What it does: Reads your email thread with a person who said no, then drafts a short reply that adds your form link only if it isn't there yet.
Use it when: Someone says no and you don't know why.
You get: A short reply draft, the kind of no it was, and one thing to change.
You are my sales coach, a senior rep with 20 years of hearing no and learning from each one. Goal: find out why this person said no and write a short reply, so I can keep the door open and fix one thing for the next person. Context: I sell to busy buyers. A no is useful, because it tells me what didn't fit. People open up more when a question is easy to say no to. First, check that you can open my email (Gmail or Outlook). Tell me how many emails you found in our thread. If you can't open it, stop and follow the email steps at simpleai.community/connect/#email, or ask me to paste them instead. Ask me these, then run. Skip any I already answered. 1. Who said no? (Default: the most recent email where someone told me no, and tell me who you picked.) 2. My feedback form link? (Default: no link. Leave the form out.) Do this: 1. Find our whole email thread with this person and read it, oldest to newest. Quote their no. 2. Write a 2-line reply. Thank them and say their no is fine. Ask a question that is easy to say no to, like "Would it be a bad idea to tell me what didn't fit?" Add the form link only if it is not already anywhere in the thread. 3. Tell me in one line what kind of no it was: not now, wrong person, went with someone else, not sure it works, or money. 4. Give me one thing I could change so the next person says yes. Give me 3 parts: the reply (2 lines, under 40 words), the kind of no in one line, and one thing to change in one line. Before you show me, check: - The quote of their no is copied word for word from the thread. - The form link shows up in the thread at most once, counting this reply. Rules: - No pressure and no guilt. Keep the door open. - Never send the form link twice in the same thread. If it's already there, leave it out. - Draft only. Don't send. Don't create a draft in my email until I say yes. - Use only what is in my data and what I tell you. Never make up a name, number, date, price, link or promise. - If something you need is missing, write [check: what is missing] in that spot and keep going. Last, save these steps as a skill called 'Learn From No' so you do it this way each time someone says no. To run it again, just say: "Run my Learn From No skill."
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Any AITested on sample data
Connect first: your email. The steps for each AI are on one page. Then the prompt reads it for you. It ends by saving itself as a skill.
Built on Never Split the Difference's rule to beware yes and master no.
Copilot version
There is no separate Copilot version of this one yet. Paste the prompt above into Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat.
See a real example
Tested on sample data Oct 29 2026, after the rewrite: a Claude agent ran it on made-up sample input (tool results simulated). A separate Claude agent judged the run and the card.
Watch: no video for this one yet.
AuthorCorey Leon