Draft a fresh email to someone

Send an email to [PERSON] about [TOPIC].

Just say who and what. alfred_ figures out the rest, pulls the recipient from your contacts, matches your usual tone with that person, and shows you a draft before sending.

What alfred_ does

1. Resolves the recipient, handles ambiguity (“Peter from Acorai” → looks up Peter in Acorai contacts)
2. Reads any prior history with them so the tone matches
3. Drafts the email and shows it for review
4. Sends only after you approve, "send" / "Y" / "yes" all work

Phrasings that work

The pattern is: action verb + recipient + topic.

• “Send an email to [name] about [topic]”
• “Draft an email to [name] asking [question]”
• “Send a note to [name] confirming [thing]”
• “Email [name] saying [message]”

You don’t need to write the email yourself, give alfred_ the gist and let it draft. If you want exact wording, paste it in.

Recipient resolution

alfred_ pulls from your contacts and email history. Several formats work:

• Email directly: daniel.chacon@fluenceenergy.com
• First name + company: “Peter from Acorai”
• First name + role: “my CFO”
• Just first name (if recent contact): “Marc”
• “Connor”, uses most-recently-used Connor in your contacts

If alfred_ isn’t sure, it’ll ask which person you mean.

Tone matching

If you have prior history with the recipient, alfred_ matches your usual tone with them. To override:

• “Make it warmer, he and I have history”
• “Be more direct, this is the third time”
• “Keep it short, just two sentences”
• “Be a bit kinder” (real user prompt, works exactly as written)

Multi-recipient sends

You can specify To, CC, and BCC:

• “Send Raven intro to changsup@qcells.com, put kim@deltax.io and lee@deltax.io as CC”
• “1 to TO and 2 to BCC. Same person.” (when you have multiple addresses for one person)

Approval flow

After alfred_ drafts:

• "send" / "Y" / "yes" → sends the draft
• Edit inline → alfred_ updates the draft
• "save to drafts" → saves without sending
• "close the draft" → throws it away

Related

• Send an intro using a saved template
• Draft a follow-up to a thread
• How to talk to alfred_ in shorthand