Agent skill

Follow Up Chaser

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Chase unanswered emails without being annoying — the escalating-gently sequence with timing rules, the re-ask that makes replying easy, and the close-the-loop discipline that ends zombie threads.

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Install Follow Up Chaser

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill follow-up-chaser -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills follow-up-chaser --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/follow-up-chaser .claude/skills/follow-up-chaser && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
follow-up-chaser
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
608 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Chase unanswered emails without being annoying — the escalating-gently sequence with timing rules, the re-ask that makes replying easy, and the close-the-loop discipline that ends zombie threads.

  • Works in 5 steps: Wait right: internal asks get 2–3… → Rung 1 — reduce the ask: don't "bump" —… → Rung 2 — add legitimate urgency: the… → …
  • Asked they havent replied what do I send
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: The Chase Rules and Output Format, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Follow Up Chaser is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Chase unanswered emails without being annoying — the escalating-gently sequence with timing rules, the re-ask that makes replying easy, and the close-the-loop discipline that ends zombie threads. Use when asked they haven't replied what do I send, write a follow-up that isn't pushy, how long do I wait before chasing, or manage my waiting-on list. Produces the follow-up sequence with dates, drafts per rung, and the give-up-gracefully exit.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked they havent replied what do I send
  • Write a follow-up that isnt pushy
  • How long do I wait before chasing
  • Manage my waiting-on list

Example prompts

  • “t replied what do I send, write a follow-up that isn”
  • “/follow-up-chaser”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Wait right: internal asks get 2–3 business days before rung one; external/senior get 4–5; anything with a stated deadline gets chased at…
  2. Rung 1 — reduce the ask: don't "bump" — shrink. Restate in one line, convert to yes/no where possible, attach a default: "If I don't hear…
  3. Rung 2 — add legitimate urgency: the reason the timing matters, stated plainly ("the vendor quote expires Thursday"), plus the smallest…
  4. Rung 3 — change channel, kindly: "Sending a quick ping here in case email got buried" — chat or a 2-minute call ask. Channel escalation…
  5. The close: after rung 3, silence is the answer — close explicitly: "Haven't heard back, so I'll [default/drop it]. Reopen anytime."…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Follow Up Chaser loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 115 tokens; SKILL.md has 608 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~115
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 608 words, ~1,131 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/follow-up-chaser/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
follow-up-chaser
description
Chase unanswered emails without being annoying — the escalating-gently sequence with timing rules, the re-ask that makes replying easy, and the close-the-loop discipline that ends zombie threads. Use when asked they haven't replied what do I send, write a follow-up that isn't pushy, how long do I wait before chasing, or manage my waiting-on list. Produces the follow-up sequence with dates, drafts per rung, and the give-up-gracefully exit.

Follow-Up Chaser Skill

Unanswered email dies in two ways: never chased (the ask silently expires) or chased badly ("just bumping this!" seven times, each one easier to ignore than the last). Good chasing is engineered: each follow-up lowers the cost of replying — restating the ask smaller, offering a default, adding a deadline with a reason — and the sequence escalates channel or stakes, not temperature. Three rungs, then a graceful close that converts silence into an answer.

What This Skill Produces

  • The sequence — 2–3 follow-ups with dates, each drafted, each easier to answer than the last
  • The re-ask engineering — the original request shrunk to its yes/no core with a default attached
  • The channel escalation — when rung 3 moves from email to chat/call, and how to do it without ambush
  • The graceful close — the final note that ends the thread with the relationship intact

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

  • The original ask and its date — what was requested, how big the ask is (a signature vs. a favor vs. a decision), and any real deadline
  • The relationship and power direction — chasing a report, a peer, a boss, and a customer are four different cadences
  • The stakes — blocking your work? Nice-to-have? The sequence's pace and the close's shape follow

Framework: The Chase Rules

  1. Wait right: internal asks get 2–3 business days before rung one; external/senior get 4–5; anything with a stated deadline gets chased at deadline-minus-buffer regardless. Chasing at 24 hours reads as pressure; at two weeks the thread is cold and the chase restarts from context.
  2. Rung 1 — reduce the ask: don't "bump" — shrink. Restate in one line, convert to yes/no where possible, attach a default: "If I don't hear by Friday I'll go with option A — flag if that's wrong." Defaults convert silence into a decision, which is the whole trick.
  3. Rung 2 — add legitimate urgency: the reason the timing matters, stated plainly ("the vendor quote expires Thursday"), plus the smallest possible version of the ask ("even a one-word yes works"). Never manufactured urgency — one fake deadline poisons all future real ones.
  4. Rung 3 — change channel, kindly: "Sending a quick ping here in case email got buried" — chat or a 2-minute call ask. Channel escalation reads as helpful persistence; a third identical email reads as nagging.
  5. The close: after rung 3, silence is the answer — close explicitly: "Haven't heard back, so I'll [default/drop it]. Reopen anytime." Closing converts a zombie thread into a decision, protects the relationship, and — often — finally triggers the reply.
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Output Format

Chase Plan: [the ask] — sent [date]

The Sequence

RungSend dateChannelThe move

The Drafts

[Rung 1: the shrunk ask + default, verbatim · Rung 2: urgency + smallest ask · Rung 3: the channel ping · The close]

Waiting-On Hygiene

[The @waiting entry: what, who, next rung date — reviewed weekly]

Quality Checks

  • Rung 1 shrinks the ask rather than bumping it
  • Every deadline cited is real, with its reason
  • The default-on-silence appears wherever a default legitimately exists
  • Channel escalation happens once, framed as buried-email courtesy
  • The close is drafted before the sequence starts — silence has a planned meaning

Anti-Patterns

  • Do not send "just bumping this" — a bump adds nothing and costs attention
  • Do not escalate temperature (guilt, passive aggression) — escalate channel and clarity instead
  • Do not chase without a waiting-list entry — untracked chases become the zombie threads
  • Do not fake urgency — the first discovered fake deadline devalues every future real one
  • Do not let threads die unclosed — an explicit close beats an awkward silence in every relationship that matters

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Write a follow-up that isn't pushy."
  • "How long do I wait before chasing?"
  • "Manage my waiting-on list."

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/follow-up-chaser of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Follow Up Chaser

What does Follow Up Chaser do?

Chase unanswered emails without being annoying — the escalating-gently sequence with timing rules, the re-ask that makes replying easy, and the close-the-loop discipline that ends zombie threads. Follow Up Chaser is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Chase unanswered emails without being annoying — the escalating-gently sequence with timing rules, the re-ask that makes replying easy, and the close-the-loop discipline that ends zombie threads.

When should I use Follow Up Chaser?

Follow Up Chaser fits situations like: asked they havent replied what do I send; write a follow-up that isnt pushy; how long do I wait before chasing; manage my waiting-on list.

How do I install Follow Up Chaser in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill follow-up-chaser -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/follow-up-chaser in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/follow-up-chaser in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Follow Up Chaser in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill follow-up-chaser -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/follow-up-chaser in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/follow-up-chaser in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Follow Up Chaser in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill follow-up-chaser -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/follow-up-chaser, .gemini/skills/follow-up-chaser, .github/skills/follow-up-chaser and .opencode/skills/follow-up-chaser in your project.

What does Follow Up Chaser need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Follow Up Chaser is instructions for the agent only.

Does Follow Up Chaser access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Follow Up Chaser safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Follow Up Chaser use?

Follow Up Chaser is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Follow Up Chaser use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Follow Up Chaser?

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Who maintains Follow Up Chaser?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.