Prompt pack
Email and Communication Prompt Pack
Ten prompts for professional email: difficult replies, polite declines, follow-ups, meeting requests, apologies, payment reminders and tone checks.
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Ten prompts for clear, professional email and workplace messages: replies, declines, follow-ups, negotiations and tone checks. Fill in the placeholders, keep private details out when you can, and always read and edit a draft before you send it.
How to use this pack
- Paste the email you received and say what you want to happen.
- List the facts you can commit to. Do not let the AI promise dates, prices or outcomes for you.
- Edit the draft so it sounds like you, then send it yourself.
1. Reply to a difficult email
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Draft a calm, professional reply to this email. My goal is [goal]. Keep it under 120 words and end with one clear next step. Do not promise anything not listed here: [facts you can commit to]. Email: [paste]
2. Polite decline
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Write a polite message declining [request]. Keep the relationship positive, give one brief reason and offer an alternative if sensible.
3. Follow-up
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Write a short follow-up to [person] about [topic], sent [number] days after my last message. Friendly, not pushy, with one specific question.
4. Meeting request
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Write a short email asking [person] for a [length] meeting about [topic]. Offer these times: [times]. Explain in one sentence why it is worth their time.
5. Make it shorter
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Shorten this message to half its length without losing the key points or the polite tone: [paste]
6. Tone check
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Read this message as the recipient would. Tell me how it might come across and suggest edits to make it clearer and kinder: [paste]
7. Apology that sounds sincere
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Write a brief, sincere apology to [person] for [what happened]. Take responsibility without over-explaining, say what I will do to fix it, and avoid admitting legal liability or making promises I have not listed: [commitments]
8. Status update to a manager
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Write a short status update for [manager] from these points: [paste]. Cover progress, risks and what I need from them. Under 150 words.
9. Ask for payment politely
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Write a polite, firm reminder to [client] about invoice [number] for [amount], due [date]. Offer to answer questions and state the next step if unpaid. Tone: professional, not aggressive.
10. Translate and adapt
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Translate this email into [language] for a business reader in [country]. Keep the tone [formal or friendly], adapt idioms naturally and give me a short note on anything culturally sensitive: [paste]
Tips
- Remove personal and confidential details before pasting an email.
- If your assistant is connected to your mailbox, ask it to save drafts only, never to send. See the Gmail MCP server page.
- Paste one email you wrote and say “match this style” to keep your voice.
Related
Email Reply Drafter, Inbox Triage Agent and Customer Support Triage Agent.