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How to run an email tone pass with AI

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Keep the facts; adjust tone for audience without inventing commitments.

Keep the facts; adjust tone for audience without inventing commitments.

#Steps

1. Paste the draft and name the relationship (manager, customer, peer).

2. Ask for a tone pass only — no new dates, offers, or apologies with promises.

3. Diff carefully; restore any softened-away substance you still need.

4. Read aloud before send.

#Copy-paste prompt

Tone target: [clear / warm / firm]
Audience: [role]
Rewrite for tone only. Do not add commitments, dates, or discounts.
Return subject (optional) + body.

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