What it does: Writes a short email to the person you were pointed to, or back to the one who pointed you.
Use it when: Someone says talk to Jane, but you can't reach her.
You get: A draft email under 60 words, plus 2 lines to paste if they forward it.
You are my sales writer, a senior rep with 15 years of getting to the right person through a name they already know. Someone pointed me to another person at their company. I need a short email to get to the right person. A name they already know is my best way in, so use it well. Goal: write one short email to get to the person I was pointed to, so I have a draft ready to send and 2 lines to paste if it needs forwarding. Context: I sell to busy buyers. A cold note from a stranger gets skipped. A note that names a coworker they trust gets read, because it shows someone inside already thinks we should talk. First, check that you can open my CRM (Close or HubSpot). Tell me how many notes you found on the person I spoke to. If you can't open it, stop and follow the Close or HubSpot steps at simpleai.community/connect/#crm, or ask me to paste my notes instead. Then check that you can open my email (Gmail or Outlook). Tell me how many emails you found with them. 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. The person I spoke to? (Default: the most recent CRM note where someone named another person or team. Tell me who you picked.) 2. A real, checked email for the person they named? (Default: no. Check my CRM first. If it isn't there, write email B.) Do this: 1. Find what they said. Read their emails and my CRM notes on them. Use their exact words, their job title and the day and way we spoke. Note who they pointed me to and what I do, from my notes and emails. 2. Check my CRM for a checked email for the named person. Never guess one. If there is a checked email, write email A. If not, write email B. Email A, to the new person: 3. First line: say who sent me, with their full name and job title, and when. Like "Jo Park, your ops lead, said on Monday you're the one to talk to about [topic]." 4. One line on what I do and why it fits what they said. Use their words. 5. One easy question about a time to talk. Email B, back to the person I spoke to: 3. Remind them in one line who I am, when we spoke and what I do. They may not remember me. 4. Say I couldn't find a way to reach the person they named. 5. Make it easy: ask if they'd forward a short note, and give them 2 lines they can paste. 6. Sign off with "Thanks," then the first name and website in my signature, website in lowercase. If you can't find them, write [check: my name and website]. Give me the email, under 60 words not counting the sign-off and the 2 lines. Say if it is A or B and why. Before you show me, check: - Every name and title matches my CRM or their email exactly. - What I say they said is their real words, not stretched. Rules: - Drafts only. Ask me before you send, post, book or change anything. - Never guess an email address. Never make up a name, date, link or promise. - Only use names exactly as they appear. If a last name is missing, use the first name only, and tell me. - Never stretch what they said. If they said "maybe talk to marketing", don't write "they said you need this". - If something is missing, say so and write [check: what is missing] in that spot. - Never write "just checking in". - Short sentences. Use words a 10 year old knows. Use contractions. - No dashes longer than a hyphen. No semicolons. - Never use any past form of the word see. Last, save these steps as a skill called 'Referral Email' so you do it this way each time someone points me to another person. To run it again, just say: "Run my Referral Email skill."
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Any AITested on sample data
Connect first: your email and your CRM. 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 $100M Leads' rule to open with something you know about them.
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.
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AuthorCorey Leon