> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://citdhq.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Topics

> The product categories that organize your tracking coverage — and why per-topic visibility matters more than your overall score.

**Topics** are the product areas your brand competes in. They sit between your brand and your prompt set.

Every [prompt](/concepts/prompts) belongs to a topic. Topics help you see where you are strong and where you have coverage gaps — not just overall, but by category.

## How topics are discovered

During [onboarding](/setup/onboarding), Citd analyzes your store and suggests a list of topics inferred from your catalog, collections, and product types.

You review and edit the list before setup is complete.

**Example:** A hiking and trail-running gear store might have topics like:

* Trail running shoes
* Road running shoes
* Hiking boots
* Sandals
* Kids footwear

## Why topics matter

Visibility metrics are most useful at the topic level. Your overall visibility might be 65%, but you might be at 90% for *trail running shoes* and only 30% for *hiking boots* — meaning hiking boots is where you need to focus.

The [Overview](/features/overview) and [Analysis](/features/analysis) pages break performance down by topic so you can prioritize the biggest opportunity areas first.

<Tip>
  Keep topics specific enough to be meaningful, but not so narrow that they can't generate a useful set of prompts. *"Waterproof boots"* is a good topic. *"Blue waterproof boots with a 4-inch heel"* is too narrow.
</Tip>

## Managing topics

You can add topics and manage the tracked set from the [Prompt Workspace](/features/prompts). Changes affect which prompts are suggested and how reporting is grouped going forward.

<Info>
  Adding a new topic triggers a new round of prompt suggestions for that category. Review and activate them to start seeing data.
</Info>

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Manage prompts by topic" icon="sliders" href="/features/prompts">
    Add topics and review the prompts Citd suggests for each one.
  </Card>

  <Card title="See topic-level visibility" icon="chart-bar" href="/features/overview">
    The Overview breaks your metrics down by topic so you can spot gaps fast.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Understand prompts" icon="message-question" href="/concepts/prompts">
    Learn how prompts are built from topics and what intent types mean.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Analyze a topic" icon="magnifying-glass-chart" href="/features/analysis">
    Analysis shows why you rank where you do within each topic.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>