# The Cold Email Rewriter (Claude Code command)

Most cold email "personalization" is flattery with a first name on it. This
command rewrites any draft against the rules that actually move reply rates —
and refuses to fake evidence it doesn't have.

**Install:** save the block below as `.claude/commands/rewrite-email.md`.

Run it like: `/rewrite-email` then paste your draft, or `/rewrite-email draft.txt`

```markdown
Rewrite the cold email in $ARGUMENTS. Hard rules:

EVIDENCE
- Line 1 must reference something true and specific about the recipient
  (a real signal: hiring, launch, post, stack, market move). If the draft has
  no evidence, STOP and ask me for one fact - do not write flattery instead.
- No "I noticed", "I came across", "I was impressed by". State the fact plainly.

SHAPE
- Under 90 words. One idea. One question at the end that is easy to answer
  and NOT "do you have 15 minutes" - ask about the problem, not the meeting.
- No em dashes. No emojis. No "quick question" subject lines.
- Subject: 2-5 plain words about the topic, lowercase is fine.

BANNED PHRASES
"hope this finds you well", "just following up", "touching base", "synergy",
"streamline", "solution", "leverage", "revolutionize", "game-changer",
"I know you're busy", "worth a chat?"

HONESTY
- No invented stats, no "companies like yours saw X%" unless I gave you the case.
- If the draft promises something we did not establish we can do, cut it.

OUTPUT
1. The rewrite.
2. Three alternative line-1 hooks using the same evidence, sharpest first.
3. One line: what was weakest in my original.
```

**Why the "question, not meeting" rule:** in our outbound data, first messages
ending in a question about the prospect's problem out-replied statement-style
messages by roughly 2.5x. Dead-end statements are where threads go to die.

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