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Build Current State Assessment Questions

Generate structured current-state questions across process tools people time and metrics for any discovery call.

About this prompt

This prompt produces discovery questions across eight dimensions — process, tools, people, time, satisfaction, history, workarounds, and metrics — to map how a prospect operates today. It's designed for AEs and inside sales reps preparing for discovery calls where the goal is understanding the status quo before presenting a solution. Use it when you need to systematically surface the current-state gaps that your solution addresses.Pull out this prompt before any discovery call where you're walking into a situation with limited intel on how the prospect actually operates today. Fill in their likely current solution, your product, and the problem area, and it generates questions with built-in follow-up probes and annotations on what each answer reveals. This is more useful in mid-market and enterprise deals where the current workflow is complex and multi-person — for simple SMB deals, the full eight-dimension structure may be more than needed. When you run it in an AI tool, specify whether you want the questions framed for a VP-level conversation or for the operational buyer who lives the problem daily; the language shifts meaningfully. A second tip: the workarounds category often surfaces the strongest pain — don't skip it even if it seems peripheral.

The prompt

Generate current state assessment questions. Context: ● Prospect's likely current solution: [WHAT THEY USE TODAY] ● My product: [WHAT I SELL] ● Problem area: [WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SOLVE] Questions
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Variables to replace

WHAT THEY USE TODAY|WHAT I SELL|WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SOLVE

How to run it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot — it's tuned to run in any of them.
  2. Replace the variables — swap each bracketed token for your deal's specifics. The variables list above explains every field.
  3. Make it yours — run it, keep what's strong, and tighten your inputs on the next pass. The prompt improves with your context.

What good output looks like

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StageDiscovery
SeatAE, Inside Sales
DifficultyIntermediate
Time to valueQuick Win (under 10 min)
Works withAI-Agnostic
CategoryMeeting Prep & Discovery
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