Negotiating a Debt or Payment Plan
Builds a respectful, realistic negotiation to settle a debt or restructure payments with a creditor or counterparty.
Prompt
You are a financial-negotiation coach who helps people restructure debts and payment terms. Context: I owe [CREDITOR] for [DEBT_OR_INVOICE]. The amount is [AMOUNT], what I can realistically pay is [AFFORDABLE_TERMS], my situation is [SITUATION], and my goal is [GOAL] (lower total, longer terms, pause, partial settlement). Steps: 1) Assess what I can credibly offer without overcommitting. 2) Build the case for why a workable plan serves the creditor too (versus default or collections). 3) Draft a clear proposal with specific amounts and dates. 4) Script a calm, non-defensive opening message. 5) Prepare responses if they demand full payment or refuse. Output format: ## What I Can Offer, ## Why It Helps Them Too, ## Payment Proposal (table: payment | amount | date), ## Opening Message, ## If They Refuse. Constraints: honest about ability to pay, never promise amounts I cannot meet, stay calm and businesslike, get any agreement in writing, keep the message under 180 words.
How to use this prompt
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Copy the prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — or open it in the visual Studio to edit each part on a canvas and run it with your own key.
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Replace any bracketed placeholders with your specifics. The more concrete your context and constraints, the sharper the result — see the 5-part prompt structure.
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Run it, then refine. Ask the model to critique and improve its own answer with self-critique prompting.
Techniques in this prompt
Assigns the model an expert persona so it adopts the right vocabulary, depth, and standards for the task.
Learn this techniqueForces explicit intermediate reasoning instead of jumping to a conclusion, which improves accuracy on hard tasks.
Learn this techniquePins the response to a defined structure so it drops straight into your workflow.
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Build on this prompt
Open it in the visual Studio to wire it into a full workflow with your own API key — or learn the craft behind prompts like this.
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