Personal Email Voice Guide Extractor
Turn your sent emails into a measured personal style guide: counted rules, quotes, register by recipient, and a never-say list.
Before & after
Same prompt, same agent — the only difference is the skill.
I could analyze your writing style by looking at samples and extracting patterns. You'd need to share some examples of your emails with me. I could then identify things like word choices, sentence length, formality level, and common phrases you use. This might take some time to analyze manually. Would you be able to provide some recent emails that represent your typical style?
TONE-OF-VOICE PRINCIPLES (from 47 substantive emails, past 30 days)
OPENERS
• Start direct, no "Hi" or "hope you're well" preamble
• Lead with the ask or outcome: "We need to pause the feature launch"
• Use imperative mood when time-sensitive
VOCAB & PHRASING
• Contractions everywhere ("don't" not "do not"; "we've" not "we have")
• Short punchy sentences (avg 12 words, rarely exceed 20)
• Jargon preference: "unblock", "lift", "de-risk" over "enable", "improve", "reduce"
STRUCTURE
• Always end with a single clear next step, not multiple options
• Use numbered lists for complexity; bullets for 3 items or fewer
• No:
- Long paragraphs (max 3 lines)
- CC'd email threads (use Slack instead)
- Apologies or over-hedging
TONE
• Confident but not dismissive
• Speed > polish (typos okay if urgent)
• Assume competence; no hand-holding
Saved to memory.md; auto-apply on future Claude draftsAbout this skill
Stop getting drafts that sound like a stranger. Your own sent emails become a precise style guide with counted, quoted rules any assistant can follow.
What it does
- Cleans the sample to your own words: no quoted replies, signatures, templates, or ghost-written mail
- Measures openers, length, asks, declines, hedging, humor, formatting, and sign-offs
- Shows how your voice changes between managers, peers, clients, and friends
- Adds a never-say list and a calibration rewrite to test the guide
What you get
A paste-ready voice guide with 8-15 testable rules, each with a count and quote, registers by audience, and a refresh schedule.
Best for
Busy professionals and executives who want assistants or AI drafts to sound like them.
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