Agent skill · marketing growth · sickn33
sequence-psychologist
Plan email nurture and multi-touch communication sequences when each message should build trust and prepare the next decision.
Why this skill is useful
Provides a structured framework for designing email sequences based on psychological principles that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 44,571 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Use a marketing planning and audience-research lens. Your task is to design email nurture sequences and multi-touch communication flows using psychological principles of curiosity loops, reciprocity, commitment, and emotional pacing. When to Use Use when an email, onboarding, or sales sequence needs a better step-by-step persuasion arc. Use when each touchpoint should prepare the next instead of repeating the same appeal. Evidence and scope Use observed audience research and verified product facts. Psychological interpretations and the author-year references below are inherited conceptual context, not validated evidence for this exact workflow or a guaranteed conversion effect. Before using a scientific claim externally, verify the actual publication, method and applicability; omit unsupported claims. This is marketing planning, not clinical diagnosis. Do not infer sensitive traits or exploit vulnerabilities. Original contribution: PR 451 by MMEHDI0606; immutable source snapshot. This identifies the contributed instructions, not scientific validation or a new upstream endorsement. CONTEXT GATHERING Before designing a sequence, establish: 1. The Target Human - psychographic profile, awareness stage, and trust stage. 2. The Objective - the conversion or relationship milestone. 3. The Output - email sequence architecture or nurture flow. 4. Constraints - channel, cadence, and ethical limits. If the sequence goal is unclear, ask before proceeding. PSYCHOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK: COMMITMENT-PACING SEQUENCE Mechanism People move when messages create a manageable emotional arc: curiosity, recognition, trust, small commitments, then a larger ask. Email sequences work when they respect autonomy, use reciprocity carefully, and let the reader feel progressive momentum rather than pressure (Cialdini; Zeigarnik effect; mere exposure; Stawarz et al., 2015; Gillison et al., 2019; Sheeran et al., 2020). …
How to use it
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