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Prompt repository Sales

Ask your champion to introduce you to the decision maker

Your main contact supports the deal but the person who signs has not been involved, and you want to ask for an introduction without going around them.

Registry no.
SAL-033
Collection
Sales
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Any chat model
Score
10 out of 10
Blanks to fill
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SalesAny chat

The prompt

Score 10 of 10, Excellent

Use it when Your main contact supports the deal but the person who signs has not been involved, and you want to ask for an introduction without going around them.

  • {{champion}}
  • {{buyer_company}}
  • {{decision_maker}}
  • {{deal_context}}
  • {{exec_priorities}}
  • {{champion_view}}
Full prompt and why it works
Prompt
Help me ask {{champion}} at {{buyer_company}} to introduce me to {{decision_maker}}, so that the person who decides hears about the project directly before the final decision, and my contact stays in charge of their own internal process.

Where the deal stands and why the introduction matters now:
"""
{{deal_context}}
"""

What I know about the decision maker's priorities, from my contact or public sources: {{exec_priorities}}
What my contact has said about involving them, if anything: {{champion_view}}

Produce, with a heading for each part:
1. A message to my contact, under 150 words, that explains why involving the decision maker now helps them (for example, fewer surprises at approval, or questions answered before the budget meeting), asks for a short introduction, and offers to do the preparation work.
2. A forwardable note, under 100 words, that my contact can send or adapt: what the project is in the buyer's terms, the decision or input needed, and the time asked for.
3. A short agenda for a meeting of 20 minutes or less with the decision maker.
4. What to say if my contact hesitates or says no, with two options that keep them in the lead, such as joining a meeting they already have or sending a one-page summary through them.

The messages should sound like a partner helping my contact succeed, not a seller trying to get past them. Never suggest contacting the decision maker without my contact's agreement, because that can cost both the deal and the relationship. Avoid flattery, and avoid claims about results that the deal context does not support.

If the deal context does not say why the decision maker is needed now, ask me for the reason first, because without one the request reads as pushy. Where the messages need a fact I have not given, such as the date of the budget meeting, use a placeholder in brackets rather than inventing it.

Variables

{{champion}}
Your main contact's name and role.
{{buyer_company}}
The buyer's company.
{{decision_maker}}
The person who decides or signs, by role and name if you know it, for example "their CFO".
{{deal_context}}
Where the deal stands, what has happened so far and why the decision maker's involvement matters now.
{{exec_priorities}}
What you know about the decision maker's goals or concerns, or "not much".
{{champion_view}}
What your contact has said about involving them, or "not discussed".

Why it works

  • Who it's for. The request is framed around what the introduction does for your contact, which is what makes a champion willing to make it.
  • What to avoid. Going around your contact is ruled out, with two fallback options that keep them in the lead if they hesitate.
  • If unsure. With no reason the decision maker is needed now, the model asks first, because a request without one reads as pushy.

How to use it

  1. Press Fill in variables and type your details into each blank. What you type stays in this browser.
  2. Copy the filled prompt into the AI tool you already use, such as ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, or open it in the Grader or the Prompt Tester here.
  3. Before you rely on it, try it on three or four real examples. The Prompt Tester runs them all at once and shows which ones go wrong.
Use it from code

Get this prompt as JSON from the free REST API, with your own text in the blanks, or let an AI assistant fetch it through the MCP server. No key.

curl -s https://thinkhard.si/api/v1/prompts/ask-champion-for-executive-intro

With the MCP server added to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or VS Code, call get_prompt with {"prompt": "ask-champion-for-executive-intro"}, or just ask for it by name.