Overdue Invoice Writer
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Turn an overdue freelance invoice into paid money without burning the client: verify the facts, diagnose why payment stalled, and send a 3-touch follow-up sequence — friendly, firm, final — that asks for one payment date and ends with a clean pause-or-plan decision. In about 30 minutes, build a complete follow-up pack you can send the same day.
Invoice INV-2026-014 for $4,650 is 21 days overdue and my reminder got no reply. Build the follow-up pack: verify the facts, diagnose the stall, and draft the 3-touch sequence with a pause-or-plan decision.
What you get
- A complete follow-up pack in about 30 minutes: a verified invoice card, a 3-touch email sequence (friendly, firm, final notice) with ready-to-send templates, a payment-plan template, a pause-work notice, and a dated pause-or-plan-or-escalate decision rule. The example pack recovers a $4,650 balance without inventing fees or bluffing deadlines.
Good fit
- Freelancers and solo consultants with an invoice past due, a reminder that got ignored, or a milestone payment blocking the next phase — who want the money without losing the client or the referral.
Not for
- Disputed delivery (resolve the dispute first), invoices not yet due, debts already threatened with legal action, or anyone wanting legal advice — late-fee rights and collection rules vary by jurisdiction and agreement; large or hostile debts need a lawyer, not an email sequence.
- Name
- Overdue Invoice Writer
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- Category
- Writing
- Skills inside
- 1
Download & install
What's new: Initial release: 7-step workflow (verify, diagnose, 3-touch sequence, send, escalate on schedule, pause-or-plan decision, close and tighten), 3 references (chase ladder, message templates, pause-and-escalate), and a full example follow-up pack demo page (fictional Lumen Botanics $4,650 balance).
Free for signed-in users.
1. Download the ZIP
Use the button above to download the packaged skill. It contains the SKILL.md plus all supporting files.
2. Unzip into your agent's skills folder
Extract the archive so that SKILL.md sits directly inside a folder named after the skill:
unzip overdue-invoice-writer-vv1.0.0.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/overdue-invoice-writer/Skills folder per agent
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- ~/.claude/skills
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- ~/.cursor/skills
- Codex
- ~/.codex/skills
- GitHub Copilot
- ~/.copilot/skills
3. Restart your agent
Your agent picks up the new skill automatically on next launch. Ask it what it can do.
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