email-drafter

name	email-drafter
description	Generate professional email drafts using Python templates. Use when the user needs to compose business emails, follow-ups, introductions, meeting requests, or other professional correspondence. Supports multiple tones, languages, and email types with structured output.
compatibility	Requires Python 3. No external dependencies (stdlib only).

Email Drafter

Generate professional email drafts from structured input parameters.

When to use this skill

• User asks to write or draft a professional email
• User needs help composing a business email (follow-up, introduction, request, etc.)
• User wants to generate email templates for different scenarios
• User needs multilingual email drafts (Chinese, English, Japanese, etc.)

Scripts overview

Script	Purpose	Dependencies
email_draft.py	Generate structured email drafts	Python 3 (stdlib only)

Steps

1. Generate an email draft

python scripts/email_draft.py --type TYPE --to "RECIPIENT" --subject "SUBJECT" --body "KEY_POINTS" --tone TONE

2. Email types

Type	Description
introduction	Self-introduction or connecting two people
follow-up	Follow up on a previous conversation or meeting
request	Request information, meeting, or action
thank-you	Express gratitude after meeting/event
apology	Professional apology for delays/issues
announcement	Announce news, changes, or updates
invitation	Invite to meeting, event, or collaboration
rejection	Politely decline a request or proposal
reminder	Gentle reminder about deadlines or tasks
proposal	Propose a project, partnership, or idea
cold-outreach	First contact with a potential client/partner
internal-memo	Internal team communication
custom	Custom email from provided key points

3. Tone options

• formal — Traditional business correspondence
• professional — Standard professional (default)
• friendly — Warm but professional
• casual — Informal, for colleagues you know well
• urgent — Time-sensitive communication

4. Options

• --type TYPE — Email type (see table above)
• --to "NAME" — Recipient name
• --from "NAME" — Sender name
• --subject "SUBJECT" — Email subject line
• --body "KEY_POINTS" — Key points to include (semicolon-separated)
• --tone TONE — Writing tone (default: professional)
• --lang LANG — Language: en (default), zh, ja, ko
• --save PATH — Save draft to file
• --context "CONTEXT" — Additional context or background

5. Examples

# Professional follow-up email
python scripts/email_draft.py --type follow-up --to "John" --subject "Follow up on our meeting" --body "discussed Q3 targets;agreed on timeline;need budget approval" --tone professional

# Formal Chinese business email
python scripts/email_draft.py --type request --to "王经理" --subject "关于项目合作" --body "希望安排会议;讨论合作细节;下周方便的时间" --tone formal --lang zh

# Internal announcement
python scripts/email_draft.py --type announcement --to "Team" --subject "New office policy" --body "remote work policy update;3 days in office;effective next month" --tone friendly

# Cold outreach
python scripts/email_draft.py --type cold-outreach --to "Sarah" --from "Alex" --subject "Partnership opportunity" --body "mutual benefit;our platform capabilities;propose a call" --tone professional --save outreach.txt

Edge cases

• Very long emails: Break key points into concise items; the tool will structure them properly
• Multiple recipients: Use comma-separated names in --to
• HTML output: Use --format html for HTML-formatted email (default is plain text)
• Signature: Add --signature "Your Name\nTitle\nCompany" to append a signature block

Scripts

• email_draft.py — Generate professional email drafts