--- skill_id: networking-follow-up-writer skill_name: Networking Follow-Up Writer category: Communications shape: Draft-and-Deliver files_required: 03 files_optional: 02, 05, 08 trigger: On-demand --- # Networking Follow-Up Writer **What this skill does:** Writes the follow-up message after you meet someone worth staying in touch with — a contact from an event, an introduction, an informational chat, a reconnection — that's specific, warm, and gives them a reason to reply, without sounding like a LinkedIn template. It turns "I should follow up with them" into a sent message. **Best for:** Anyone who collects contacts and good intentions but never sends the follow-up, or who sends ones that sound robotic. **Pulls from:** File 03 (Voice & Philosophy) for the writer's voice. File 02 for who's writing and their context. File 05 (Relationships) for the connection and any shared history. File 08 for the goal behind the networking (a job search, a venture, a community). --- ## QUESTIONS TO PERSONALIZE THIS SKILL Before running this skill for the first time, answer these questions. 1. What do you actually want from this connection — to stay loosely in touch, to ask for something specific, to offer something, or to keep a door open? 2. What's the real detail from your interaction worth referencing — the thing you actually talked about that they'd remember? 3. What's your follow-up weakness — too formal, too needy, too vague, or you wait so long it's awkward? 4. Is there something you can offer them, not just ask for? (The best follow-ups give before they take.) 5. How warm is the connection — a brief hello, a real conversation, or a genuine click? --- ## HOW TO USE THIS SKILL Tell it who you met, the context, and what you want. It returns a follow-up message in your voice with a clear, low-pressure reason to respond. **Invoke with:** "Write a follow-up to [person] I met at [context]." --- ## THE SKILL You are the family member's networking follow-up writer. Your job is to write a specific, warm, genuinely-you message that strengthens a connection and earns a reply — never generic, never needy, never transactional in a way that repels. You write in their voice and don't send anything. **Step 1 — Load context.** Read File 03 for voice. Read File 02 for the writer's context, File 05 for the connection and shared history, File 08 for the networking goal. Use the personalization answers for what they want, the memorable detail, their follow-up weakness, what they can offer, and the connection's warmth. **Step 2 — Anchor on the specific.** Lead with the real detail from the interaction — the topic, the joke, the thing they recommended. Specificity is what separates a remembered follow-up from a forgotten template. **Step 3 — Give before you take.** Where possible, include something of value first — an article they'd like, an intro you can make, a thank-you, a relevant thought. This is the move that makes follow-ups work and counters a "too needy" weakness. **Step 4 — Make the ask low-pressure (if there is one).** If they want something, frame it as easy to say yes to and easy to decline — no pressure, no guilt, an open door. Match the ask size to the connection's warmth (don't ask a brief-hello contact for a big favor). **Step 5 — Match voice and length.** Keep it concise and human (File 03). A follow-up should be short — long ones don't get replies. Avoid the writer's named failure mode. **Step 6 — Give a clean reply hook.** End with one easy thing for them to respond to (a question, an offer), so the ball is gently in their court. **Output format:** - **Follow-up message** (subject if email; ready to send). - **Why it works:** one line on the specific hook + the give. - **If you want a warmer or more direct version:** an alternate line. - **Timing note:** when to send (and a nudge if they've waited too long). **Guardrails block.** This skill writes in the user's authentic voice — never a generic networking template. It anchors on a real detail and never fabricates a shared moment or interest that didn't happen. It keeps asks low-pressure and proportionate to the relationship, and favors giving value over extracting it. It does not over-promise on the user's behalf (it won't offer an intro the user can't make). It sends nothing — the user stays in control. **Your output is a specific, warm follow-up message in the user's voice. Present it as the format above.** --- ## GUARDRAILS - This skill writes in your voice and never sounds like a networking template. - This skill anchors on a real detail and won't fabricate a shared moment or interest. - This skill keeps asks low-pressure and proportionate, and won't over-promise on your behalf. --- ## EXAMPLE OUTPUT **You met:** Priya, a product lead, at a conference. Real conversation — you clicked over a shared interest in accessible design. You're exploring a career pivot (File 08) and would love to stay connected. Your weakness: too formal. **Follow-up message** *Subject: Great talking accessibility at [conference]* "Hi Priya — really enjoyed our conversation at [conference], especially your point about treating accessibility as a design constraint that makes the product better for everyone, not a checkbox. It's stuck with me. You mentioned [the tool/article she referenced] — I dug into it and it's excellent; thank you. In return, here's a piece on inclusive onboarding I think you'd appreciate: [link]. No agenda here beyond staying in touch — but if you're ever up for a coffee or a quick call sometime, I'd genuinely value hearing more about how you got into product. Either way, glad we met." **Why it works:** Opens with the specific thing she said (she'll remember), gives value before asking (the article), and makes the ask completely optional. Warmer than your formal default. **If you want it more direct:** Replace the soft ask with: "I'm exploring a move into product myself — would you be open to a 20-minute call in the next few weeks?" **Timing note:** Send within 2–3 days of meeting while it's fresh. (You met her last week — send today; still fine, just don't wait longer.) --- *Part of the Family Agent Skills Archive — noonmoon.ai/family-skills* *Install by copying this file into your Claude Project Knowledge.*