Prompt panels

#Design

• Start from real language: sales calls, support tickets and what customers type into search.
• Cover every stage of the buying journey (Problem, Shortlist, Comparison, Constraint, Purchase).
• Write full questions, as people ask assistants, not keyword strings.
• Aim for 20–50 prompts to start. More prompts means a bigger run and a faster-draining allowance.

The free buyer-prompt builder and the Suggest prompts form on the Prompts page both draft a balanced first set from your category, audience, requirements and competitors.

#Adding prompts

On the Prompts page you can add one question, paste several (one per line, optionally prefixed Comparison: to set the stage), or generate suggestions. Duplicates are skipped and prompts over your plan's limit are left out, with a message saying how many.

#Pausing and deleting

Pause a prompt to keep its history but stop asking it. Paused prompts don't count toward a run or your active-prompt limit. Deleting a prompt keeps the answers already collected.

#Keep the panel stable

A panel is only comparable over time if it stays stable. Changing questions changes the numbers, so add new ideas deliberately and read the trend with that in mind. Citeroot doesn't version panels for you; the Prompts page shows each question's own named-rate so you can see which ones moved.

#Branded prompts

Prompts that name your brand ("Is Fernhill worth it?") are useful — they show what is said about you directly — but they will almost always name you. They're included in the totals, so a panel with many of them inflates your named-rate. Keep most of the panel non-branded and compare stages separately on the Overview.

#Limits

Active prompts per plan: 10 on Scout, 50 on Trail, 250 on Summit, 1,000 on Expedition. A prompt asked on several engines is still one prompt; engines multiply the answers per run, not the prompt count.