AI Prompt Generator
Enter your business name, what you do and your city, and we generate the real prompts people type into ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI — discovery, comparison, "near me", and brand questions. These are the prompts to optimize for and to track your AI visibility against. Copy them or download the full list.
About this tool
Enter your business name, what you do and your city, and we generate the real prompts people type into ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI — discovery, comparison, "near me", and brand questions. These are the prompts to optimize for and to track your AI visibility against. Copy them or download the full list.
How it works
What we check
- Discovery prompts — The open-ended "who's the best" questions a buyer asks before they know any brand names — "best specialty coffee shop in Chicago", "who are the top-rated providers near me". Appearing here wins net-new customers.
- Comparison & alternative prompts — The questions people ask once they know you exist — "alternatives to {brand}", "how does {brand} compare", "{brand} reviews — is it worth it". These decide deals, and competitors actively try to own them.
- Consideration prompts — Research questions like "what should I look for", "how much does it cost", "what questions should I ask before hiring". Answering these well is how AI starts citing you as the expert.
- Local-intent prompts — When you provide a city, we generate "near me" and city-specific variants — "{category} near {city}", "most trusted {category} in {city}" — the prompts that drive local AI and map results.
- Brand prompts — Direct questions about you — "tell me about {brand}", "is {brand} reputable". What AI says here is your reputation in the answer box, so you want to know exactly how it responds.
- Downloadable prompt list — Every generated prompt is exported as a clean text file you can drop into a tracker, a content brief, or your team's workflow — no copy-pasting line by line.
Common issues we catch
- Only tracking your brand name — Most businesses check whether AI knows their name and stop there. The revenue is in the unbranded discovery and comparison prompts — "best X in Y" — where a buyer who has never heard of you picks whoever AI names first.
- Guessing the prompts instead of using real ones — Teams optimize for keywords they imagine, not the conversational questions people actually ask AI. AI prompts are longer, more natural and more specific than search keywords — "what's a good affordable dentist near me that takes my insurance", not "dentist".
- Ignoring comparison and "alternatives to" prompts — When a buyer asks AI to compare you to a rival or list alternatives, the answer can hand a deal to a competitor in one sentence. These are the highest-stakes prompts and the most overlooked.
- No location in local businesses' prompts — A coffee shop or dentist that tracks "best coffee" instead of "best coffee in Chicago" is competing globally for a local customer. City-specific prompts are where local businesses actually win or lose in AI.
- Treating AI prompts like a one-time list — How AI answers a prompt changes as models update and as competitors publish more content. The prompt list is a tracking baseline to re-check, not a one-off.
- Writing content nobody asked for — Content that doesn't map to a real prompt rarely gets cited. Starting from the actual questions buyers ask AI keeps every page anchored to demand.
- Not knowing who's getting cited instead — Generating the prompts is step one; the insight is which competitor AI names when it doesn't name you. That gap is your content and authority to-do list.
Where this matters
- ChatGPT — The most-used AI assistant for product and local recommendations. The prompts we generate mirror how people phrase questions in ChatGPT's conversational, follow-up-driven style.
- Google AI (AI Overviews & AI Mode) — Google's AI answers sit directly above and inside search, so discovery and local prompts here reach the largest audience. Our local and "near me" variants map to exactly these queries.
- Perplexity — An answer engine that cites its sources inline, so comparison and consideration prompts here are where being a cited source pays off most directly in referral traffic.
- Gemini & Claude — Assistants used for research-style and comparison questions. The consideration and comparison prompts we generate are tuned to the thorough, multi-option answers these models tend to give.
Frequently asked questions
What is a GEO or AI prompt generator?
How is an AI prompt different from a search keyword?
Do I need to enter my industry and city?
What do I do with the prompts once I have them?
Will optimizing for these prompts help my normal Google rankings too?
How many prompts does the generator produce?
Can I see whether I actually appear in AI answers for these prompts?
How often should I refresh my prompt list?
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