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Two agents do most of the work in Minoa, and most people use one of them for one thing. The business case agent builds, edits, and explains the model. The deal page agent turns that model into the documents that reach people who will never open it. Learn what to ask each one and a task that used to be twenty clicks becomes a sentence.

Below are examples of prompts that you can copy-paste into the Minoa agent to help you build a value story and business case.
Background on the two surfaces: AI Value Engineer is the teal sparkle inside any business case. Work Your Deal from the Deal Page covers the Docs tab where documents get generated.

Which agent

They feed each other. The business case is the model. The deal page docs are how it travels. A one-pager is only as good as the case behind it, and a case nobody circulates does not move a deal.

Find your prompt

How to prompt either agent

1

Lead with the outcome, not the feature

“Make this more compelling” gets you a rewrite. “My champion has to defend the invoice number to their CFO, so show me where it came from and what is weak about it” gets you a decision.
2

Say where your numbers came from

“Their VP Ops said 14 minutes per ticket on the March 3 call.” That value becomes traceable instead of plausible, and the agent records it rather than treating it as an assumption.
3

Chain the steps you would have clicked

One message carries a sequence. “Create a best case scenario, raise adoption to 85%, add a 3-month onboarding phase at 30% ramp, then show payback for both.”
4

Ask for the resulting number

Every edit ends in a number. Ask for it. A wrong magnitude is obvious in the result and invisible in a list of edits.
The business case agent proposes, you approve. Every action surfaces an approval card before anything changes. Read the card, especially on inputs and investment. Approving a batch without looking is how a decimal point reaches a buyer.

The business case agent

Build the case

So you get a draft grounded in what the customer actually said
So you are not carrying a use case you cannot defend
So you know what’s happening when updates and changes are made
So the case covers a problem the customer raised and we missed
So you know what still needs a real number
So you fill in the gaps in the right order
So you can continue to build the value story
Correct the assumptions first, verify anything from public web research second, and leave values that came from a call alone unless you know better. Those came from the customer.

Scenarios and the shapes worth building

A single case says “here is the number.” Scenarios say “here is the range, and here is what has to be true for each.”
The default, and it works because buyers pick the middle. The middle only reads as credible if the outer two are real positions rather than padding.So the buyer chooses between options instead of deciding whether to proceed
So your conservative case is genuinely conservative
Name the middle one after what the deal actually is: “Phase 1 Rollout”, “EMEA Only”, “Agreed Scope”. A scenario called “Expected” invites debate about expectations. One called “Phase 1 Rollout” invites debate about phase 1, which is the conversation you want.

Stress-test before they do

The highest-value section on this page, and the one almost nobody runs. So the hardest question gets asked somewhere private
So you know which number the whole case rests on
So the case does not collapse if one use case gets dismissed
So you are not claiming the same saving twice
So the number passes a laugh test against their size
So you can explain what differs between your options
If one use case carries more than half the benefit and its key input is an assumption, you do not have a business case yet. You have a bet. Get that number from the customer, through a survey if you have to.

Calculations and use cases

Business cases fail in a specific way. The number is right, the logic is sound, and the rep cannot explain it. A buyer asks “where does the 340 come from?” and the answer is a pause. So you know the shape of what you are presenting
So you can explain one use case without hedging
So you have a sentence you would actually say out loud
So you know the objection before it arrives
So an operator can accept your number without accepting your dollar conversion
So a benchmark change does not leave this deal behind
So the case stops claiming something you cannot defend
So a real number replaces a default
If a calculation is wrong because the logic does not fit this kind of customer rather than because of a value you entered, patching it in one business case leaves every other deal wrong. Report it to whoever owns your value framework.
Card explanations are regenerated from the calculation icon in the use case toolbar. Have the agent write the wording first: “Draft me a better explanation for the invoice automation card, in the customer’s language, with the source of the key assumption in it.”

Files and trend analysis

The most valuable thing a customer gives you is a file. It usually gets skimmed, quoted once, and forgotten, because turning it into an input is tedious. Load context first. Attach every relevant call, add the files with the paperclip, and use the prompt field to steer (“focus on the operations team, not IT”). So nothing you just added gets left on the floor
For a file the agent needs to read line by line, your own assistant connected over MCP can do the analysis and write the result in. So your input is grounded in their data, not a default
So a growing problem is priced as a growing problem
So you scope the case where it is strongest
So you know which number to trust when sources disagree
So the number carries its source into the case
So realized value has a shape instead of a total
There is no file upload over MCP. Your own assistant can read a local file and write values into Minoa, but it cannot hand Minoa the file. To keep the file with the deal, upload it to Deal Context or attach a shareable link.

Timelines: create and update

A case without a timeline claims full value from day one. Every buyer who has run an implementation knows that is not how it works. So the case shows when value arrives, not just how much
So the benefit reflects real adoption instead of instant adoption
So the timeline is theirs and they cannot argue with it
So a flat month reads as planning rather than a problem
So one slow use case does not drag the rest down

When reality moves

This is the part that matters most and gets done least. A timeline still showing the original plan is worse than no timeline, because it is visibly wrong. So payback is honest about the new signature date
So you know what a delay costs before anyone asks
So you revise the number before the customer discovers it
So new scope shows up as new value
So you know what you can still claim after a cut
Once a timeline is active, a use case with no date range contributes zero benefit. If your total drops to zero, that is why. And hiding the timeline tab does not revert your calculations: to go back to full-contract math you have to clear the date ranges.

Tables

Three places a table does real work, and the agent can produce all three. So the buyer can check your arithmetic instead of trusting it
So a comparison reads at a glance
So a multi-year deal is legible
Showing the arithmetic is a confidence move and it works. Buyers who can check your math stop auditing your motives. Buyers who cannot check it assume the worst about the parts they cannot see.
The scenarios tab gives you a side-by-side comparison view for free, and the ramping modal is itself a spreadsheet grid. Reach for a written table when you need it inside something you are sending.

Case studies and proof points

A number you assert is a claim. A number with a case study, an export, or a survey response behind it is evidence. So a claim has something behind it
So the input traces back to the file it came from
So you add the proof that would actually move this buyer
So the case study earns its place in the narrative
Resources attach by shareable URL. Check the link works outside your company before you send the case, and confirm you are allowed to name the customer.
When you do not have a number, ask for one. Group the open inputs into a customer survey and send the link. A response with their name attached beats a plausible estimate.

Rename to personalize

Your framework is written in your company’s language because it has to be. But a use case called “Workflow Automation Module” is one your champion cannot repeat. Renaming into their language is the highest ratio of impact to effort in the product. Renaming inside a business case does not touch your value framework, so be as specific to this customer as you like. So you use their vocabulary instead of guessing at it
So you see the renames before they happen
So only the renames that hold up get applied
So the inputs read like their reporting
So a finance reader recognizes the line item
So pricing does not trigger a conversation about your packaging
So the timeline matches the program they already named
Name for the outcome, not the feature. “Cut Invoice Approval Time in Half” lands with a VP Finance. “AP Automation Module” does not. If your champion cannot say the name out loud in their own internal meeting, it is the wrong name.

Reframe for personas

Same case, same numbers, completely different arguments. The mistake is presenting the CFO version to the COO and wondering why it did not land.
So the person who signs sees size, confidence, and who validated it
So the risk question is answered before it is asked
Reframing changes emphasis. It must not change claims. Run this before you send: “Check that overview against the actual calculations. Does it claim anything the math does not support?”

Investment and pricing

So the numbers reflect how you actually sell
So the benefit side lands before the price does
So a concession is priced before you offer it
So a multi-year structure is legible

Call prep

Ten minutes, three questions, in this order. So you know what you are actually presenting
So you find the soft spot before they do
So the call has an agenda instead of being a status update
Then, depending on the meeting: So a discovery call has a number they can react to
So you find out whether the case survives without you
So you do not get ambushed by your own case
So a QBR leads with evidence rather than adoption charts
So nothing the buyer should not see is visible

Export and share

So your champion can edit and defend it
So you know what to check before you send
Check your browser is not blocking popups. That is far and away the most common reason an export appears to fail. Copy the deck to your own drive before editing.

The deal page agent

The business case is the model. Deal page docs are how the model reaches an executive sponsor who is never going to open it and inspect your calculations. Pick a template on the Docs tab and the agent drafts it from your deal context. Everything it produces is editable, and your edits teach it how you write.

Do this first: correct the signals

Deal intelligence sits between your calls and every document generated from them. Five minutes correcting signals improves every draft afterwards. Skip it and you will fix the same wrong emphasis in four documents. So you know what the agent thinks this deal is about
So you know which signals to dismiss
So the last call is reflected
Editing and dismissing happens on the Deal intelligence tab. A dismissed signal is a correction the agent carries forward, not just a hidden row.

Early in the deal

Value hypothesis

The qualitative story, before any numbers. It becomes the first tab of the business case, so getting it right pays twice, and it is the one document that also exports to slides. So you open on their problem rather than your product
So it lands with whoever is in the room
So you know whether you have earned this conversation
Full walkthrough: Create a Value Hypothesis.

Discovery summary

What the buyer told you, in their own words, attributed. It converts a conversation into a shared record. So a same-day follow-up does real work
So you get a number confirmed without asking for a favour
So you see the gaps in your own discovery
That middle one is the highest-leverage move on this page. A buyer correcting your numbers is a buyer validating your numbers, and it costs them thirty seconds.

Account POV

Internal. A hypothesis about what is driving the account, built before you have talked to anyone. So you have something to be wrong about, which beats having nothing
So research becomes an opening line

Late in the deal

One-pager

The document that actually travels. A sponsor-ready summary with a link back to the full model for whoever gets asked to check it. So the case reaches people you will never meet
So you know where it falls apart without you there
So what is circulating does not go stale
Send the one-pager and the business case link together. The executive reads the page, their analyst opens the model. Supplying both saves a round trip and signals you are not hiding the arithmetic.

Cost of inaction

What every quarter of delay costs. The right document when the deal is not lost, just not urgent, which is how most deals die. So “next quarter” gets a number attached
So the delay is concrete rather than theoretical
So it addresses the real objection
Cost of inaction only works if the underlying benefit is credible. Run it after you have stress-tested the case. An inflated delay cost is the easiest claim in the deal to dismiss.

Renewal, expansion, and churn save

So you open with the number instead of the anecdote
So you start 90 days out rather than three weeks
So the ask is specific enough to act on
So one team’s result becomes the case for three more
So the proof is not diluted by the projection
So you propose the expansion the data supports
So you keep the account by getting ahead of the bad news
So no part of it blames the customer
So the recovery plan is checkable
A customer who watches you open with the bad news, unprompted, tends to conclude the good news was probably true as well. See Prove Value to Existing Customers.
So the CSM inherits the truth, not just the total
So the landmines are flagged rather than buried
So a loss teaches you something
Do the handoff in the week the deal closes, while you still remember which numbers were soft.

Make any draft defensible

So a skeptical reader can trace every claim
That runs a second pass annotating each claim with citations back to the calls and notes behind it. Hover a reference and you get who said it, when, and the quote. So nothing internal reaches a buyer
Documents lock while the references pass runs, so edit first and add references after. And check which section you are in before sharing: Internal Documents carry hedged guesses and stakeholder read-outs not written for a buyer.

Keep the two in sync

Documents are generated from a snapshot. When the case changes, they do not follow on their own. So an old number is not circulating while you present a new one
So the story is the same everywhere
You have a model you can defend line by line, and documents that say the same thing, in the customer’s language, traceable back to what they actually told you.

Key takeaways

  • Lead with the outcome. The agent acts on “so my champion can defend this”, not on “make it better”.
  • Source every number. “The customer told us” ends an argument. “The system defaulted it” starts one.
  • Ask the agent to attack your case. It finds the load-bearing assumption faster than you will.
  • Correct the deal intelligence signals first. Every document downstream reads from them.
  • The one-pager travels, the business case backs it up. Send both.
  • Regenerate when the case changes. A stale document you already sent is worse than one you never wrote.