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Email a busy person for advice with an easy ask

You want advice and your draft is huge. Get a short email with context, one ask and an easy out.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Write an email asking for advice.

Who: [name/role]
Context in two lines: [details]
The one ask: [question]
What I've already tried: [list]
Time I'll take if they say yes: [minutes]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A short sendable email.
2. Subject line.
3. Flattery padding to cut.
4. A thank-you-if-no line.

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, quotes or what the other person thinks. UK English.

Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. name/role: a short note you already have. details: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

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