diff --git a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-26-email-templates-brand-hygiene.md b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-26-email-templates-brand-hygiene.md
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@@ -506,16 +506,16 @@ Separated because the ban template carries a reason/expiry block, not the standa
**Files:**
- Modify: `email/banned.html`
-- [ ] **Step 1: Read `email/banned.html`** to see its body rows (greeting, ban reason, expiry).
+- [x] **Step 1: Read `email/banned.html`** to see its body rows (greeting, ban reason, expiry).
-- [ ] **Step 2: Apply the Task 6 transform** — IMPORT header + `[[email:banned.preheader]]` preheader + retained body (with the palette/font find/replace) + IMPORT footer. Keep all existing `[[email:ban.*]]` / reason / expiry keys and `{{{ if }}}` conditionals unchanged. Recolor any reason/quote block: card `bgcolor` → `#fbf7ef`, body text → `#3a3340`, any muted text → `#9a9086`.
+- [x] **Step 2: Apply the Task 6 transform** — IMPORT header + `[[email:banned.preheader]]` preheader + retained body (with the palette/font find/replace) + IMPORT footer. Keep all existing `[[email:ban.*]]` / reason / expiry keys and `{{{ if }}}` conditionals unchanged. Recolor any reason/quote block: card `bgcolor` → `#fbf7ef`, body text → `#3a3340`, any muted text → `#9a9086`.
- [ ] **Step 3: Guard + build**
Run: `node scripts/check-emails.js` → expect only `notification.html`, `digest.html` failing.
-Run: `./nodebb build` → clean.
+Task 7 note: guard ran with only the expected remaining `notification.html` and `digest.html` failures. `./nodebb build` was not run because no executable `./nodebb` / NodeBB root is available in this theme repo.
-- [ ] **Step 4: Commit**
+- [x] **Step 4: Commit**
```bash
git add email/banned.html
diff --git a/email/banned.html b/email/banned.html
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+[[email:banned.preheader]]
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+[[email:greeting-with-name, {username}]]
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+[[email:banned.text1, {username}, {site_title}]]
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+{{{ if reason }}}
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+ [[email:banned.text3]]
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+{reason}
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+{{{ end }}} {{{ if until }}}
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+ [[email:banned.text2, {until}]]
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+{{{ end }}}
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