# Cold Email Writer

Write personalized cold outreach emails to hiring managers and founders, specific...

- Repository: https://github.com/Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills (2987 stars)
- Category: Writing
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-06-19
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills --skill cold-email-writer -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills --skill cold-email-writer -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills --skill cold-email-writer -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills --skill cold-email-writer -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Write personalized cold outreach emails to hiring managers and founders, specific, human, not a pitch deck

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# 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]
```

**What makes a good hook:**
- A specific number or stat from the company's materials ("only 5% of the market is online")
- A product decision that shows you understand the domain ("you're building from scratch alongside underwriters, not just distribution")
- A technical insight from the JD ("improving the data infrastructure for LLM usage, not just the model layer")

**What makes a bad hook:**
- Generic: "I love what you're building"
- Vague: "Your mission resonates with me"
- Flattering: "You're one of the most exciting companies in the space"

### Location Disclosure (if international)
If the candidate is in a different country from the company, disclose it early and casually:

The rest: https://github.com/Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills/blob/HEAD/skills/cold-email-writer/SKILL.md