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 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "cold-call-script-writer",
 "type": "skill",
 "name": "Cold call script writer",
 "summary": "Tell it what you sell and who you call. Get a cold call script: opener, questions, replies to brush-offs and a voicemail.",
 "headline": "Cold call script writer",
 "subhead": "Give it your offer, who you call and what you want from the call. It writes a short script you can say out loud: an opener, a reason to keep talking, two or three questions, replies to the usual brush-offs, a next-step ask, and a voicemail version.",
 "job": {
  "id": "sell-and-negotiate",
  "name": "Sell and negotiate"
 },
 "level": "beginner",
 "thinking": "medium",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-10-27",
 "first_published": "2026-10-27",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "question",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Question",
   "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like"
  },
  {
   "type": "persona",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Persona",
   "what": "a buyer grounded in real review language: problem, trigger, wants, doubts, words they use"
  },
  {
   "type": "copy_draft",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Copy draft",
   "what": "a draft of any copy (ad, page, email or script) that a check or edit pass works on"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "copy_draft",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Copy draft",
   "what": "a draft of any copy (ad, page, email or script) that a check or edit pass works on"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "What you sell, and the result a customer gets",
  "Who you call: their job and type of business",
  "What you want from the call, such as a meeting or a trial",
  "A real proof point you can say out loud (optional)",
  "Where you call, so it can mention the rules on calling (optional)"
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "A spoken opener and a reason to keep talking",
  "Two or three questions to find out if there is a fit",
  "Short replies to common brush-offs",
  "A next-step ask, a voicemail and a line for the person who answers first"
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "You are about to make sales calls and have no script.",
  "Your calls end in \"send me an email\" and you want a better way through.",
  "You need a short voicemail and a line for a receptionist."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You want to write cold emails: use the Cold email writer.",
  "The buyer just raised an objection live: use the Live objection responder.",
  "You want to prepare for a call with a buyer who asked to talk: use the Customer call prep writer."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "What you sell and the result a customer gets",
   "Who you call, by job and type of business",
   "What you want from the call",
   "A real proof point you may say aloud (optional)"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Opener",
    "contains": "Who you are and one reason this person might care, in two sentences."
   },
   {
    "name": "Earn a few more minutes",
    "contains": "One easy question that makes it simple to keep talking."
   },
   {
    "name": "Questions",
    "contains": "Two or three questions to find a fit, with what to listen for."
   },
   {
    "name": "If they say",
    "contains": "Short replies to common brush-offs."
   },
   {
    "name": "Next-step ask",
    "contains": "One clear ask, such as a short meeting."
   },
   {
    "name": "Voicemail",
    "contains": "A short version you can leave if no one answers."
   },
   {
    "name": "If someone else answers",
    "contains": "One line for a receptionist or assistant."
   },
   {
    "name": "Missing",
    "contains": "Anything you did not tell it that would sharpen the script."
   },
   {
    "name": "Checks missed",
    "contains": "One line for each of its own checks that still fails, or none."
   }
  ]
 },
 "output_shape": "OPENER\n<who you are + one reason they might care>\n\nEARN A FEW MORE MINUTES\n<one easy question>\n\nQUESTIONS\n1. <question> | Listen for: <what a yes sounds like>\n\nIF THEY SAY...\n\"<brush-off>\" -> <short reply>\n\nNEXT STEP ASK\n<one clear ask>\n\nVOICEMAIL\n<under 20 seconds when spoken>\n\nIF SOMEONE ELSE ANSWERS\n<one line>\n\nMISSING\n<what you did not tell it>\n\nCHECKS MISSED\n<one line per check still missed, or none>",
 "how_to_use": [
  "Start a chat with the skill. Open it if you added it to your AI, or copy it and paste it in.",
  "Describe what you sell, who you call and what you want to happen at the end of the call.",
  "Add one real proof point, such as a customer result you can name with permission.",
  "Read the script out loud and mark any line that doesn't sound like you. Ask for those lines again.",
  "Check the rules on calling businesses and people where you call before you start."
 ],
 "checks": [
  "The opener is two sentences and can be said in about ten seconds.",
  "It asks a question early rather than pitching for a minute.",
  "No result, customer or statistic appears that you did not give.",
  "Each brush-off reply is short and does not argue.",
  "There is one clear next-step ask."
 ],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Pitch objection and answer writer",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/hardest-objections-answer-writer",
   "why": "Say it to the room"
  },
  {
   "name": "Follow-up email sequence writer",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/prompts/follow-up-email-sequence-writer",
   "why": "Follow-up email sequence writer"
  },
  {
   "name": "Cold email claim checker",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/prompts/cold-email-claim-checker",
   "why": "Cold email claim checker"
  }
 ],
 "source": null,
 "credits": [],
 "files": [],
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  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/cold-call-script-writer",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/cold-call-script-writer.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/cold-call-script-writer.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/cold-call-script-writer/SKILL.md",
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  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/skill/cold-call-script-writer",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}