Get the most out of Alida Discovery search results by using these suggested prompts as a starting point.
Find past research
Locate relevant projects across a large or long-running research library.
What kind of research are we doing about [topic]?
This is a good first prompt when you're new to a topic area. Alida Discovery returns a ranked list of matching activities on the right, plus a written summary of the themes running through them.
[topic]
For plain topic searches, Alida Discovery returns the relevant activities along with a short summary of each one, so you can decide which to open without visiting every link.
What surveys have we done where we asked about [subject]?
This type of prompt is useful when a stakeholder asks an ad hoc question and you need to know what you've already got on file.
I'm looking for research about [describe the situation or behaviour in your own words].
Alida Discovery matches on meaning, not just wording, so you can describe a concept without knowing the exact term used in the survey. For example, a question about "products people keep on hand for emergencies" can surface surveys that never use the word "emergency."
Show me all of our [recurring survey name] surveys and how they've changed over time.
This type of prompt is useful for recurring or tracking programs that have run monthly or quarterly for years. If the first pass doesn't return the full set of results, see the tips under Understand what you already have.
Understand what you already have
Get oriented across many surveys before opening any of them.
Give me an overview of all of our [topic] surveys.
This prompt provides a cross-survey synthesis: what has been studied, when, and how the work fits together.
What are the main themes of our [topic] research?
Alida Discovery groups your surveys thematically and can return a chart showing where your research effort has been concentrated and where it has been light.
Which [type of users] have we not covered in our [topic] surveys?
This type of prompt turns your survey library into a coverage map: who and what you've studied, and who and what you've missed. Compiling this manually across dozens of surveys is slow, whereas Alida Discovery does it in one pass.
Find gaps and design better surveys
Based on the questions we're asking about [topic], are there important questions we should be asking that we haven't?
Alida Discovery reviews the questions across your existing research on a topic and proposes gaps. Treat the output as a validated starting point, not a finished list. Review each suggestion before acting on it.
What questions haven't been asked in our [topic] surveys?
This is a shorter version of the above prompt. You can run this query before re-fielding a recurring survey so the next wave doesn't repeat the same blind spots.
What kind of questions would you ask about [a gap Alida Discovery surfaced]?
This prompt is a good follow-up to the two prompts above. Drill down on a gap from the previous answer and Alida Discovery can draft concrete question types you can adapt, often with a suggested priority order and notes on question format.
Looking at this survey, what questions am I missing?
This prompt works on a specific activity, including ones you're still building. Alida Discovery can read pending, open, and closed activities. Run a gap check on a draft before it goes live. As always, review each suggestion before acting on it.
Which past surveys asked about [concept], and how was the question worded?
Reuse proven question language instead of rewriting from scratch. Results that look only loosely related are often still worth opening for their phrasing.