Draft a vendor or supplier negotiation email from your real terms, volume, and alternatives—without inventing BATNA, competitor quotes, or discounts.

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Protocol

1. 1

   Assemble the negotiation pack (5–8 min).

   Current price/terms/lead time, volume you actually buy (trailing or committed), what you want to change, alternatives you truly have (other quotes, bring in-house, delay purchase)—or NONE—and constraints (contract end date, quality requirements). No fake competitor names.

2. 2

   Lock no-invented-leverage rules.

   Paste the rules first so the model cannot mint a BATNA, competitor quote, or “industry standard” discount.

   Copy-paste prompt

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   Help me draft a vendor/supplier negotiation email (volume, pricing terms, and/or lead time).
   Hard rules:
   - Use ONLY facts, volumes, terms, and alternatives I provide. Do not invent BATNA, competitor prices, market benchmarks, discounts “others get,” or threats to switch unless I explicitly authorize that language with real alternatives.
   - No bluffing. If I have no alternative, do not imply one—mark [MISSING alternative].
   - Tone: professional, specific, collaborative; clear ask; one concrete next step.
   - Not legal advice; do not rewrite contract clauses as binding commitments.
   Confirm in one sentence, then wait for my pack.

3. 3

   Fill pack (step 3a) and generate (step 3b).

   Paste real terms and volume, then send the generate command.

   Paste pack

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   VENDOR / SUPPLIER: [ ]
   WHAT WE BUY: [ ]
   CURRENT PRICE / UNIT TERMS: [ ]
   CURRENT LEAD TIME / MOQ / PAYMENT TERMS: [ ]
   VOLUME WE ACTUALLY BUY (period): [ ]
   WHAT I WANT TO CHANGE: [price / payment terms / lead time / MOQ / other]
   TARGET I CAN DEFEND (optional—only if real): [or NEED FACT]
   ALTERNATIVES I ACTUALLY HAVE: [other quote / delay / redesign / NONE]
   CONSTRAINTS: [contract dates, quality must-haves]
   RELATIONSHIP NOTES (factual): [ ]

   After you send the filled pack, copy the Generate command in the next box and paste it into the SAME chat so the AI runs the decision tree / produces the output.

   Generate command — copy and send this next (same chat)

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   Draft Direct and Collaborative versions (same facts). Subject lines. Bullet the ask. List [NEED FACT] / [MISSING]. Do not invent leverage.

4. 4

   Second-model tone + leverage check (5 min).

   In the other tool, paste the draft plus your fact pack:

   Second-model check

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   Here is a vendor negotiation email from another assistant plus my fact pack.
   Find: (1) invented BATNA/competitor/discount claims, (2) hostility or ultimatums I didn’t authorize, (3) wrong numbers vs my pack, (4) vague asks that should be quantified from my facts only.
   Return only corrections.

5. 5

   Human send.

   Fill gaps. Remove any implied switch threat if you cannot follow through. Send from your account; log the ask.

When not to

• Do not invent competitor quotes, “industry standard” discounts, or fake volume commitments.
• Not legal advice for contract amendments—have counsel review material term changes.
• Skip if you lack current terms and volume facts—pull the PO history first.
• Do not paste confidential bid files from other vendors if NDAs forbid it.