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AI Draft to Client-Ready Email

Turn a Claude or ChatGPT email draft into something a client should actually receive: strip the AI framing, verify the facts, cut the padding, convert the Markdown, and paste as rich text.

Direct answer

An AI email draft needs four passes before a client sees it: remove the AI framing and placeholders, verify every name, date, and number, cut it to half its length, and convert the Markdown formatting to real rich text. The formatting step matters because pasted raw Markdown shows ** and ## — an instant tell that the email was machine-written.

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When to use this

  • ChatGPT or Claude drafted a proposal, follow-up, or status email for a paying client.
  • The draft is decent but reads padded, generic, or visibly AI-formatted.
  • You send AI-assisted client email regularly and want a checklist instead of ad-hoc edits.

Steps

  1. Strip framing: delete 'Here's a draft', subject labels inside the body, and placeholders like [Client Name].
  2. Verify facts: check every date, price, deliverable, and name against your own records, not the model's memory.
  3. Cut hard: AI drafts run long — remove restated bullets, hedging, and the second closing paragraph.
  4. Convert the remaining Markdown to inline-styled HTML and press Copy Rich.
  5. Paste into your mail client, attach your real signature, and read it once aloud before sending.

Example conversion

Markdown input
Hi Jordan,

Following up on the audit. Three findings need your decision:

- **Unused instances**: 14 stopped VMs still on paid disks — saving `$340/mo` if removed
- **Backup overlap**: two tools back up the same buckets
- **IAM**: 6 users have admin they don't use

I can walk through these Thursday. Does 2pm work?

Best,
Sam
Email HTML output
<p style="margin:12px 0;line-height:1.6;color:#374151;">Hi Jordan,</p>
<p style="margin:12px 0;line-height:1.6;color:#374151;">Following up on the audit. Three findings need your decision:</p>
<ul style="margin:12px 0;padding-left:20px;"><li style="margin:4px 0;"><strong>Unused instances</strong>: 14 stopped VMs still on paid disks — saving <code style="background:#f3f4f6;padding:2px 6px;border-radius:3px;font-size:13px;">$340/mo</code> if removed</li>
<li style="margin:4px 0;"><strong>Backup overlap</strong>: two tools back up the same buckets</li>
<li style="margin:4px 0;"><strong>IAM</strong>: 6 users have admin they don't use</li></ul>
<p style="margin:12px 0;line-height:1.6;color:#374151;">I can walk through these Thursday. Does 2pm work?</p>
<p style="margin:12px 0;line-height:1.6;color:#374151;">Best,</p>
<p style="margin:12px 0;line-height:1.6;color:#374151;">Sam</p>

Common mistakes

  • Do not send with visible Markdown artifacts — raw ** in a client email signals a careless AI paste.
  • Do not trust the model's numbers; a wrong price or date in a client email costs more than the drafting time saved.
  • Do not keep the AI's tone wholesale — swap generic phrases ('I hope this email finds you well') for how you actually write.
  • Do not end without one clear ask; AI drafts often close with vague 'let me know your thoughts'.

FAQ

How can recipients tell an email was AI-written?
Common tells: raw ** or ## from a Markdown paste, placeholder brackets left in, over-formal generic openers, three-item lists that restate each other, and a closing with no specific ask. The checklist above removes each one.
Should client email keep the AI's bullet formatting?
Bullets are fine — clients skim. The problem is unconverted bullets showing as hyphens and asterisks, and padded lists. Convert the Markdown so bullets render, and cut any bullet that does not carry a decision or fact.
What is the fastest reliable workflow?
Draft with the AI, edit the Markdown text directly (cut, verify, retone), then convert once at the end and paste rich text into the compose window. Editing before conversion keeps the loop in plain text.
Does the conversion change my words?
No. It only translates Markdown syntax into formatted text — bold, headings, lists, links. The wording, and responsibility for the facts, stay yours.

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