Productivity · Beginner

The eight-part template — fill in and reuse forever

You write write a follow-up email to a client who hasn't replied.

ROLE: You are [specific role, with the seniority and market they work
in - not just "an expert"].

CONTEXT: [Your company, size, industry, market. What has already been
tried. Anything that makes your situation different from the default.]

OBJECTIVE: [The outcome you want, not the artefact. Why this exists.]

TASK: [Exactly one deliverable, stated precisely.]

CONSTRAINTS:
- Do not invent any fact, figure, name or source I have not supplied.
  If you need something, ask me instead of assuming.
- [Length limit]
- [Tone]
- [Anything specific to avoid]

DATA:
[Paste the actual information here.]

OUTPUT FORMAT: [Exact structure - table with named columns, numbered
list, word count, sections in a stated order.]

QUALITY BAR: A good answer [state the standard]. Before you give me
the final version, check your draft against this bar and fix anything
that fails it. Then tell me in one line what you fixed.

The last two sentences of the Quality bar are the highest-leverage words in this Playbook. They make the model review itself first.

Before you rely on the answer

Does the rewritten prompt use placeholders rather than invented details? If the model filled in a client name or a value, delete it — that is fabricated context and it will read as false to the recipient.
Is the Objective an outcome rather than an artefact? 'Follow up' is not an objective; 'get a call this week' is.
Is the Quality Bar specific enough to fail a draft? A bar that everything passes is not a bar.
Is the Constraints section carrying the no-invention rule? For business use this line should be in every prompt you write.