ChatGPT prompt to decline an invitation politely
An official OpenAI example prompt that asks ChatGPT to draft a short, friendly email declining an invitation.
- Model
- ChatGPT
- Task
- Writing
- Source
- Official example from OpenAI
The prompt asks for a friendly email that declines an invitation because you will be traveling, stays under 120 words and leaves the door open for a future event. OpenAI shows it in the draft and refine writing example for Chat, where the page says to name the outcome first and add detail only when it changes the answer. To adapt it, change the reason, the word limit or the closing.
The prompt is quoted from Prompting fundamentals | OpenAI Academy.
- Prompt
- Draft a friendly email declining this invitation because I will be traveling. Keep it under 120 words and leave the door open for a future event.
- What it produces
- Asks ChatGPT for a friendly, short email declining an invitation while leaving room for a future event.
- Source link
- openai.com
- Added
Questions
How do I change the reason for declining?
Replace “because I will be traveling” with your own reason, or remove it.
Why is the prompt so short?
OpenAI’s page says to name the outcome first and add detail only when it changes the answer.
Where does this prompt come from?
It is shown on OpenAI Academy’s Prompting fundamentals page.
See also
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