Prompts

Prompts are the buyer questions AnswerScout asks the AI assistants on your behalf — for example “what’s the best screen mirroring software for classrooms?” They’re the heart of your tracking: your visibility score reflects how you do on these exact questions.

What makes a good prompt

Good prompts mirror how your buyers actually research:

• Category questions — “best project management tool for small teams”
• Comparisons — “Notion vs Asana for startups”
• Alternatives — “alternatives to Trello”
• Problem-led — “how do I keep remote teams aligned”

Aim for the questions a real prospect would type into an assistant before they know your brand exists. Vague or branded questions (“is AnswerScout good?”) tell you less than category questions where you’re competing to be discovered.

Managing your prompts

From the Prompts page you can add, edit, and remove prompts. Your active prompts count against your plan’s pooled prompt limit — see Plans & billing.

Suggested prompts

AnswerScout suggests prompts based on your category and what it sees in the results. Review them on the Suggested tab and add the ones that fit with one click. It’s the easiest way to broaden coverage without writing prompts from scratch.

Competitor gap suggestions

AnswerScout also looks for gaps — buyer questions where a competitor is likely getting recommended and you’re not. These show up as gap suggestions you can add as new prompts to start tracking (and closing) that gap.

Dismissed suggestions won’t come back, so you can triage them without seeing the same idea twice.