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AI prompt research skill

Find the questions people ask AI assistants about the market, how they are answered, and which sites get cited.

Free · MIT licence · Copy needs a free sign-in

Category
AI search
Works with
Claude, Codex, Cursor, any agent
Format
SKILL.md · 1,383 words
Version
v0.2.0
Price
Free · MIT

The AI prompt research skill file

cmo-ai-prompt-research/SKILL.md1,383 words · MIT
---
name: cmo-ai-prompt-research
description: Find the questions people ask AI assistants about the market, how they are answered, and which sites get cited.
---

Keyword research finds what people type into Google; this finds what they ask an AI assistant. Maggie turns a few head terms into the questions buyers put to AI, groups them by intent, spot-checks how they are answered and which sites get cited, and hands back a short list of prompts worth watching. Research only: tracking is a separate choice the user confirms.

When to use

  • Before choosing which prompts or keywords to monitor for AI visibility.
  • "What are people asking AI about [category]?"
  • Planning content for AI answers and wanting real question phrasing.
  • Finding where the brand is missing before an audit.

Not for: a full diagnosis with recommendations (cmo-ai-visibility-audit), working through the cited sources (cmo-ai-citation-gaps), Google keyword demand (cmo-keyword-research) or reading the current score (cmo-ai-visibility).

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Adapts open work by TheCraigHewitt/seomachine (MIT).

Everyday usage

How people use AI prompt research day to day

Ask in plain words. The agent picks this skill, asks for anything it needs and hands back the result. Words in a highlight are yours to change.

Most common · also on the AI search page

Find the questions buyers ask AI

The prompts people use about your market, how they're answered and where you're missing.

Ask your agentWhat do people ask AI assistants about choosing a wedding photographer?
  • Prompt groups by intent with example prompts and the domains AI cites for each
  • The two or three strongest openings
  • 10-20 exact prompts worth tracking, ready to set as watched keywords

More things to ask

  • What do people ask ChatGPT about our market?
  • Give me prompts we should track in AI search
  • Which questions should we watch for AI visibility?
  • Who gets cited when people ask AI about [category]?
  • Keyword research, but for AI assistants
  • Turn our head terms into questions people ask AI
How it works

From input to output

  1. 1You give it
    • Brand, website and what it sells
    • Two to four head terms (category, main problems, use cases)
    • Market and language
    • Optional: Search Console queries or saved keywords
  2. 2It works through the method
    • Asks what's missing, one question at a time
    • Follows the workflow step by step
    • Checks the result against its quality bar and guardrails
  3. 3You get
    • Prompt groups by intent with example prompts and the domains AI cites for each
    • The two or three strongest openings
    • 10-20 exact prompts worth tracking, ready to set as watched keywords
Why a skill

The skill against the alternatives

Do it yourselfHire helpAI prompt research skill
CostYour own timeAgency or freelancer feesFree, MIT licence
Time to a first resultHours, every timeDays to weeks, plus revisionsMinutes, in your agent
ConsistencyDepends on remembering every stepAs long as the retainer lastsSame steps and checks every run
The methodIn your headTheir process, often hiddenWritten down: read it, change it
Who does the workYou, from scratchSomeone learning your businessYour agent, following the skill
FAQ

Questions about the AI prompt research skill

What it does, what it needs and how to use it with your agent.

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What is the AI prompt research skill?

Find the questions people ask AI assistants about the market, how they are answered, and which sites get cited.

It's one of cmo.so's open AI search skills: a SKILL.md file that tells an AI agent when to use it, what to ask you first, the steps to follow, the checks to pass and what to hand back, so the job is done the same careful way every time.

When should I use it?

Reach for it when you'd otherwise say something like “What do people ask ChatGPT about our market?”, “Give me prompts we should track in AI search”, “Which questions should we watch for AI visibility?”. Your agent reads the skill's description and picks it for requests like these, so you don't need to name it.

If a request is close but not quite right, the skill says so and points to the related skill that fits better, instead of forcing a poor answer.

What do I need to give it?

It works best with brand, website and what it sells; two to four head terms (category, main problems, use cases); market and language; and optional: Search Console queries or saved keywords.

You don't have to prepare everything up front. The skill asks for missing pieces one at a time and says plainly when it's working from an assumption instead of your data.

What do I get back?

You get prompt groups by intent with example prompts and the domains AI cites for each; the two or three strongest openings; and 10-20 exact prompts worth tracking, ready to set as watched keywords.

Every result comes from a written method with a quality bar, so numbers name their source, claims are checked and the output is ready to use or share rather than a rough draft.

Is it free?

Yes. The skill is open source under the MIT licence, so you can use it, change it and share it, including for client work.

Seeing, copying and downloading the whole file on cmo.so needs a free sign-in. Copying also upvotes and saves it, so you can find it again under Saved on the skills page.

Which AI agents can use it?

Claude Code installs it from the cmo.so marketplace. Any agent that reads SKILL.md folders, such as Codex or Cursor, can use it once the folder is in its skills directory.

You can also paste the copied skill into ChatGPT, Claude or any assistant at the start of a conversation and ask it to follow the skill.

How do I install it?

In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add AI-Marketing-OS-LTD/cmo-so-skills, then /plugin install cmo-so-ai-search@cmo-so. That installs this skill together with the rest of the AI search group.

For other agents, sign in, press Copy or Download above and put the file in your agent's skills folder as SKILL.md inside a folder named after the skill.

Do I need a cmo.so account to use it?

No. The skill works on its own with whatever your agent can already see and do: your files, the pages you share and the data you paste in.

With cmo.so connected it can go further, using tools such as ai_visibility_prompt_check, ai_visibility_prompt_result, ai_visibility_keywords_set through the MCP server. Every change is previewed and confirmed before it happens.

Which skills work well with it?

It pairs well with AI citation gap finder. The agent can hand over from one to the next in the same conversation, for example research first, then the plan, then the writing.

Each of them has its own page with what it needs and what it returns, linked below.

Can I change it to fit my business?

Yes. It's a plain Markdown file, so you can edit the steps, add your own checks and examples, and keep your version in your own repo. The MIT licence allows it.

If your change would help others too, suggest it on the skills page or open a pull request on GitHub, and it may be folded into the library for everyone.

Where does the method come from?

It's written by cmo.so and adapts open work by others, credited on this page: TheCraigHewitt/seomachine (MIT).

Only permissively licensed work is adapted; copyleft repos are used for ideas only and repos without a licence aren't used at all.

Is my data sent to cmo.so when the agent uses it?

No. The skill only guides your own agent; your files, documents and data stay wherever your agent and its tools keep them.

cmo.so only sees what you connect to cmo.so. Your votes and saves on this page are stored against your cmo.so sign-in.

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