PromptScoutWhat is Prompt Discovery?
Prompt Discovery is the process of identifying new prompts that represent real user questions, variations, and intents relevant to a topic. Prompt Discovery expands prompt coverage by finding gaps in existing prompt sets.
Quick definition
Prompt Discovery means finding additional AI questions worth monitoring.
How Prompt Discovery works
- Prompt Discovery starts from seed topics and expands to question variants.
- Prompt Discovery groups prompts by intent and topic to keep analysis consistent.
- Prompt Discovery often targets long-tail phrasing that reflects specific needs.
- Prompt Discovery feeds updates into a prompt index and prompt set.
Why Prompt Discovery matters
Prompt Discovery matters because prompt sets can miss important query variations.
Prompt Discovery supports:
- improving prompt coverage for monitoring
- discovering new areas where AI visibility is low
- aligning content creation with observed query intent patterns
Example use cases
- Expanding prompts to include “alternatives,” “best,” and “how to” variants.
- Adding prompts that include constraints such as budget or use case.
- Updating a prompt set based on new product features or terminology.