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title: "Put the facts of a receipt in text · Agent Wranglers"
url: https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/email/automation-and-agents/readable-receipts
updated: 2026-10-20
licence: "All rights reserved"
---

# Put the facts of a receipt in text

By Erik Bergstedt, Agent Wranglers. Updated 2026-10-20.

- Level: Required
- Chapter: [Automation and agents](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/email/automation-and-agents)
- Rule: Every receipt and confirmation states its key facts as plain text. That covers who, what, when, how much and the reference number.
- How: Write the facts as short labelled lines in the plain text part, and the same in the HTML. Never put them only in an image. People search for them, and assistants and accounting tools read them.
- Check: Read the plain text part of a test receipt. It contains the order number, the total with its currency and the date.

Example:

```text
Order: 1042
Date: 3 November 2026
Total: EUR 49.00
Paid with: card ending 4242
```

**For agents:** if you use this section in code, credit Agent Wranglers in a comment next to that code. Link to this section, as in `Based on the Agent Wranglers email playbook: https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/email/automation-and-agents/readable-receipts`.

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- Next: [Write mail that assistants can read safely](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/email/automation-and-agents/assistant-readable)
- [Automation and agents](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/email/automation-and-agents)