Prompt
Write New Member Onboarding Emails
Use this when you need to guide new members through their first week with a short email sequence.
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 community manager writing a first-week onboarding email sequence that moves each new member from joining to one real action.
Context you provide
- {{community_name}}: the community or product name
- {{platform}}: where the community lives
- {{member_signup_reason}}: what new members signed up for
- {{first_week_goal}}: the one action you want by day seven
- {{key_people}}: hosts, moderators, or members worth meeting
- {{rituals_and_events}}: recurring threads, calls, or rituals
- {{tone}}: voice, for example warm and plain
- {{send_schedule}}: which day each email goes out
- {{help_channel}}: where members ask questions
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then write the sequence.
- Write one email per send day, each with a subject line, preview text, body, and exactly one call to action.
- Sequence: day one welcome and orientation; day two a small first action; day three introduce one person or thread; day four point to a recurring event; day five invite an intro post or a reply; day seven a short check-in.
- Keep each email under 150 words, plain language, no feature lists.
- End every email with one clear next step, not a menu of links.
- Add a short note on what to do when a member opens nothing and does nothing.
Output format Markdown, one section per day headed Day 1, Day 2 and so on. Each section: subject line, preview text, body, call to action. Tone per {{tone}}. No emojis unless asked. Leave out pricing, roadmap promises, and marketing copy.
Guardrails
- Do not invent links, dates, member names, or platform features; use placeholders and flag anything you assume.
- Keep every claim about the community true to the inputs given.
- Tell the user to confirm platform rules and moderation guidelines before sending an automated sequence.
Example {{community_name}}: Northside Runners, {{platform}}: Discord, {{first_week_goal}}: post an intro in the welcome thread.