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id: KB-MA-015
url: https://app.codecontract.io/help/marta/asking-marta-to-write-for-you
idioma: en
categoria: marta
audiencia: usuario
nivel: intermedio
actualizado: 2026-08-13
tambienEn: [es]
relacionados: [KB-MA-007, KB-MA-004]
citadoPor: [KB-MA-019]
---

# Asking Marta to write for you

_A difficult email, a summary for management, a reply to a complaint: what comes out well and what must always be reviewed._

**Responde a:** have the ai write an email · drafting a client reply with ai · summarising for management with ai · ai-generated message template

Drafting is one of the things it does best, and also one of the easiest to send without reading. The difference between the two is one minute of reading, and it helps to know when that minute is compulsory.

## What comes out well and what to watch

| Task | Usually comes out well | What to check before sending |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reminding someone of something outstanding | Yes, and it saves real time | That what is said to be missing is right |
| Summarising a file for management | Yes | The figures: a summary can misquote them |
| Replying to a complaint | The tone, very well | Everything else: dates, commitments and assumptions |
| Drafting a clause or an undertaking | Not the place | That is reviewed by whoever answers for it |

> [!IMPORTANT]
> The third row holds the real risk and also the biggest saving. A draft reply to a complaint comes out with a better tone than you would manage writing in the heat of the moment — and precisely for that reason it is easy to send without checking whether what it asserts is true. **A well-written text is not a verified text**, and you are the one signing it.

## How to ask so it comes out useful

1. **Say who it is for and what you want to achieve** — "To the supplier, so they deliver this week" gives a different text from "to put it on record".
2. **Say the tone** — Warm, firm, formal. It changes the result most and is asked for least.
3. **And say what NOT to say** — If you do not want to commit to a date or concede something, say so: otherwise it will appear, very politely worded.

> [!WARNING]
> Point three prevents the most grief in client replies. A friendly draft tends to close with a promise — "you'll have it Friday" — that nobody has checked is achievable. If you did not decide it, it should not be in the email.

## What to do with the draft

**En corto**

- Read it in full, not diagonally: the errors are usually in a middle sentence.
- Check any figure, date or proper name against the file.
- And cut what is surplus: drafts tend to run longer than necessary.

That last one does more for the reply than any other edit: a five-line message gets answered the same day and a twenty-line one gets left for later.

> [!NOTE]
> Drafting is an action and consumes, like any AI request. Asking for four versions of the same email to pick a favourite costs four; asking for one and adjusting it yourself usually turns out better.

**Can it write in another language?**

Yes, and it is where it saves the most time if you rarely write in that language.

**Will the recipient know an AI wrote it?**

There is no marker; the text is yours from the moment you send it, and so is the responsibility.

**Can it use the supplier's history to draft?**

Yes, which is why it is worth checking what it cites before sending.

## Ejemplos

**Someone asks for a draft reply to a complaint and sends it as is.**

- Reads the whole draft and checks dates and commitments
- Removes a deadline promise nobody had decided

→ Replies the same day, in good tone and without committing to a date they could not meet.

**A notice is drafted and sent unread.**

- Reviews the text before sending

→ What goes out carries your judgement.

**The text uses a tone that is not yours.**

- States the tone when asking

→ The draft resembles how you write.

**The draft asserts something not on record.**

- Checks the claims before sending

→ Nothing goes out that cannot be stood behind.

**A text is requested with no context.**

- States recipient, reason and date

→ The draft serves almost as it is.

**The draft is rewritten from scratch every time.**

- Saves the one that worked as a template

→ The next one takes a minute.