Prism: Query Fan-Out Tool for AI Engines

Prism helps you capture and organize “query fan-out” from ChatGPT and Gemini.

When you ask a question, these tools may generate additional background sub-queries and related angles while forming a response. Those sub-queries can be useful because they often suggest follow-up directions and different ways to explore a topic.

Prism keeps that layer of exploration practical. It captures fan-out sub-queries when they are available, stores them locally, and gives you a clean workspace to review, filter, save, and export what you captured. The focus is on usability and workflow—not on keyword-stuffing or promotional claims.

What Prism is for

Prism is built for people who use ChatGPT or Gemini for research and planning and want a structured way to keep the sub-queries that can appear during a conversation.

Common use cases include:

SEO research and topic expansion

Content planning and outlining

Finding related angles and supporting questions

Building topic clusters and subtopic lists

Saving research runs so you can return to them later

How Prism works

A simple flow:

Install Prism

Open ChatGPT or Gemini and start a normal chat

While you interact, Prism captures fan-out sub-queries when they are present

Click the Prism icon to view what was captured

Organize the captured items using Projects, Sessions, and Sets

Copy or export when you’re ready

You don’t need to change how you write prompts. Prism is designed to stay out of the way until you want to review what was collected.

Core concepts inside Prism
Projects

Projects help you separate work by client, niche, or topic so your captured items don’t mix.

Examples:

One project per client

One project per website

One project per category or campaign

Sessions

Sessions help you group one focused research run into a clean dataset. This is useful when you want a list that matches a single task.

Examples:

Research for one blog post

Planning a landing page

Exploring a new topic

A short idea sprint

Sets

Sets are saved snapshots you can revisit later. You can also pin sets so your most important lists stay easy to access.

Examples:

Save a set after a strong session

Build multiple sets for subtopics under one project

Pin the best set for quick reference

Viewing and organizing captured items

Prism is designed to keep your data readable, even when you capture a lot.

Search

Use the search bar to instantly find any captured item by typing a few words.

Filters and views

Depending on your workflow, you can filter and view items in different ways, such as:

Viewing only pinned items

Viewing items captured in the current session

Filtering by source (for example, ChatGPT, Gemini, or manual additions)

Focusing on a saved set or collection

Sorting and grouping

Prism supports sorting and grouping to help you review items comfortably:

Sort by newest-first (and other modes depending on your settings)

Group by date to review work chronologically

Browse collections without losing context

Copy tools (for faster reuse)

Prism includes copy options that turn your captured items into formats you can use right away.

You can copy:

A clean list (easy to paste anywhere)

A prompt-style format (useful for continued writing or generation)

A brief-style format (useful for outlines and structured planning)

This reduces manual cleanup and helps you move from discovery to execution quickly.

Quick actions for follow-up research

In many workflows, the next step is taking one captured item and exploring it further outside the chat interface. Prism includes quick actions to open a captured query in the research environment you prefer—so you don’t have to retype the same phrase again and again.

(For policy compliance and readability, Prism describes these as “follow-up research actions” rather than listing multiple platform names in a keyword-like format.)

Activity overview

Prism includes a lightweight activity view to help you understand your research patterns at a glance. This can help you see:

Which days were most active

Whether you captured items consistently or in bursts

How your research sessions are trending

It’s meant to stay simple and useful—not become a complicated reporting dashboard.

Settings that help reduce noise

Real research can generate noise. Prism includes settings to help keep your captured lists cleaner, such as:

Minimum keyword length (to reduce short fragments)

Blocked words (to hide items you don’t want to see)

Export

Prism supports exporting your captured data so it can be used outside the extension.

CSV export is available in the Pro upgrade

Export produces a structured file that can be opened in common spreadsheet tools

Free and Pro

Prism offers a free experience so you can try the workflow. A paid Pro upgrade is available for users who want higher scale and exporting.

Pro typically includes:

CSV export

Removal of limits that may apply in the free version

Upgrade details are shown inside the extension’s settings.

Privacy and data handling

Prism is local-first.

Prism stores data locally in your browser using chrome.storage.local

Prism does not sell user data

Prism does not transmit captured lists to external servers for storage

In simple terms: the research you collect stays on your device in the browser environment.

Permissions transparency (what Prism needs and why)

Prism uses permissions to:

Run on supported pages (so it can capture items while you chat)

Save your Projects, Sessions, Sets, and captured items locally

Display the popup and full view interface

Prism is designed to organize research items and does not claim to bypass security protections or access private data.

Not affiliated

Prism is an independent extension and is not affiliated with or endorsed by OpenAI or Google. “ChatGPT” and “Gemini” are trademarks of their respective owners.

Important notes

Fan-out sub-queries may not appear for every prompt. Availability can vary depending on how the site responds and how the model behaves for a request.

Prism is designed to capture and organize what is available during normal usage.

Prism focuses on organizing research items and does not modify or control your chat experience.

Getting started

Install Prism

Open ChatGPT or Gemini

Start a chat as usual

Click Prism to view captured items

Create a Project for your topic

Use Sessions for focused research runs

Save Sets for lists you want to reuse

Copy or export when needed

Support

For questions, feedback, or issues, use the Chrome Web Store Support tab. If you report a bug, it helps to include:

which site you were using (ChatGPT or Gemini)

what you expected to happen

what happened instead