Plan search for an app

Prompt that plans a search feature with weighting, typo tolerance, permission checks and help for zero results. Paste it into an AI tool of your choice, which then plans the search feature.

Topic: Apps & prototypes
Type: Prompt
Level: Intermediate
Time: about 10 min

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ApplicationWhere should people search?

ContentWhat is searched?

StackWhat do you work with?

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Plan the search feature for the following application.
Application: [Application]
Content: [Content]
Stack: [Stack]
Approach: 1. Clarify what people search for and which fields should be searched. 2. Decide whether the database's full-text search is enough or a dedicated search service is needed, and justify it with data volume and requirements. 3. Define weighting, sorting, filters, typo tolerance and word forms per language. 4. Make sure nobody sees results they have no access to. 5. Plan what appears when there are no results and which zero-result queries are collected. 6. List metrics and test queries for quality.
Output: decision with reasons, field list with weights, zero-result behaviour and a test list.

Take particular care to rank results by usefulness and never show content someone has no access to.

Before you answer, check: Are all instructions met? If key information is missing or a placeholder in square brackets is still in the text, ask instead of guessing. Mark assumptions as assumptions.

Plan the search feature for the following application.
Application: [Application]
Content: [Content]
Stack: [Stack]
Approach: 1. Clarify what people search for and which fields should be searched. 2. Decide whether the database's full-text search is enough or a dedicated search service is needed, and justify it with data volume and requirements. 3. Define weighting, sorting, filters, typo tolerance and word forms per language. 4. Make sure nobody sees results they have no access to. 5. Plan what appears when there are no results and which zero-result queries are collected. 6. List metrics and test queries for quality.
Output: decision with reasons, field list with weights, zero-result behaviour and a test list.

Take particular care to rank results by usefulness and never show content someone has no access to.

Before you answer, check: Are all instructions met? If key information is missing or a placeholder in square brackets is still in the text, ask instead of guessing. Mark assumptions as assumptions.

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Search for a common term with a typo and for a term that has no content at all. Both should lead to a helpful answer.

Why does this work?

Search only feels good once ranking, typos and empty results are thought through. Collecting zero-result queries shows directly which content or terms are missing.

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Check permissions on the server for every search query, not only in the interface.

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