version: "1.0.0" name: email-block-test-send description: Send one interactive test copy of a VYG email template to the signed-in user's inbox (dry-run action tokens) and walk an Apple Mail + Gmail checklist. Use when the user says "test send", "send me the cart email", "seed inbox", or after /email-block-preview.

/email-block-test-send — interactive seed-inbox send

Send one interactive test to the signed-in account's email. It cannot target anyone else. Action tokens are minted with payload.dry_run=true: taps simulate cart/subscription writes, record email_interactions with meta.dry_run=true, and do not write to Shopify or the subscription provider. The email_sends row is is_test.

Use `email_template_test_send_interactive`, not email_template_test_send. The latter is the static/simple test send and will not mint dry-run action tokens.

Prerequisites

• MCP connected as the user who should receive the mail (brand user on

https://api.vyg.app/mcp for the smoke path).

• A saved template_id (create via /email-block-design first). Archived

templates cannot be sent.

• A verified sending domain. Call email_domain_list if unsure. Pass

from_domain when the brand has more than one.

Step 1 — Send

email_template_test_send_interactive
  template_id: <uuid>
  from_domain: <optional verified domain>

Success looks like:

sent: true
is_test: true
action_dry_run: true
to: <the signed-in user's email>
tokens_minted: <n>

If it errors:

ses_dry_run: true means SES itself was stubbed (dev). Production smoke wants ses_dry_run: false with sent: true.

Step 2 — Client checklist

Ask the brand to open the message in Apple Mail and Gmail. Record what they see. This is the US-007 matrix; full notes in kinetic-limits.md.

Apple Mail (iOS 18+/macOS Sonoma+)

• [ ] Kinetic stage visible (variant pills, qty 1–5, carousel prev/next, or

subscription radios) — not just a static table.

• [ ] Tapping a label updates the Checkout / confirm link (?c=).
• [ ] Fallback links are in the HTML but hidden while :checked works.
• [ ] Gate checkbox is not display:none (if kinetic looks like links,

the shell may have broken the support gate — return to design).

• [ ] Mail Privacy Protection does not fire actions (MPP prefetches images

only). A tap is required to spend a token.

Gmail (web and Gmail iOS)

• [ ] Looks like the links table (product rows + Checkout / View cart).
• [ ] No visible radios / steppers (stage stays inline-hidden).
• [ ] Checkout / View cart links work (they carry ?c=0 when choices exist).
• [ ] AMP part: only if the sending domain's amp_registration_status is

verified. Otherwise Gmail shows the HTML part — expected.

• [ ] Clipping: body should stay under the 95 KB links / 100 KB kinetic /

102,400 B AMP budgets. If Gmail clips, the template is too large.

Outlook for Windows (optional)

• [ ] Links table only. Kinetic markup is dropped by the Word renderer

(<!--[if !mso]>…). No quantity stepper, no pills.

After a tap (any client)

• [ ] Redirect or hosted confirm/result page loads.
• [ ] Write actions confirm on POST (GET from a scanner must not mutate).
• [ ] Because this send is dry_run, Shopify/ReCharge/Stay/Skio must not

show a real cart rebuild or skip. The interaction row should exist.

Step 3 — Report

Write email-blocks/<slug>.test-send.md with send_id, to, from, tokens_minted, action_dry_run, and the checklist results. Do not print action tokens or URLs that contain them into chat beyond the send confirmation.

Operating rules

1. Self-only. Never ask for a different recipient; the tool ignores that

anyway and would error if it could.

1. Interactive tool only for block templates.
2. Dry-run is the point. Do not "upgrade" to a live action from this skill.
3. AMP in the MIME part requires domain amp_registration_status=verified.

Unverified domains still send HTML. See amp-prerequisites.md.