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Launch Communication Plan Prompt

Make sure the right people know — a launch comms plan covering who to tell, when, through which channel, and what to say if it goes wrong.

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Overview

A technically perfect launch still fails if support is blindsided, stakeholders are surprised, or users hit a change with no notice. This prompt builds a launch communication plan: the audiences (internal and external), the message and channel for each, the timing relative to the deploy, and the pre-written holding statement for if the launch goes sideways.

How to use this resource

Describe the launch and audiences

Note what is launching, when it deploys, and who needs to know - internal teams, stakeholders, and users. The plan covers each audience and the if-it-goes-wrong message.
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Load the prompt into Multi-Step Prompt Builder and fill in the launch. Building it in stages keeps the audience, message, channel, and timing for each group worked out separately.
Walk through the comms plan

Read who gets told what, through which channel, and when relative to the deploy, plus the pre-written holding statement for if the launch goes sideways.
Fill the gaps before you announce

Confirm no audience, especially support, is left blindsided and the holding statement is ready, then send the comms on the planned timing.

Why This Works

Briefing support before launch turns surprise tickets into prepared answers
Audience-matched messaging stops users getting engineering detail they can't use
A pre-written holding statement saves the worst time to start writing one

Best for

Launches that affect users or multiple teams
Releases that will generate support volume
Teams where engineering ships without telling anyone

Not for

Purely internal, invisible deploys
Marketing campaign strategy — this is launch coordination

Use cases

Coordinating comms for a user-facing launch
Making sure support and on-call aren't blindsided
Pre-writing the statement for a launch that goes wrong

FAQ

Does a launch communication plan include what to say if the release breaks?

Yes — the IF IT GOES WRONG step produces a pre-written holding statement plus who approves external comms during an incident, so you're not drafting one under pressure. Built in stages in the Multi-Step Prompt Builder, the plan returns as a table of audience, message, channel, and timing alongside the support brief. It's a plan to review, not comms that send themselves.

How does this plan make sure support isn't blindsided by a launch?

Support gets its own step — SUPPORT ENABLEMENT covers what support needs to handle the questions this launch will generate — and the rule that internal audiences are briefed before external ones puts them ahead of users. The Multi-Step Prompt Builder works each audience out separately in stages; you still confirm no group is left out before announcing.

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Prompt Template

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ROLE
You are planning the communication around a product or feature launch.

INPUT
The launch:
[What's launching, to whom, and when]

PRODUCE A COMMS PLAN
1. AUDIENCES: everyone who needs to know — on-call, support, sales, leadership, affected users, status-page subscribers.
2. MESSAGE: for each audience, the one thing they need to know, in their language (not the engineering detail).
3. CHANNEL & TIMING: where and when each audience hears it, relative to the deploy (before / at / after).
4. SUPPORT ENABLEMENT: what support needs to handle the questions this launch will generate.
5. IF IT GOES WRONG: a pre-written holding statement and who approves external comms during an incident.

RULES
- Internal audiences are briefed before external ones.
- Match the message to the audience — users don't need the architecture.

OUTPUT
A comms plan table (audience, message, channel, timing) plus the support brief and the holding statement.

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