Weekly

Email yourself last week's zero-result searches

Each Monday you get the top searches on your site that found nothing.

Runs: Weekly
Apps: Algolia
AI: Not needed
Access: analytics ACL

Send this to your assistant

Create a ClickRuntime automation: every Monday at 8am, email me the 50 most frequent Algolia searches on my products index that returned no results in the last 7 days.

Paste it into your assistant. It tells you what it will send or change before it runs live.

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Why use it

Why teams use this automation

Every empty search results page is a missed sale, a failed support lookup or a frustrated reader. For a site using Algolia, the list of queries that returned nothing is available in analytics, but only if you open the dashboard, choose the right index, set the date range and read the list. In practice that happens when someone has an hour to spare, which means rarely, and the same missing products or unknown spellings keep costing visitors for months.

Each week, the automation calls Algolia's no-results endpoint for the last seven days and emails you the queries, with how many times each was searched. The most frequent ones are at the top, so you see where the biggest gaps are first.

It suits site owners, merchandisers and content teams who want a regular look at what visitors could not find.

What you get out of it

You see what visitors wanted and could not find
The list is a direct record of unmet demand. It shows the words customers use and the products or pages they expected, with no interpretation needed. It is plain evidence of what to fix first, with the exact words customers typed.
Quick wins are easy to find
A query searched 80 times with no results is worth ten minutes. Adding a synonym or a page for it can turn that repeated failure into a purchase. That is often the cheapest revenue win available on the site.
Content and range decisions get evidence
If readers keep searching for a topic you have not covered, or shoppers for a brand you do not stock, the report is the evidence you can show when proposing it.
Regular review replaces occasional review
Reading this every Monday takes a few minutes. A habit like that finds problems that an annual search audit would catch far too late. A ten-minute habit beats an annual audit.
Easy to share with the team
Because it is an email, you can forward it to buyers, editors or developers who do not have Algolia access, and each can act on the part that concerns them.

How it works

What happens, step by step

Every Monday, ClickRuntime asks Algolia for the searches on your site from the past 7 days that found nothing.
It ranks them by how many times each was searched.
You get an email with the numbered list, such as "waterproof hiking sandals (84×)".

Before it runs live

Connect Algolia

What you get

RunsWeekly

Email yourself last week's zero-result searchestoday, 9:00Succeeded

Email · No-result searches1. "waterproof hiking sandals" (84×) 2. "acme gift card" (61×)

Build your own

Need it to work differently?

This template is a starting point. Copy the prompt and change it, or describe a different automation from scratch, with your own conditions, more apps or an AI step. Your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.

Your own rules
Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.
Any number of apps
One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.
AI where it helps
Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.
On a schedule or on each event
Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

Changes you can ask for

Run it at a different time, more or less often, or only on weekdays
Add an AI step, for example to summarize, sort or draft a reply
Add another app, for example also send it to Slack
Combine it with other Algolia steps into one automation

Under the hood

The code that runs this automation

This is the Python script that runs each time the automation starts. Your AI assistant writes it for you when you send the prompt, and you allow each step in your assistant. To change how the automation works, describe the change to your assistant and it updates the script for you. For every function it can use, see the script reference.

weekly_zero_results_searches_report.pyexample

from datetime import date, timedelta
from clickruntime import on_trigger, credentials, http, notify

INDEX = "products"

@on_trigger
def run(event):
    resp = http.get("https://analytics.algolia.com/2/searches/noResults",
                    headers={"X-Algolia-Application-Id": credentials.secret("ALGOLIA_APP_ID"),
                             "X-Algolia-API-Key": credentials.secret("ALGOLIA_ANALYTICS_KEY")},
                    params={"index": INDEX, "limit": 50,
                            "startDate": (date.today() - timedelta(days=7)).isoformat(), "endDate": date.today().isoformat()})
    searches = resp.json()["searches"]
    lines = [f"{i}. \"{s['search']}\" ({s['count']}×)" for i, s in enumerate(searches, 1)]
    notify.email_me(f"Top {len(searches)} searches with no results", "\n".join(lines))
    return {"queries": len(searches)}

FAQ

Common questions

Does it include the number of times each query was searched?

Yes. Algolia's no-results data includes a count for each query, so the report can sort by frequency and put the repeated failures first. That means the most common failures are at the top of the email, and one-off oddities sit near the bottom where they are easy to skip.

Which time range is used?

The seven days before the report runs. If you prefer calendar weeks, or the last 30 days, your AI assistant can set that and you will see it before it takes effect. Weekly keeps the numbers comparable from one report to the next.

Can I filter out queries that I know are not relevant?

Yes. A list of words to ignore, such as gibberish or competitor names, can be applied so the report only shows searches that could lead to an action on your part. A short ignore list keeps the report clean.

What permissions does it need?

analytics ACL. Nothing else in your accounts is used.

Does it need AI?

No. It runs without AI, so it doesn't use your plan's AI allowance.

How many runs does it use?

One run each time it runs (weekly). Checks that find nothing to do and stop right away aren't counted.

Can I change how it works?

Yes. Describe the change to your AI assistant, for example a different schedule, channel or filter. It updates the automation, tests it and tells you what changed.

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