Study email writer

A Great Question skill that writes the messages a study needs and drafts them against that study, so participant comms stop being the thing nobody wants to do at 6pm.

RecruitingAugust 27, 2026

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What it does

Every study carries a small set of messages around it: the invitation that asks someone to take part, the reminder that stops a booked session quietly evaporating, the thank-you that goes out after, and the reply to the person who writes back asking what they are actually being asked to do. Participant comms is the usual name for it. The writing is not hard, which is exactly why it gets left until the study is otherwise ready and then done in a hurry, in a voice that sounds nothing like the last study you ran.

This skill drafts those messages against a specific study in your Great Question account. Thirteen message kinds are covered, from the invite and the screener through booked confirmations, reschedule requests, cancellations for interviews and for tasks, the reminders that go to people invited, booked or already started, thanks, welcome, ad hoc notes and the signed consent form. It starts from your account's own template for that kind rather than from a blank page, and it has the study in front of it while it writes, so the invitation describes the real session length and the real ask. It can set a configured sender address and choose a layout. Composing sends nothing: you read the draft in the account, revise it, or discard it. Works from Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT with the MCP connected.

What you get back

  • Messages drafted against a specific study, in any of the thirteen kinds, from invite and screener through to booked reminders, cancellations and the signed consent form.
  • Your account's template for that message kind used as the starting point rather than a blank page.
  • Wording that reflects the study's own details, including what you are asking people to do.
  • A configured sender address set on the message, and a layout chosen for it.
  • Drafts you can revise in the account, or discard, before anything goes out.

How to use it

Install it once, then ask in plain language. Claude picks the skill up on its own when the request matches.

Example prompt 1
Write the full set of messages for the reconciliation study, invite through to thank-you.
Example prompt 2
Rewrite the reminder, it's too long and it doesn't say how long the session is.
Example prompt 3
Draft the invitation but keep the incentive line the way we worded it last time.

What it won't do

It won't invent an incentive or a deadline for you. Anything the study does not already state, it will ask about rather than fill in. There is no per-recipient picker either: a message attaches to a study and a kind, so who receives it follows from that rather than from a list you assemble. Beyond your saved templates it has no view of your brand guidelines.

Questions

Do the messages send automatically?

No. Composing a message sends nothing at all. The draft sits against the study, where you can revise it or throw it away, and sending stays a deliberate act you take in the account.

Can it match how we usually write to participants?

It starts from your account's template for that message kind, so anything you have already standardised carries through. Past that, give it an earlier message you liked and ask it to hold that register. It does not learn your voice on its own.

What about reminders for people who haven't booked?

Invited reminders are one of the thirteen kinds, so yes. There is no per-recipient picker: a message attaches to a study and a message kind, and who receives it follows from that.

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