As of 13 August 2026, AI can write your request to work from home.

What to actually do

1. Use a tool built for this

   The route this page recommends

2. Do it yourself

   Second choice

   A chat interface, no skill needed, and roughly 15 minutes until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Open your employer's current flexible-working or home-working policy and copy the relevant wording into a note.
   2. Write down your current arrangement, the exact days or pattern you want, your preferred start date and the practical reason for the request.
   3. Add concrete details about your availability, meetings, equipment, deadlines and how you will stay reachable while working from home.
   4. Paste the prompt into an AI chat, replace every bracketed slot with your information and include the policy extract if you have one.
   5. Compare the draft with your notes and the policy, remove any claim or personal detail you did not provide, then send the final email to your manager or use it to request a meeting.

   Prompt

   Write a professional UK workplace email requesting to work from home.
   
   Use only the facts below and do not invent achievements, policies, health details, childcare details or legal rights. Do not say that I am entitled to home working unless the workplace policy I provide explicitly says so. Keep the tone cooperative and practical, not apologetic or demanding. Make the request specific, explain how I would keep work on track, and suggest a conversation if appropriate. Include a clear subject line and keep the email concise.
   
   My name: [name]
   Manager's name: [manager's name]
   Job title and team: [job title and team]
   Current working arrangement: [current arrangement]
   Requested arrangement: [days, dates or pattern for working from home]
   Preferred start date: [date or 'not decided']
   Reason for the request: [brief reason]
   How I will manage meetings, availability and deadlines: [practical details]
   Any relevant workplace policy or wording: [paste the relevant extract, or write 'none']
   Anything I need to avoid mentioning: [details]
   
   After the draft, list any missing facts that would materially affect the request. Do not add those facts to the email.

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

3. Hand it to a person

   The distant third

   A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.