The Cold Email Writer is a prompt that writes a cold email and two follow-ups for one prospect, built around a real reason to reach out. Instead of a generic cold email template with a name swapped in, you give it who you’re writing to, what made you think of them and what you want, and it writes a short sequence that reads like one person writing to another.
Why most cold email templates fail
A template is the same email sent to everyone, and readers can tell within one line. The emails that get replies open with something about the reader, such as a hire, a launch, a post or a problem you noticed. They connect it to what you do in a sentence or two and end with one easy ask. This prompt builds every email on that structure, so the personal part is the core of the message, not a mail-merge field.
What it writes
You get three subject lines under 50 characters and a first email under 120 words. Then two follow-ups, each with a reason to exist: the first brings a new angle or a useful idea instead of “just checking in”, and the second is a polite close that makes saying no easy, which often gets the reply.
The rules are strict about honesty. The prompt never invents results, client names or numbers. When you have no proof yet, it leads with an idea instead of a claim. It also cuts the phrases that mark an email as mass outreach.
Use it with ChatGPT or Claude
Paste it into ChatGPT or Claude, fill in one prospect, and edit the result in your own voice before sending from your inbox.
Who it’s for
- Founders and freelancers doing their own outreach.
- Sales reps who want personal emails without writing each one from scratch.
- Agencies pitching new clients one at a time.
