# Plan compliant email-list growth

Growing an email list requires clear acquisition choices and trustworthy consent practices. This skill creates a measurable growth plan with lead magnets, opt-in requirements, and referral mechanics.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add aaron-he-zhu/list-growth-designer
```

## Metadata

- Status: approved
- Slug: aaron-he-zhu-list-growth-designer
- Version: 19.0.0
- Author version: 19.0.0
- Skillstore revision: r2
- Version status: valid
- Tree hash: 710f872fdb569f5c9aebaa6b7926a483aa01bea27c19625bc0d1ad54e9577d8a
- Author: aaron-he-zhu
- GitHub username: aaron-he-zhu
- License: Apache-2.0
- Repository: https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills/tree/main/email/setup/list-growth-designer
- Ref: adcb3549b15782055d0beb6d29f113d20de08f92
- Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- Audit status: complete
- Agent install advisory: allowed
- Manual install advisory: allowed
- Artifact signature: available
- Audit attestation: unavailable
- Human verification: not\_verified
- Risk factors: external\_commands, network, filesystem
- Quality score: 81
- Quality tier: silver
- Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/aaron-he-zhu-list-growth-designer
- Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/aaron-he-zhu-list-growth-designer/manifest

## Capabilities

- Defines acquisition channels based on the audience, offer, and current signup source.
- Develops lead magnet or signup incentive concepts that match the newsletter offer.
- Specifies single or double opt-in flow requirements and consent evidence to capture.
- Designs referral or recommendation mechanics with safeguards for signup quality.
- Sets subscriber-growth, cost-per-opt-in, confirmation, and cohort-engagement metrics.
- Creates handoff details for consent registry and email-flow design work.

## Use Cases

- Launch a newsletter acquisition plan: Create a channel and lead-magnet plan before launching a new newsletter.
- Improve an existing signup funnel: Review current sources and define measurable improvements to list growth and confirmation rates.
- Prepare a compliant referral program: Specify incentives, attribution, consent requirements, and quality safeguards for referrals.

## Prompt Templates

### Start a list-growth plan

```
Plan email-list growth for my newsletter. My audience is [audience], my offer is [offer], and my goal is [goal] over [period].
```

### Design a lead magnet

```
Design three honest lead magnet concepts for [audience]. My newsletter helps with [outcome]. Include the best acquisition channel for each concept.
```

### Specify a double opt-in flow

```
Create a compliant double opt-in capture-flow specification for [offer] in [jurisdiction]. List the consent evidence to capture and open questions for counsel.
```

### Build a measured referral loop

```
Design a referral loop for my newsletter. Current list size: [size]. Signup source: [source]. Include incentive, attribution, quality safeguards, and estimated metrics labeled clearly.
```

## Limitations

- Does not build signup pages, popups, or forms.
- Does not write confirmation or welcome email copy.
- Does not record consent or contact records directly.
- Provides compliance guidance, not legal advice.

## Best Practices

- Provide current signup data and label unknown values instead of guessing.
- Use double opt-in when appropriate and document the consent evidence required.
- Confirm jurisdiction-specific requirements with qualified legal counsel before launch.

## Anti Patterns

- Do not promise subscriber benchmarks without user data or a clear estimate label.
- Do not use misleading incentives or claims that the newsletter cannot support.
- Do not store consent records outside the designated consent registry process.

## Security Audit

- Audited at: 2026-07-26T10:26:37.133\+00:00
- Summary: All 41 static findings are false positives caused by Markdown formatting, relative documentation links, fixed workspace memory paths, and metadata URLs. The skill contains no executable commands, network requests, system reconnaissance, or uncontrolled filesystem access. It also instructs the agent to treat imported data as untrusted and to request confirmation before saving results.

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