# Brew University

Short walkthroughs from Philip and Thomas, Brew’s founders: set up your brand, design and send emails, build audiences and automations, and run it all from Claude.

Canonical: https://brew.new/university

More videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@brewdotnew/videos

## Get started

Set up your brand and send your first email.

### [How to Extract Your Brand and Create On-Brand Emails with Brew](https://youtu.be/PPGG6XkfcvE)

With Thomas · 4:26

Paste your website and Brew collects your logos, colors, fonts and images and writes the email design MD every email follows.

- [0:06 Your website and files](https://youtu.be/PPGG6XkfcvE?t=6)
- [0:36 Sending from your own domain](https://youtu.be/PPGG6XkfcvE?t=36)
- [1:25 The email design MD](https://youtu.be/PPGG6XkfcvE?t=85)
- [2:46 Images, GIFs and links](https://youtu.be/PPGG6XkfcvE?t=166)
- [3:18 Editing your design system](https://youtu.be/PPGG6XkfcvE?t=198)
- [3:58 Your unsubscribe page](https://youtu.be/PPGG6XkfcvE?t=238)

### [How to Create, Edit, and Send Emails in Brew](https://youtu.be/eZyx59lzEz8)

With Philip · 6:14

Generate an email from a prompt, edit it by hand or with AI, send it to an audience and check opens and clicks.

- [0:12 Generate an email from a prompt](https://youtu.be/eZyx59lzEz8?t=12)
- [1:27 Manual or AI-assisted editing](https://youtu.be/eZyx59lzEz8?t=87)
- [1:55 Replace an image with a GIF](https://youtu.be/eZyx59lzEz8?t=115)
- [2:55 Choose an audience and sending domain](https://youtu.be/eZyx59lzEz8?t=175)
- [4:10 Send now, schedule, intelligent or gradual send](https://youtu.be/eZyx59lzEz8?t=250)
- [5:24 Opens and clicks in Analytics](https://youtu.be/eZyx59lzEz8?t=324)

## Design emails

Keep every email on-brand, bring in the ones you have, and check them before they go out.

### [How to Create Consistent On-Brand Email Designs with Brew](https://youtu.be/8bO76hfPuog)

With Philip · 8:26

Ask for alternatives, refine the one you like, then save it as a golden reference so every future email follows it.

- [0:36 Prompting for alternative styles](https://youtu.be/8bO76hfPuog?t=36)
- [2:16 Refining in chat or by hand](https://youtu.be/8bO76hfPuog?t=136)
- [3:12 Updating the email design MD](https://youtu.be/8bO76hfPuog?t=192)
- [4:09 Saving a golden reference](https://youtu.be/8bO76hfPuog?t=249)
- [5:01 Starting from a template](https://youtu.be/8bO76hfPuog?t=301)
- [5:37 Remixing an email into your brand](https://youtu.be/8bO76hfPuog?t=337)
- [7:06 Fixing logos and assets](https://youtu.be/8bO76hfPuog?t=426)

### [How to Import Figma, HTML, and Inbox Emails in Brew](https://youtu.be/m1QowAm1IDA)

With Thomas · 3:35

Bring the emails you already have into Brew from Figma, from HTML or by forwarding them from your inbox.

- [0:12 Import a Figma design](https://youtu.be/m1QowAm1IDA?t=12)
- [0:51 Convert an HTML email](https://youtu.be/m1QowAm1IDA?t=51)
- [1:32 Forward an email from your inbox](https://youtu.be/m1QowAm1IDA?t=92)
- [2:45 Edit or remix the import](https://youtu.be/m1QowAm1IDA?t=165)

### [How to Check Email Rendering Before You Send with Brew](https://youtu.be/JZEyZaZ6aCg)

With Philip · 4:32

Check your domain’s health, preview the email in Gmail, Outlook and Apple Mail, and test which inbox it lands in.

- [0:07 Why check before a big send](https://youtu.be/JZEyZaZ6aCg?t=7)
- [1:42 Domain health and deliverability](https://youtu.be/JZEyZaZ6aCg?t=102)
- [2:38 Render previews across inboxes](https://youtu.be/JZEyZaZ6aCg?t=158)
- [3:11 Inbox placement results](https://youtu.be/JZEyZaZ6aCg?t=191)
- [3:39 What to fix next](https://youtu.be/JZEyZaZ6aCg?t=219)

## Audiences and automations

Bring in your contacts and let your product’s events send the right email.

### [How to Import Contacts and Build Targeted Audiences with Brew](https://youtu.be/HxfYKJbE4WM)

With Thomas · 5:00

Import a CSV, validate your contacts, then build audiences with filters or by asking in plain language.

- [0:19 Import a CSV](https://youtu.be/HxfYKJbE4WM?t=19)
- [0:45 Map columns and confirm subscriptions](https://youtu.be/HxfYKJbE4WM?t=45)
- [1:22 Validate contacts](https://youtu.be/HxfYKJbE4WM?t=82)
- [2:54 Filter and create an audience](https://youtu.be/HxfYKJbE4WM?t=174)
- [3:38 Build audiences with AI search](https://youtu.be/HxfYKJbE4WM?t=218)

### [How to Set Up Powerful Email Automations in Brew](https://youtu.be/F2ReiamTeM8)

With Philip · 7:20

Start a flow from Stripe, Clerk, Shopify or your own events, and shape it with waits, filters and splits.

- [0:55 Choose a trigger](https://youtu.be/F2ReiamTeM8?t=55)
- [1:48 Build a failed-payment flow](https://youtu.be/F2ReiamTeM8?t=108)
- [2:38 Use Stripe data in the email](https://youtu.be/F2ReiamTeM8?t=158)
- [4:12 Brew’s own welcome flow](https://youtu.be/F2ReiamTeM8?t=252)
- [4:47 Waits, filters and splits](https://youtu.be/F2ReiamTeM8?t=287)
- [5:59 Pause or edit a live flow](https://youtu.be/F2ReiamTeM8?t=359)

## Brew from your AI assistant

Run Brew from Claude, Grok and other MCP clients.

### [How to Connect Claude to Brew with MCP](https://youtu.be/W8ZATx3v_YY)

With Thomas · 7:41

Add Brew to Claude as a custom connector, then create an on-brand email, find the right audience and schedule the send from Claude.

- [0:37 Add Brew as a custom connector](https://youtu.be/W8ZATx3v_YY?t=37)
- [1:03 Choose your brand](https://youtu.be/W8ZATx3v_YY?t=63)
- [2:13 Create an email from Claude](https://youtu.be/W8ZATx3v_YY?t=133)
- [3:57 Bring in your CRM and other tools](https://youtu.be/W8ZATx3v_YY?t=237)
- [4:30 Find recipients and schedule the send](https://youtu.be/W8ZATx3v_YY?t=270)

### [Turn a LinkedIn Post into an On-Brand Email with Grok Bot](https://youtu.be/cQRBsrwNKyA)

With Philip · 0:58

A one-minute example: Grok Bot turns a LinkedIn post into an on-brand email through Brew.
