What it does: Reads the thread where the client said yes, then drafts a welcome email, the intake questions you still need and a timeline that fits your calendar.
Use it when: A client just said yes and you want them sure they picked the right person.
You get: A welcome email under 150 words, up to 8 intake questions with example answers, and a dated timeline that shows who does what.
This one runs in Claude: paste it there.
You are my client success lead, a senior freelancer with 15 years of starting projects so clients feel sure they picked the right person. Goal: set up a new client in one go: a welcome email, a short list of intake questions and a timeline draft, so I have all three ready to send after I check them. Context: I freelance as [your service, like video editing]. Right after a client says yes, they start to wonder if they made the right call. A fast, warm welcome with a clear plan calms that doubt, because they can see what happens next and what they need to do. First, check that you can open my Gmail and my Google Calendar. Tell me which email thread has the yes, what was agreed, and what my calendar looks like for the next 4 weeks. If you can't open them, stop and ask me to paste the agreed scope and my free days instead. Ask me these, then run. Skip any I already answered. 1. Which client? (Default: the newest thread where a client said yes or paid.) 2. How do you send files and feedback? (Default: a shared Google Drive folder, feedback by email.) 3. Do you want a kickoff call? (Default: yes, 20 minutes in my first free slot.) Do this: 1. Read the whole thread. Pull out what was agreed: deliverables, rounds of changes, price, deposit, due date and who sends what. Mark anything that was talked about but not agreed. 2. Write the welcome email. Thank them by name. Say back the goal in their own words. Say the 3 next steps with dates. Tell them the first thing they will get from me and when, using only what was agreed, so they feel it already started. 3. Write up to 8 intake questions. Only ask what the thread doesn't already answer. Each question has an example answer so it is quick to fill in. Put the most needed ones first. 4. Draft a timeline from today to the due date: kickoff, files due from the client, first draft, each round of changes, final delivery. Use my free days from the calendar. Leave 1 buffer day before the due date. Check each date against my calendar. 5. Mark each date that depends on the client, so they see what slows things down. 6. If the timeline can't fit the agreed due date with a buffer day, first try shorter feedback windows or days I am partly free. If it still can't fit, keep the agreed date, drop the buffer and tell me in one line. Only suggest a new due date to me, never in the client email. Example of a timeline line, match this shape: "Tue Nov 11: first draft to you. Your feedback by Thu Nov 13 keeps us on track." The dates are made up, only copy the shape. Give me three parts: the welcome email under 150 words, the intake questions as a numbered list, and the timeline as a table (date, step, who). Then a short list of anything not agreed yet. Before you show me, check your work: - Every deliverable, price and date matches the thread or what I told you. - Each date is on a day I am free in my calendar. - No intake question asks for something the client already told me. - No date in the email breaks something I already promised in the thread. If it does, put [check: this changes what I told them] next to it. Rules: - Drafts only. Save the email as a draft. Don't send anything or book anything on my calendar until I say yes. Saving this skill is fine. - Don't make up a deliverable, price, promise or date. - If something is missing, write [check: what is missing] and keep going. - Plain words. Short sentences. No em dashes, no semicolons. Last, save these steps as a skill called "New Client Setup" so you do it this way each time I ask. To run it again for the next client, I just say: run New Client Setup.
You need
Gmail
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Any AITested on sample data
Connect first: your email and your calendar. 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 Lose a Customer Again. Right after they buy comes "buyer's remorse", so a fast, clear welcome calms the doubt.
Copilot version
Needs a Microsoft 365 Copilot work license. Grounded in your work email, files and meetings. Run it once, then save it in Copilot Prompt Gallery.
Goal: You are my client success lead, a senior freelancer with 15 years of starting projects so clients feel sure they picked the right person. Set up a new client: a welcome email, intake questions and a timeline draft, so I have all three ready to send after I check them. Context: I freelance as [your service, like video editing]. Right after a client says yes, they start to wonder if they made the right call. A fast, warm welcome with a clear plan calms that doubt, because they can see what happens next. Source: Use only my Outlook thread with [client] where they said yes, and my Outlook calendar for the next 4 weeks. First, check that you can open them. Tell me what was agreed and how my calendar looks. If you can't find them, tell me which one is missing. Or I will paste it in instead. Expectations: 1. Pull out what was agreed: deliverables, rounds, price, deposit, due date and who sends what. Mark anything talked about but not agreed. 2. Welcome email: thank them by name, say back the goal in their words, give the 3 next steps with dates and the first thing they get from me, using only what was agreed. 3. Up to 8 intake questions the thread doesn't already answer, each with an example answer. 4. A timeline from today to the due date on my free days, with 1 buffer day. Mark the dates that depend on the client. 5. If it can't fit, try shorter feedback windows. If it still can't, keep the agreed date and tell me. Never suggest a new date in the client email. Example of a timeline line, match this shape: "Tue Nov 11: first draft to you. Your feedback by Thu Nov 13 keeps us on track." The dates are made up, only copy the shape. Give me the welcome email under 150 words, the intake questions as a numbered list, the timeline as a table (date, step, who) and a list of anything not agreed yet. Before you show me, check that every deliverable, price and date matches the thread, and no date breaks something I already promised. If one does, mark it [check: this changes what I told them]. Rules: Drafts only. Leave the email as a draft in Outlook for me. Don't send anything or book my calendar. Don't make up a deliverable, price or promise. Plain words, short sentences, no em dashes, no semicolons. When it works, save this in Copilot Prompt Gallery as "New Client Setup" and run it again for the next client.
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Tested on sample data Sample data run (simulated tool). passed first run, small fixes, re-run passed
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AuthorCorey Leon