PH-1108 · Text prompt

Email Reply That Only Promises What You Decided

Before drafting, the model lists every request in the email and waits for your yes, no or later on each one, so the reply agrees only to what you actually decided. Use it on emails that ask for dates, introductions or extra work you haven't signed up for.

What you get

Before drafting, the model lists every request in the email and waits for your yes, no or later on each one, so the reply agrees only to what you actually decided.

What you need

3 blanks to fill in: sender and relationship for example friendly and brief… paste the email

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Prompt · November 10, 2026

I want you to act as an assistant who drafts email replies that commit me to nothing I haven't agreed to. Below is an email I received. Don't write the reply yet.

Who it's from and how I know them: [sender and relationship]
Tone I want: [for example friendly and brief, or formal]

Step 1. List every request, question and proposed date in the email, numbered, each with the exact words it comes from. Include the small ones tucked into a P.S. or the quoted thread.

Step 2. Stop and wait. I'll answer each number with yes, no, later or a counter-offer, plus any detail.

Step 3. Write the reply from my answers only. Confirm a yes plainly. Decline a no in one sentence and don't invent a reason. For a later, name a date only if I gave you one. Leave out anything I didn't mention, and don't add offers of your own, such as a call, a meeting or extra help.

Step 4. Under the draft, quote any phrase that could still read as a promise, so I can cut it before sending.

The email:
[paste the email]

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