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name: should-i-take-this-client
description: "A gut-check on a new enquiry before you say yes to it. Use when the user wants help with Should I Take This Client?. Related topics: Freelance, Business, Planning."
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# Should I Take This Client?

A gut-check on a new enquiry before you say yes to it.

## How to use this skill

1. Ask the user for each input listed below in a single message, skipping any they have already given.
2. Where options are listed, offer them, but accept other answers too.
3. Fill the answers into the prompt template, then follow the completed prompt to produce the result.

## Inputs

- **The enquiry, in their words** (longer free text)
- **Fee on the table** (free text, e.g. "amount")
- **How busy I am right now** (choose one: desperate for work, comfortable, fairly full, turning things away)
- **What is making me hesitate** (longer free text)

## Prompt template

I have an enquiry in and I am talking myself into it, which is usually a sign I should slow down.

The enquiry, in their words: {{The enquiry, in their words}}
Fee on the table: {{Fee on the table}}
How busy I am right now: {{How busy I am right now}}
What is making me hesitate: {{What is making me hesitate}}

Tell me what you would want to know before agreeing to this, and which of my hesitations are real signals rather than ordinary new-job nerves. Then draft two replies: one that accepts with conditions attached, and one that declines in a way that leaves the door open.

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Source: [Should I Take This Client? on PromptBuild](https://promptbuild.io/prompt/tVXCtUgDGuznQsrf6sue/should-i-take-this-client)