Reply to an email in my voice

For a chat window, Copilot.

The prompt

Draft a reply to the email below.

<email>
{{EMAIL}}
</email>

What I want to say, in rough terms: {{INTENT}}

Rules:
- Match the formality of the email I received. Do not be warmer or stiffer than they were.
- Answer every question they actually asked. List them first if there is more than one.
- No "I hope this email finds you well". No "Just circling back".
- If I need to say no, say it in the first two sentences, then explain.
- Keep it shorter than their email.

What to fill in

Placeholder	What goes there
{{EMAIL}}	the message you received, pasted whole
{{INTENT}}	yes to the date, no to the budget, ask who else is coming

Why it works

“Match the formality of the email I received” does most of the work: it stops a model answering a two-line message from a colleague with four paragraphs of corporate warmth.

The instruction to answer every question is there because models reliably answer the last question in an email and skip the ones in the middle.

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