# Manage Groups

A monitor group is a focused collection of prompts that GrackerAI runs against your chosen AI surfaces on a defined schedule. Each group targets a specific theme: your brand, a competitor, a category, a vertical, or a buyer problem.

![Create Monitor Group](/docs/images/monitor_group_add_new.png)

Think of each monitor group as one question: *"How is AI representing [topic] to my buyers?"*

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## Five Ways to Organise Groups

Monitor groups don't have a fixed "type" in the product - you name and theme them yourself. We recommend organising them into five kinds: Brand, Competitor, Category, Vertical, and Problem-Aware. Each targets a different part of the buyer journey.

For strategy, examples, and first-week allocation see [Monitoring Strategy & Best Practices](/docs/using-gracker/working-with-monitors/best-practices).

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## Creating a Monitor Group

Go to **Monitor Groups → Manage Groups** and click **+ Create Monitor Group**.

### Name

A label for this group, for example `Weekly Brand Scan` or `Comp-Datadog-Alternatives`. Use the format `[Type]-[Theme]-[Specifier]` to keep your list organised as you scale.

### Frequency

Frequency is set by your plan and shown read-only. Every monitor group in your workspace runs on the same plan cadence: daily, weekly, or monthly. You can't set frequency per group.

### Answer Engines

Select the AI surfaces to query. Pick at least one. The number you can select is capped by your plan. Available engines:

![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=chat.openai.com&sz=16)ChatGPT
![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=perplexity.ai&sz=16)Perplexity
![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=google.com&sz=16)Google AI Mode
![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=google.com&sz=16)Google AI Overview
![](https://copilot.microsoft.com/static/cmc/favicon.ico)Microsoft Copilot
![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=x.ai&sz=16)Grok
![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=gemini.google.com&sz=16)Gemini
![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=claude.ai&sz=16)Claude
![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=deepseek.com&sz=16)DeepSeek

Claude and DeepSeek are available on Enterprise plans only.

### Country

Select the country your target audience searches from. GrackerAI runs each prompt as if a buyer is searching from that location.

### City

Optionally narrow the group to a specific city (e.g. London, Kyiv). Leave blank to cover the whole country. City-level targeting is available on higher plans.

### Language

Select the language the prompts are sent in. Applies to every prompt in the group.

### Prompts

Choose which of your brand's prompts this group will run. Select at least one. Your plan sets a limit on how many prompts a single group can include.

Add 4–5 prompts per group and mix types: listicle, comparison, alternative, use-case, and trust. Write them as full questions, not keywords.

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## AI Surfaces

GrackerAI runs your prompts across 9 AI platforms:

![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=chat.openai.com&sz=16)
ChatGPT

Broad recommendations, widely used by general buyers

![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=perplexity.ai&sz=16)
Perplexity

Research queries, heavy citation context

![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=google.com&sz=16)
Google AI Mode

AI-first Google search experience

![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=google.com&sz=16)
Google AI Overview

Quick summaries in classic Google search results

![](https://copilot.microsoft.com/static/cmc/favicon.ico)
Microsoft Copilot

Enterprise and B2B purchasing decisions

![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=x.ai&sz=16)
Grok

Real-time search, tech-forward audiences

![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=gemini.google.com&sz=16)
Gemini

Google ecosystem, YouTube and Reddit content

![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=claude.ai&sz=16)
Claude

Enterprise customers only

![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=deepseek.com&sz=16)
DeepSeek

Enterprise customers only

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## Monitor Group Actions

| Action | When Available | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| **Edit** | Always | Update name, engines, country, city, language, or prompts |
| **Pause** | Active groups | Stop scheduled runs without losing data |
| **Activate** | Paused groups | Resume scheduled runs |
| **Archive** | Active or paused | Remove from active view. all historical data is preserved |
| **Restore** | Archived groups | Bring the group back to active status |

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## Next Steps

- [Write better prompts](/docs/using-gracker/working-with-prompts/prompts): the quality of your prompts determines the quality of your data
- [Read your first responses](/docs/using-gracker/responses-and-citations/responses): see exactly what AI is saying about your brand

- [View monitoring best practices](/docs/using-gracker/working-with-monitors/best-practices): full setup playbook for your first two weeks