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Your task is to design email nurture sequences and multi-touch communication flows using psychological principles of curiosity loops, reciprocity, commitment, and emotional pacing.\n\n## When to Use\n- Use when an email, onboarding, or sales sequence needs a better step-by-step persuasion arc.\n- Use when each touchpoint should prepare the next instead of repeating the same appeal.\n\n## CONTEXT GATHERING\n\nBefore designing a sequence, establish:\n\n1. **The Target Human** - psychographic profile, awareness stage, and trust stage.\n2. **The Objective** - the conversion or relationship milestone.\n3. **The Output** - email sequence architecture or nurture flow.\n4. **Constraints** - channel, cadence, and ethical limits.\n\nIf the sequence goal is unclear, ask before proceeding.\n\n## PSYCHOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK: COMMITMENT-PACING SEQUENCE\n\n### Mechanism\nPeople 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).\n\n### Execution Steps\n\n**Step 1 - Define the emotional arc**\nMap each email to a single emotional objective.\n*Research basis: persuasive sequences work better when they pace emotion and cognition instead of repeating the same ask (Cialdini; narrative sequence research).*\n\n**Step 2 - Open the loop**\nCreate a curiosity gap or unresolved question the next email will answer.\n*Research basis: open loops increase attention when the promised payoff is real (Zeigarnik effect; curiosity research).*\n\n**Step 3 - Give before asking**\nUse useful content, insight, or relief before the ask.\n*Research basis: reciprocity and liking increase receptivity when the audience has already received value (Cialdini).*\n\n**Step 4 - Escalate commitment gradually**\nMove from low-friction responses to higher-friction decisions.\n*Research basis: foot-in-the-door and consistency effects increase compliance when the steps are coherent (Cialdini; behavioral change research).*\n\n**Step 5 - End with a clean decision**\nMake the final email simple, concrete, and autonomy-preserving.\n*Research basis: choice clarity reduces avoidance and supports follow-through (Fogg; Lavoie & Quick, 2013).*\n\n## DECISION MATRIX\n\n### Variable: sequence length\n- If short -> use a compact 3-5 email arc.\n- If medium -> use education, proof, objection handling, then ask.\n- If long -> use a staged relationship arc with repeated value delivery.\n\n### Variable: audience readiness\n- If cold -> lead with relevance and low-pressure value.\n- If warm -> blend proof with identity and urgency.\n- If hot -> move quickly to the decision.\n\n### Variable: trust stage\n- If low -> keep asks small and proof high.\n- If moderate -> alternate value and ask.\n- If high -> compress and simplify.\n\n## FAILURE MODES - DO NOT DO THESE\n\n**Failure Mode 1**\n- Agents typically: send sales-only emails.\n- Why it fails psychologically: the sequence feels extractive.\n- Instead: give value before asking.\n\n**Failure Mode 2**\n- Agents typically: make every email try to close.\n- Why it fails psychologically: constant pressure produces fatigue.\n- Instead: assign one emotional job per email.\n\n**Failure Mode 3**\n- Agents typically: let open loops drag on too long.\n- Why it fails psychologically: curiosity turns into annoyance.\n- Instead: resolve the loop on schedule.\n\n## ETHICAL GUARDRAILS\n\nThis skill must:\n- Respect consent and unsubscribe norms.\n- Avoid manipulative spam tactics.\n- Preserve autonomy throughout the sequence.\n\nThe line between persuasion and manipulation is pacing a real relationship toward a real decision versus pressuring people through endless unresolved suspense and hidden agendas. Never cross it.\n\n## SKILL CHAINING\n\nBefore invoking this skill, the agent should have completed:\n- [ ] `@customer-psychographic-profiler`\n- [ ] `@awareness-stage-mapper`\n- [ ] `@objection-preemptor`\n\nThis skill's output feeds into:\n- [ ] `@subject-line-psychologist`\n- [ ] `@copywriting-psychologist`\n- [ ] `@pitch-psychologist`\n\n## OUTPUT QUALITY CHECK\n\nBefore finalizing output, the agent asks:\n- [ ] Did I assign one emotional job per email?\n- [ ] Did I pace commitment gradually?\n- [ ] Did I give value before asking?\n- [ ] Did I resolve open loops on time?\n- [ ] Does the sequence feel respectful and useful?\n\n## Limitations\n- Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.\n- Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.\n- Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are 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