AI-powered search across your content library
What is the Generative Search Library?
The AlphaSense Generative Search Library provides a curated set of prompts designed to help you quickly answer common business and research questions across a variety of workflows.
The Library is a collection of pre-built, customizable prompts that you can use to:
- Accelerate research workflows
- Reduce time spent crafting prompts from scratch
- Ensure consistent, high-quality outputs
- Discover new ways to leverage Generative Search
Each prompt is designed to be flexible allowing you to tailor inputs based on your specific use case.
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Using Variables in Prompts
Many prompts in the Library include variables, which allow you to quickly customize queries without rewriting them. Instead of adding fixed details directly into the prompt, use placeholders such as {company}, {industry}, {theme}, or {region}. AlphaSense will ask you to fill in those details before completing the workflow.
Variable examples include:
| {Company} | Replace with a specific company (e.g., NVIDIA, HubSpot, Snowflake) |
| {Industry} | Use broader market categories (e.g., Semiconductors, SaaS, Healthcare) |
| {Content Type} | Focus your analysis on specific sources (e.g., Earnings Calls, Broker Research, News, Filings) |
| {Watchlist] | Run your query against a subset of companies from predefined watchlists created in AlphaSense |
| {Timeframe} | Specify the timeframe you are interested in researching (e.g. quarterly, monthly, annual) |
| {Region} | Replace with a specific region of interest (e.g. APAC, North America) |
How Variables Work:
When you submit a prompt that includes variables, Generative Search will prompt you to define each variable before generating a response.
Sample Template: Summarize recent developments for {Company} based on {Content Type} over the last 30 days.
For example, after submitting the prompt above, you will be asked to specify:
- Company (e.g., HubSpot)
- Content Type (e.g., Earnings Calls, Broker Research, News)
Once these inputs are defined, Generative Search will run the query using your selections and return a tailored response.
This allows you to reuse the same prompt structure across different companies, industries, or content types without rewriting the query each time.
Prompt Library by Key Use Cases
The Generative Search Library is organized around common research workflows.
Market & Industry Intelligence
- Identify the key trends, growth drivers, and headwinds shaping the {Industry} over the past 12 months based on {Content Type}.
- Summarize how the competitive landscape in the {Industry} is evolving, including new entrants, consolidation, and market share shifts.
- Analyze the major risks and opportunities facing the {Industry}, citing insights from {Content Type}.
- What are the most important themes and narratives emerging in the {Industry} based on recent {Content Type}?
- Summarize how macroeconomic factors (e.g., rates, inflation, demand) are impacting the {Industry}.
Competitive & Peer Benchmarking
- Compare {Company} to its key peers in the {Industry} across growth, margins, and strategic positioning.
- Identify {Company}’s primary competitors and summarize how they differentiate across products, strategy, and financial performance.
- Benchmark {Company} against peers using insights from {Content Type}, focusing on strengths and weaknesses.
- How does {Company}’s market positioning compare to competitors within the {Industry}?
- Summarize recent competitive dynamics impacting {Company}, including pricing pressure, market share changes, or new entrants.
Strategic & Thematic Analysis
- Analyze how {Company} is positioned against key themes such as {Theme} based on {Content Type}.
- Summarize {Company}’s strategic priorities and long-term initiatives as discussed in recent {Content Type}.
- How is {Company} adapting its strategy in response to changes in the {Industry}?
- Identify key strategic risks and opportunities for {Company} based on recent developments in {Content Type}.
- Evaluate how effectively {Company} is executing on its stated strategy and where gaps may exist.
Deal Origination & Diligence
- Identify potential acquisition targets within the {Industry} based on growth signals, strategic fit, and recent {Content Type}.
- Summarize recent M&A activity in the {Industry} and highlight emerging deal trends.
- Evaluate {Company} as a potential acquisition target, including strengths, risks, and valuation considerations.
- Identify companies similar to {Company} that could be attractive targets based on financial performance and strategic positioning.
- What risks should be considered when evaluating {Company} for investment or acquisition based on recent {Content Type}?
Financial & Earnings Analysis
- Summarize key takeaways from the most recent earnings call for {Company}, including guidance, risks, and management tone.
- Analyze {Company}’s financial performance over the past {Time Period}, including revenue growth, margins, and key drivers.
- Identify the most important KPIs for {Company} and summarize recent trends based on {Content Type}.
- Compare {Company}’s financial performance to peers in the {Industry}.
- Summarize forward-looking guidance and expectations for {Company}, including key assumptions and risks.
Meeting Preparation
- Prepare a briefing for a meeting with {Company}, including recent developments, financial performance, and key risks based on {Content Type}.
- Summarize the most important recent updates about {Company} that I should know before a meeting.
- Identify key topics, challenges, and opportunities to discuss in a meeting with {Company}.
- Generate a list of thoughtful questions to ask {Company} during a meeting based on recent {Content Type}.
- Provide a concise executive summary of {Company}, including strategy, performance, and recent news.