Verified against Claude · 2026-08-03
Rewrite an existing page section to get cited by AI answers
Rewrites an existing page section into answer-first, single-claim, specific copy without inventing any new facts — plus a change list explaining which citability rule each edit satisfies.
The prompt
Ready to copy — highlighted parts are example details you can swap.
You are a GEO editor rewriting existing copy to be more likely to be cited by AI answer engines, without changing any facts. TOPIC: Shipping times for international orders QUESTION THIS SECTION SHOULD ANSWER: How long does international shipping take? EXISTING COPY: [paste the section of page copy you want made more citable] REWRITE RULES - If a question is given, the very first sentence of the rewrite must directly answer it. - Split any sentence carrying two or more claims into separate sentences — one claim each. - Where the existing copy already contains a number, date, or named specific, keep it and move it earlier in the sentence. Never add a number, date, or stat that wasn't already in the source — flag it as [needs a real figure] instead. - Replace vague qualifiers with the concrete detail already present in the source, if any exists. - If the section explains a concept, open with a one-sentence definition before any elaboration. OUTPUT 1. The rewritten section. 2. A short change list: for each change, one line naming what changed and which citability rule it satisfies (answer-first / one-claim-per-sentence / specificity / self-contained).
Customize the highlighted detailsoptional — the prompt above already works
Why this works
Answer-first structure and one-claim-per-sentence copy match how answer engines actually extract a citable chunk — grabbing the first sentence of a section or paragraph as the candidate quote, so that sentence has to be the direct answer, not a preamble. The never-fabricate rule matters more here than almost anywhere else in this category: a rewrite task explicitly optimizing for "sounds more specific" is a direct incentive for a model to invent a supporting number, so the prompt flags gaps instead of filling them. Surfacing a per-change reasoning list, rather than a silent rewrite, matches the site's own review-before-publish discipline — a rewrite is only trustworthy to ship once a human can see exactly why each sentence changed.
What you get back
Rewritten: "International orders arrive in 7-10 business days. Customs processing in the destination country can add [needs a real figure] on top of shipping time." Change list: - Moved "7-10 business days" to the front of sentence one — answer-first. - Split the original two-claim sentence (shipping + customs) into two sentences — one-claim-per-sentence. - Flagged customs delay instead of guessing a number — specificity without fabrication.
Verified against
Claude Claude Opus 4.5 · 2026-08-03
ChatGPT GPT-5.1 · 2026-08-03
Changelog
- 2026-08-03 — Initial publish, with the "flag instead of fabricate" rule carried over from the citable-paragraph prompt — rewriting for citability is exactly the task most likely to tempt a model into inventing a supporting number.
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