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- A few prompts came from other people's work. They keep their maker's name and license. If you copy one, keep its credit line. They are listed below.
- Prompts that readers send in are CC0. Anyone can use them.
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Prompts that readers send in go on People who shared prompts, with their names.
Prompts that came from someone else
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)
- License
- MIT · Full text below
- 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
- License
- Apache 2.0 · Full text below
- 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
- License
- MIT · Full text below
- 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
- License
- Apache 2.0 · Full text below
- 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
- License
- Apache 2.0 · Full text below
- 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.
Pages I read for facts, with nothing copied
knowledge-work-plugins/productivity/skills/memory-management/SKILL.md
Anthropic (knowledge-work-plugins). Read only. Nothing copied.
Used for: Set up Claude to know your business
How can I create and manage projects (support.claude.com)
Anthropic (Claude Help Center). Facts only, in my own words.
Used for: Set up Claude to know your business · Get drafts that sound like you, not like AI
What are projects (support.claude.com)
Anthropic (Claude Help Center). Facts only, in my own words.
Used for: Set up Claude to know your business
Understanding Claude's personalization features (support.claude.com)
Anthropic (Claude Help Center). Facts only, in my own words.
Used for: Set up Claude to know your business
Use Google Workspace connectors (support.claude.com)
Anthropic (Claude Help Center). Facts only, in my own words.
Used for: Find what in your inbox needs you today · Plan your week so the big jobs get done first
Get started with Claude in Chrome (support.claude.com)
Anthropic (Claude Help Center). Facts only, in my own words.
Used for: Know a company before you call them
US Federal Trade Commission (National Do Not Call Registry). Linked from the do not call checks.
Used for: Know a company before you call them
CRTC (Canada's National Do Not Call List). Linked from the do not call checks.
Used for: Know a company before you call them
License texts
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The full text, as it appears in the knowledge-work-plugins repo (sales/LICENSE). The repo has no NOTICE file. The original file
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