--- title: "Search Console configures Performance reports from a prompt" url: https://seomadman.com/news/search-console-ai-config-tool section: news published: 2026-06-28T00:00:00.000Z modified: 2026-06-28T00:00:00.000Z author: Adam Hafez topics: ["Search Console", "AI search"] --- # Search Console configures Performance reports from a prompt ## The short answer Search Console's Performance report now accepts natural-language requests. Describe the query, page, device, country or date-range filter you want, and AI-powered configuration converts it into the report settings and applies them for you. Google rolled it out as an experimental feature on 4 December 2025, starting with a limited set of websites before expanding further. ## Key takeaways - Google announced AI-powered configuration for the Search Console Performance report on Thursday, 4 December 2025. - A natural-language prompt is converted into filters, comparisons and metric selections instead of manual setup. - The tool covers three tasks, applying filters, configuring date-range comparisons, and choosing which of the four available metrics to display. - It works only inside the Performance report for Search results and is not available for Discover or News reports. - Google says the tool cannot sort tables or export data, and it can misinterpret a request, so every suggested filter needs a manual check before you trust the numbers. Search Console's Performance report has always rewarded people who knew exactly which filter, comparison and metric to click through to reach an answer. Google's new AI-powered configuration, announced on Thursday, 4 December 2025, replaces that clicking with a sentence: describe the analysis, and the report configures itself. ## What the tool actually does Google frames the feature narrowly, as configuration rather than analysis. It handles three tasks: applying filters by query, page, country, device, search appearance or date range; setting up comparisons, including custom date ranges, without the usual manual steps; and choosing which of the four available metrics, Clicks, Impressions, Average CTR and Average Position, to display based on what was asked. Google's own examples show the range it is built for: "Show me queries on phone searches that contain the word 'sports' in the last 6 months" for targeted filtering, "Compare traffic for my pages that contain '/blog' in this quarter to the same quarter last year" for a complex comparison, and "Show me the Average CTR and Average Position of my queries in Spain in the last 28 days" for metric selection. Each prompt produces a suggested configuration that a user then applies, rather than a written answer. ## Where it stops The scope is deliberately narrow. It supports only the Performance report for Search results, not Discover or News. Google also warns that "AI can sometimes misinterpret requests," and tells users to review the suggested filters before analysing the data rather than trusting them outright. And the feature is built for configuration alone: it cannot sort the table or export data, so both still route through the report's existing controls. Access is limited for now. Google is rolling out AI-powered configuration "to a limited set of websites" and says it will expand gradually, so the prompt box will not appear in every account's Performance report yet. ## Why we care A tool that turns "compare mobile queries containing sports this quarter to last" into the correct filter, comparison and metric stack removes a real source of friction for anyone who audits Performance data regularly, but it changes nothing about what the underlying numbers mean. The report still counts clicks, impressions, CTR and position the way it always has, so the accuracy warning is the part worth keeping: a prompt that gets misread produces a report that looks authoritative and measures the wrong thing. ## Frequently asked questions ### Does this replace manual filters in Search Console? No. Manual filters still work exactly as before. AI-powered configuration is an added entry point that turns a written request into the same filter, comparison and metric controls, so it saves clicks rather than replacing the underlying report. ### Which Search Console reports support it? Only the Performance report for Search results. Google's announcement states plainly that it is not available for Discover or News reports, so those two still require manual configuration. ### Can the tool sort or export data? No. Google describes the feature as scoped to configuration only, meaning filters, comparisons and metric selection. Sorting the table and exporting data are outside what it does, so both still need the existing report controls. ## Sources 1. [Streamline your Search Console analysis with the new AI-powered configuration](https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/12/ai-powered-configuration) - Google Search Central Blog (primary) 2. [Google Search Console tests "AI-powered configuration" to create dynamic reports](https://searchengineland.com/google-search-console-tests-ai-powered-configuration-to-create-dynamic-reports-465637) - Search Engine Land