I tried the 'Goal, Tone, Rules' ChatGPT prompt and it fixed my awkward AI emails while also saving me hours a…

I didn’t start using ChatGPT for emails because I hate writing. I started using it because I was tired of spending 15 minutes trying to make a simple reply sound normal. A quick message to a coworker needs a different tone from a family group chat, and somewhere between “too blunt” and “weirdly overenthusiastic” is the version that actually sounds like me.

The results were mixed at first. Though technically fine, they often sounded just a little too much like a cold outreach from a marketing department, regardless of appropriateness. Every email had to start with “hope you are doing well” and often meandered into unnecessary small talk. Others sounded oddly enthusiastic for messages that were really just confirming coffee for Thursday afternoon.

Mapping tone

The answer was to draw a metaphorical map for ChatGPT to guide to sound more like me. Instead of “reply to this email casually/formally,” I...

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