A quality check pass for any cold email draft — yours or AI's. The prompt scans for em dashes, AI giveaways ("I hope this finds you well," "leverage," "streamline"), word count over 100, and dead CTAs like "would you be opposed to..." Then it rewrites the offending lines so you don't have to. Use it as the last step before anything goes into a sender.
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Prompt
Self-QA a cold email draft
Catch AI tells, weak CTAs, and over-length copy before sending. Flags the issues and rewrites the lines that need fixing.
Cold Emailing
Explanation
What this prompt does
How to use
Getting the most out of it
Before you start
- A written Email 1 draft (yours, a teammate's, or AI-generated)
Steps
- Copy the prompt into your AI tool.
- Replace
[paste email]with the full draft, subject line included. - Review the flags. Each issue should come with a rewrite suggestion.
- Accept the rewrites that make the email sound more human. Reject any that flatten the voice.
- Re-run if you made manual edits and want a clean second pass.
The prompt
Copy, paste, ship
Prompt
QA this cold email. Flag any of the following:
- Em dashes (remove all of them)
- AI-sounding phrases like "I hope this finds you well," "I'd love to,"
"revolutionize," "streamline," "leverage"
- Word count over 100 words for Email 1 (flag if over)
- CTA phrasing like "open to a chat?" or "would you be opposed to..."
- Anything that sounds like a marketing pitch vs. a human email
Then rewrite any lines that need to be fixed.
Email: [paste email]
