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What is adding prompts manually?

It’s the most direct way to add prompts: you type or paste the questions you want to track, one per line, and they’re added to the list on the New prompt page. Use it when you already know exactly which prompts you want to monitor.
To add many prompts at once, already organized into groups, use spreadsheet import. To get ready-made suggestions, use Generate prompts with AI.

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Step by step

1

Open the New prompt page

In the sidebar, click Monitored Prompts, then the New Prompt button in the top-right corner.
New prompt page with the Generate prompts with AI and Add prompts manually buttons and an empty prompt list
2

Open the add modal

Click Add prompts manually.
3

Type or paste the prompts

In the Prompts field, write one prompt per line. You can also paste a whole list from another file. Blank lines are skipped.
Add prompts manually modal with the Prompts field filled with two prompts, one per line, and the Add button
4

Add them to the list

Click Add. The prompts are added to the list on the page and the counter above it is updated.
New prompt page with two prompts added to the list, each with edit and delete buttons, the counter showing 2 prompts and a success message
5

Review and save

Use the pencil to fix a prompt’s text and the trash can to remove it. When the list is ready, click Save Monitoring.
Nothing is saved until you click Save Monitoring. Once saved, the prompts appear in Monitored Prompts and the first metrics arrive after the next collection.

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Plan limit

The counter above the list shows how many prompts you’ve added and how many still fit in your plan, for example (2/1988) Prompts.
  • If you paste more prompts than your plan allows, only the ones that fit are added.
  • If you’ve already reached the limit, First Answer offers a plan upgrade before opening the modal.

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Tips for writing good prompts

  • Write the way your audience asks. Use full, natural questions, like “What’s the best search engine for academic research?”, not just loose keywords.
  • Vary the intent. Mix discovery questions (“what is”), comparison questions (“which is the best”) and decision questions (“is it worth it”).
  • Avoid repeating prompts. Two nearly identical questions get similar answers and use up plan slots.
  • Organize later. Group prompts by topic in Prompt Groups to analyze visibility by subject.