On the Prompts page, “Regenerate Prompts” creates a new set of prompts for your existing topics. These new prompts apply only to future report runs and do not affect any past results.
Re-running a report without regenerating prompts reuses the existing prompts to measure updated visibility. Regenerating prompts allows you to make changes and fine-tune your report.
This article explains how regenerating prompts works, when to use them, and how they differ from running the same prompts again.
What Are Prompts in Gumshoe?
Prompts are the specific questions your personas ask AI models during a report run. Prompts are the “queries” the AI models respond to.
What Happens When You Regenerate Prompts?
When you regenerate prompts from the Prompts page, Gumshoe creates a fresh set of questions based on:
- Updated topics
- Real-world search volume
- Current search trends and patterns
- The number of prompts you choose to generate
Key Behaviors
- Old prompts remain tied to your historical report runs.
- New prompts only apply the next time you run the report.
- Your topics stay the same unless you change them.
You can choose precisely what to regenerate:
- Prompts for a single topic
- Additional prompts for a topic
- Regenerate every prompt in the report
- Keep custom prompts untouched
Does regenerating prompts affect my past reports?
No. A Gumshoe report is a “moment in time.” New prompts only impact reports you run after regenerating.
What Does “Run Report Again” Do?
Re-running a report does not change your prompts.
It simply runs:
- The same topics
- The same prompts
- The same persona set
- Against the AI models of your choosing.
Use “Run report again” when you want to measure:
- Visibility changes after content updates
- The impact of technical SEO improvements
- The effect of structured data updates
- New competitor movement
- General week-over-week or month-over-month trends
- Any time you want a new snapshot using the same questions as the previous cycle
Why Would I Want to Regenerate Prompts?
Common reasons include:
- You updated your topics: Each topic generates its own prompt set. New or revised topics should result in new questions that the AI Models should answer.
- Your topic has high AI search volume: High-interest topics often benefit from additional prompts rather than 10. More prompts mean broader real-world coverage.
- Your industry or category is evolving: If typical customer questions change or your product set expands, prompts may need to be updated.
Does Regenerating Prompts Affect Trend Lines?
Historical trends are updated only when you run a report. If you changed prompts between the last report run and the most recent one, the trend lines will be affected. You'll need to note internally when you made the change, as it may significantly impact your visibility score and trend graphs.
Keep in mind that changing both prompts and your website at the same time makes it hard to see which change caused the change in visibility.
To keep timelines absolutely clean, rather than generating new prompts in an older report, create a new report with new prompts while maintaining the older report with the previous prompts.
Where Can I Regenerate Prompts?
From the Prompts page in your report's left menu, you can:
- Regenerate all prompts ("Actions" in the top right corner → Regenerate prompts)
- Regenerate prompts for a single topic
- Generate more prompts for a single topic
- Add a new topic and generate new prompts
From the Persona page in your Report's Left menu:
Please read this Help Center article for details.