Free guide · works with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini
Ai prompts for dummies
Turn a rough idea into a concise, accurate, audience-appropriate email with subject and preview text, in under 15 minutes. Built-in checks ensure clarity, tone, and factual accuracy, plus a reusable follow-up template.
Step 1, free.
Copy this, paste it into your AI, and swap the [BRACKETS] for your own details.
Setup: Define the email goal
Provide: [YOUR ROUGH IDEA IN 1–3 SENTENCES], [AUDIENCE TYPE OR SPECIFIC PERSON], [WHY YOU’RE WRITING NOW], [WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE IN ONE LINE], [ANYTHING TO AVOID]. Act as a communications lead and turn a rough idea into a single clear objective with concrete success criteria for the email. Work through it like this: 1) Boil the rough idea down to the one job this email must do (inform, request, propose, confirm, apologise, etc.). 2) Identify the primary action you want the recipient to take and any acceptable fallback actions. 3) Note the audience context and any sensitivities to steer tone and scope. 4) Translate this into measurable success criteria (what the recipient does, by when, and how you’ll know). 5) Flag any no-go areas or topics to avoid so later steps don’t introduce them. Give me the output as: - Objective: one sentence. - Success criteria: 3–5 bullet points (behaviour, timeframe, constraints). - Guardrails: 2–4 bullet points on what to avoid. Quality bar: The objective is unambiguous and actionable; success criteria are specific enough that a stranger could judge if the email worked. If any input is missing, ask up to three precise questions; if still unknown, mark the item as MISSING and proceed.
How to get a good answer.
- 01Fill every [BRACKET] with real detail. Vague in, vague out.
- 02Read the answer, then reply with what's wrong or missing. The AI fixes it in seconds.
- 03Check facts, prices and anything legal or safety-related yourself before you use it.
The rest of the workflow.
Step 1 gets you started. The full Clear Email in 15 Minutes takes you all the way, 14 steps in order:
- 01Setup: Define the email goal (free above)
- 02Setup: Profile the recipient
- 03Setup: Gather facts and constraints
- 04Drafting: Generate subject line options
- 05Drafting: Produce a structured outline
- 06Drafting: Write the first full draft
- 07Drafting: Insert required details and data
- 08Refinement: Simplify for clarity
- 09Refinement: Tone and style adjustment
- 10Refinement: Risk and accuracy check
- 11Refinement: Tighten length and scannability
- 12Delivery: Final subject and preview text
- 13Delivery: Create a send-ready version
- 14Reuse: Save follow-up and variants
Pay once, keep it. Delivered instantly with a copy button on every prompt.
Questions
Does this work with the free version of ChatGPT?
Yes. The prompt works in the free versions of ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, on a phone or a computer.
What do I put in the [BRACKETS]?
Your real details: notes, numbers, names, whatever the bracket asks for. The more specific you are, the better the answer.
Is the AI's answer always right?
No. Treat it as a strong first draft: check facts, figures and anything legal or safety-related before you use it.
What's in the full Clear Email in 15 Minutes?
14 steps run in order, a system prompt that sets the AI up for the job, worked examples, fix-it prompts and a quality checklist. It's NZ$25 once, no subscription.
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