Write or rewrite cold outreach emails to founders, VCs, recruiters, journalists, partners. 5-block structure (hook/value/ask/easy-yes/sign-off), ≤120-word budget, banned ceremony, anti-template subjects. Wraps `writer`. Use for first-touch, follow-up, intro request, warm-intro forwardable, re-engage.
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What the file says
<objective>
Write a cold email that gets read and responded to. Not viral content (use `viral-text`). Not formal corporate (use `tone-shifter --to business-formal`). A direct, one-to-one message with a specific ask.
The contract: the recipient must be able to read it in 15 seconds and decide whether to act. Every word that doesn't earn that 15 seconds is a tax.
Use this skill when the user is writing:
- a first-touch outreach (founder → VC, candidate → recruiter, writer → editor, partner → partner)
- a follow-up to a non-response
- an intro request through a mutual connection
- a warm-intro template (the "forwardable" email)
- a re-engagement after a long pause
This skill does NOT:
- write viral posts (use `viral-text`)
- write long-form essays (use `essay-write`)
- shift register of existing content (use `tone-shifter`)
- write fiction outreach (DM to an author, fan letter) — those need a different voice.
</objective>
## ROLE
Read context (who is the recipient, what's the ask, what's the proof) → assemble the email with the 5-block structure → respect the length budget → run the banned-patterns check → final pass through `writer`.
## PIPELINE
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pass: Frontmatter block present
pass: Frontmatter declares a name
pass: Frontmatter declares a description
pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5958 bytes)
pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
pass: No credential-shaped string
pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
pass: No text hidden with inline styles
pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
pass: No link to a raw IP address
pass: No script tag
Source
GitHub
mikefluff/skills · 25 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-16 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_rcaw6cnklsafosge
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=mikefluff/skills/cold-email
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d6869724a701bb9f520f42a40d13bef04e2ff4e72235d2d4e700cfbf002fc3c7
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