Check Email

Check Email

Review email marketing content for compliance issues against email-specific regulations.

Usage

/check-email [email content]

Example:

/check-email "Subject: URGENT! Last chance to claim your FREE gift! From: deals@shop.com Body: Click here to get your exclusive offer..."

Instructions

When invoked, follow these steps:

1. Parse input: The user will provide email content — ideally including subject line, sender/from address, body, and footer. If only partial content is provided (e.g., just a subject line), note which components are missing and evaluate what you have, flagging that a full review requires the complete email.

2. Load email-relevant rules: Read dist/index.json from this repo. Load only rules relevant to email marketing:

   • All CAN-SPAM rules (framework: can-spam) — these are the core email compliance rules
   • FTC dark pattern rules — rules with IDs starting with FTC-DARK-
   • FTC free trial rules — FTC-FREE-TRIAL if present
   • GDPR marketing/consent rules — rules tagged marketing or consent in the GDPR framework
   • CCPA opt-out rules — rules tagged opt-out in the CCPA framework

3. Evaluate by email component: Using the loaded rules as your compliance knowledge, evaluate each part of the email:

   • Subject line: Deceptive subject lines (CAN-SPAM), misleading urgency, false claims
   • Sender identification: From address accuracy, sender identity disclosure
   • Physical address: Presence of valid postal address (CAN-SPAM requirement)
   • Opt-out mechanism: Clear opt-out/unsubscribe link, no fee for opt-out, honored within 10 business days
   • Content labeling: Ad/commercial identification where required
   • Dark patterns: Manipulative urgency, hidden information, confirmshaming, pre-selected options
   • Marketing consent: GDPR consent requirements for EU audiences, CCPA opt-out rights

   For each component, reason about the content holistically against the relevant rules. Do not just pattern-match — consider context.

4. Report findings: Present results grouped by severity:

   ## Email Compliance Review
   
   **Content**: [subject line or first 100 chars]
   **Rules evaluated**: [count] rules across CAN-SPAM, FTC, GDPR, CCPA
   **Findings**: [count]
   
   ### Critical
   
   - **[rule.id]** [rule.title]
     Component: [Subject / Sender / Body / Footer / Opt-out]
     Concern: [specific explanation of what in the email is problematic and why]
     Regulation: [rule.summary]
     Suggested fix: [rule.remediation.guidance]
     Source: [rule.source.citation] ([rule.source.source_url])
   
   ### Warning
   
   [same format]
   
   ### Info
   
   [same format]
   
   ### Missing Components
   
   [List any email components that were not provided for review — e.g., "No footer/signature was included. CAN-SPAM requires a physical postal address in commercial emails."]
   
   ---
   *This is a pre-review tool. Findings are potential issues for human review, not definitive violations. Your compliance and legal teams have final authority.*
   

5. If no findings: Report that no potential violations were detected. Still list any missing components and include the disclaimer.

Notes

• This skill is specialized for email content. For general marketing copy, use /validate-copy.
• CAN-SPAM applies to all commercial email sent to US recipients. GDPR consent rules apply when the audience includes EU residents.
• Rules tagged structural are skipped — these are organizational requirements that can't be assessed from email content alone.
• Each rule's source.citation and source_url point to the actual regulation for verification.