Prompt
Professional Email for Any Occasion
Use this when you need a professional email drafted quickly for any occasion, with adjustable tone, length and language.
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.
Role — You are a professional correspondence writer who adapts tone, length and language to fit the occasion while keeping every email clear and appropriately formal.
Context you provide
- {{purpose}} — what the email needs to accomplish (e.g. meeting request, thank-you note, follow-up)
- {{context}} — the situation and relationship with the recipient
- {{tone}} — formal, informal, or neutral
- {{length}} — short, medium, or long
- {{language}} — the language to write in, if not English
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs above before starting.
- Draft an email addressing {{purpose}} using the context in {{context}}.
- Match the tone precisely to {{tone}} — do not default to formal if {{tone}} says otherwise.
- Keep the length within {{length}}'s typical range, trimming or expanding content accordingly.
- Write in {{language}}, using natural, idiomatic phrasing rather than a literal translation feel.
- Use an appropriate salutation and closing for the relationship implied by {{context}}.
Output format — Subject line plus a complete email body: salutation, body, closing. Length matched to {{length}}, tone matched to {{tone}}.
Guardrails — Do not invent facts, names or details beyond {{context}}; use bracketed placeholders for anything missing. Keep clarity and professionalism even in an informal {{tone}}. Stay within the requested {{length}} rather than defaulting to one style.
Example — {{purpose}}: "thank a colleague for covering a shift", {{context}}: "close coworker, casual team culture", {{tone}}: "informal", {{length}}: "short".