Calm, empathetic reply to an angry customer
Turn a furious customer message into a reply that acknowledges the problem, takes ownership and offers a clear next step without grovelling.
Get an honest assessment of a draft reply's tone, risks and clarity, then an improved version that keeps your facts intact.
Review my draft support reply before I send it.
Customer's message:
{{customer_message}}
My draft reply:
{{draft}}
Situation: {{situation}}
Desired tone: {{tone}}
Do the following:
1. Rate the draft from 1-10 on each of: empathy, clarity, ownership, tone match, and risk of escalation. One short sentence of evidence for each, quoting the exact phrase.
2. List phrases that could land badly (defensive, blaming, robotic, condescending, vague, or promising too much) and why.
3. Check for missing answers: does the draft respond to every question or concern in the customer's message?
4. Rewrite the reply with the smallest changes needed to fix the problems. Keep every fact, date and commitment from my draft unchanged; do not add new promises.
5. Show the changes as a short list of "was -> now" pairs.
Be direct. If the draft is already good, say so and change little.Scoring on separate dimensions with quoted evidence makes the feedback specific rather than generic. The 'keep every fact unchanged' rule means the rewrite never promises more than your draft did.
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