Content writing prompts for research, drafts and SEO

For writers, editors and content marketers who want articles that are well researched, accurate and clearly their own. Every prompt has blanks in capitals, like [TOPIC] and [AUDIENCE], for the parts that change. Fill them in on the prompt's page and copy the result, or save the prompt to your Save My Prompts library and fill it in from the extension right inside ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.

20 promptsUpdated 18 Oct 2026
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  1. 4 blanks to fill

    Research-Backed Article Planner

    Plan an article before you write it: a claim-and-evidence table with sources, confidence and gaps, plus a phased plan for drafting and review.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  2. 3 blanks to fill

    Human-Led Article Draft

    Turn your own notes, evidence and first-hand insight on a topic into a full article draft that avoids generic filler and never invents experience.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  3. 3 blanks to fill

    SEO Content Brief Builder

    Brief a writer on a target keyword: search intent, the questions to answer, an outline and what to beat, built from your SERP notes and brand rules.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  4. 3 blanks to fill

    Search Intent Classifier

    Paste a list of search queries and get the likely intent behind each, the page type that fits it best, and an honest note where evidence is thin.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  5. 3 blanks to fill

    Topical Cluster Planner

    Map a core topic into a pillar page, supporting pages and internal links, with the reader journey between them and an order to publish them in.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  6. 3 blanks to fill

    Content Refresh Auditor

    Audit an old article or draft for outdated claims, intent mismatch and missing sections, and get a prioritised refresh list with the effort for each.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  1. 3 blanks to fill

    GEO and AI Search Readiness Review

    Check whether a page gives clear, quotable answers AI search tools can pick up: entities, evidence and structure, with fixes. No promised citations.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  2. 3 blanks to fill

    E-E-A-T Evidence Enhancer

    Map every claim in a draft to proof, author experience or a stated limit, flag what's unsupported, and see what to add to make the piece credible.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  3. 4 blanks to fill

    Fact-Checking and Source Audit

    Check a draft claim by claim against the sources you paste, and get each one marked supported, partly supported, unsupported or needing a recheck.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  4. 3 blanks to fill

    Originality and Thin-Content Review

    Find where a draft is generic, repetitive or thin, and get specific additions grounded in real expertise that would make it worth a reader's time.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  5. 4 blanks to fill

    Explainer for Non-Experts

    Explain a complex subject to a non-specialist audience with one concrete example, plain language and a short glossary of the terms they'll meet.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  6. 5 blanks to fill

    Long-Form Outline Designer

    Turn a topic, audience and reader goal into a sequenced H1, H2 and H3 outline with a distinct angle, ready to hand to a writer or draft yourself.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  1. 4 blanks to fill

    Case Study from Evidence

    Write a customer case study for your company: the challenge, your solution, measured results with sources, and a placeholder for the customer's quote.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  2. 3 blanks to fill

    Editing for Clarity and Flow

    Paste a piece of writing and get it edited for clarity, structure and rhythm, shorter where it can be, with your meaning and voice kept intact.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  3. 3 blanks to fill

    Tone-of-Voice Style Guide

    Paste a few samples of your writing and get a voice guide: do and don't examples, words to use and avoid, and how the tone shifts by channel.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  4. 3 blanks to fill

    Headline and Title Test Set

    Get a set of headline options for an article, page or video, each scored for clarity, search intent and honesty, so you can pick or test the best.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  5. 4 blanks to fill

    Content Repurposing Map

    Plan how one long article, report or webinar becomes newsletter issues, blog sections, slides, short posts and a video script, and which part feeds each.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  6. 5 blanks to fill

    Editorial Calendar Builder

    Build an editorial calendar from your goal, audience and real publishing capacity, with themes, formats, owners and dependencies week by week.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  1. 3 blanks to fill

    Citation and Attribution Assistant

    Find every place a draft needs a source or attribution, with the kind of reliable source to look for. It never invents references or quotations.

    • writing
    • content
    • research
  2. 3 blanks to fill

    Content Brief Quality Gate

    Score a content brief before writing starts on audience, intent, evidence, differentiation, structure and success measures, with what to fix first.

    • writing
    • content
    • research

How to use these

  1. Open a prompt and fill the blanks. The words in capitals are the parts that change each time: a topic, an audience, a deadline. How blanks work
  2. Save the ones you'll use again. They go into your private library with the blanks kept, so next time you only fill them in.
  3. Use them where you chat. The Chrome extension puts a saved prompt into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Perplexity in one click.

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