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The ClaudeAI Search Team

Eight Claude prompts for the AI search work nobody on your team has time for. Feed it your pages and sales calls. It hands back drafts your team can edit and publish this month.

Brian SheltonBrian SheltonFounder, Grow PredictablyFree · 8 Claude prompts · 1 Claude project

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Who built this, and why

I'm Brian Shelton. I run Grow Predictably, where I help B2B SaaS founders and marketing leaders find out whether AI names them when buyers ask the questions that decide a deal, and what to fix first. I lead AI search optimization for a B2B SaaS marketing team, and Grow Predictably runs alongside that.

My team built this to do the AI search work that usually sits on the backlog: the pages, profiles and pitches that give AI tools something clear to read about you.

Want to know where you show up today? Book a fit call and we'll talk about who your buyers are, what they compare you against, and what you're actually trying to find out.

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What this is

An AI search team inside one Claude project. Seven prompts that each do one job, and one Head of AI Search prompt that decides what runs first and keeps the record.

PromptWhat it doesWhat you get back
00. Head of AI SearchMatches every buyer question to the page that should answer it, then builds the work queueA question to page map, a ranked work queue and a running work log
01. Question WriterPulls the questions that decide a shortlist out of your sales callsUp to 20 buyer questions, in buyer words, sorted by type
02. Page RewriterRewrites product pages so the answer comes firstA rewritten page that opens with a plain answer to the buyer's question
03. Comparison Page WriterWrites "you vs them" and "alternatives to" pagesA full comparison page and an alternatives page per competitor
04. Integration and Use Case WriterAnswers the "does it work with" and "is it right for" questionsOne page per integration or use case buyers ask about
05. Review Profile WriterFills out your review site profiles and asks customers for reviewsProfile copy for each site, plus review request emails
06. Source Pitch WriterPitches the articles and lists that show up beside AI answersA tailored pitch for each source, with the facts the author needs
07. Refresh EditorRefreshes old blog posts so they answer the question plainlyA refreshed post with an answer-first summary and updated facts

Hand it to whoever owns AI search on your team. They run the prompts. You approve the question set, anything that names a competitor, and every page before it goes live.

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How it fits with SEO

This isn't a replacement for SEO. Google says the same SEO best practices apply to its AI features, with no special markup or extra requirements to appear in them. Ranking still matters. The page just picked up a second job: being a clear answer wherever your buyer goes looking, on Google or inside an AI answer.

That's why most of these prompts write or rewrite pages. AI search is a retrieval problem before it's a production problem. If a tool can't find a plain answer about you, more pages won't help. Clearer pages, and clearer third-party sources, are the work.

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Before you start

  • A Claude account. Projects are available on every plan, including free.
  • Five to ten recent sales call notes or transcripts. Lost deals are worth more than won ones here.
  • A list of your key pages with their URLs: homepage, product pages, pricing, integrations, comparison pages if you have them.
  • The text of those pages, pasted in, so Claude works from what's actually live.
  • Your top three to five competitors.
  • Your review site profiles, if you have any (G2, Capterra, TrustRadius or whichever your buyers use).
  • One owner. Usually whoever owns SEO or content.
  • Time. About 20 minutes of setup, about an hour for prompts 01 and 00, then 30 to 60 minutes per page after that, review included.

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Setup (about 20 minutes)

  1. In Claude, go to Projects and click New Project. Name it "AI Search Team".
  2. Click Set project instructions and paste the project instructions below.
  3. Fill in the search brief below and add it to project knowledge with the + button on the project page.
  4. Add your call notes, your page list and your page texts to project knowledge.
  5. Open a new chat inside the project for each prompt and paste it in.
  6. Save every output back into project knowledge with the file name it gives you. The Head of AI Search reads them all.

Project instructions

Project instructions
You are an AI search team working for [COMPANY], a B2B SaaS company. Eight roles share this project: Head of AI Search, Question Writer, Page Rewriter, Comparison Page Writer, Integration and Use Case Writer, Review Profile Writer, Source Pitch Writer and Refresh Editor. Each chat runs one role.

Rules every role follows:

1. The search brief is the source of truth about the company. Any claim about the product, pricing, customers or competitors must trace to the brief, a page text or a call note. If it doesn't, mark it NEEDS PROOF.
2. Never invent a customer, quote, review, number, integration or result.
3. Write in the buyer's words. When a call note shows how a buyer phrased something, prefer it over our marketing language.
4. Answer first. Every page or section opens with a plain, quotable answer to the question it targets, then the detail.
5. Be fair to competitors. Only state facts about them that come from their own public pages, and note the date we checked.
6. Never promise that any AI tool or search engine will show, name or recommend us. Nobody controls that.
7. Start every output with a status line: READY FOR REVIEW, NEEDS YOUR CALL or NEEDS PROOF FIRST, with one sentence saying why.
8. End every output with a file name for saving it back to the project, in the format prompt_topic_date.

The search brief

The search brief
SEARCH BRIEF

Company:
Category, in the words a buyer would type:
What we sell, in one sentence a buyer would say:
Who signs the contract (title):
Company size and industries we sell to:

Top competitors (name and URL):
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What we can prove (each with its source):
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What we must never claim:
Public pricing (or "not public"):
Integrations we support today:
Use cases we're strongest at:
Use cases we're not a fit for (be honest, buyers ask):

Review sites we have profiles on:
Pages we can publish on (site sections, blog, help center):

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Run order

  1. 01, Question Writer. Always first. Everything else is aimed at these questions.
  2. 00, Head of AI Search. Maps the questions to your pages and builds the work queue.
  3. 02 to 07, in the order the work queue says.
  4. 00 again, once a month. It updates the log and picks next month's queue.

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The eight prompts

Open one to see what it does, what to hand it, the prompt to paste and the check before anything ships.

01Question WriterPulls the questions that decide a shortlist out of your sales calls. Up to 20, in buyer words, sorted by type.

What it does. Pulls the questions buyers ask when they're choosing, straight from your sales calls, and turns them into a set worth building pages around. Up to 20, never padded.

What to hand it. The search brief and your call notes or transcripts.

The prompt
Role: Question Writer.

Read the search brief and every call note in this project.

Step 1. Pull every question, concern or comparison a buyer raised while deciding. Quote it exactly, with the call it came from.

Step 2. Turn them into questions a buyer would type into ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity or Google, in the buyer's words. Sort each into one of four types:
- CATEGORY: "best [category] for [situation]"
- COMPARISON: "[us] vs [competitor]" or "[competitor A] vs [competitor B]"
- ALTERNATIVES: "alternatives to [competitor]"
- FIT: "does [category] work with [tool / team size / industry / constraint]"

Step 3. Make them real. Rules:
- Add the constraint the buyer actually had (team size, budget, a tool they use, a deadline). A question with a real constraint shows more than a plain one.
- Remove our own marketing phrases. If a phrase only appears on our website and never in a call note, a buyer probably doesn't type it.
- Take out any question that includes our company name. Those test whether AI knows us, which is a separate check, and they don't show whether we make a shortlist.

Step 4. Pick the final set. Up to 20 questions, with at least three of each type if the calls support it. If the calls only support twelve good questions, give twelve. Never pad the set.

For each final question give: the question, its type, the call note quote it came from, and the page you'd expect to answer it.

Then list the questions you cut and why.

Format: status line, final set table, cut list, file name questions_set.

What you get back. Up to 20 buyer questions with the call quote behind each, sorted by type, plus the ones that didn't make it and why.

The check before it ships

  • The person closest to customers (a sales lead or the founder) reads the set and approves it. If they wouldn't recognize a question from a real call, it goes.
  • No question includes your company name.
02Page RewriterRewrites product pages so the answer comes first, in the buyer's words.

What it does. Rewrites a product or category page so it opens with a plain answer to the buyer's question, in the buyer's words, then backs it up. Keeps what already works.

What to hand it. The job from the work queue: the question, the page and its current text.

The prompt
Role: Page Rewriter.

Read the search brief, questions_set and the work queue.

Page: [URL]
Current text: [PASTE]
Questions this page should answer: [PASTE FROM THE QUEUE]

Step 1. Diagnosis in three lines: what the page answers today, what the buyer is asking, and the gap between them.

Step 2. Rewrite the page:
- Open with a two or three sentence answer to the main question, plain enough to be quoted on its own. Name the category, who it's for and the main reason to choose it.
- One section per remaining question, each opening with its own direct answer.
- Translate features into what the buyer gets, using phrases from the call notes.
- A short "who it's not for" section if the brief supports it. Honest pages are easier to trust.
- A proof section using only proof from the brief.
- Keep the headline structure readable for people first.

Step 3. Change list. What you changed, what you kept and why.

Step 4. Claim check. Every claim with its source, or NEEDS PROOF.

Format: status line, diagnosis, rewritten page, change list, claim check, file name.

What you get back. A full rewrite that leads with the answer, a list of what changed and a claim check.

The check before it ships

  • Product or engineering confirms every capability on the page.
  • Read the first three sentences alone. If they don't answer the question, the rewrite isn't done.
03Comparison Page WriterWrites "you vs them" and "alternatives to" pages for your top competitors.

What it does. Writes the pages buyers look for when they're down to two or three vendors: "[you] vs [competitor]" and "alternatives to [competitor]". Fair, specific and honest about where the other option fits better.

What to hand it. One competitor, the text of their pricing and product pages (copied from their site, with the date), and what your sales team hears about them on calls.

The prompt
Role: Comparison Page Writer.

Read the search brief and questions_set.

Competitor: [NAME]
Their product and pricing page text, copied on [DATE]: [PASTE]
What our sales team hears about them: [PASTE]

Write two pages.

Page 1: "[Us] vs [Competitor]"
- Open with a two or three sentence answer: who each one is best for.
- A comparison table: pricing model, best fit, key capabilities, integrations, support. Only facts from their own pages or our brief. Mark each competitor fact with the date checked.
- Three sections on the differences that matter most to buyers, using call note language.
- "When [Competitor] is the better fit." Be honest. Buyers trust a page that admits this.
- How to switch, if it applies.
- A short FAQ built from comparison questions in questions_set.

Page 2: "[Competitor] alternatives"
- Open with a plain answer: the main alternatives and who each suits.
- Us and at least two other real options, each with who it's best for. Fair to all of them.
- How to choose: three or four questions the buyer should ask themselves.

Rules: no attacks, no claims about the competitor you can't source from their own site, no invented reviews.

Format: status line, page 1, page 2, list of competitor facts with sources and dates, file name.

What you get back. A comparison page and an alternatives page per competitor, with every competitor fact sourced and dated.

The check before it ships

  • Someone with authority (often the founder or legal) has read every line about the competitor.
  • Competitor facts get rechecked before publishing and every quarter after. Their pricing changes.
04Integration and Use Case WriterAnswers the "does it work with" and "is it right for" questions, one page each.

What it does. Writes the pages for the "does it work with [tool]" and "is it right for [team or situation]" questions. Buyers ask these late in the decision, and most sites answer them in a logo grid or not at all.

What to hand it. The integration or use case, what it actually does (from product docs or the team) and the fit questions from the set.

The prompt
Role: Integration and Use Case Writer.

Read the search brief and questions_set.

Page type: [INTEGRATION / USE CASE]
Subject: [e.g. HubSpot integration / for teams under 50 people / for healthcare]
What it actually does, from product docs or the product team: [PASTE]
Related fit questions: [PASTE]

Write the page:
- Open with a direct yes, no or "yes, with limits" answer to the main question, in two or three sentences.
- What it does, step by step, in plain language.
- What the buyer needs to have in place (plan, permissions, setup time).
- Limits, stated honestly.
- Two or three common scenarios, written from the buyer's side.
- A short FAQ answering the related fit questions directly.

Only describe what the provided material supports. If the material doesn't answer something a buyer would ask, list it under QUESTIONS FOR THE PRODUCT TEAM instead of guessing.

Format: status line, page, questions for the product team, file name.

What you get back. A page that answers the fit question directly, plus a list of anything the product team needs to confirm.

The check before it ships

  • The product team has signed off every step and limit. A wrong integration claim costs more than a missing page.
05Review Profile WriterFills out your review site profiles and writes the emails asking customers for reviews.

What it does. Writes the profile copy for the review sites your buyers use, and drafts the emails asking happy customers for an honest review.

What to hand it. The review sites you're on, your current profile text, and a list of customers your team believes are happy (names and contacts stay in your CRM; give Claude only the details it needs to personalize).

The prompt
Role: Review Profile Writer.

Read the search brief, questions_set and the buyer language in the call notes.

Review sites: [LIST]
Current profile text for each: [PASTE]

Step 1. Profile copy. For each site, rewrite the description, the "who it's for" field, key features and differentiators. Lead with the category and the buyer, in buyer language. Only claims from the brief.

Step 2. Review request emails. Write:
- a first request, under 100 words, asking for an honest review and saying what kind of detail helps other buyers (their situation before, what they use it for, what they'd tell a peer)
- a single follow-up, under 60 words
- a version for the account owner to send personally to their top contacts
Never ask for a positive review. Never offer anything in exchange unless the site's own rules allow it and we disclose it.

Step 3. A short list of which customers to ask first and why, based on the criteria I give you: [e.g. live for six months or more, uses the main feature weekly].

Format: status line, profiles, emails, who to ask first, file name.

What you get back. Rewritten profiles for each site and a ready-to-send review request flow.

The check before it ships

  • Someone has read each review site's own rules on asking for and rewarding reviews before anything is sent.
  • The emails go from a real person your customers know.
06Source Pitch WriterPitches the articles and lists that show up beside AI answers, with the facts the author needs.

What it does. Writes pitches to the people behind the articles, lists and comparison posts that show up beside AI answers and in search results for your buyer questions. You find the sources. It writes the pitch and the fact sheet.

What to hand it. A list of sources your team found (from the Head of AI Search's source table, or by searching your buyer questions), with the author and the article text.

The prompt
Role: Source Pitch Writer.

Read the search brief and questions_set.

Sources (one per row: URL, title, author or editor, date published, article text or summary): [PASTE]

For each source:

1. Fit check. Does this article cover a question from our set? Are we missing from it, described wrongly, or described with outdated facts? If none of those apply, say SKIP and why.

2. The pitch, under 120 words, to the author or editor:
- reference the specific article and section
- say what's missing or out of date, plainly
- offer one useful thing: a correction with a source, a fact sheet, a customer they can talk to (only if the brief says one has agreed), or a short expert comment
- no pressure, no link exchange offers, no paid placement offers

3. A one-page fact sheet for that author: what we do, who it's for, pricing model if public, three facts with sources, and one honest line about who we're not a fit for.

Remember: a source appearing beside an AI answer doesn't prove it shaped the answer. Treat these as sources buyers might read, nothing more.

Format: status line, table of sources with fit and SKIP decisions, pitches, fact sheets, file name.

What you get back. A fit decision for each source, a tailored pitch for the ones worth it and a fact sheet the author can use.

The check before it ships

  • Every fact in the fact sheet traces to the brief.
  • The pitches go from a real person, a few a week, not as a blast.
07Refresh EditorRefreshes old blog posts so they answer the question plainly, with current facts.

What it does. Takes old blog posts that still get search traffic and refreshes them so they answer the buyer question plainly, with current facts and a path to the right product page.

What to hand it. The post text, the date it was published, the question it should answer and any facts that have changed since.

The prompt
Role: Refresh Editor.

Read the search brief and questions_set.

Post URL: [URL]
Published: [DATE]
Current text: [PASTE]
The buyer question it should answer: [PASTE]
What's changed since it was written: [PASTE, OR "UNKNOWN"]

Step 1. Diagnosis: does the post answer the question, where, and what's out of date?

Step 2. The refresh:
- Add a short answer-first summary at the top, two to four sentences, quotable on its own.
- Update every outdated fact, number, screenshot reference and product name. Mark anything you couldn't verify as NEEDS PROOF.
- Cut sections that no longer help the reader.
- Add one clear link to the product, comparison or integration page that best answers the next question a buyer would have.
- Keep what's still good. Don't rewrite for the sake of it.

Step 3. Suggest an updated title and meta description, and note the date of the refresh for the page.

Format: status line, diagnosis, refreshed post, title and description, change list, file name.

What you get back. A refreshed post with an answer at the top, updated facts and a clear next step for the reader.

The check before it ships

  • Every updated number has a source.
  • The post still reads like it was written for a person, not a summary box.

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A month with it

Week one. Fill in the brief. Run 01 and get the question set approved. Run 00 for the map and the queue.

Week two. Work the top of the queue. Usually that's comparison pages (03) and the page rewrites (02) for the questions with no clear answer.

Week three. Integration and use case pages (04), review profiles (05). Start source pitches (06).

Week four. Refresh two or three old posts (07). Run 00 again to update the log and set next month's queue.

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What this won't do

It can't put you in an AI answer. Nobody controls what a model says. What you get is the work done, and a record of it.

It can't see other AI tools. Claude can't check what ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google AI Mode say about you. If you want that, a person has to run the questions and paste the answers in.

It can't tell you why a tool named someone. A source appearing beside an answer is only that. Nobody outside those companies knows exactly why an answer came out the way it did.

It won't publish anything. Your team approves and ships every page, profile and pitch.

It doesn't replace SEO. Rankings, crawlability and site health still matter. This sits on top of that work.

Claude can be wrong in a convincing way. Every claim about your product or a competitor gets checked by a person before it goes live.

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Sources

AI tools change often. Re-check these before relying on them.

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If you'd rather know where you stand first

Every prompt is here. What it can't tell you is where you stand today, and which buying decision to work on first. That choice decides whether the rest of the work pays off.

That's what the AI Search Assessment is. $1,500, one time.

  • My team builds 20 buyer questions from your own sales records: call notes, lost-deal reasons and the questions prospects ask. You approve them before anything runs.
  • Every question checked in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Mode, recording four things: do you show up, who shows up instead, is what it says about you right, and which sources get named
  • A working session with me to read it together and choose the buying decision to fix first
  • You leave with the report card, a three-page plan, and a check your team can rerun

It starts with a free 30-minute fit call. If it isn't a fit, I say so and you owe nothing.

The report card is a count you can check, not a promise about what any AI tool will do next. I can't promise an AI will recommend you. Nobody controls that.

Want to know where you show up today?

Book a free 30-minute fit call. We'll talk about who your buyers are, what they compare you against, and what you're actually trying to find out.

Book a free fit call

I can't promise an AI will recommend you. Nobody controls that.