Newsletter Infrastructure Hub

The newsletter signup, checklist downloads, and quick-start guides all need a way to collect emails without a backend server. Formspree handles this with zero server code — form submissions go straight to your email.

Cost: Free tier covers up to 50 submissions/month. The Clearing is currently at 0 subscribers, so there's plenty of headroom for growth.

1. Create a Formspree account Go to formspree.io and create a free account using your email. No credit card required for the free tier.
2. Create a new form Click "New Form" → name it "Newsletter Signup" → copy the form ID (something like xpwzwqvd).
3. Create a second form for the checklist Create a second form called "Checklist Download" and copy its ID separately.
4. Find all 15 placeholder files Run this in the project root: grep -rl "xpwqqvln" *.html — this lists all 15 files that need the IDs replaced.
5. Replace xpwqqvln in each file Open each file, find xpwqqvln, and replace it with the actual form ID. For checklist pages, use the checklist form ID. For newsletter/quick-start pages, use the newsletter form ID.
6. Test the form Submit a test signup at clearing-ai.com/newsletter.html — you should receive the submission in your Formspree inbox and/or email.

• ai-fatigue-checklist.html — Lead magnet: AI Fatigue Recovery Checklist (2 forms: top + bottom)
• ai-fatigue-quick-start.html — Quick-start guide signup
• ai-fatigue-recovery-checklist-pdf.html — PDF checklist variant
• ai-weekly-audit.html — Weekly AI audit tool signup
• community-hub.html — Community signup form
• newsletter.html — The Dispatch signup (main newsletter)
• daily-practice.html — 30-day challenge signup
• checkin.html — Daily check-in tool (streak reminder signup)
• ai-detox-plan.html — 30-day detox plan signup
• mental-health.html — Mental health resources (contact form)
• hiring.html — Engineering hiring guide signup
• team-guide.html — Team manager guide signup
• journal.html — Reflective journal (entry save/recall)
• resources.html — Resource library signup
• newsletter-outreach-dashboard.html — Outreach partnership contact form

newsletter.html: https://formspree.io/f/[xpwqqvln]
ai-fatigue-checklist.html (form 1): https://formspree.io/f/[xpwqqvln]
ai-fatigue-checklist.html (form 2): https://formspree.io/f/[xpwqqvln_2]
ai-fatigue-quick-start.html: https://formspree.io/f/[xpwqqvln]
ai-fatigue-recovery-checklist-pdf.html: https://formspree.io/f/[xpwqqvln]
ai-weekly-audit.html: https://formspree.io/f/[xpwqqvln]
community-hub.html: https://formspree.io/f/[xpwqqvln]
daily-practice.html: https://formspree.io/f/[xpwqqvln]
checkin.html: https://formspree.io/f/[xpwqqvln]
ai-detox-plan.html: https://formspree.io/f/[xpwqqvln]
mental-health.html: https://formspree.io/f/[xpwqqvln]
hiring.html: https://formspree.io/f/[xpwqqvln]
team-guide.html: https://formspree.io/f/[xpwqqvln]
journal.html: https://formspree.io/f/[xpwqqvln]
resources.html: https://formspree.io/f/[xpwqqvln]
newsletter-outreach-dashboard.html: https://formspree.io/f/[xpwqqvln]

Recommended: Every Tuesday at 8:00 AM in each reader's timezone. This catches people before the week's sprint begins. The Dispatch should feel like a calm Tuesday morning — not another notification demanding attention.

Tools to send: Formspree submissions collected in a spreadsheet. When a real email service is set up (Mailchimp, ConvertKit, Buttondown), all 4 issues import cleanly.

Day-14 follow-ups have been sent (May 8 and May 12). If no response by Day 21 (May 15 or later), send one final brief email with a different hook stat. This is the last contact attempt — if no response, move on and focus on organic distribution.

Final follow-up angle suggestion: "71% of engineers say AI tools make them feel like observers in their own code — we wrote about why this is happening and what to do about it."

Final follow-up emails ready to send from newsletter-outreach/send-kit/ready-to-post/

Everything else is built. The pages, the forms, the 4 Dispatch drafts, the outreach emails — all done. The only missing piece is the Formspree API key, which Sunny needs to create manually.

Once Formspree is configured:

1. Newsletter signup starts collecting emails
2. The Dispatch sends to first real subscribers
3. Checklist downloads collect email + send the PDF
4. Reddit/LinkedIn/Twitter traffic converts to email subscribers
5. Newsletter partnerships get an actual destination to send readers

Time to first subscriber after Formspree setup: same day. Time to 100 subscribers: depends on the outreach follow-ups and social distribution.

1. Open formspree.io

2. Click "Start with a template" → "Contact Form"

3. Copy the form ID from the embed code

4. In the project: grep -rl "xpwqqvln" *.html | xargs sed -i '' 's/xpwqqvln/your_real_id/g'

5. Test newsletter.html — email goes to your inbox

That's it. The whole email pipeline works. Everything else is done.