PromptScoutWhat is Prompt Coverage?
Prompt Coverage is the extent to which a prompt set represents the range of queries and intents relevant to a topic, product area, or audience. Prompt Coverage can be evaluated by intent categories, query variations, and topic breadth.
Quick definition
Prompt Coverage means how completely a set of prompts represents the questions that matter.
How Prompt Coverage works
- Prompt Coverage starts by identifying the main query intent categories that matter.
- Prompt Coverage expands to include long-tail variations and common phrasings.
- Prompt Coverage can be measured by mapping prompts to a topic model or content cluster.
- Prompt Coverage improves when prompt discovery identifies gaps in the existing prompt set.
Why Prompt Coverage matters
Prompt Coverage matters because monitoring only a narrow set of prompts can produce misleading conclusions.
Prompt Coverage supports:
- measuring AI visibility across multiple intents
- identifying missing content areas for prompt-based SEO
- comparing performance across different prompt sets
Example use cases
- Ensuring a prompt set includes “what is,” “how to,” and “best” intents for a topic.
- Adding prompts that include constraints such as budget or industry.
- Reviewing prompt index drift to keep monitoring consistent over time.