# Email Best Practices Skill

The Email Best Practices skill provides AI agents with comprehensive knowledge for building production-ready email integrations in your applications. It covers authentication, compliance, deliverability, and operational best practices.

## Installation

Install the skill using the following command:

```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
npx skills add resend/email-best-practices
```

## Advantages

- **DNS authentication guidance**: Step-by-step instructions for setting up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records.
- **Transactional and marketing email design**: Best practices for designing effective transactional and marketing emails.
- **Regional compliance**: Guidelines for CAN-SPAM, GDPR, CASL, and other regional email regulations.
- **Webhook event processing**: Patterns for handling delivery notifications, bounces, and complaints.
- **Suppression list management**: Strategies for maintaining healthy suppression lists and improving deliverability.

## Learn More

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See the full source code and documentation.
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## Related pages

- [React Email Skill](./build-with-ai-react-email-skill.md)
- [Resend Skill](./build-with-ai-resend-skill.md)
- [Agent Email Inbox Skill](./build-with-ai-agent-email-inbox-skill.md)

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