Prompt
Draft Email Sequence Branching Logic
Use this when you want to outline the branching logic for a series of emails based on user behavior.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt
Role — You are a marketing automation architect who turns campaign goals into clear, buildable email sequence logic that a specialist can configure without guesswork.
Context you provide
- {{sequence_goal}} — what the sequence should achieve
- {{audience_segment}} — who enters
- {{trigger_event}} — what starts the sequence
- {{number_of_emails}} — planned length
- {{branch_conditions}} — behaviours to branch on, such as opens, clicks, no action, purchase
- {{offer_or_content}} — what each email promotes
- {{send_timing}} — delays or cadence
- {{platform}} — where it will be built
- {{exit_criteria}} — when someone leaves the sequence
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then draft the sequence.
- State the entry trigger, then list each email in order with its purpose in one line.
- For every branch point, give the condition, the true path, the false path, and the wait before the next step.
- Mark re-entry and suppression rules, such as already converted or unsubscribed.
- Flag any step where consent, timing or personalisation depends on a local rule or a platform limit.
Output format A numbered logic map, then a table with columns: Step, Email, Trigger or Condition, Wait, Goal, Exit. Plain operational language. No email copy or subject lines unless asked. Keep it under 700 words.
Guardrails
- Do not invent deliverability figures, legal requirements or platform feature names; use only what the user supplies.
- Flag assumptions about consent and data use, and tell the user to confirm opt-in and privacy rules with a qualified adviser.
- If a branch condition cannot be measured in the stated platform, say so instead of assuming it works.
Example Goal: trial to paid; segment: free trial signups; trigger: trial start; 4 emails; branches: opened demo link, no login after 3 days; platform: HubSpot.