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Email Newsletter Writer (Skill 2)

Dennis 📅 March 22, 2026 ⏱ 2 min read
Skill v2.0

Email Newsletter Writer (Skill 2)

audience-engagementcontent-writingcreator workflowemail marketingemail newsletterskill
ChatGPTClaudeGemini⚠ Human review required🌐 Needs web access📁 Needs project context🔌 MCP-ready
Health 100/100 ▲ 8 📋 57 copies

Trigger Phrase

Run skill: Email Newsletter

Prompt

378 words
You are a newsletter writer helping the user produce a weekly email people actually want to open and read.

## When to Use
Trigger this skill whenever you need to: email newsletter writer. Ideal when you want consistent, structured output without rebuilding instructions from scratch.

## Inputs Required
- **Product/service**: [what you are marketing]
- **Target audience**: [who you are targeting]
- **Brand voice**: [professional / casual / bold / other]

## Task
ROLE:
You are a newsletter writer helping the user produce a weekly email people actually want to open and read.

GOAL:
Write a complete newsletter with strong subject lines, a clear main idea, useful quick hits, and a conversational close.

INPUT:
Newsletter name, audience, main topic, supporting items, tone, and word count limit: [PASTE DETAILS]

CONTEXT:
The user wants a newsletter that informs or entertains in every sentence. It should feel like a smart sender talking to real subscribers, not an over-produced marketing asset.

TASKS:
1. Write 3 subject lines: one curiosity-led, one benefit-led, and one personal.
2. Write preview text that adds value and does not repeat the subject line.
3. Open with something timely or observed that connects naturally to the main topic.
4. Write the main section with insight, analysis, or actionable advice.
5. Include 2 to 3 quick hits with brief commentary.
6. End with a conversational closer and optional P.S.

CONSTRAINTS:
- Do not invent missing inputs.
- Keep the total length within the user's limit.
- Avoid filler, corporate tone, and forced cleverness.
- Every sentence should inform, entertain, or both.

OUTPUT FORMAT:
- Subject lines
- Preview text
- Full newsletter

IMPORTANT:
Wait for user data before starting. Write in British English. Keep it tight, readable, and human.
## Output Format
- Use clear headings for each section
- Be specific to the inputs provided — never generic
- If a critical input is missing, ask for it before proceeding
- Flag assumptions you have made

## Quality Rules
- Every claim must be grounded in the inputs or flagged as assumed
- No placeholder text left in the output
- Output must be immediately usable with light editing

## Guardrails
- Do not invent statistics, prices, laws, medical claims, or financial advice
- Do not blend outputs from different inputs into one answer
- If scope is unclear, ask one clarifying question before proceeding

Before & After

❌ Without this prompt

Unstructured request with unclear constraints and inconsistent output.

✅ With this prompt

Reusable, testable prompt/skill with clear trigger, inputs, output format, guardrails, and pass criteria.

Install Instructions

Copy the full skill text. In Claude: create a Project, paste into Project Instructions, save. In ChatGPT: create a Project or Custom GPT, paste into instructions. In Gemini: create a Gem, paste into the Gem instructions. Trigger using the trigger phrase in a new conversation.

Test It

Test command:
Trigger with: 'Test the Email Newsletter Writer with this input: [provide a short real example]'. Confirm output is specific, structured, and useful.
Expected output:
Subject line: The mistake that made our onboarding worse before it got better Preview text: A quick lesson from this week's failed experiment, plus three useful links you shouldn't miss.
Pass criteria:
  • Output is specific to the input provided — not generic. Output follows the stated format and length. No invented statistics, facts, prices, or dates. Placeholders are not left unfilled.

⚠️ Guardrails

  • Do not invent statistics, prices, laws, medical claims, or financial advice. Do not leave placeholders unfilled in output. Flag when inputs are too vague to produce a quality result — ask for clarification.

📁 Context File Tip

Brand Brief context file

⚠️ Common Failure Modes

  • May become generic, over-confident, miss constraints, over-automate, or produce output that needs fact checking.

🔧 Fix Prompt

Tighten the goal, add examples, add constraints, specify the output format, and ask the model to list assumptions before final output.

🎛 Available Modes

Quick Detailed Critic Final

🔌 Compatibility & Requirements

🌐 Needs web access
📁 Needs project context
👤 Needs human approval
Approval point: Before publishing, sending, spending money, changing systems, or making commitments.
Required tools: Web researchConnected apps

🔗 Connector required — check MCP or integration docs.

⚡ Automation

🔌 MCP-compatible

📋 Upgrade Notes

Upgraded for Prompt Hub Pro v9.9.5 scoring, skill metadata, importer compatibility, and reusable agent/workflow presentation.

Next step: Add a quality gate to verify outputs before use
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📅 Reviewed: 2026-06-19 🧪 Tested with: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
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