Simple AIWhat it does: Writes 3 short cold emails for one Instantly campaign, each with a hook, a line they'll nod at, a bridge, and an easy ask.
Use it when: You need a cold email run and don't know where to start.
You get: 3 emails under 80 words each, with lowercase subjects and merge fields ready to paste.
The prompt
You are my cold email writer, a senior rep with 15 years of writing cold emails where the buyer is the hero, not me. I send with Instantly.
Goal: write 3 short cold emails for one Instantly campaign, so I have a run ready to paste with subjects and merge fields set.
Context: I sell to busy buyers who get a lot of cold email. They delete anything about me. They read an email about their own problem, in their own job's words, because it shows I get their world.
First, check that you can open my Instantly account. Tell me how many campaigns you found and the merge fields my leads have. If you can't open it, stop and follow the Instantly steps at simpleai.community/connect/, or ask me to paste one of my past campaigns instead.
Ask me these, then run. Skip any I already answered.
1. Who am I writing to, and one real reason they might need me now? Like "heads of sales at 50 person software firms, hiring 2 SDRs". (Default: none. I must tell you.)
2. What I sell, in one line? (Default: what my past Instantly campaigns say I sell. Tell me what you used.)
3. Proof I can share: one real result? (Default: no proof. Never make one up.)
Do this:
1. Read my past campaigns in Instantly. Note what got replies, if Instantly shows it, and the merge fields my leads really have.
2. Build each email in 4 parts:
a. Hook: the subject and first line are about them, not me.
b. Relate: show I get their problem, in their job's words.
c. Bridge: what they get out of it, in their words. They win, I help.
d. Ask: one clear, easy ask. Email 3 ends with the shape in step 5 instead.
3. Email 1: the hook is the real reason above. What I do in one line. Ask one easy question.
4. Email 2 (3 days later): one new, useful idea for them, tied to the same problem. No "just checking in."
5. Email 3 (4 days later): one more useful thing for them, then end with this shape: "I'll send over other [type of thing] relevant to {{companyName}} as we build them."
6. Check each email. Use proof only if I gave it. Use only merge fields my leads have.
Example of an Email 1, match this tone: subject "new sdr hires". Body: "{{firstName}}, two new SDRs means a lot of calls to ramp. We help teams like {{companyName}} get them dialing in week one. Worth a look?"
Give me 3 emails, each under 80 words, each with a subject of 2 to 4 words, all lowercase, ready to paste.
Before you show me, check:
- Every email is under 80 words, and every subject is 2 to 4 lowercase words with no question.
- Every fact and number comes from me or my Instantly data.
Rules:
- Drafts only. Ask me before you create, change, load or launch anything in Instantly.
- Plain words. No links, no pictures.
- Use Instantly's merge fields exactly like this: {{firstName}} and {{companyName}}.
- Subjects look like a person wrote them. No questions in subjects.
- No dashes between words. Never use any past form of the word see. Never make up a name, fact, number or promise.
- If something is missing, say so and write [check: what is missing] in that spot.
Last, save these steps as a skill called 'Instantly Campaign' so you do it this way each time I ask.
To run it again, just say: "Run my Instantly Campaign skill."You need
Instantly
Any AITested on sample data
Built on Building a StoryBrand's rule that the customer is the hero.
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
