Refine your questions without confusing the history.
Learn when to edit an AI tracking question, create a separate variation, or pause collection. Preserve saved wording and compare answers with the right scope.
Terms in this guideQuestion variation · Saved question wording
- Question variation
A separately saved buyer question based on an existing question, with deliberately changed wording. It has its own answer coverage and does not inherit the source question’s saved answers. Useful when you want to research a different audience, requirement, or buying criterion alongside the original.
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The question text recorded with a collection attempt or saved answer. Editing the current question does not rewrite that recorded wording. Coverage for one question identity can include earlier wording, so inspect saved responses before comparing results across an edit.
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Separate organization from a new buying intent.
Changing a topic label helps you organize questions. Changing the question itself changes what the provider receives in future submissions. Adding an audience, a price constraint, or a product name can materially change the kind of answer you get.
For example, “Which AI visibility tools should I consider?” asks for a broad shortlist. “Which AI visibility tools suit a small agency?” adds a buyer context. “Is Echuno a good fit for a small agency?” names a brand before the answer begins. These questions deserve different interpretations even when their topics overlap.
Back to guide contentsEdit when you want to keep one question identity.
Use Edit to refine an existing question. Future submissions use the saved wording. Already queued attempts and saved answers retain the wording recorded for them; editing does not rewrite their history.
The question’s coverage can therefore include answers collected before and after the edit. Open the full saved answers and inspect their recorded questions before treating a movement as a change in provider behavior. A wording change is an alternative explanation you need to keep visible.
Use topic-only changes for organization. If the purpose is to evaluate a new audience or requirement alongside the original, create a separate variation instead of replacing the original wording.
Back to guide contentsCreate a variation for separately tracked evidence.
In the question library, open More on a question and choose Create variation. You can also start from the question evidence page. Echuno prefills the source text and topic in a new-question editor. Change the wording before saving; an exact saved question is a duplicate, including when it is archived.
Review the topic and automatic-collection choice before saving. The source question and its saved answers stay unchanged. A variation is a new question with its own saved-answer coverage; it does not inherit the original answer history.
Start with one deliberate difference. You might add an audience, specify a capability, or ask about a buying criterion. Changing several details at once makes the difference between the two answer sets harder to explain.
- Original: Which AI visibility tools should I consider?
- Audience variation: Which AI visibility tools should a small agency consider?
- Capability variation: Which AI visibility tools support comparing saved answers across providers?
Choose when the new question becomes eligible.
Save a draft question as paused if you want to review it before automatic collection. You can still record an answer manually. Enabled and paused questions both count toward the project’s question limit.
Making a question available for automatic collection does not enable a schedule or immediately queue a response. Review the questions and providers in Tracking before starting a run. If you already have a configured daily schedule, check which enabled questions it selects.
Pausing the original question affects future automatic selection. It does not cancel requests already queued or running. Review those attempts separately if you are retiring an old wording.
Back to guide contentsCompare answers with the changed wording visible.
Use the same provider selection and a clear reporting period when reviewing a variation. Check that both questions have saved answers and the relevant brand assessments. Missing samples and pending analysis remain gaps, not confirmed brand absences.
Compare the full responses and supporting quotes. A different answer can follow from the wording, collection time, provider behavior, or other recorded conditions. A variation is a useful research comparison; it is not proof that one phrase caused a recommendation.
Record the reason for the new question and the date you changed your library. Keep questions that answer a useful buyer need, and pause or archive ones you no longer plan to collect. Preserved evidence remains useful even after your active question set becomes more focused.
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