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Check Whether This Email Is Clear and Actionable

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Check whether this email is clear and actionable for the person receiving it. Review it from the recipient's point of view. Check: 1. Can they tell why I am writing within the first few lines? 2. Is the key information complete and easy to find? 3. Is it clear what I need them to do, decide or know? 4. Are any deadlines, dates, owners or next steps ambiguous? 5. Could any sentence reasonably be interpreted in more than one way? 6. Is there unnecessary detail hiding the main point? 7. Does the subject line match the real purpose? Output: - Clear already - Potentially unclear - Missing information - Actionability problems Then provide a lightly edited version that fixes only the issues you found. Preserve my facts and tone unless a change is necessary for clarity. Do not invent missing facts. Mark them as [NEEDS CLARIFICATION] if I have not supplied them. Email: [PASTE EMAIL]