Cold Email Writer

This generates cold emails that don't sound like cover letters. It's built around a specific structure: hook with something concrete you noticed about the company (a stat, a product decision, a technical insight from the JD), brief background focused on relevant work, one or two side projects if they map to the role, and a low-pressure close. The instructions are opinionated about what fails (generic compliments, achievement lists, apologetic language) and what works (specificity, casual confidence, sub-300 words). If you're reaching out to hiring managers or founders and want to sound like a person who actually read their site instead of a resume bot, this'll get you there.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add paramchoudhary/resumeskills --skill cold-email-writer --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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Cold Email Writer

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when the user wants to:

Write a cold outreach email to a hiring manager, founder, or recruiter
Reach out about a job opening they weren't referred to
Introduce themselves to a company they want to work at
Mentions: "cold email", "reach out", "intro email", "outreach", "contact hiring manager"

Core Principle

Cold emails fail because they sound like cover letters. The goal is to sound like a smart person who genuinely noticed something specific about the company — not a candidate broadcasting their credentials.

The email should feel like: A colleague mentioning something interesting they read, not a sales pitch.

The Template Structure

Subject

Quick intro — [First Name Last Name]

Simple. No clickbait. No role title. Just a name.

Opening — The Hook (2-3 sentences)

Start with what genuinely pulled the candidate in. Must be specific to this company — not a generic compliment.

I just came across [Company] and ended up spending more time on it than I expected.
[One specific thing that caught their attention — a stat, a product decision, a market insight from the JD or website]

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