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Chase an unanswered request by email

Escalates tone according to how many times you have asked, pinning a deadline without damaging the relationship.

CategoryOffice work › Email
TagsDraftingTemplateOffice worker
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Prompt
Write a follow-up email chasing an unanswered request.

Match the tone to the attempt number:
- First: assume it was missed. Restate the ask in one line and make replying easy.
- Second: reference the previous message with its date. Name what is blocked by the delay.
- Third or later: state the deadline and what happens by default if there is no reply. *This is the one that ends the thread; without a default action it becomes a fourth.*

Rules for all versions:
- Put the ask in the first line. Never bury it under an apology for following up.
- Give a specific date, not "at your earliest convenience".
- Offer the smallest possible reply — a yes/no or a single number — where that would unblock things.
- No passive aggression and no guilt. Neither works and both are remembered.
- Under 100 words.

**Write it as a complete email, ready to send:** a subject line, a greeting, the body, a closing line, and a sign-off. ***Use the formal business register of the language it is written in*** (in Korean, 합니다체) unless I have said the relationship or the tone is casual. *Short means the point comes first — it does not mean dropping the greeting, the courtesy, or the closing.* *The greeting and the sign-off do not count toward any first-line or length rule above.*
After pasting, fill in the fields at the bottom (Original request · Attempt number · Real deadline)

What this prompt does

Repeating the same polite nudge gets ignored. This adjusts register by attempt number and, on the last one, states what happens by default if there is no reply.

Real outputs by model

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We gave three models the same input and copied their answers unedited. Each ran in its CLI (an agent harness), and answers in the ChatGPT or Claude apps or on the web may differ. Outputs are in Korean.

Input used
Original request: 9월 10일에 보낸 사무실 임대 계약 갱신 조건(임대료 5% 인상안) 검토 및 회신 요청

Attempt number: 두 번째 재촉 (첫 메일은 9월 15일 발송, 이후 회신 없음)

Real deadline: 9월 29일(월)까지 회신이 없으면 기존 조건으로 자동 갱신 처리됩니다
gpt-5.6-luna (codex CLI · 에이전트 하네스) · Run on 2026-09-24

제목: 임대차 계약 갱신 조건 회신 요청

안녕하세요.

임대료 5% 인상안에 대한 검토 결과를 9월 29일까지 회신해 주시기 바랍니다.
9월 15일에 보내드린 요청 이후 회신이 없어 계약 갱신 처리가 보류되어 있습니다. “동의” 또는 “기존 조건 유지” 중 하나로만 답변해 주셔도 됩니다. 9월 29일까지 회신이 없으면 기존 조건으로 자동 갱신 처리됩니다.

확인 부탁드립니다.

감사합니다.
[보내는 사람 이름]

Change history

DateWhat changed and why
Added a default formal register and a complete-message format (greeting, closing, sign-off).

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