You know the drill. A model here, a broker deck there, emails with half answers, and a blank Word doc waiting for a point of view. The friction is not the analysis. It is turning it into a memo you can defend, one that separates your judgment from the sponsor’s story. Most teams still stitch this together by hand. Page one gets rewritten three times, sources go missing, and the risk section ends up thin because time runs out. The document looks complete but does not read like an allocator’s file. Due Diligence ~30 min to run Build LP Investment Memo Vic prompt Use Vic to build my commit or pass investment memo from these deal materials. Purpose Gives the allocator a complete, decision-ready file in roughly 30 minutes instead of the 300 minutes a manual memo requires. Inputs Deal Materials Required Mandate Optional Market Read Optional Sponsor Read Optional Underwriting Read Optional Output Format Optional Outputs A branded Word memo or formatted summary that contains the recommendation, opportunity summary, fit-to-mandate, three independent diligence reads, net return position, risk register with gaps, rationale, conditions, and open items with reference plan. Time saved Turns roughly 300 minutes of manual work into about 30 minutes. How it works Run a single command: "Use Vic to build my commit or pass investment memo from these deal materials." Attach the deal package. Add your mandate if you have one, plus any market, sponsor, or underwriting views you want included. You can also specify the output if your shop has a house style. The task returns a branded Word memo or a formatted summary. Page one puts the recommendation, required terms, and the ask up front. No buried lead. The document then moves through a tight opportunity summary and a fit to mandate section before breaking into three separate diligence reads: market, sponsor, and deal. Your net return view is stated clearly, followed by a risk register that calls out gaps as well as known risks, with a plan to close them. Two choices matter. Every figure is source tagged, so you can trace numbers back to where they came from without digging through attachments. And the allocator’s view stays separate from sponsor materials. The memo reads like buy side work, not a polished broker deck. Inputs are flexible. Deal materials are required. Mandate, market view, sponsor view, and underwriting view are optional. If you include them, they are labeled so the reader can see what is house view versus third party. If you do not, the memo still forms a complete file from the available sources. The output covers what an investment committee expects: recommendation, opportunity summary, fit to mandate, the three reads, net return view, a risk register with gaps, rationale, conditions, and open items with a plan to resolve them. It uses consistent number formatting and a clean Word style that can go straight to IC. The practical win is time and consistency. A manual memo can take most of a day and still leave loose ends. This gets you to a decision ready document in about 30 minutes, with source discipline intact and a clear split between your judgment and the sponsor’s claims. It also forces the right conversation. If a risk cannot be sourced or closed, it shows up as a gap, not a footnote. If your current process relies on late night edits and version sprawl, this replaces it with a single pass that reads like a firm opinion. That is the point of an LP memo.