Why it matters
Intent shapes which brands an AI treats as relevant. A prompt that names two products invites a head-to-head answer drawn from comparison content. A prompt that describes a symptom invites an answer drawn from explanatory content, and often never names a brand at all. Being strong on one tells you very little about the other, which is why intent is a breakdown rather than a footnote.How Cited uses it
Every tracked prompt is tagged with one of six intent types during prompt generation — problem-first, context-specific, budget-anchored, comparison, recommendation-seeking, or feature-curious. Every dashboard metric can be broken down by them, so you can see which kind of question you lose on.Related concepts
- Intent type — the six types, with definitions and examples
- Intent taxonomy — the full framework and how to read your own split
- Prompt archetype — another name for the same six
- Non-branded prompt — prompts that name no brand at all