Offline Email Preflight: static checks and QA handoff

Offline Email Preflight

A self-directed, AI-assisted work sample for DTC marketers and agency teams reviewing email before platform testing. This static-checking module is part of the Repeat Foundry Email Preflight repository, alongside a separate synthetic lifecycle decision lab.

The problem Unfinished links, missing tracking fields, image-alt omissions and selected personalization risks can survive a copy review. A small offline preflight can make those issues easier to inspect before the account owner performs native testing.

The work A standard-library Python command-line tool reads a local JSON manifest and HTML email as text. It returns stable rule codes, severity levels, locations and manual-review reminders. It does not render or execute the HTML, call a network service, use credentials or send email.

Worked example The deliberately unfinished welcome-email fixture has 4 errors and 4 warnings. The reviewed fixture has 0 errors and 0 warnings within the implemented static checks. Both the before/after HTML and JSON reports are visible in the repository.

The examples are fictional. Those counts describe the seeded fixtures only; they are not measured client outcomes or proof of deployment readiness.

Handoff boundary A clean report is not send approval. A real sender footer, platform preview, consent and eligibility checks, live-link tests and accountable owner approval are still needed. The tool does not establish deliverability, legal compliance, rendering quality or live flow behavior.

Inspect the source, examples and manual QA handoff: https://github.com/Nimrodogachi/Journey-