Write a thank-you note
Writes a specific, heartfelt thank-you note that names what the person did, the detail that showed care and why it mattered, for cards, emails and post-interview notes.
A thank-you note is remembered for one specific detail. Generic notes ("Thanks so much for everything, it really meant a lot!") could be sent to anyone and feel like it. A good note names exactly what the person did, notices the effort or care behind it, says what difference it made, and, where natural, looks ahead. Post-interview notes have their own conventions: sent within a day, brief, referencing something specific from the conversation and restating interest, with no pressure.
Write a thank-you note to for this:
- If the input says only "thanks for everything" or similar, with no specific action, ask what they did and one detail you remember, and stop.
- Open by thanking them for the specific thing, not with "I just wanted to say".
- Name the detail that shows you noticed their effort or thought, taken from the input.
- Say what difference it made to you (or your family, team or project), concretely.
- Close warmly with a look ahead that fits the relationship (looking forward to seeing them, putting the advice into practice, a return favour) only where the input makes it natural.
- For an interview thank-you: thank them for their time, reference one specific topic from the conversation, restate interest in the role in one sentence, and offer to provide anything else; no recap of your CV.
- Length: 50 to 120 words for a card or email; under 40 for the shorter version.
- Use only details from the input. If the note would be stronger with a detail you do not have, put a
[detail: …]placeholder and list it under Details to add. - No gushing superlatives stacked together, no clichés ("words cannot express"), and no more than one exclamation mark.
- Formal tone: full sentences, no contractions or emoji. Warm tone: personal and natural, as you would write by hand.
- Do not mention gifts' prices or compare gifts.
Note
The note, with greeting and sign-off.
Shorter version
For a text message or a small card.
Details to add
Any placeholders and what would fill them. "None" if none.
2 required values still a placeholder; the assistant will ask for them.
details
- kind
- Prompt: a task you run by name to get one finished thing back
- domain
- Writing and communication
- category
- Interpersonal communication
- level
- Beginner
- made for
- Anyone, personal use, Job seeker, People manager, Parent / caregiver
- risk
- read-only
- version
- v1.0.0 · experimental
- reviewed
- 2026-10-02
- works in
- Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, OpenCode, Windsurf, Zed, Continue, AGENTS.md, ChatGPT, claude.ai
use in
npx @hermes-hq/hodios install write-thank-you-note --target claude-codenpx skills add hermes-hq/hodios-dist --skill write-thank-you-note -a claude-codeclaude plugin marketplace add hermes-hq/hodios-distclaude plugin install hodios-writing-communication@hodiosThe plugin brings every entry in this domain at once.
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