Check a Section Against Evaluation Criteria (Ghost Review)
Free tools:ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
Time:2 minutes
Difficulty:Beginner
What You'll Get
An evaluator's-eye view of a draft proposal section — which evaluation factors are well-addressed, which are weak, and what's missing that would prevent the section from scoring "Exceptional."
The Prompt
Copy and paste this
You are a government proposal evaluator scoring proposals against evaluation criteria. Review the following draft section against these evaluation criteria from Section M: [paste Section M criteria]. For each criterion, tell me: (1) Is it clearly addressed with specific evidence? (2) Is it mentioned but not emphasized enough to score as a Strength? (3) Is it missing entirely? Then give me 3 specific improvements that would help this section score "Exceptional." [paste draft section]
Tips
Run this on your strongest sections right before Gold Team review — it catches the gaps human reviewers will flag, so you can fix them before they waste review time. Paste Section M criteria exactly as written; paraphrasing weakens the gap analysis.