If you know what you want to learn or collect but haven't written the questions yet, you can use AI to create the first version of your survey, form, or quiz instead of starting from a blank questionnaire.
Describe your goal, target audience, context, and any requirements that matter. Porsline uses these details to generate an initial set of questions that you can review and edit before publishing.
For example, instead of writing every question in a customer satisfaction survey manually, you could enter:
Create a short survey for customers of an online store after their order has been delivered. Focus on the purchasing experience, product quality, delivery, customer support, and overall satisfaction.
After the survey is generated, you can edit the questions, remove anything you don't need, add new questions, and complete the rest of the survey settings.
If you prefer to build the questions yourself, you can create an online survey directly instead.
How to create a survey with AI
From My Surveys, choose the option to create your survey with AI.
Enter the Survey Name, then use Explain the details to describe what you want the survey to cover.
You can write your own request or start with one of the examples shown on the screen:
- Event Registration
- Employee Satisfaction
- Customer Satisfaction
Use these examples as starting points and adjust the details to match your actual audience, purpose, and use case.
You don't need advanced prompt-writing skills. The important part is giving AI enough context to understand what you want to create.
What should you include in your AI survey prompt?
The guidelines on the AI survey creation screen focus on five pieces of information that help make your request clearer.
1. Define the purpose
Start by explaining what you want to learn, measure, or accomplish.
For example:
- Measure customer satisfaction after a support interaction.
- Understand what employees need from next year's training programme.
- Register attendees for an in-person workshop.
A clear goal gives AI more useful direction than a broad request such as:
Create a professional survey for me.
2. Define the target audience
Explain who will answer the questions.
For example:
- Customers who purchased in the past three months.
- Sales employees.
- SaaS users who have completed their first month.
- Conference attendees.
- Students who completed an online course.
This helps AI generate questions that are more appropriate for the people who will actually answer them.
3. Define the context
Add the background that affects the questions.
For example:
- A project management SaaS company.
- An online home and lifestyle retailer.
- A company providing professional online training.
You don't need to provide a full company profile. Include only the context that affects the survey.
4. Define the approximate number of questions
If survey length matters, specify it.
For example:
- About five questions.
- Between 7 and 10 questions.
- A 15-question quiz.
This gives AI a clearer idea of the level of detail you expect.
5. Define the tone and writing style
Explain how the questions should sound to respondents.
For example:
- Formal and respectful.
- Warm and friendly.
- Neutral and professional.
- Educational.
Choose a tone that fits both the audience and the situation.
A simple AI survey prompt structure
If you're not sure how to start, use this structure:
Create a [survey/form/quiz] to [purpose]. The target audience is [audience] in the context of [industry or situation]. Include approximately [number] questions covering [key topics]. Use a [tone] writing style.
You don't need to follow this wording exactly. Use it as a checklist to make sure your request includes the information AI needs to create a useful first draft.
AI survey prompt examples you can adapt
Use the following examples as starting points. Change the audience, industry, topics, number of questions, and tone to match what you actually need.
Customer satisfaction survey
Create a customer satisfaction survey for an online home appliances store. The audience is customers whose orders were delivered within the past three months. Include 8–10 questions covering the purchasing process, product availability, product quality, delivery speed, customer support, overall satisfaction, and likelihood to purchase again. End with an open-ended question for suggestions. Use a clear, professional tone.
If this is close to your use case, you can also start with the ready-made Customer Satisfaction Survey Template and customise it instead of generating the first version with AI.
SaaS user experience survey
Create a survey to evaluate the experience of people using a project management SaaS product. The audience is project managers and team members who have used the product for at least one month. Include 7–10 questions covering onboarding, ease of use, interface clarity, key features, task completion, system performance, and overall satisfaction. Use a mix of rating and multiple-choice questions, and finish with an open question about the most important improvement. Use a neutral, professional tone.
Support request form
Create a support request form for users of a cloud software product. Collect the user's name, email, request category, priority, affected part of the product, a detailed description of the issue, and an option to attach a screenshot or file. Structure the fields so that the support team can understand and categorise the issue quickly. Use a friendly, professional tone.
Digital marketing quiz
Create a 15-question multiple-choice quiz about digital marketing for beginners. Use a medium difficulty level and cover SEO, content marketing, digital advertising, social media, conversion rates, and email marketing. Provide four choices for each question and use a mix of conceptual and practical scenarios. Keep the tone educational and professional.
Sales job application form
Create a job application form for a B2B Sales Specialist role. Collect contact information, work experience, education, sales and negotiation skills, CRM experience, salary expectations, and availability to start. Include a File Upload field for the CV and use a mix of text and multiple-choice questions. Aim for around 12 questions and use a formal, professional tone.
Use these examples as frameworks rather than fixed prompts. Change the audience, industry, topics, length, and tone to match the survey you actually need.
Review the AI-generated survey before publishing
AI gives you a faster first draft, but the generated survey should still be reviewed before you share it with respondents.
Read the survey from a respondent's point of view and check:
- Does every question support the survey's purpose?
- Are any questions repetitive?
- Are the answer choices clear and complete?
- Does each question use an appropriate question type?
- Does the order of the questions feel natural?
- Is anything important missing?
After generation, you can:
- Edit question wording.
- Change question types.
- Remove unnecessary questions.
- Add new questions.
- Complete the design and settings.
- Add logic or calculations when needed.
Before publishing, preview the survey and complete it at least once yourself. This can help you find unclear wording, missing choices, unnecessary questions, or problems with the survey flow.
What if your questions are already written?
Creating a survey with AI is most useful when you know your goal but still need help generating the first set of questions.
Choose your starting point based on what you already have:
- You know the goal but haven't written the questions: Create the survey with AI.
- Your questions are already prepared in Word or Excel: Use the file-import option.
- You want a proven starting point for a common use case: Choose a ready-made template.
- You want complete control from the first question: start from scratchstart from scratch.
Choosing the right starting point can save unnecessary setup work and help you move directly to reviewing and improving the survey.
Before you publish
AI can help you create the first version of a survey, form, or quiz, but the final review remains important.
Make sure the questions match your objective and audience, check the answer choices and question types, and use the preview to complete the survey yourself before sharing it.
If you don't have an account yet, you can create a Porsline account and try creating your first survey with AI.
If you're already using Porsline and need help, contact us at [email protected].
FAQs about creating surveys with AI
Is AI survey creation available on the Free plan?
Yes. AI survey creation is available to Free users.
Can I edit a survey after AI creates it?
Yes. The generated survey remains editable. You can edit or remove questions, add new ones, change question types, and complete the survey settings before publishing.
Do I need to write an advanced AI prompt?
No. You can describe what you need in normal language.
However, a request such as:
Create a customer satisfaction survey.
provides less context than a request that also explains the audience, context, topics, approximate number of questions, and tone.
Can AI create the survey questions for me?
Yes. Describe the purpose, audience, context, and topics you want to cover, and AI can generate an initial set of questions for you to review and customise.
Can I create a form or quiz with AI?
Yes. You can describe the form or quiz you need and specify its purpose, audience, content, and other requirements.
Should I publish an AI-generated survey immediately?
Review it first. Check the question wording, question types, answer choices, order, and overall flow, then preview the survey before sharing it with respondents.