Claude Nested XML Prompt for Financial Reconciliation

Without XML tags, Claude can confuse a reference report's data with current-quarter metrics and produce a verbose letter-style response. Nesting XML tags cleanly separates the reference template from active data.

<reference_template> <q1_report>{{Q1_REPORT_TEXT}}</q1_report> </reference_template> <current_data> <q2_metrics>{{Q2_CSV_DATA}}</q2_metrics> </current_data> Generate a concise, professional Q2 financial report using only the data in <current_data> while following the bullet structure and trend arrows of <reference_template>.