Starting emails: ADHD AI prompts

Starting emails

Choosing the tone can make an email hard to begin. This prompt offers a few short openings, then waits for your choice before drafting the rest.

Just the first line

Use when an email draft has been open for ages and you can't begin.

I need to email [RECIPIENT] about [FACTS AND REQUEST]. Our relationship is [RELATIONSHIP], and I want a [TONE] tone. Work step by step. First, write three different opening lines, each one sentence under 20 words. Use only the facts I gave you; do not imply a previous message or invent dates or promises. Skip stock greetings. Ask which opening I prefer and wait. After I choose, write a complete email under 100 words using that opening, then ask what I want to change.

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Sample input My landlord is the recipient; I am their tenant. The bathroom fan has been broken for two weeks, and I want to request a repair in a firm but polite tone.

Sample AI reply 1. The bathroom fan has been broken for two weeks; could you arrange a repair? 2. Could you let me know when the broken bathroom fan can be repaired? 3. I’m writing to request a repair for the bathroom fan, which has been broken for two weeks. Which opening would you like to use?