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Ask Claude to Generate Responsive HTML Email Templates

recombobulate @recombobulate · Mar 26, 2026 · Workflows
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HTML email development is a special kind of pain — inline styles, table layouts, and Outlook quirks. Claude handles all of it so you don't have to.

Build a responsive HTML email template for an order confirmation.
Include: company logo placeholder, order summary table, shipping
address, and a "Track Order" CTA button. Must work in Outlook,
Gmail, and Apple Mail. Use inline styles and table-based layout.

Claude generates battle-tested markup with all the hacks baked in — MSO conditionals for Outlook, -webkit-text-size-adjust for mobile, and proper max-width wrappers that actually collapse on small screens.

Need a whole set? Ask for variations:

Generate email templates for: welcome, password reset, invoice,
and shipping notification. Use the same header/footer layout
across all four. Keep the CTA button style consistent.

You can also hand Claude an existing email that's broken in a specific client:

This email renders fine in Gmail but breaks in Outlook 2019.
Fix the layout while keeping the same visual design.

Claude knows the obscure rendering differences between email clients — things like Outlook ignoring margin on div elements or Gmail stripping <style> blocks in non-AMP emails.

Stop fighting email clients manually — let Claude write the table-layout spaghetti so your emails look perfect everywhere.

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