Daily Prompt Pack: Cold email that gets replies – build a 3-touch sequence from a prospect list

Most cold email fails because it pitches a product before earning a reply. Today’s pack builds a three-touch sequence grounded in one real detail per prospect, so each send sounds like it came from a person who did homework.

[Claude]

Here is my prospect list with company, role, and one recent trigger event each: [PASTE]. For each prospect, write a 90-word first-touch email with this structure: a specific observation about their trigger, one sentence on why it matters to their role, and a single low-friction question. No feature pitches. Output a table: Prospect | Subject line | Email body.

[ChatGPT]

Act as a skeptical VP of Sales reviewing my outreach. Here are 5 of my sent cold emails: [PASTE]. Flag every sentence that reads generic, self-centered, or unearned. Then rewrite the single weakest thread in under 80 words. Output: Issue table (sentence | why it fails | fix) plus the rewritten email.

[Cursor]

Build a Python script that reads prospects.csv (name, company, role, trigger, email) and outputs a markdown file with one personalized email per row using my template at templates/outreach.md. Skip rows missing a trigger value and log them to skipped.csv. Include a –dry-run flag and a count summary at the end.

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