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Prompt Interrogation: Reverse-Engineer How LLMs Pick Winners
Prompt Interrogation is the forensic process of analyzing audit logs, answer traces, and retrieval patterns to uncover how LLMs create scorecards for high-value prompts. By tracing the decision-making trail under the hood, we pinpoint exactly why your brand is (or isn’t) recommended, and then map every defect to precise fixes.
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Follow the Audit Trail to the Source of Every Answer
LLMs leave behind a trail of clues in their responses—content sources, retrieval patterns, and reasoning steps. Prompt Interrogation follows that trail to reveal the exact criteria and evidence that drive recommendations, giving you the insight needed to engineer your way into the answer set.
Identify the Money Prompts
We isolate the high-value prompts that matter most to your business, then run controlled sweeps and A/B variations to see how LLMs respond and what they favor.
Diagnose the Failure Modes
We classify exactly why your brand isn’t winning—missing entities, weak provenance, unclear definitions, thin examples, or schema gaps—so no issue goes unnoticed.
Map Defects to Targeted Fixes
Every finding is translated into a precise remediation plan with concrete actions—content updates, schema enhancements, citations, or internal linking—to move you into the answer set.
What Prompt Interrogation Delivers
Each engagement produces a clear, actionable package of insights and fixes:
Prompt Interrogation Report — Detailed findings on LLM behavior and selection criteria.
Defect Taxonomy — A categorized list of every authority gap and failure mode.
Evaluation Harness — Test prompts and benchmarks to measure improvements over time.
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Prompt Interrogation FAQs
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Prompt Interrogation is a forensic analysis process within Growth Marshal’s AI Search Ops™ framework that examines audit logs, answer traces, and retrieval patterns to uncover how large language models (LLMs) select sources for high-value prompts. The goal is to reverse-engineer selection criteria so your brand can be positioned to win recommendations.
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We identify high-value “money prompts” and run controlled sweeps with A/B prompt variations. We then classify the reasons your brand may be excluded—such as missing entities, weak claims, unclear definitions, thin examples, or schema gaps—and map these findings to precise fixes in a remediation plan.
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LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity rely on specific authority signals and content patterns to select sources. Prompt Interrogation reveals the exact signals and evidence driving recommendations, allowing you to engineer your brand into the answer set for high-impact prompts.
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Prompt Interrogation is designed for organizations targeting high-stakes, high-intent queries—especially where being included in an AI-generated answer can directly influence leads, sales, or brand authority.
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The main deliverables include a Prompt Interrogation Report detailing LLM behavior and selection criteria, a defect taxonomy listing all authority gaps, and an evaluation harness with test prompts to track before-and-after performance.
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We analyze chat and audit logs from platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity, as well as site search logs, support interactions, answer traces, and retrieval logs to understand model reasoning and source selection.
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While traditional SEO focuses on ranking in search engines, Prompt Interrogation focuses on influencing AI-generated answers. It specifically examines the reasoning and audit trail behind an LLM’s recommendations, giving insight into how to align your brand with model selection criteria.
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