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Turn a call into notes, tasks and a follow-up

On How to use Claude for work

What I took
The idea only. The prompt is in my own words.
Made by
Matt Adams (Fabric)
What changed
Took the idea of pulling tasks out of a meeting with who and when, and saying so when something wasn't in the transcript. Wrote a new, shorter prompt for Claude with 4 parts, plus a follow-up email, a name check, no cc and drafts only. The rule that a transcript is not an order is an idea from the call summary skill in Claude's free knowledge-work plugins (Apache 2.0). No text copied from either.
Also from
knowledge-work-plugins/sales/skills/call-summary/SKILL.md
Made by Anthropic (knowledge-work-plugins). The idea only, no text copied. License: Apache 2.0 · Full text below

Prep your call list from their website

On Build your outbound call script with Claude

What I took
The text, then I changed it.
Made by
Anthropic
What changed
Cut the account-research skill down to one prompt for one company website. Took out the CRM check and the tool steps. Kept the company basics, the 6 month window for new signs, marking guesses, saying what couldn't be checked, and treating page text as information, not instructions. Added who to ask for, the main phone line, one opener line and a check before you dial. Rewrote it in plain words with our house rules.

Score your own call from the transcript

On Build your outbound call script with Claude

What I took
The text, then I changed it.
Made by
Daniel Miessler
What changed
Kept the idea of learning the business before judging the call, the two scores (sales basics and fit to the pitch) and the 1 to 10 scale with what each number means. Added our real conversation test, what you learned on the call, quotes from the transcript and one fix with exact words. Cut the 10 tips down to one. Rewrote it in plain words with our house rules.

Find out what an objection really means

On Objection handling prompts for cold calls

What I took
The text, then I changed it.
Made by
Anthropic
What changed
Turned a sales skill that reads your CRM into a prompt you paste into a chat. Cut the tool, CRM and win and loss steps. Kept the objection types, the check for a push on price, and the short answer that agrees first and ends on a question. Rewrote it all in plain words.

Write a first email with one real reason to reach out

On Cold email templates that sound like a person

What I took
The idea only. The prompt is in my own words.
Made by
prompts.chat community
License
CC0 1.0
What changed
We wrote our own prompt from the idea. We added one dated reason with its link, the two-names subject, an 80 word cap, one question at the end, a sign-off rule and a stop when the reason is weak. We cut the 70 to 120 word range and only use a proof point when you have a real one.

Cut a long email to under 80 words

On Cold email templates that sound like a person

What I took
The idea only. The prompt is in my own words.
Made by
Anthropic
What changed
We took two checks from it: read the email out loud, and ask if it could go to a different company with two words changed. Step 5 of our prompt rewords that second check. The rest of the prompt is our own, built on my short email rules.

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