Type their name, the company and the job. The page writes a short email with a subject line, checks it, and opens it in Gmail, Outlook or your mail app. Change any word you like: nothing is sent for you.
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That looks long for a job title. The message uses it as you typed it; a short title such as “Data Analyst” reads better.
All of these are optional. A box you leave empty is left out of the message, never a [blank].
A fact, not an adjective: “ran a 40-seat night shift for two years” beats “hard-working”.
What you type stays in this browser. The AI button sends it to write a version for you, and saves it to ClapAssist so our tools can fill it in next time (see or delete).
These lines fill every message. Only the job you want is needed. A box you leave empty is left out of the messages; the few parts only you can fill (your school, how you know someone) show as [brackets], and the page asks for them before you copy.
A fact, not an adjective: “ran a 40-seat night shift for two years” beats “hard-working”.
Add the email or LinkedIn link later from their card. The page never looks up an address.
On LinkedIn: Settings → Data privacy → Get a copy of your data, tick Connections, and LinkedIn emails you a download link. Emails are in the file only for people who allow it. Only your first-degree connections are in it.
Each person gets the plan that fits who they are. Change any of them later.
LinkedIn does not publish its invite limit. A steady few a day keeps you clear of it and leaves time to write well.
Your list is kept in this browser. Nothing is sent anywhere unless you press an AI button. What you send to the AI is saved to ClapAssist so our tools can fill it in for you next time. See or delete.
Four steps, about a minute. The email is written in this browser as you type.
Every box is optional. A box you leave empty is left out of the email, never shown as a [blank].
Something you did, not an adjective: “ran a 40-seat night shift for two years” beats “hard-working”. It goes in as “The fit, in one line”.
Subject under 8 words, under 100 words, one question, their first name, no [blanks], no stock phrases. Edit the text and they update as you type.
The subject and the text are filled in, and their address too if you typed it. You press Send. No reply in a week? Press “Follow up: no reply yet”.
A made-up job seeker and recruiter. This is exactly what the app above writes from these boxes, with its checks, before any AI.
Rhea Kapoor, a recruiter at Northline Retail, hires for the Data Analyst opening. Priya Nair’s one fact: “I rebuilt a weekly sales report that 40 store managers now use”.
Subject: Data Analyst at Northline Retail: one question
Hi Rhea, I saw the Data Analyst opening at Northline Retail. The fit, in one line: I rebuilt a weekly sales report that 40 store managers now use. Is it still open, and are you the right person to talk to about it? A yes or a no is enough. Thanks, Priya Nair
No answer after about a week? The same boxes with “Follow up: no reply yet” give this:
The follow-up, same boxes:
Subject: Re: Data Analyst at Northline Retail
Hi Rhea, A short follow-up on my note about the Data Analyst job at Northline Retail. Is it still open, and are you the right person to ask? In one line, why I’d fit: I rebuilt a weekly sales report that 40 store managers now use. If it has gone another way, a one-line reply is fine and I won’t chase. Thanks, Priya Nair
The words in braces come from your boxes. Change anything in the email itself before you send it.
Subject: {job} at {company}: one question
Hi {first name},
I saw the {job} opening at {company}.
The fit, in one line: {one fact about you}.
Is it still open, and are you the right person to talk to about it? A yes or a no is enough.
Thanks,
{your name}Why this shape: a recruiter can see in the subject which job it is about, in the first line that you read the opening, and in the last line exactly what to answer. A yes or a no is enough, so it is easy to answer.
The checks under the email, in plain words.
Writing to recruiters at several companies? Message to a recruiter has a planner: a list of who to write to each morning, each follow-up booked in working days, and a stop when someone answers. Set it up from this page and a recruiter starts on the email-only plan: the email, a follow-up after 5 working days, and a last one 7 working days later.
The job and what you want, in under 8 words, so it shows in full on a phone. For example: "Data Analyst at Northline Retail: one question". The page writes one from your boxes and warns you when yours runs past 8 words.
Under 100 words: a greeting, the job, one fact about you and one question they can answer in a line. The example on this page is 53 words. The word count and the checks update as you type.
Not to the first one. Offer it, or send it when they ask. The checker warns when a first email mentions an attachment, and when it has more than one link: several links look like spam to mail filters and to people.
The page never looks up, guesses or checks an address. Use one they gave you or made public: the job post, the company’s careers page, their LinkedIn contact info, or LinkedIn’s Connections export, which holds an email only when that person allows it. No address? Switch "Send it as" to LinkedIn message: the same words, without a subject line.
Yes, when it is short and about one real job. Name the job and the company, give one fact that fits it, and ask one thing. What gets skipped is a long note with no job named, a resume pasted into the email or a stock opening like "I hope this finds you well".
Twice at most: three emails in all, 5 to 7 working days apart. Hunter’s 2026 cold email report found that three messages got about twice the replies of one, and that more than three follow-ups did worse. Press "Follow up: no reply yet" and the page writes the follow-up from the same boxes.
An email when you have an address they gave you or made public; a LinkedIn message when you do not. The same boxes write both. Free LinkedIn accounts get only a few invite notes a month, so keep the invite note for the people who matter most.
No. The email is written in your browser from your boxes by fixed rules, so it is instant and free and nothing is sent anywhere. "Better with AI" is optional: it sends the boxes and the message to write another version, and marks any number in it that you did not give. What you send to the AI is saved to ClapAssist so our tools can fill it in for you next time; see or delete it at clapassist.com/my-data/.
The sentence that needed it is left out; the email never shows a [blank]. With only a job title you get a short, complete email. Add the company and one fact about you and it gets specific, which is what gets answers.
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