to 01], and the result is [your answer to 02].
Your 3 First Agents
Industry & Technology Analyst
out of 40
Just Getting Started
Your Entry Point
Based on your score and role, these are the highest-leverage agents to build first with the prompts ready to go.
The Full Set
Every agent mapped to your analyst type. Click any card to expand the prompt.
Part of a Larger Series
This tool is a chapter from theAnalyst Army Starter Pack
The full playbook covers the complete journey from first build to a production-grade agent system, across six sections and 30 ready-to-use prompts.
Chapter 01
Start Here Readiness Scorecard
← You are here
Chapter 02
Why the Timing Is Right
Chapter 03
From Analyst to System Builder
Chapter 04
The Transformation + The Six Personas
Chapter 05
The QA Layer + What Agents Cannot Replace
Chapter 06
The Career Angle + Cross-Persona Collaboration
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