Double Opt-In Intro Skill

Cold intros spend other people's time without asking: the classic "meet X, you two should talk!" hands the busier party an obligation they never accepted. The double-opt-in flow fixes it — each side privately agrees before the connection happens — and the mechanical heart is the forwardable blurb: the requester writes three sentences the introducer can forward as-is, making the ask one tap to relay and one line to accept or quietly decline.

What This Skill Produces

• The requester's package — the ask to the introducer + the forwardable blurb (who, why-this-person, the specific ask)
• The introducer's flow — the forward with a one-line frame, the wait, and the intro sent only on yes
• The intro email — both opted in: context per side, the reason, and the handoff line that exits the introducer
• The decline paths — for the introducer ("not close enough to X to ask") and the target ("swamped this quarter") — graceful, relationship-safe

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

• The role — requesting an intro, being asked to make one, or writing the final connect — the skill drafts a different artifact for each
• The specifics — who, to whom, why this person specifically (the blurb dies without it), and the ask's size (20-minute call vs. ongoing advice — size honestly)
• The relationship strengths — how well the introducer actually knows each side; borrowed credibility is being spent, and the drafts calibrate to the balance

Framework: The Flow Rules