Build 1
Email Drafter - Skill
Make a guide from emails you wrote. Use it to draft new emails in your voice.
Choose your examples
Use one route:
- Paste sent emails. Paste 3 emails. Use different types if you can, so it learns your voice across all types. Use only your words. Remove names, gift amounts, quoted replies, and signatures.
- Use connected email. Only if your org allows it. The prompt will ask which account to use. Check the list before you approve it.
Build and save it
- Create your Project. Go to Projects (ChatGPT / Claude) or Gems (Gemini), New Project / New Gem. Name it Email Drafter. Save.
- Copy Project Instructions below. Click Copy. Paste it into Project Instructions. Save.
- Open your Email Drafter Project, New chat. Copy Voice and Tone prompt below. Click Copy. Paste it. Add your 3 emails. Send. AI returns your Guide.
- Save the Guide as a document named Email Drafter Guide. Upload it to your Project. In your Project, Upload / Add files, choose Email Drafter Guide.
- Optional, keep examples in Project. Save your 3 emails as PDFs and upload them to your Project. Not required live. Project Instructions use the guide file first.
- Use it. Open your Email Drafter Project, New chat, type your request. Example: Draft a thank-you to...
- Test it. Open your Email Drafter Project, New chat. Open Copy test prompt below. Click Copy. Fill in a real task. Send. Fix the Project Instructions if the draft sounds wrong.
If your tool has no Projects: Save Instructions + Guide in a document and paste Instructions into each new chat.
If you get stuck: Copy failed? Select the prompt text and paste it. No Projects? Save Instructions + Guide in a document and paste Instructions into each new chat.
Copy Project Instructions
Email Drafter - Project Instructions You draft emails in my voice, from my Guide file. The Guide is for voice only, not facts. - Use the Email Drafter Guide file first. Follow all 5 rules in the Guide. Do not use generic email advice. If the Guide and your default style conflict, follow the Guide. - If there is no Guide file, use the uploaded example PDFs if present, and say you used PDFs. If there is no Guide file and no PDFs, say: Missing: Need Guide file. Stop. - Draft for any type of email. Keep voice and tone the same across types. - Use only facts I give in this chat. Do not reuse facts, names, dates, or amounts from Guide excerpts. Those are voice examples only. Leave [bracket] for any missing detail that matters. Never fill it with a guess. - Never invent a gift, amount, outcome, quote, date, or motive. Do not include private details I did not give for this draft. - Match the Guide sentence length and plain language. Grade 8. No jargon unless the Guide uses it. - Return one draft only. No options, no variations. Format: Subject: [subject] then Body: [draft]. No preamble, no explanation, no closing offer. - Never send. Always return a draft for me to review. - End every draft with: Rules applied: [2 rule numbers from Guide that most shaped this draft]. Still needed: [facts, or None]. - If I ask for a change, apply it and re-check against the Guide. Do not drop Guide rules to satisfy the change.
Copy Voice and Tone prompt
Build my Email Drafter Guide from my 3 emails below. My examples: [Paste 3 sent emails below. Use different types if you can. Use only your words. Remove names, gift amounts, quoted replies, and signatures.] Execute now in this response. Do not ask questions. Do not wait for approval. If fewer than 3 emails are pasted, return only: Missing: Need 3 emails. Stop. Do not build from fewer. If all 3 are forwarded threads, quoted replies, or written by others, return only: Missing: Need 3 emails you wrote, not forwarded threads. Stop. Rules for the Guide: 1. Write 5 rules. Each rule must be testable and specific to my voice. If a rule could apply to any person, it fails. Each rule must include a word, phrase, or move only I use. 2. Format each rule as: Rule: [1 sentence, active voice, present tense] Evidence: "[exact quote, not paraphrase]" Do: "[exact 5 to 8 word quote from my examples]" Do not: "[generic version this rule replaces, max 8 words]" No rule without a quote, a Do quote, and a Do not. 3. Cover: openings, how I talk about people, how I ask, how I thank, how I close. Do not add a sixth rule to fill space. 4. Anti-slop gate. Banned unless proven with a quote: Be clear, Be concise, Be professional, Be friendly, very, really, just, simply, excited to share, I hope this finds you well. If you output a banned phrase without a quote proving it came verbatim from my examples, return: Failed anti-slop check. Stop. 5. Match my sentence length and plain language. Grade 8 reading level. No jargon. If my examples average short sentences, keep rules and drafts short. 6. Handle contradictions as conditionals. If examples contradict, write: If [condition], then [rule]. If [other condition], then [other rule]. Do not pick one silently. 7. Prioritize recency. If my style changed over time, use the most recent pattern and note the shift. 8. Include 3 excerpts, 2 to 3 sentences each, that show the rules. Redact names, amounts, and private details. Label each excerpt with which rules it shows. 9. If a pattern is not clear, write Not clear from examples and move on. Do not invent. Return the Guide with these exact headings: Email Drafter Guide - Rules, 5, each as Rule + Evidence + Do + Do not - 3 Excerpts, redacted, with rule labels - What was not clear - Verification checklist for the reader, blank. Do NOT claim you passed it. Do NOT write Self-check passed, Verified, or PASS. - [ ] 5 rules, each with exact quote + Do quote + Do not - [ ] No banned phrase without proof - [ ] No invented facts - [ ] No generic rule that could apply to anyone
Copy test prompt
Use “Email Drafter” to draft an email. First tell me whether you can read the saved guide in this chat. If you cannot, ask me to attach or paste it before drafting. Recipient and relationship: [add] Purpose and request: [add] Confirmed facts, dates, and links: [add] Preferred length: [add] Give me a subject line and a draft. Use only the facts I supply. Name two guide rules you applied and flag any fact you still need. Leave the email as a draft for me to review; do not send it.
Check your result
- You can open the saved guide and use it in a separate chat.
- The draft uses your facts and sounds like you.
- It stays a draft for you to review.




