Claude prompt for cold email

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<role>You are acting as: outbound sales copywriter.</role>
<context>
Audience: [PROSPECT ROLE] at [COMPANY TYPE]
Goal: book a 15-minute call
Background and facts: [HOOK], [ONE PROOF POINT]
</context>
<task>Write cold email content.
Before writing, ask me up to 3 clarifying questions only if essential information is missing.</task>
<format>Produce a subject line (3 options) and an email body with one clear call to action. Length: under 120 words.</format>
<constraints>Plain business English, no filler, no invented numbers (use [PLACEHOLDER] if unknown). Do not include real customer names.</constraints>

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