Prospect Research Brief Generator
A good research brief tells you what to look for, who matters and why now. This free generator turns a company name or domain into a prioritized 15-task research checklist, copy-ready search queries and a readiness score built from the context you supply. Everything runs in your browser, so your notes are never uploaded or stored.
Free tool · works offline · nothing is uploaded
Build a research brief for one account
A structured checklist for the company in front of you, plus a readiness score that shows where the brief is still thin.
- Snapshot & model
- Buying committee
- Trigger events
- Copy-ready brief
Account context
A name or a domain. Paste a URL and the domain is extracted; when no name is present, one is derived from the domain.
Signal words in these notes are detected locally and used to mark checklist items. A noted signal is not a verified fact.
Brief readiness
Enter a company to see the readiness score and build the brief.
— Enter a company to build the brief.
- Checklist tasks 0
- Must-do first 0
- Signals noted 0
Research brief
The 15-task checklist, sector-specific angles and search queries appear here once you enter a company.
Signals in your notes
Signals appear here once you add notes.
Generated offline from the inputs on this page. No company data was fetched or verified. Check every finding against a dated, primary source before you use it in a message.
What is a prospect research brief?
A prospect research brief is the short, structured set of facts and questions you assemble before you contact a company or join a call. It is not a data dump. It answers four practical questions: what the company does, how it makes money, who owns the problem you solve, and why now.
This generator turns a company name or domain into a prioritized checklist for that work. It does not fetch company data, guess revenue, or find contact details. It gives you the research plan, the search starting points and a way to see whether the brief in front of you is actually finished.
How to use the generator
- Enter the company name or website. A domain is extracted from a pasted URL, and when no name is present the tool derives one from the domain.
- Choose a sector. This changes the likely owner, the systems worth checking, the sector calendar and the proof that tends to land.
- Choose the research purpose. First outreach, discovery prep, expansion and competitive displacement prioritize different sections.
- Paste what you already know into the notes field. The tool scans for ten kinds of signal and marks the checklist items they relate to.
- Read the readiness score, then work the must-do sections first.
- Use Copy brief to take the whole checklist into your notes app or CRM. Load sample shows how a stronger input changes the brief; Clear starts again.
What the five sections cover
| Section | What to capture | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Company snapshot | Legal entity, domain, headquarters, headcount, locations, ownership | Prevents research on the wrong company and sets the realistic deal size |
| Business model & operations | Revenue logic, pricing, latest financial signal, systems in the process | Lets you connect your offer to how they actually operate |
| Buying committee | Likely owner, adjacent stakeholders, recent leadership changes | Stops you writing to one person who cannot fund or approve the work |
| Trigger events | Recent news, hiring, expansion, launches, regulatory or seasonal deadlines | Gives you a dated reason to reach out now instead of a generic opener |
| Fit & opening angle | One-sentence hypothesis, proof to show, two likely objections | Turns research into a specific message and a better discovery call |
Every section contains three tasks. The purpose you select marks three of the five sections as must-do, so the brief always has nine must-do tasks and six should-do tasks. The task order stays fixed; only the priority changes.
How the brief readiness score is calculated
The score measures the completeness of the brief you have supplied, not the quality or attractiveness of the company. It is the sum of four parts, capped at 100.
| Input | Maximum | How points are earned |
|---|---|---|
| Identity & domain | 20 | 10 points for a usable company name, plus 10 more when the input contains a domain |
| Sector | 15 | 15 for a specific sector, 10 for “Other / not sure”, 0 when no sector is selected |
| Notes detail | 40 | 10 under 20 words, 20 at 20–59 words, 30 at 60–149 words, 40 at 150 words or more |
| Signals noted | 25 | 6 for one distinct signal, 12 for two, 18 for three, 25 for four or more |
The total maps to four states: Ready to use at 75 or above, Nearly there at 50–74, Thin brief at 25–49 and Needs research below 25. Colour is never the only signal; the badge always states the state in words.
A high score means the inputs are complete enough to work from. It does not mean the facts are correct. A long note full of assumptions and a long note full of dated, sourced facts score the same. Only you can tell the difference.
How signal detection works
The notes field is scanned locally for ten groups of words. The first matching phrase in each group is shown on a chip, and the related checklist task gets a “Noted” tag. Detection is literal: it looks for whole words and short phrases in the text you pasted. It does not understand negation, tense or context.
| Signal group | Example words | Checklist task it marks |
|---|---|---|
| Funding | raised, Series B, valuation | Latest financial or funding signal |
| Financial pressure | revenue, layoff, budget cut | Latest financial or funding signal |
| Systems / tech | CRM, ERP, migration, integration | Map the systems behind the process |
| Leadership change | appointed, new COO, joined | Recent leadership changes |
| Hiring | hiring, headcount, open role | Hiring signals in the team you serve |
| Expansion / launch | new plant, new market, launched | Last 90 days news |
| Compliance | audit, HIPAA, regulatory, deadline | Sector calendar and timing |
| Acquisition | acquired, merger, bought by | Ownership and corporate structure |
| Customer proof | case study, retention, customers | Proof you would show them |
| Process pain | manual, bottleneck, spreadsheet | One-sentence hypothesis |
Because matching is literal, a note that says “no funding announced” still triggers the funding signal. Treat the chips as prompts to check, not as conclusions. The same applies to the “Noted” tags inside the checklist.
Worked example
Load the first sample and the tool fills the form with a manufacturing account, a discovery-call purpose and this note: a $40m Series C, a second plant opening, three job posts mentioning a NetSuite migration, a new VP Operations and a site listing automotive and aerospace customers.
The result is 80/100 — Ready to use. Identity earns 20 because a domain is present, the sector earns 15, the 37-word note earns 20 and five distinct signals earn 25. Nine tasks are marked must-do for discovery prep. Five checklist items carry a “Noted” tag. The score is arithmetic from the inputs, not a judgement about the account.
What this tool cannot do
- It cannot fetch a website, a LinkedIn page, a filing or a news article. Every fact has to come from you or from the searches you run afterwards.
- It cannot verify your notes. “Noted” means the words appear in your text, not that the event happened.
- It cannot find email addresses, phone numbers or named contacts. It tells you which roles to look for.
- It cannot know your offer, your proof or your pricing, so the opening hypothesis is a prompt for you to write, not generated copy.
- It cannot score account fit. The readiness score is about the brief, not the opportunity.
- A name derived from a domain is a display label, not the legal trading name. Confirm it in the first checklist task.
- The search queries are exact-phrase starting points. Results differ by search engine, region, language and index date.
- Company names and notes stay in the page. Refreshing the page or closing the tab discards them because there is no storage.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a company data lookup tool?
No. It is a research planning tool. It builds the questions and the checklist; you supply the facts and run the searches. That is deliberate: a browser-only tool cannot fetch and verify live company data, and pretending otherwise would produce a confident brief built on guesses.
What does the readiness score actually tell me?
It tells you how much of the brief is filled in: whether you supplied a domain, a sector, enough notes and at least one concrete signal. Use it as a completeness check before a call, not as a prediction of deal size or likelihood to close.
Why does the tool need a sector if I already pasted notes?
The sector changes the recommended owner title, the systems worth checking, the compliance or seasonal calendar and the type of proof that usually lands. The same account can need a different research plan depending on how its industry buys.
Why are some tasks marked must-do and others should-do?
The research purpose decides. For first outreach, recent triggers and a credible angle matter most. For discovery, the business model and buying committee move up. For expansion, the committee and fit matter more than a fresh news scan. For displacement, the current setup and switching triggers are central.
Should I paste everything I know into the notes field?
Paste dated facts and the source where possible. Long notes score higher for detail, but length is not accuracy. A short note with a date, a source and a concrete change is more useful than a long unsourced summary.
Does the tool store or transmit my notes?
No. It uses no network requests, cookies or local storage. The notes exist only in the page while it is open, and the copy button writes the brief to your clipboard on your device.
Can I use the same brief for every company?
You can reuse the structure, but not the content. Replace the company, the sector-specific role, the calendar and the signals each time. A brief that still contains another account's details is worse than no brief.
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Next step
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