# QuerySherpa

QuerySherpa is a literary agent research and query campaign workspace for authors preparing to query traditional publishing agents.

Canonical URL: https://querysherpa.com/

## Product Summary

QuerySherpa helps authors build focused literary agent shortlists, review source-backed agent research, prepare agent-specific submission packages, and track query campaign progress.

The product is for authors who already have a manuscript and need help with the research and workflow side of querying: agent discovery, agent profile review, submission guideline checklists, research briefs, alerts, and campaign tracking.

## What QuerySherpa Does

- Builds literary agent candidate lists from manuscript category, comparable titles, location preferences, publishing goals, themes, and dealbreakers.
- Creates agent research cards with query status, agency, wishlist signals, genre fit, client evidence, submission requirements, source links, and refresh timestamps.
- Helps authors prepare query packages with checklists for query letters, sample pages, synopses, proposal requirements, format rules, and special instructions.
- Keeps source material close to decisions so authors can review the evidence behind each agent profile.
- Tracks query campaign progress from shortlist to research, Query Prep, sent queries, and responses.

## What QuerySherpa Does Not Do

- QuerySherpa does not write manuscripts.
- QuerySherpa does not write query letters.
- QuerySherpa does not rewrite an author's prose.
- QuerySherpa does not generate personalization lines for authors to copy.
- QuerySherpa is positioned as research and workflow software, not a ghostwriting product.

## Primary Audience

- Authors preparing to query literary agents.
- Authors building a list of 30 or more potential literary agents.
- Authors who need to compare agent fit, source links, submission requirements, and campaign status in one workspace.
- Query consultants and author coaches managing research and query prep workflows.

## Important Terms

- Literary agent research
- Query campaign workspace
- Agent shortlist
- Manuscript wishlist
- Query Prep
- Submission guidelines
- Query package checklist
- Source-backed research card
- Query tracking

## Public Pages

- Home: https://querysherpa.com/
- LLM context: https://querysherpa.com/llms.txt
- Sitemap: https://querysherpa.com/sitemap.xml

## Private App Areas

The dashboard, agent profiles, discovery workflow, Query Prep workspace, alerts, and settings are user-account areas. They should not be indexed as public marketing pages.