Prompt GEO & AI Search

Answer-First Rewrite (restructure a page for AI citation)

Rewrites an opening and key sections so the answer comes first and is easy for AI engines to extract and cite.

ID
SS-PR-003
Confidence
Established · 79
Evidence
Established
Updated
2026-07-08

What it does

Rewrites an opening and key sections so the answer comes first and is easy for AI engines to extract and cite.

Use when a page buries its answer beneath preamble and you want it to be quotable by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI answers.

What you need first

  • the question the page should answer
  • current page content
  • brand or author for attribution

The prompt

You are optimising a page for AI citation using the SearchScore Citation Engineering approach.

QUESTION THE PAGE SHOULD ANSWER: {question}
CURRENT CONTENT: {page_content}
ATTRIBUTION (brand/author): {attribution}

Rewrite so an AI engine can lift a clean, correct, self-contained answer.

1. Write a 40-60 word direct answer as the opening paragraph - no preamble, complete on its own.
2. Follow with a short supporting section: the 'why', with a concrete fact, figure, or example that makes it citable.
3. Restructure the rest into scannable, self-contained chunks (clear H2/H3, one idea each, no unresolved pronouns referring back across sections).
4. Add a crisp definition sentence for the core concept using an 'X is a Y that Z' pattern.
5. Keep every claim verifiable; flag any claim that needs a source with [SOURCE NEEDED].

Return the rewritten content in Markdown. Preserve accurate facts from the original. British English.

Example output

Pro tip

Recommended next steps

    Apply the method Citation Engineering Framework Framework See the wider capability AI Visibility Optimisation Capability