Details
Overview
Channels: Email Marketing Skill is an open-source Agent Skill from the kostja94/marketing-skills collection (MIT). It teaches AI coding agents focused marketing / SEO workflows so they can produce production-ready guidance instead of generic advice.
Guides email marketing strategy for AI/SaaS products. Email ROI ~$36 per dollar spent; open/click rates typically higher than social. Covers EDM vs Newsletter, five content types, deliverability (SPF/DKIM/DMARC), and SEO synergy via article delivery.
Identify: 1. Goal: Retention, conversion, brand reach, or SEO synergy 2. Content mix: Onboarding, campaign, announcement, features, newsletter 3. List size: Bulk sender rules (5,000+/day) require Gmail/Yahoo compliance
Official skill id: email-marketing. Source path: skills/channels/owned/email-marketing.
Key Features
- C: ontent mix (five types)
- E: DM vs Newsletter balance
- D: eliverability (subdomain, SPF/DKIM/DMARC)
- A: rticle delivery (Retention, ToFu, MoFu, SEO targets)
- C: adence and frequency
- K: PI (open, click, GA4 email traffic, GSC)
How to Use
- Use a Skill-compatible agent such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex.
- Install from the terminal (Node.js required):
npx skills add https://github.com/kostja94/marketing-skills --skill email-marketing
Or paste the install prompt from this tool page into your agent and ask it to install for you. 3. Restart / reload the agent so the new Skill is loaded. 4. Invoke the Skill with its slash commands or by asking the agent to run the workflow described in Overview / Key Features. 5. Review outputs before publishing — treat model-generated copy, images, and data as drafts.
Pricing
| Plan | Billing | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open source | — | Free | MIT license; install via npx skills add |
| Full pack | — | Free | Optional: install the entire marketing-skills repo |
No paid tiers. Check the GitHub repository for license and updates.
Best For
Marketers, indie hackers, ecommerce / SaaS founders, and SEO operators who want agents to execute a specific marketing task with structured best practices.
Trigger context from the skill author: When the user wants to plan email marketing, EDM, newsletter strategy, or email deliverability. Also use when the user mentions "email marketing," "EDM," "newsletter," "SPF," "DKIM," "DMARC," "email deliverability," "email content strategy," "email campaigns," "newsletter strategy," "email automation," or "cold…
FAQ
How do I install this skill?
npx skills add https://github.com/kostja94/marketing-skills --skill email-marketing
Or copy the skill folder into .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, or .claude/skills/.
Does this skill run code on my machine?
No. Skills in this collection are pure Markdown instructions for agents — no executable payloads.
Can I install only this skill instead of the full pack?
Yes. Prefer --skill email-marketing for a single task. Install 2–3 related skills per job rather than the entire library.
Where should I add project context?
Copy templates/project-context.md from the repo into .cursor/ or .claude/ and fill in product, audience, and brand details so outputs stay tailored.