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As of 13 August 2026, AI can write a complaint to a company.

Most people should do this themselves; the prompt is on this page.

Can you do it?

5 minutesto a draft.

15 minutesto something you’d act on.

Cost, all in£0

Skill needednone

Who has to check ityou

What the alternative costsThe supplied tool list does not provide a price for a human complaint-writing alternative.

If this goes wrong: the company receives an inaccurate or unnecessarily aggressive complaint, which you can correct or replace before sending.

What to actually do

  1. Do it yourself

    The route this page recommends

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

    How to actually do it

    1. Open the company’s latest order confirmation, invoice, terms, complaints procedure and previous messages about the problem.
    2. Gather the relevant dates, reference numbers, names, amounts, promised service, what actually happened, the effect on you and the remedy you want.
    3. Paste those facts into the prompt, removing passwords, full payment-card details and other personal information the company does not need.
    4. Ask the chatbot to draft the complaint using only your supplied facts and to identify the evidence to attach.
    5. Compare every date, amount, quotation and claim in the draft with your records, then change any wording that does not accurately reflect what happened.
    6. Paste the final complaint into the company’s stated complaints channel, attach the supporting evidence, and keep a copy of what you sent.

    Prompt

    Write a clear, firm complaint to [COMPANY] about [PRODUCT OR SERVICE]. Use only the facts I provide below and do not invent details, dates, laws, policies, losses or conversations. Explain what happened in chronological order, state why I am dissatisfied, describe the practical impact on me, and request this specific remedy: [REMEDY]. Include relevant reference numbers and dates, but do not include unnecessary personal or financial information. Keep the tone calm and professional, avoid threats and unsupported legal claims, and ask for a written response within a reasonable timeframe without inventing a deadline set by the company. Finish with a short list of the evidence I should attach. After the draft, list every factual statement I need to check against my records.

My facts:
[PASTE YOUR FACTS, DATES, REFERENCE NUMBERS, CONTACTS, IMPACT, DESIRED REMEDY AND EVIDENCE HERE]

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

  2. Use a tool built for this

    Second choice

  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.

What it gets wrong

  • It does not know which details will carry the most weight with this company unless you provide the relevant policy, correspondence and evidence.
  • It cannot decide whether your requested remedy is proportionate to the loss or inconvenience without your judgement.
  • It may make the complaint sound generic or more confrontational than you intend.
  • It cannot confirm that the company’s current complaints route, response timeframe or policy wording is still applicable.

Even on a YES, the friction has a name: context depth and taste.

How we scored this

Five axes, each scored nought to two by hand: ten means AI carries the task cleanly, and the thresholds that turn a total into YES, PARTLY or NO are published in the methodology. Each axis name links to its definition.

AxisScore (0–2)
Output2
Inputs2
Verification2
Liability2
Effort delta2
Total10 / 10

The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.

FAQ

Can ChatGPT write a complaint letter for me?
Yes. Give it the facts, dates, evidence and remedy you want, then check every factual statement before sending it.
How do I make my complaint sound serious?
Use a chronological account, explain the practical impact and state the remedy you want clearly. A calm, specific complaint is usually more useful than insults, threats or claims you cannot support.
Can AI complain to a company for me?
It can draft the complaint, but you still need to approve and send it through the company’s complaints channel. You remain responsible for the facts, attachments and request you submit.
Should I include all my personal details in an AI complaint?
No. Include only the information needed to identify the purchase or account and explain the problem. Remove passwords, full payment-card details and other unnecessary sensitive information before pasting anything into a chatbot.

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Assessed by gpt-5.6-luna (gpt-5.6-luna) on 2026-08-13, second-checked by an independent model. Wrong somewhere? Email [email protected] and it gets re-checked.

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