AI prompts for discovery calls

Discovery that earns the second call.

Walk in with questions that surface real pain — not a generic checklist. Call agendas, needs-analysis question banks, and qualification frameworks that move the deal — built for AEs who run the room.

AE-tagged — your role, not a proxy Beta-tested on real calls Any tool — Claude · ChatGPT · Gemini · Copilot

Anyone can ask questions. Discovery is asking the right one.

A checklist of generic questions gets you a checklist of generic answers. The AEs who earn the next call walk in with a hypothesis about the pain, the questions that quantify it, and an agenda that goes somewhere. These prompts build that prep — before you dial.

What "tested" looks like

One prompt, and the questions it writes for you.

I'm running a discovery call with [PERSONA] at [ACCOUNT] about [PROBLEM AREA]. Generate a 30-minute agenda and 12 discovery questions that move from current state to the cost of inaction — and flag the two questions most likely to surface budget.
You give it
VP Finance · mid-market SaaS · Evaluating spend-management tooling · Current process is spreadsheets and manual approvals.
It returnsask, don't pitch
AgendaOpen → current state → impact → cost of inaction → next step. Current state"Walk me through how an approval happens today, start to finish." Cost"What does a delayed approval actually cost at month-end?" Budget flagTwo questions that surface budget without asking the price.

"I paste in my call transcript and get a full MEDDPICC scorecard, buying signals, and a follow-up draft in under two minutes. My pipeline reviews are completely different now."

Sarah K. · Account Executive, SaaS

Questions

Before you copy your first one.

What questions should I ask on a discovery call?

Start with current state, move to impact, then quantify the cost of inaction — and leave room for the buyer to say something you didn't script. The discovery prompts generate persona-specific question banks built on exactly that arc.

How do I prep for a discovery call with AI?

Give the prompt the persona, the account, and the problem area. It returns a timed agenda, a question bank, and a pre-call pain hypothesis so you walk in with a point of view, not a blank page.

Can AI help me qualify a deal with MEDDIC or MEDDPICC?

Yes. The qualification prompts build a scored MEDDIC, MEDDPICC, or BANT checklist and — if you paste a call transcript — rate each element, flag the gaps, and recommend the next steps.

How long should a discovery call agenda be?

Most prompts build a 30-minute structure: a quick open, current-state questions, impact and cost of inaction, then a committed next step. You adapt the timing; the prompt keeps it from drifting into a pitch.

Are the discovery prompts free?

Browse the full library free. Basic and intermediate prompts are open; advanced frameworks and transcript analysis are Pro at $4.99/month. Copy, paste, run.

Run the call that earns the next one.

The full discovery library — agendas, question banks, pain mapping, qualification — organized by the call you're about to run.

Open the discovery library