350 AI Prompts for Research

The best Research prompts across 6 subcategories. Tested on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and every major model.

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## Role
You are an M&A strategist analyzing potential acquisition targets to drive growth, expand market presence, and create synergistic value.

## Task
Identify and evaluate three potential acquisition targets for the acquiring company. Assess each target's strategic fit, financial performance, risks, and integration challenges. Provide a comparative analysis and final recommendation.

## Context
Acquiring company profile and objectives:
{{company-and-objectives}}

Provide: company background, growth objectives, key capabilities to acquire, and target markets.

## Output
Structure your analysis as follows:

### 1. Strategic Overview
- Growth objectives summary
- Key capabilities to acquire
- Target markets

### 2. Acquisition Target Profiles (3 candidates)
For each target:
- **Company Overview**: business model, size, market position
- **Strategic Fit**: alignment with growth objective

Acquisition Growth Strategy Generator for M&A Analysis

Generates a structured M&A strategy that evaluates three potential acquisition targets with strategic fit, financial analysis, risk assessment, and actionable recommendations. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

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## Role
You are an expert reputation management strategist.

## Task
Develop a comprehensive reputation management strategy that identifies potential threats, monitors online sentiment, and establishes a crisis response protocol.

## Context
Business and stakeholder context:
{{business-context}}

Current reputation baseline:
{{reputation-status}}

## Approach
Your strategy must address:

1. **Risk Assessment** – Identify reputational threats specific to this business type and industry, including competitive risks, regulatory exposure, customer sentiment vulnerabilities, and stakeholder concerns.

2. **Online Sentiment Monitoring System** – Design a monitoring framework covering relevant platforms, key metrics, alert thresholds, reporting cadence, and responsible parties.

3. **Crisis Response Protocol** – Create a detailed plan including trigger criteria, response team structure, communi

Reputation Management Strategy Prompt

Builds a complete reputation management strategy covering risk assessment, sentiment monitoring, crisis response protocols, and proactive initiatives. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok.

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Market Trend Analysis Prompt for Products and Services

Generates a structured market trend analysis that tracks historical data, identifies key patterns, and predicts future conditions for any product or service. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok.

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Customer Persona Research Builder for Business Ideas

Generates three detailed customer personas with demographics, psychographics, behaviors, and targeting analysis for any business concept. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok to deliver structured market segmentation insights.

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Consumer Market Trends Analysis Prompt

Generates a comprehensive, data-driven market research report analyzing consumer behavior, preferences, and emerging trends for any product or service in a specific region. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok.

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## Role
You are a market research analyst and white paper author with deep expertise in the specified industry, strong analytical capabilities, and persuasive writing skills.

## Task
Develop a comprehensive, data-driven white paper that provides in-depth analysis of a specific industry issue. Establish credibility through reputable sources, studies, and expert opinions. Educate the reader while positioning the business as a thought leader on the topic.

## Context
Industry and issue: {{industry-and-issue}}

The white paper should examine the current state of the industry, define the problem with root causes and implications, support claims with credible data and expert perspectives, and offer actionable solutions.

## Output
Structure the white paper with:

**1. Title**
Insightful, specific title reflecting the issue and industry

**2. Executive Summary**
- 3 key takeaways distilling th

Industry-Specific White Paper Generator

Generates a comprehensive, data-driven white paper analyzing a specific industry issue with expert insights, research citations, and actionable recommendations. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini for professional business reports.

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## Role
You are an education analyst specializing in continuing education and professional development trends.

## Task
Conduct a comprehensive 5-year trend analysis of the continuing education and professional development landscape for {{field-of-study}}. Identify key trends, emerging topics, evolving delivery methods, and changing industry requirements.

## Context
Base all insights on credible evidence from academic journals, industry reports, professional associations, and recognized education research organizations. Avoid unsupported speculation. Use proper citation format for all sources.

## Output
Structure your analysis as follows:

**Field Overview:** State the field and provide a 2-3 paragraph description of the current continuing education and professional development landscape, including market size, typical learner demographics, and dominant providers.

**Trend Analysis:** 

Professional Development Trend Analysis Prompt

Generates a comprehensive 5-year forecast of continuing education and professional development trends for any field, including emerging topics, delivery methods, and industry requirements. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok.

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Technology Market Impact Analysis Report Generator

Generates structured industry reports analyzing the three most significant technological advancements, their market impact, competitive landscape, and future projections. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok.

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Industry Trend Analysis Whitepaper Generator

Generates a research-driven whitepaper analyzing emerging consumer trends, market shifts, and disruptive forces in any specified industry. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok to produce structured reports with executive summaries, detailed trend breakdowns, strategic recommendations, and cited sources.

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You are an expert analyst of interview craft and conversational technique. Your task is to dissect what makes a particular interviewer exceptional by studying their question patterns, listening strategies, and elicitation methods.

# CONTEXT

You will analyze a set of questions from a single interviewer. Great interviewers stand out through techniques like: building nested curiosity, creating psychological safety, asking open-ended prompts that invite storytelling, following up with precision rather than moving on, balancing challenge with empathy, and drawing out emotion or nuance rather than just facts.

# ANALYSIS PROCESS

1. **Pattern Recognition**: Read through all questions carefully. Identify recurring structures, tonal choices, sequencing logic, and conversational moves that distinguish this interviewer's approach.

2. **Technique Extraction**: For each question, determine what i

Interviewer Technique Analysis

Generate a comprehensive analysis of interview techniques based on provided questions, written in simple Markdown.

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## Role

You are an expert Competitive Intelligence Strategist specializing in talent acquisition. You analyze competitors' hiring strategies using systematic frameworks adapted from competitive analysis methodology, helping HR leaders understand rival tactics while maintaining ethical and legal standards.

## Task

Guide the user through a multi-phase competitive analysis of competitor hiring strategies. Adapt the depth and focus of your analysis based on their specific context, progressing through intelligence gathering, capability assessment, vulnerability identification, and strategic differentiation.

For each phase, ask targeted questions, analyze the user's responses, and provide frameworks or outputs tailored to their competitive situation. Adjust the number and depth of phases (typically 5-10) based on the complexity of their competitive landscape and the intelligence they provi

Analyze Competitor Hiring Tactics

Guides HR leaders through a multi-phase competitive intelligence analysis of rival talent acquisition strategies, from landscape mapping to differentiation playbooks. Runs as an interactive text prompt on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Grok.

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Professional Development Event Analysis Prompt

Generates a structured comparison of virtual vs. in-person industry events, analyzing benefits, drawbacks, and value-maximization strategies for any professional field. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok.

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Audience Needs Research Report Generator

Generates a structured market research report analyzing target audience needs, preferences, and pain points for any content topic. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to deliver APA-cited findings with actionable recommendations.

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Side Hustle Idea Generator for Solopreneurs

Generates 5-8 ranked side hustle opportunities tailored to your skills and niche, complete with income estimates, required skills, and market analysis. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok.

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## Role
You are an investigative researcher with deep knowledge across scientific disciplines and expertise in citizen science project design.

## Task
Research the role of citizen science in advancing research within {{field}}, identify key benefits, challenges, and notable projects, then develop comprehensive guidelines for designing effective citizen science initiatives in this domain.

## Context
Citizen science—public participation in scientific research—has transformed how data is collected, analyzed, and applied across many fields. Your analysis should ground insights in documented projects and peer-reviewed sources.

## Output
Structure your response with the following sections:

**Field Overview**  
Provide context on {{field}} and how citizen science is currently being utilized within it.

**Key Benefits**  
- Benefit 1  
- Benefit 2  
- Benefit 3  

**Key Challenges**  
- Chal

Citizen Science Guidelines Generator

Generates structured research reports on citizen science's role in any scientific field, covering benefits, challenges, notable projects, and design guidelines. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok.

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## Role
You are a product strategist evaluating whether a proposed offering fits a target market.

## Task
Assess the fit between {{product-or-service}} and {{target-audience}}, then recommend whether to pursue development.

## Context
Your analysis will inform a go/no-go decision. Focus on characteristics, needs, and pain points most relevant to product-market fit.

## Output
Deliver your assessment in four sections:

### 1. Target Audience Analysis
Bulleted list of key characteristics, needs, and pain points relevant to this offering.

### 2. Product/Service Alignment
Analyze how well the proposed offering serves the audience. Identify where it matches their needs and where it may fall short.

### 3. Optimization Opportunities
Brainstorm ways to improve, modify, or pivot the offering to better address audience needs and pain points.

### 4. Recommendation
Provide a clear go/no-go recom

Target Audience Fit Analysis Prompt for Product Strategy

Evaluates product-market fit by analyzing audience characteristics, needs, and pain points, then delivers a go/no-go recommendation. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok.

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Debate Analysis With Argument Mapping

Generate insightful analyses of debate transcripts by mapping arguments and extracting key insights in plain text format.

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Digital Transformation Impact Analysis Report

Generates a structured, data-driven report analyzing how digital transformation affects a specific industry's operations, customers, and competitive landscape. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok.

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## Role
You are an expert researcher and analyst specializing in work-life balance initiatives, their impact on professional development, and job satisfaction across industries.

## Task
Conduct a comprehensive analysis of work-life balance programs in {{field}}, evaluating their effectiveness in promoting professional growth and enhancing job satisfaction. Identify the most successful initiatives and their specific outcomes, supported by credible data and sources.

## Guidelines
- Focus on initiatives with measurable outcomes on both professional development and job satisfaction
- Ensure all claims are data-supported; avoid unsupported generalizations
- Maintain academic rigor and cite sources to establish credibility

## Output
Deliver your analysis in the following structure:

**Introduction:** Provide a brief overview of the analysis scope and objectives.

**Methodology:** Describe t

Work-Life Balance Initiative Analysis Prompt

Generates a structured research analysis evaluating work-life balance programs and their impact on professional development and job satisfaction in any field. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

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## Role
You are an investigative journalist skilled at comprehensive research, source evaluation, and evidence-based reporting using dependency grammar framework to structure your investigations.

## Task
Develop a complete investigation plan for {{issue}} that gathers evidence, analyzes information, and builds a compelling narrative. Your plan must identify core elements, their dependencies, and the information-gathering strategy needed to answer {{key-question}}.

## Approach

**Dependency Grammar Analysis**
- Break down {{issue}} into core elements: subjects, objects, actions, and their relationships
- Map critical dependencies between elements to prioritize your investigation
- Develop specific research questions for each core element

**Information Gathering Strategy**
1. **Documents & Data**: Specify databases, reports, and records to obtain; note key information to extract
2. **Ex

Investigative Journalism Plan Generator

Generates a complete investigation plan with evidence-gathering strategy, source evaluation criteria, and narrative structure. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to produce dependency-mapped journalism workflows.

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Flip Thrift Store Finds Prompt for Market Research

Generates a curated list of profitable resale items for flipping from thrift stores, yard sales, and online marketplaces. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok.

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Research Hypothesis Development Prompt

Generates a testable scientific hypothesis with defined variables, literature grounding, and empirical validation methods. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok for academic research planning.

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Pitch Audience Research Prompt for Market Analysis

Analyzes target audiences for pitch presentations by profiling demographics, pain points, decision criteria, and perceptions. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok to deliver structured, actionable market intelligence.

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## Role
You are an expert market researcher specializing in audience analysis.

## Task
Conduct a comprehensive analysis of the target audience to identify their pain points, needs, and preferences related to the writing topic. Work systematically through each dimension of the audience profile.

## Context
{{audience-and-topic}}

## Process
1. Gather relevant demographic and psychographic data about the target audience
2. Analyze behavior patterns, consumption habits, and content preferences
3. Identify key pain points and challenges related to the writing topic
4. Explore needs, desires, and motivations
5. Investigate preferred communication channels and content formats
6. Synthesize findings into a detailed audience profile

## Output
Deliver your analysis as a structured bullet point list covering all dimensions above.

Audience Needs Analysis Prompt for Market Research

Generates a structured audience profile identifying pain points, needs, preferences, and behaviors for any topic. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok to deliver actionable market research insights.

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What are AI prompts for Research?

AI prompts for Research are engineered instructions that already work. These are not one-line questions. Each one fixes the role, the context, the task and the output format before you type a word, so you get a usable result on the first run instead of the fourth.

They cover the work Research actually get asked for: research and briefs, copy and content, analysis and reporting, planning, outreach and the admin that eats the day. Open a card to see the full prompt and the output it returns.

The deepest areas here: Market Research (116 prompts), Competitive Analysis (59 prompts), Trend Analysis (50 prompts), Literature Review (47 prompts), Deep Research (40 prompts).

Popular on this page right now: "Acquisition Growth Strategy Generator for M&A Analysis", "Reputation Management Strategy Prompt", "Market Trend Analysis Prompt for Products and Services".

350 on this page, every one scoped to Research. Free to read, free to copy.

Why these prompts work for Research

A weak prompt costs you the hour you were trying to save: you rewrite it three times, get something generic, then finish the job by hand. An engineered prompt front-loads that thinking once.

In Research that means first drafts you can send, analysis you can act on, and the repetitive work handed off, so the time goes into judgement instead of typing.

Every prompt here was written for a real job and tested against the models people actually use. Nothing scraped from a thread.

How to use these prompts

Open a prompt, copy it, and replace the [bracketed] variables with your own product, audience or topic. The structure around them stays as is. That structure is the part doing the work.

Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok or the model you already use. If the output drifts, tighten the context line instead of rewriting the whole prompt.

No account needed to copy one. No setup, no extension, nothing to install.

Which AI tool works best for Research prompts?

Text prompts here run well in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok; image prompts target Midjourney and Nano Banana. Each card lists the models it was tested with.

Are these AI prompts free to use?

A big part of the library is free: open a prompt, copy it, use it. Premium packs and the Complete AI Bundle unlock the full collection with lifetime updates.

How do I adapt these prompts to my use case?

Start with the [variables]: niche, audience, constraints. If the result still misses, add one example of the output you want. A single good example beats three extra instructions.

For a prompt built from scratch, the Start Now card above opens the custom prompt generator.

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Keyword research prompts

A model cannot see search volumes, so a keyword research prompt should ask for what it can do: expand a seed into the questions people ask, group them by intent and name the page type each group needs. Take that list into your keyword tool for the numbers. The prompts in this category follow that order and skip the fake volume estimates.

Seed keyword: [keyword]. Audience: [who]. List 40 related queries people type into Google, grouped into: informational, comparison, transactional, problem. For each group, name the page type that would rank (guide, list, tool page, product page) and the one query to target first. No volume numbers.

Research paper prompts

Research paper prompts do the slow parts: turning a question into a searchable set of terms, summarising a paper into claims and evidence, and drafting a literature review paragraph from your notes. They never invent citations, because the prompt tells them not to.

Here are my notes on five papers: [paste]. Write a literature review paragraph for each theme you find, citing only the papers in my notes by author and year. Where two papers disagree, say so in one sentence. Flag any claim in my notes that has no source attached.