Draft a first touch

Use this when a researched row needs its opening message. If the row has not been enriched yet, stop and route it to research before writing a word.

Inputs

The target-list row with its hook and sources, the user's voice sample, the ask, and the proof they are allowed to cite.

Writing the draft

Write from the row only:

• The opener names one dated, sourced fact about them.
• The middle ties it to one pain in their words.
• The close makes one soft ask for a reply, not a meeting — save the dated ask for the follow-up.

Match the user's voice sample; if there is none, keep it plain and under 100 words for email, under 60 words for a social message, under 280 characters for a short public post, and under 30 seconds spoken for phone with a voicemail fallback line.

Email carries a subject in sentence case, four to five words; a short question naming the trigger is fine. Never use Re:/Fwd:, colons, or ALL CAPS in a subject.

What not to do

Never invent a fact. No assumed funding, no guessed headcount, no quote they never said, no "I noticed you" without the link underneath. Proof points come only from what the user gave you.

Skip the banned openers: no "hope you're well", no "just bumping", no "pick your brain", no flattery without a fact behind it. No emoji and no exclamation points in any draft.

Delivering the draft

Show the draft in chat with the source links under it and one line on what you left out. Mark the row drafted with today's date in drafted_on, and save. The draft is unsent, so log no outreach touch: that entry goes in only after the user confirms the send, or the row reads as contacted when nobody was.

Output: the unsent first-touch draft with sources, plus the row update.

Fallbacks

A thin row with no hook means you say so and offer the two weakest lines to fix by research, or a plain intro draft they approve as-is. A channel you cannot shape for means you ask which of the four to use.

Approval gate: drafts only, nothing sends without your explicit yes.