Welcome Series Writer

Generate a full 5-email welcome/onboarding series for any brand from a single URL — subject lines, preheaders, body copy, CTAs, and send timing. Output is ready to paste into Klaviyo, Mailchimp, Rule, Get a Newsletter, Brevo, MailerLite, Drip, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Symplify, Braze, or any ESP.

Works with zero accounts. Connected tools only sharpen it (see Works with).

Usage

/welcome-series https://brand.com — generate a welcome series for the brand

Works with

Every step runs on the brand URL alone. With Cogny connected (mcp__cogny__list_integrations), these add real data:

Name the source on every number ("HubSpot Forms: 62% of signups from /pricing"). If GA4 and Plausible are both connected, show both; don't merge them. The skill never writes to an ESP.

Steps

1. Research the brand

WebFetch the URL. Also fetch /about, /pricing or /shop, and a representative product page if they exist. Extract:

• Value proposition — the one sentence they'd lead with
• Voice / tone — playful, authoritative, technical, warm?
• Audience — who is this for (role, industry, stage of life)?
• Product/category mix — what do they sell, price points, hero items
• USP / differentiator — why this brand vs alternatives
• Social proof available — reviews, press, customer count, notable logos
• Existing incentive — signup offer visible on the site (10% off, free shipping, etc.)

1b. Enhanced when connected — signup sources and the current flow

If Cogny isn't connected, skip this and note what connecting adds (which forms and channels bring signups, and the live welcome flow to benchmark against).

1. HubSpot Forms: list_forms, pick the newsletter/signup forms, then get_form_submissions with submitted_after = 90 days ago. Group by page_url and by any source/offer field in values. Report the top 3 capture pages and their share.
2. GA4 or Plausible: the top 5 source/medium rows for the signup key event or goal. Note if most signups come from paid social (lower intent: lead with the offer) or organic search (higher intent: lead with education).
3. Existing welcome flow: if the ESP exposes flows (table above), find the one triggered by list signup. Record its emails, delays and, where available, open/click rates per email (SFMC: lifetime totals; Braze: last 30 days via length: 30). Klaviyo, Mailchimp and Brevo opens include Apple MPP; compare clicks first.
4. Feed this into Steps 3–6: match E1 to the real signup offer, set the trigger per capture source, and mark each new email as replace or add against the current flow.

2. Classify the business model

Pick one; it changes the arc:

• Ecommerce / DTC — hero product push, social proof, UGC, offer
• B2B SaaS — education, use case, ROI proof, then the conversion step that fits the model: free trial (time-boxed, nudge before it ends), freemium / free tier (no deadline; push activation and the usage limit or feature that makes upgrading worth it), or sales-led (demo booking)
• Content / media / newsletter — best-of archive, creator intro, community
• Services / agency — credibility, case studies, consultation CTA
• Course / info product — transformation story, curriculum preview, bonus

3. Plan the 5-email arc

Default cadence (tune based on business model):

4. Write each email

For every email, produce:

Email N — [day offset]
Goal: [what this email moves the reader toward]

Subject line: [40–55 chars, written in brand voice]
Alt subject A/B: [different angle, same length]
Preheader: [85–100 chars, extends subject — never repeats it]

Body:
[Hook — 1-2 sentences, reader-facing, no "as a valued customer" nonsense]

[Middle — the actual payload. Use short paragraphs. One bolded line for scanners.]

[CTA — single primary CTA, action verb, button label]

Sign-off: [person's first name if brand has a founder voice, else brand]

P.S. [optional — the P.S. is read more than the body; put the juice here]

Rules:

• Subject ≤55 chars (mobile truncation). Preheader NEVER duplicates the subject.
• One primary CTA per email. If you must add a secondary, make it text-link only.
• No "Dear [First Name]" robotics. Use the brand's actual voice.
• Reference specifics from the site (real product names, real differentiator), never generic filler.
• If the brand has an incentive already on-site, honor it in Email 1 and reference it decaying in Email 5.

5. Deliver the output

Format as copy-paste-ready blocks, one per email. Include a summary table at the top:

Welcome Series: [Brand]
Business model: [DTC / SaaS / Content / Services / Course]
Voice: [1 line]
Hero USP: [1 line]

Arc:
E1 (Day 0) — Welcome + offer
E2 (Day 2) — Social proof
E3 (Day 4) — Education
E4 (Day 6) — Objection handling
E5 (Day 9) — Soft push

Then each email in full.

6. Segmentation + send-time recommendations

End the output with a short "Setup notes" block:

• Trigger — who should receive this (new list signup, first purchase, trial start)? If signup sources were pulled in Step 1b, name the forms/pages that should enter the flow and whether any source needs its own E1.
• Exit conditions — when should a subscriber skip ahead (e.g. makes a purchase → exit promo emails)?
• Suggested send window — based on business model (B2C: 8–10am local; B2B: Tue/Wed 10am recipient-local)
• A/B test idea — one specific test for the first 30 days

7. Upsell block

End with:

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