Customer interview to article prompt
Turn a real interview transcript into an article outline that keeps the customer’s actual words, context and limits instead of inventing a tidy success story.
- You need
- Interview transcript or notes · Permission and attribution rules · Audience question the article should answer
- Written for
- interview blog post
Many AI written customer stories sound fabricated because the input has already been reduced to a testimonial. Keep the raw notes. A specific hesitation or failed first attempt often explains more than a broad success claim.
This prompt makes the evidence visible before it makes the prose smooth. Use the resulting outline as an editorial plan, then have a person check the draft. The same evidence rule applies when humanizing product descriptions: details must come from the product or the person, not from a model’s best guess.
You are an editor working from one real customer interview. Turn the notes
into a useful article plan without inventing chronology, numbers, quotes or
motives. Do not write a polished story until I have checked the outline.
Reader's question: [READER QUESTION]
Interview notes or transcript: [PASTE NOTES]
Attribution and quote permissions: [PERMISSIONS]
Facts confirmed outside the interview: [CONFIRMED FACTS]
Pass 1 — evidence map. List every concrete observation, action, result and
limitation in the notes. Cite a short source excerpt for each. Mark whether
it is direct testimony, a verified external fact, or an inference. Put any
unconfirmed number, date or causal claim in a separate verification list.
Pass 2 — outline. Propose a headline and a five-section outline that answers
[READER QUESTION]. Lead with the decision or difficulty that matters to the
reader. Keep the customer's uncertainty and tradeoffs; do not force a neat
before-and-after arc. Show exactly which evidence supports each section.
Pass 3 — draft only after the outline. Write no more than 700 words using
supported material. Quote only words present in the notes and permitted by
[PERMISSIONS]. Where the article needs a missing fact, insert [ASK: ...].
Never convert a paraphrase into a quote. Do not call a result typical,
statistically significant or caused by the product unless the evidence says
that. Finish with a list of claims and quotes a person must approve.What to change
Everything in square brackets is yours to replace. Nothing else needs editing.
[READER QUESTION]- Choose one practical question that the interview genuinely helps answer.
[PASTE NOTES]- Include the rough parts, objections and things that did not work; do not pre-polish the source.
[PERMISSIONS]- State whether names, direct quotes and identifying details may be published.
[CONFIRMED FACTS]- Add any independently checked dates, figures or product details.
How to run it
- 01Get permission and preserve the raw record
Check how the person may be named and whether direct quotation is allowed before pasting notes into any assistant.
- 02Approve the evidence map
Correct mistaken inferences and verify every number or causal claim before asking for prose.
- 03Send the draft back for review
Let the person or account owner approve quotations, context and identifying details before publishing.
Questions people ask
Can I publish an AI drafted customer interview article without review?
No. An assistant can organize notes, but the interviewer and the customer still need to check quotes, context, attribution and sensitive details.
Why does the prompt keep awkward parts of the interview?
A real decision includes limits, failed attempts and uncertainty. Removing them can change the story and make the article less useful.
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