Skipper Draft is an AI tool on the Survey Editor page that helps you streamline survey creation. It uses market research best practices — learned from our own Research team — to design a survey draft based on your prompts.

How to Use Skipper Draft

When you arrive on the Survey Editor page, the Skipper Draft text box appears automatically. Skipper Draft displays only one draft at a time. Your prompts and the survey draft are saved in your Survey History — even if you delete all questions, the previously generated draft remains accessible. Learn more about Survey History here.

1. Type your survey prompts into the Skipper Draft text box.
2. Click Generate survey draft.
3. Review your survey. Read through each question and answer option to make sure your study's needs are being met. Add or delete questions as needed, and always preview your survey before launching.

💡 Tip: Skipper Draft uses aytm Logic. As you review the draft, tweak any aliases as you see fit. If you edit the logic, preview your survey in Respondent Mode before launching to make sure it works properly.

Additional Drafting Features

Skipper — Suggest Answers: When you have a question but need answer options:

1. Hover over the question.
2. Click Skipper — suggest answers. Skipper will generate appropriate answer options, sub-questions, or alternatives based on your question type and content.

Skipper — Suggest Next Question: When you're not sure what to ask next:

1. Click Skipper — suggest next question at the bottom of the page.
2. Enter the number of additional questions you want and any other criteria. Skipper will assess your existing draft and suggest new questions. Its rationale for each suggestion can be found in the comments section of your survey.

Skipper — Modify: When you need to adapt an existing question or insert new question sets:

1. Click the Modify button above the specific question.
2. Select from our example prompts or type your own command describing how you'd like the question or answer options to change.

Resolve to Fit: If a question throws an error for excessive characters or answer options:

1. Hover over or click the red question number to view the error.
2. Click Resolve to fit. Skipper will shorten text, move excess characters to an Instruction text question, eliminate duplicates, or remove options from the end to fit within limits — while preserving options that use aytm Logic.

Learn more in Skipper Draft Features.

Best Practices

Skipper is a specialized tool designed for crafting surveys — not a general-purpose AI like ChatGPT. To get the best results, clearly outline your study objectives rather than posing questions as you would to a search engine. Be specific about what you want to learn and let Skipper apply survey best practices to generate appropriate questions.

• Define what you want to learn — narrow parameters and precise language will help Skipper produce a draft closer to what you need.
• Give context to your objectives — who you're trying to reach, what you'd like to do with the information, and why you're conducting the study.
• Remind Skipper of the target audience to receive more appropriate prequalification questions.
• Always review and edit your survey — Skipper Draft is a starting point, not a finished product. Customize the draft to fit your research needs.