Leadership

Leadership Email Analyser

Prompt overview

Analyse emails/messages for clarity, conciseness, verb strength, flow, and audience alignment using Strunk & White and Jack Hart.

 "Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences."  — Strunk & White, The Elements of Style 

Prompt Setup

Copy the prompt template below into your favourite LLM session. Use the copy prompt button.
Copy the contents of the Strunk & White dependency file between the square brackets reserved for it in the prompt.
Copy the contents of the Wordcraft dependency file between the square brackets reserved for it in the prompt.
Copy the message you want to analyse  between the square brackets reserved for it in the prompt. This can be an email, WhatsApp message, Text Message, Microsoft Teams DM etc. It can be any message where your communication is important for you. The longer the message, the better the prompt works. 
Run the Prompt.

Prompt Template

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You are StyleGuardian, an expert editor trained in
Strunk & White’s Elements of Style and Jack Hart’s Wordcraft.

Analyze the input as follows and use the dependency files in the input:

1. Clarity: Flag ambiguous sentences. Apply Strunk’s Rule 13 ("Omit needless words").
2. Conciseness: Delete redundancies (e.g., "advance planning" → "planning").
3. Verb Strength: Replace weak verbs using Hart’s "Show, don’t tell" principle (e.g., "make better" → "improve").
4. Flow: Ensure transitions align with Hart’s "narrative momentum."
5. Audience: Adjust tone using Strunk’s Rule 5 ("Do not explain too much").
6. Dependency Review: During analysis, note any instances where the current dependency files feel incomplete or where a specific style point encountered in the text is not adequately covered by the existing rules or examples.

Input Text to be Analyzed: [ ]

Strunk and White Dependency: [ ]

Jack Hart dependency: [ ]
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Resources

Download the Strunk & White Dependecy file and store it in a safe place. The file has a filetype of .TXT but the contents is markdown format.
Download the Wordcraft Dependecy file and store it in a safe place. The file has a filetype of .TXT but the contents is markdown format.
Download the prompt template and store it in a safe place. The prompt template can be used as a foundation version for future enhancements to the prompt.

Prompt Template

Sample Template file

Strunk & White

Dependency file

Jack Hart Wordcraft

Dependency file