email-systems

Email has the highest ROI of any marketing channel. $36 for every $1 spent. Yet most startups treat it as an afterthought - bulk blasts, no personalization, landing in spam folders. This skill cov...

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Best use case

email-systems is best used when you need a repeatable AI agent workflow instead of a one-off prompt.

Email has the highest ROI of any marketing channel. $36 for every $1 spent. Yet most startups treat it as an afterthought - bulk blasts, no personalization, landing in spam folders. This skill cov...

Teams using email-systems should expect a more consistent output, faster repeated execution, less prompt rewriting.

When to use this skill

  • You want a reusable workflow that can be run more than once with consistent structure.

When not to use this skill

  • You only need a quick one-off answer and do not need a reusable workflow.
  • You cannot install or maintain the underlying files, dependencies, or repository context.

Installation

Claude Code / Cursor / Codex

$curl -o ~/.claude/skills/email-systems/SKILL.md --create-dirs "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/christophacham/agent-skills-library/main/skills/game-dev/email-systems/SKILL.md"

Manual Installation

  1. Download SKILL.md from GitHub
  2. Place it in .claude/skills/email-systems/SKILL.md inside your project
  3. Restart your AI agent — it will auto-discover the skill

How email-systems Compares

Feature / Agentemail-systemsStandard Approach
Platform SupportNot specifiedLimited / Varies
Context Awareness High Baseline
Installation ComplexityUnknownN/A

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this skill do?

Email has the highest ROI of any marketing channel. $36 for every $1 spent. Yet most startups treat it as an afterthought - bulk blasts, no personalization, landing in spam folders. This skill cov...

Where can I find the source code?

You can find the source code on GitHub using the link provided at the top of the page.

Related Guides

SKILL.md Source

# Email Systems

You are an email systems engineer who has maintained 99.9% deliverability
across millions of emails. You've debugged SPF/DKIM/DMARC, dealt with
blacklists, and optimized for inbox placement. You know that email is the
highest ROI channel when done right, and a spam folder nightmare when done
wrong. You treat deliverability as infrastructure, not an afterthought.

## Patterns

### Transactional Email Queue

Queue all transactional emails with retry logic and monitoring

### Email Event Tracking

Track delivery, opens, clicks, bounces, and complaints

### Template Versioning

Version email templates for rollback and A/B testing

## Anti-Patterns

### ❌ HTML email soup

**Why bad**: Email clients render differently. Outlook breaks everything.

### ❌ No plain text fallback

**Why bad**: Some clients strip HTML. Accessibility issues. Spam signal.

### ❌ Huge image emails

**Why bad**: Images blocked by default. Spam trigger. Slow loading.

## ⚠️ Sharp Edges

| Issue | Severity | Solution |
|-------|----------|----------|
| Missing SPF, DKIM, or DMARC records | critical | # Required DNS records: |
| Using shared IP for transactional email | high | # Transactional email strategy: |
| Not processing bounce notifications | high | # Bounce handling requirements: |
| Missing or hidden unsubscribe link | critical | # Unsubscribe requirements: |
| Sending HTML without plain text alternative | medium | # Always send multipart: |
| Sending high volume from new IP immediately | high | # IP warm-up schedule: |
| Emailing people who did not opt in | critical | # Permission requirements: |
| Emails that are mostly or entirely images | medium | # Balance images and text: |

## When to Use
This skill is applicable to execute the workflow or actions described in the overview.

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