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Every prompt below is built from the requests capture teams actually send Corvus. Copy a prompt, swap in your details, send it. Then answer the clarifying questions.

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How to Prompt Corvus

Once your team is onboarded, Corvus knows your company: your profile and prior context ride along with every request, so you never need to introduce yourself, tell it what role to play, or list the sources to use. What changes the result is what follows.

01

Say what decision this serves, and your posture.

“We are deciding whether to prime this recompete” produces a sharper report than “tell me about this contract.” State prime, sub, or undecided when it matters.

02

Anchor with a link or an identifier.

Paste the SAM.gov or GovWin URL, the notice ID, the solicitation number, or the contract number. Corvus fetches the record and its attachments itself. A name alone works, but an identifier removes the guesswork.

03

Attach the documents.

PWS, SOW, RFP sections, Q&A, industry-day decks, spreadsheets. Say what each file is (“the draft PWS”, “the predecessor contract’s PWS”). Attached documents are treated as the primary source and quoted by filename.

04

Give your own facts.

Your wrap rate, the incumbent you know holds the work, the contract number, the page of the budget exhibit. Corvus treats the facts you supply as anchors rather than hypotheses to re-derive, and when public data disagrees it surfaces the discrepancy instead of quietly replacing your number.

05

Name the companies you care about.

In multi-company requests each named competitor or partner typically gets its own full-depth annex alongside the main report. “The usual suspects” gets you a field read; “Peraton, SAIC, and GDIT” gets you three dossiers.

06

Ask for files when you want files.

“Deliver the cost model as a spreadsheet”, “give me the award list as an Excel file”, “include a chart of spend by year”. A table inside the report is not a file; say which one you want.

07

Don’t dictate the sections.

Every request type has a report shape built for it. Listing sections yourself overrides that shape, so do it only when you genuinely need a specific format (a slide-ready summary, a template you must fill). Otherwise describe the question and let the structure follow.

08

Set the scope.

Agency or office, time horizon, geography, dollar band, set-aside lens. “Navy” and “NAVWAR at San Diego, next 24 months, above $25M” are different requests.

09

Answer the clarifying questions.

Before the research starts, Corvus asks the two or three that most change the plan. “No answer provided” is a valid response, but a one-line answer usually improves the report more than another paragraph in the prompt would.

10

Skip these.

Role preambles (“You are an expert analyst…”), source lists (“use FPDS, SAM, and GovWin”), and output-section checklists. They cost you precision rather than adding it.

The prompts

Each entry: when to use it, what you get back, the prompt, and a few lines you can add to sharpen it.

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Opportunity Deep Dive

Use it when

One opportunity is on your radar and you need the whole capture picture in one place: what is being bought, who you are up against, whether you fit, and what winning takes.

You get

A decision-grade brief in ten parts: the opportunity facts, the government contacts on the public record, scope of work, your strategic fit with the gaps called out, timing and the shaping window left, the competitive field and incumbent hold, funding, win themes tied to customer hot buttons, risks, and the teaming posture with named partners for each gap.

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Attach the RFP, PWS, or the industry-day deck and say which is which.[[spacer]] “Weigh the fit against our [group name] group, not the whole company.”[[spacer]] “Include the customer hot buttons we should shape toward before the RFP drops.”
Black Hat Analysis

Use it when

You know who you have to beat and want their playbook written from their side of the table: how they will position, what they will say to the customer, whom they will bring, and where they are weak.

You get

The competitor’s likely win strategy and messaging pillars, expected technical approach, probable partner stack, past performance they will cite with contract numbers and values, vulnerabilities (staffing, protests, terminations, integration risk, OCI), and counter-moves and ghosting themes you can use.

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“Rank the three by threat and tell us which one to build our counter-positioning around.”[[spacer]] “Assume [Company A] teams with [Company D]; model that stack.”[[spacer]] No named competitor yet? Ask for “the three most likely winners” and Corvus identifies them from the office’s award history first.
Competitor Deep Dive

Use it when

You need the full dossier on one company: where its federal money comes from, what anchors it, whom it teams with, which way it is trending, and where it is soft.

You get

Company overview and size, federal footprint, capabilities grounded in contract scope, leadership and strategic hires, recent wins and losses, teaming and subcontractor network, strengths and weaknesses, and market signals.

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Several companies? List them; each typically gets its own annex and the report compares them.[[spacer]] “Focus on the last three fiscal years.”[[spacer]] “Flag every contract of theirs ending in the next 24 months.”
Price to Win

Use it when

You need a defensible price target, not a guess: a should-cost model built from the actual solicitation, the incumbent’s reconstructed cost position, three priced scenarios, and a bid posture.

You get

The cost-model skeleton extracted verbatim from the documents, the incumbent’s blended rate and cost decomposition where a predecessor exists, per-labor-category rate benchmarks with clearance premiums, the should-cost model and three scenarios, a feasibility gate that tells you which scenarios are actually staffable, the price-risk trade space, and a narrow target range with the levers and what not to cut. Plus the cost-model spreadsheet the pricing team works from.

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Hardware or unit-priced? Give the band and delivery schedule (“6 per year, 16 total: 2027 = 3, 2028 = 6…”) and Corvus prices every band by year.[[spacer]] “Evaluation is LPTA” or “best value, technical significantly more important than price” changes the strategy; say it if you know it.[[spacer]] “Tell us honestly if there is no lever combination that reaches the winning band.”
Capabilities Matrix

Use it when

You have a scope document and need it shredded into a requirements-level matrix your team can score, plus an honest read of how well you fit.

You get

The Capabilities Matrix spreadsheet, one row per obligation with section, requirement number, a verb-first summary, and the verbatim text, grouped with subtotals for scoring, and a fit analysis grading each work area.

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Requirements only, no instructions? Say “explicit requirement statements only; skip submission instructions.”[[spacer]] No scope document yet? Corvus will say so and give a high-level fit read instead of inventing a matrix; attach the draft the moment you have it.
Teaming Partner Identification

Use it when

You need partners for a pursuit, a vehicle, or a capability gap, ranked and argued, with the history to back the ranking.

You get

A ranked shortlist of eight to twelve candidates, each with the gap it fills, three or four relevant past performances, size and socioeconomic status, vehicle seats, the workshare they would take, and the risks; historical teaming patterns and joint ventures from subaward data, including prior pairings with you.

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Small-business focus: “small businesses only, [SDVOSB / 8(a) / WOSB / HUBZone], with their certifications and past performance at [agency].”[[spacer]] Have names already? List them; Corvus evaluates the set and adds the candidates you missed.[[spacer]] “Include outreach contacts for the top five.”
Market Landscape

Use it when

You need to understand a segment before committing to it: who defines it, on what terms work is won, where it is performed, which way spend is moving, and what is coming up for bid.

You get

The market map (primes, specialists, niche players, entrants, shares with the denominator named), incumbents and recent awards with contract numbers and values, the spend and budget trajectory, the forward pipeline with windows and incumbency, teaming and joint-venture dynamics, and positioning recommendations for you.

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“Bracket the size two ways: by keyword and by NAICS/PSC.”[[spacer]] “Tell us where small-business set-asides carry the dollars.”[[spacer]] Rule or certification redrawing the field (CMMC, an executive order)? Name it and Corvus reads who can still compete.
Customer and Stakeholder Intelligence

Use it when

You need to know who decides, who influences, what each of them cares about, and in what order to engage them.

You get

The office’s structure and decision hierarchy, the key decision-makers and influencers with roles and current-versus-former status marked, each person’s stated priorities and pain points traced to a source, the channels to reach them, and a recommended call plan.

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“Government side only” or “include the incumbent’s key staff.”[[spacer]] “Which of them are speaking at events in the next six months, and where.”[[spacer]] “Include the acquisition contacts named on [notice].”
Account Planning

Use it when

You are building a plan for one agency or office: its priorities, its money, who holds its contracts, what recompetes are coming, and where you should pursue.

You get

The agency’s strategy and stated priorities, budget and funding levels behind its mission areas, the current contract landscape and incumbents, the recompete and new-requirement timeline over the next two to three years, key buying offices and stakeholders, upcoming events and entry points, and ranked pursuit recommendations with the rationale.

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Pipeline targets? Give the formula (“140 pursuits, half above $100M…”) and Corvus builds to it.[[spacer]] “Add the conferences and industry days where this office shows up, and what each is worth to us.”[[spacer]] “Deliver the recompete ledger as a spreadsheet.”
Budget and Funding Analysis

Use it when

You need to follow the money behind a program or capability across fiscal years and understand what it means for opportunity.

You get

The budget lines with prior, current, and requested amounts and the percentage change, each cited to the document and exhibit; program trajectories and new versus discontinued efforts; alignment to the agency’s stated priorities; and what the funding picture means for contractable, reachable opportunity.

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“Include adjacent line items that could fund the same requirement.”[[spacer]] “Compare the request to the congressional marks.”[[spacer]] Attach the justification book pages you already have; they become the primary source.
Solution and Capability Comparison

Use it when

You need companies or products compared across the same capability areas with the same evidence standard, and a read on how you win against each.

You get

The capability areas stated explicitly, per-company solutions with past performance, technology stack, partnerships, differentiators and weaknesses, and pricing approach where it is public; a companies-by-capability matrix where every cell traces to evidence; and, when you name your own offering, how you differentiate or win against each competitor, including what to concede honestly.

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Products rather than services? “Use public documentation, deployments, and contract scope, and label anything that is only the vendor’s own claim.”[[spacer]] “Add price where it is publicly known; leave the cell empty otherwise.”
Personnel and Staffing Intelligence

Use it when

You need to know who staffs a contract or office on the contractor side, validated as current or former, and what the staffing pattern tells you.

You get

The named key personnel with roles, tenure, career history, and public contact information where available; a current-versus-former validation for every person, with unconfirmed status marked rather than asserted; the company’s staffing pattern for similar work; and the implications for your purpose.

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“Include their open job postings for this program; contingent postings are a recompete tell.”[[spacer]] “Government side too” adds the office’s decision-makers.[[spacer]] Paste the GovWin or SAM link; the contract identifiers do most of the anchoring.
Custom Research: Data Pull

Use it when

The question does not fit a type above and you need a precise data pull delivered as a file. Corvus plans the research from your question itself, so the more precisely you describe the deliverable, the better.

You get

The findings, the surrounding context, and the implications for you, in whatever shape the question calls for.

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Combine types freely: “black hat on the incumbent plus a price-to-win” or “market landscape with a stakeholder map for the top office” is one request, and Corvus staffs both.[[spacer]] State the format only when you need it: “one page for the executive team”, “fill this template”, “a comparison matrix”.
Custom Research: Document Comparison

Use it when

The question does not fit a type above and you need two documents compared. Corvus plans the research from your question itself, so the more precisely you describe the deliverable, the better.

You get

The findings, the surrounding context, and the implications for you, in whatever shape the question calls for.

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Combine types freely: “black hat on the incumbent plus a price-to-win” or “market landscape with a stakeholder map for the top office” is one request, and Corvus staffs both.[[spacer]] State the format only when you need it: “one page for the executive team”, “fill this template”, “a comparison matrix”.
Custom Research: Regulatory or Policy Question

Use it when

The question does not fit a type above and it turns on a rule, clause, or executive order. Corvus plans the research from your question itself, so the more precisely you describe the deliverable, the better.

You get

The findings, the surrounding context, and the implications for you, in whatever shape the question calls for.

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Combine types freely: “black hat on the incumbent plus a price-to-win” or “market landscape with a stakeholder map for the top office” is one request, and Corvus staffs both.[[spacer]] State the format only when you need it: “one page for the executive team”, “fill this template”, “a comparison matrix”.

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