An agent that prepares the newsletter in French and English

A monthly newsletter in two languages means a text, its translation, a subject line, then two campaigns to build in the sending tool, with an “English version” link to connect in the right place. The same gestures every month, and two risks: the typo, and worse, the send that went out too early.

It is a Claude Code skill. The team writes the month’s text in French, the agent prepares it. It suggests a subject line, translates the text and the subject line into English, then shows the four elements at once: subject line and body, in both languages. A person reads them and approves.

It then creates two campaigns in the sending tool, one in French and one in English, as drafts. The text itself stays written by the team: the agent is not its author.

Six rules, written down:

• It never sends. No send call, no scheduling: the two campaigns stay drafts. Sending is a gesture of the person, after review. It is the first rule of the skill, and it depends on no context.
• A person approves before any call. As long as the four elements have not got a yes, the sending tool is not touched.
• No template to maintain. It reuses the last campaign sent, in each language, and only replaces the editorial zone. The base is found again at every run.
• The link to the English version is already in the base. It never injects it again: it would show up twice.
• No attachment. The agent handles none. If the month has one, the person adds it themselves at the end.
• Two phases, because the tool requires it. The public link to the English version only exists once that campaign has been sent. The agent first creates the two drafts; the person sends the English one to an internal address; then the agent connects the link in the French one, which the person sends in turn.

At each phase, it reminds the person of the gestures that remain theirs.

The month of an imagined newsletter (illustrative example, fictional content):

• The team drops the text. Three paragraphs in French.
• The agent suggests a subject line and the translation. It shows the four elements.
• The person fixes a word. They approve. Two drafts appear in the sending tool.
• They send the English version to an internal address. The agent then connects the link in the French draft.
• They read it over, then send the French one.

• An absolute rule beats a judgment. “Never send” is not weighed case by case: it is written at the top of the skill, with no exception.
• The tool dictates its order. The public link only exists after sending: rather than working around it, we made two phases, with a reminder at each.
• Cloning the last send costs less than maintaining templates. There is nothing to keep up to date, and the layout stays the one from the month before.
• A preview before the call avoids going back and forth. Seeing the four elements together shows a gap in tone or meaning between the two languages before a campaign exists.

The same pattern works for any recurring send: newsletter, client report, announcement, press release. The agent prepares, a person approves, and the irreversible gesture stays with the person.