Institutional Report Recipe

The analyst voice for an investment thesis. Section-driven, prose-led, with charts as evidence inside the narrative.

What this format does

Takes a structured investment thesis and produces a multi-section equity research report in the visual language of a sell-side note: 880px-wide centered column, serif body type, conservative palette, charts embedded inline with section narrative. Each section gets a heading-and-prose treatment, with one or two charts as evidence per section.

When to use

• Audience: institutional PMs, hedge fund analysts, FAs reading research
• Length budget: 8-12 minute read, desktop-primary
• Voice: hedged, "we model," "supports our view"
• Charts as evidence (not as the lead), narrative carries the argument

How agents use this

Same protocol as vivid-infographic-recipe but with a different composition and a different layout. Agent fetches the recipe, walks composition, fills each component with data, concatenates.

Differences from vivid-infographic-recipe

| Dimension | This recipe | Vivid recipe | |---|---|---| | Reading order | Linear sections | Story arc with hero/verdict bookends | | Voice | Hedged, analytical | Declarative, contrarian-flavored | | Section labels | "Earnings Power", "Risks" | "Wall Street is too low.", "We're not blind to the risks." | | Visual register | Serif body, navy + amber accent | Space Grotesk display, dark + neon green | | Cuts | Few — most claims keep their section | Drops Revenue Mix detail; invents Berkshire-drama panel |

For the same source thesis, the two recipes produce honest representations for different audiences. AlphaInk's core value proposition.

Example output

See ./preview.html — AAPL Buy reiteration, April 2026.

Voice rules referenced

• institutional-prose-rules (hedged, analytical register)
• institutional-headline-rules (section labels, not sentences)