Ghostwriter Quickstart
Step-by-step guide to generating your first high-stakes draft in under 60 seconds.
Get from an open opportunity to a polished, high-leverage outbound message in under 60 seconds.
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Step 1: Create an Account
Navigate to [ghostwriter.sonnev.com/signup](https://ghostwriter.sonnev.com/signup). You can sign up with: - Email and password (email confirmation required) - Magic sign-in link - Google OAuth
All new accounts start on the Free tier, which includes 3 active situations per month and 2 live cited research runs.
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Step 2: Set Your Baseline Voice Profile
Under [Profile & Voice](https://ghostwriter.sonnev.com/app/profile), configure your default communication cadence: - Tone & Directness: Adjust sliders between concise and detailed, casual and formal. - Words to Avoid: Add buzzwords and corporate clichés you refuse to use (e.g., "synergy", "reach out", "circle back"). - Writing Samples: Paste 1-2 examples of real emails you have sent that received positive replies.
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Step 3: Create Your First Situation
1. Click New Situation in your dashboard. 2. Select the Client Acquisition playbook. 3. Describe the situation: - Counterparty: Target contact name and company domain. - Context: How you discovered them or what operational challenge they appear to be facing. - Objective: What specific outcome you want from this first message. 4. Optional: Click Run Live Research to pull live public business facts via TinyFish.
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Step 4: Review Strategic Diagnosis & Draft
Ghostwriter executes a two-pass generation: 1. Strategic Diagnosis: Analyzes your leverage, counterparty urgency, and potential conversation risks. 2. First Draft & Claims Critique: Streams a tailored message draft and flags any assumptions that require your verification.
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Step 5: Dispatch Message
You have complete control over outbound delivery: - Copy: Copy the message and subject line directly to your clipboard. - Open in Mail App: Launches your system default email client (Apple Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird) with the subject and body pre-populated. - Send via Gmail: Dispatches directly through your connected Gmail account using official Google OAuth rails.