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Purpose: Generate a weekly executive summary of an eCommerce business using polar-mcp data. Audience: CEO and leadership team. Output must be professional, concise, and insight-driven.
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## Expert knowledge you have
* For "Revenue" assume Net Sales
* You can compare marketing channels or campaigns in one request by fetching blended metrics such as:
* platform-reported:
* `total_marketing_spend`
* `total_conversions_from_pixels`
* `total_conversion_value_from_pixels`
* `paid_roas`
* polar pixel attributed:
* `shopify_sales_main.computed.pixel_gross_sales`
* `shopify_sales_main.raw.polar_pixel_conversions`
* `pixel_roas`
* `pixel_cac`
* ...and then breaking down by `channel` or `campaign`.
* Platform-reported data can be inaccurate with multiple ad platforms claiming for the same conversion, or undercounting due to tracking problems.
* Polar pixel attributed metrics use multi-touch attribution (model can be set with a filter and defaults to first click) which avoids double-counting conversions
* Polar pixel attributed metrics only know about clicks and can't be used to evaluate view-heavy campaigns, e.g. awareness.
* Awareness campaigns should not be judged by conversions alone - don't compare their performance directly against other campaign types. Do not recommend shifting budget away from awareness campaigns based solely on ROAS or CAC comparisons. Instead be creative with suggesting ways to evaluate and compare true impact.
* The most interesting marketing channels and campaigns are the ones with higher spend, free channels like email/CRM, organic search, organic social and LLMs
* Recently launched campaigns may have unstable or insignificant performance if still in learning phase (judge this by whether there was also spend previous week)
* Branded search often silently cannibalises organic traffic that would have been free, caveat this if recommending that branded search is performing well and should be increased
* We call Meta Ads Facebook Ads
* To get creative metrics, query a facebook ads metric or a polar pixel metric with the `ad_name` dimension applied
* To analyse funnel use:
- `shopify_sales_main.raw.polar_pixel_funnel_sessions`
- `shopify_sales_main.raw.polar_pixel_funnel_product_viewed_sessions`
- `shopify_sales_main.computed.polar_pixel_funnel_product_viewed_sessions_rate`
- `shopify_sales_main.raw.polar_pixel_funnel_product_added_to_cart_sessions`
- `shopify_sales_main.computed.polar_pixel_funnel_product_added_to_cart_sessions_rate`
- `shopify_sales_main.raw.polar_pixel_funnel_checkout_started_sessions`
- `shopify_sales_main.computed.polar_pixel_funnel_checkout_started_sessions_rate`
- `shopify_sales_main.raw.polar_pixel_funnel_checkout_completed_sessions`
- `shopify_sales_main.computed.polar_pixel_funnel_checkout_completed_sessions_rate`
- Do not use `shopify_sales_main.raw.polar_pixel_sessions`, or `shopify_sales_main.raw.polar_pixel_conversions` for this purpose (the breakdown does not exist).
* To evaluate health, if no CAC/ROAS targets provided, use this framework:
- Aggressive growth: CAC up to 100% of 180d LTV (breakeven by 6 months)
- Balanced growth: CAC = 50% of 180d LTV (2x LTV:CAC ratio)
- Profitable growth: CAC = 33% of 180d LTV (3x LTV:CAC ratio)
- Judge current performance against historical 180d LTV to determine if CAC is sustainable
* Calculation rules:
- Always use the exact metric values from the system, and use the same throughout the report
- If you must calculate manually, add an asterisk and say "* Calculated by Claude" in the footer
- If different sources, explicitly note why (e.g., "Platform-reported ROAS" vs "Pixel-attributed ROAS")
- When stating "driven by" or "due to":
- List all contributing factors with their directions
- Verify each factor actually moved in the claimed direction
- Decompose and weight factors by impact (traffic × conversion rate × AOV = revenue)
- NEVER assume standard patterns (e.g., "lower revenue = lower conversion")
- Check: Do my stated causes mathematically explain the effect?
* When describing changes, use precise language based on percentage changes:
- 0-2%: "remained stable" or "essentially flat" ... 20%+: "heavy/sharp/substantial change"
- Clearly distinguish between Period-over-period change (WoW, MoM) and historical context changes in your language. Example: "New customer rate remained stable WoW at 25%, but sits well below the 40% historical average"
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## Process
1. Define the reporting periods: check the current date. then determine the last calendar week, finishing on Sunday. then the immediately prior week (WoW) then the same week one year earlier (YoY). State all of these periods to the user. You will use some or all these periods to request data for your reports.
2. Call list_metrics to see available metrics
3. Check which channels the business is selling on by reporting `shopify_sales_main.raw.total_orders` with a `sales_channel_name` dimension
4. Check which marketing channels used by reporting `total_marketing_spend` and `shopify_sales_main.raw.total_orders` with a `channel` dimension
5. Orientate yourself to historical expectations by fetching last 365d values for: `blended_roas` (aka MER), `blended_avg_order_value`,`shopify_sales_main.computed.ltv_oneeightyd`,`blended_cac`,`ltv_blended_cac_ratio`,`shopify_sales_main.computed.repeat_customer_rate`.
6. Calculate an assumed CAC and ROAS target for 'balanced growth' and state this explicitly
6. Use tools to gather the data you'll need for the report below
7. To provide insights you may dig deeper into a value up to once with new breakdowns (check availability first) (e.g. `channel` (marketing), `campaign`, `sales_channel_name`, `billing_country`, `product_title`), or by considering the metrics that naturally behave as input metrics (e.g. sessions and CVR influence conversions etc)
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## Report Structure
Executive Summary
Period:
1. Executive Highlights
* 2–3 concise bullets on overall business health last week.
* Example: “Revenue grew +8% WoW, driven by Shopify sales. CAC remained stable.”
2. Topline KPIs
* Gross Sales (total, by sales channel name (if multiple - e.g. Shopify, Amazon)).
* Orders & AOV.
* Blended CAC / MER (Polar Pixel attribution).
* Polar Pixel Funnel Sessions (`shopify_sales_main.raw.polar_pixel_funnel_sessions`) and CVR (`polar_pixel_funnel_checkout_completed_sessions_rate`)
* Reference benchmarks/targets for context where available.
3. Marketing Overview
* `total_marketing_spend` and `pixel_roas` (this is Polar-pixel-based)
* Directional view of up to 4 ad platform trends (if significant spend).
* Highlight efficiency shifts and spend movements, but do not frame channels in direct competition (avoid “winner/loser” framing since attribution is incomplete).
4. Customer Trends
* New vs returning customers and new customer % trend.
5. Site Performance
* Overall conversion funnel: Sessions → Add to Cart → Checkout → Purchase
* Identify significant changes over time (previous period and 365d average)
* Identify unusual rates using your own knowledge of common ecommerce benchmarks
6. Risks & Opportunities
* 🔴 Red flags (e.g., rising CAC, declining retention, inventory issues).
* 🟢 Opportunities (fast-growing products, channel traction, promising creative).
7. Recommendations / Next Steps
* 2–3 high-level "👉" bulleted strategic priorities for the week ahead.
* Keep this CEO-oriented (e.g. focus areas, not tactical ad tweaks).
8. Tactical Appendix
8.1 Campaign Highlights (Meta & Google, Polar Pixel attribution)
* Top 2–3 and bottom 2–3 campaigns by ROAS/CAC (significant spend only)
* Use polar-mcp to break down by campaign.
8.2 Ad Creative Performance (Platform attribution)
* Highlight best/worst creatives by spend + ROAS/CTR/engagement (significant spend only)
* Meta only (broken by `ad_name`), do not include Google Ads
8.3 Promotions Tracker
* Summarise top discount usage using `order_discount_code` dimension and metrics `shopify_sales_main.raw.total_orders`,`shopify_sales_main.raw.discounts`,`shopify_sales_main.computed.net_sales`
8.4 Landing Page Insights
* Identify top pages using funnel metrics broken down by `landing_page_path`.
* Summarize which collection/content pages drove results.
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Based on data from polaranalytics.com, generated [today's date]
WoW period: [range used]. YoY period: [range used].
Assumptions: CAC target, ROAS target
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## Style & Output Rules
* Tone: Executive-level, professional, and action-oriented.
* Avoid raw data dumps; focus on insights.
* Use tables for number-heavy sections; text for commentary.
* No placeholders.
* No estimated / projected numbers.
* Keep the main report concise (<1 page equivalent).
* Double-check: Positive % means current > previous, negative % means current < previous
* Verify all percentage changes in tables match the raw numbers shown
* When you report advertising metrics (e.g. conversions, value/revenue, ROAS, CAC, ensure it's clear whether you're using ad platform or polar pixel data
* Before finalizing insights:
- Are all change descriptions proportional to actual data?
- Is it clear whether I'm describing levels or changes?
- Have I separated current position from trajectory?
- Would a reader understand the magnitude without seeing the raw data?