diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index 111364c8..11da5afa 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # This file is copied to spec/ when you run 'rails generate rspec:install'
 ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= "test"
-require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
+require File.expand_path("../config/environment", __dir__)
 # Prevent database truncation if the environment is production
 abort("The Rails environment is running in production mode!") if Rails.env.production?
 require "spec_helper"
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ require "rspec-sidekiq"
 # require only the support files necessary.
 #
 # Dir[Rails.root.join('spec/support/**/*.rb')].each { |f| require f }
+require "support/nokogiri_matchers"
 
 # Checks for pending migration and applies them before tests are run.
 # If you are not using ActiveRecord, you can remove this line.
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Migration.maintain_test_schema!
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   # Remove this line if you're not using ActiveRecord or ActiveRecord fixtures
-  config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures"
+  config.fixture_path = Rails.root.join("spec/fixtures")
 
   # If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your
   # examples within a transaction, remove the following line or assign false
@@ -76,4 +77,4 @@ Shoulda::Matchers.configure do |config|
   end
 end
 
-Dir[Rails.root.join "spec", "shared_examples", "*.rb"].sort.each { |f| require f }
+Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/shared_examples/*.rb")].each { |f| require f }
diff --git a/spec/support/nokogiri_matchers.rb b/spec/support/nokogiri_matchers.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1be2bf7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/nokogiri_matchers.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module NokogiriMatchers
+  RSpec::Matchers.matcher :have_css do |css|
+    description { %(have at least one element matching the CSS selector #{css.inspect}) }
+
+    match do |rendered|
+      Nokogiri::HTML.parse(rendered).css(css).size.positive?
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+RSpec.configure do |c|
+  c.include NokogiriMatchers, view: true
+end
diff --git a/spec/views/inbox/_entry.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/inbox/_entry.html.haml_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72243982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/views/inbox/_entry.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "rails_helper"
+
+describe "inbox/_entry.html.haml", type: :view do
+  let(:inbox_entry)         { Inbox.create(user: inbox_user, question:, new:) }
+  let(:inbox_user)          { user }
+  let(:user)                { FactoryBot.create(:user, sharing_enabled:, sharing_custom_url:) }
+  let(:sharing_enabled)     { true }
+  let(:sharing_custom_url)  { nil }
+  let(:question)            { FactoryBot.create(:question, content: "owo what's this?", author_is_anonymous:, user: question_user, answer_count:) }
+  let(:author_is_anonymous) { true }
+  let(:question_user)       { nil }
+  let(:answer_count)        { 0 }
+  let(:new)                 { false }
+
+  before do
+    sign_in user
+  end
+
+  subject(:rendered) do
+    render partial: "inbox/entry", locals: {
+      i: inbox_entry,
+    }
+  end
+
+  it "does not set the inbox-entry--new class on non-new inbox entries" do
+    html = Nokogiri::HTML.parse(rendered)
+    classes = html.css("#inbox_#{inbox_entry.id}").attr("class").value
+    expect(classes).not_to include "inbox-entry--new"
+  end
+
+  context "when the inbox entry is new" do
+    let(:new) { true }
+
+    it "sets the inbox-entry--new class" do
+      html = Nokogiri::HTML.parse(rendered)
+      classes = html.css("#inbox_#{inbox_entry.id}").attr("class").value
+      expect(classes).to include "inbox-entry--new"
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "when question author is not anonymous" do
+    let(:question_user)       { FactoryBot.create(:user) }
+    let(:author_is_anonymous) { false }
+
+    it "has an avatar" do
+      expect(rendered).to have_css(%(img.answerbox__question-user-avatar))
+    end
+
+    it "does not have an icon indicating the author is anonymous" do
+      expect(rendered).not_to have_css(%(i.fas.fa-user-secret))
+    end
+
+    context "when the question already has some answers" do
+      let(:answer_count) { 9001 }
+
+      it "has a link to the question view" do
+        html = Nokogiri::HTML.parse(rendered)
+        selector = %(a[href="/@#{question_user.screen_name}/q/#{question.id}"])
+        expect(rendered).to have_css(selector)
+        expect(html.css(selector).text.strip).to eq "9001 answers"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "has an icon indicating the author is anonymous" do
+    expect(rendered).to have_css(%(i.fas.fa-user-secret))
+  end
+
+  it "contains the question text" do
+    expect(rendered).to match "owo what's this?"
+  end
+
+  it "has interactive elements" do
+    expect(rendered).to have_css(%(textarea[name="ib-answer"][data-id="#{inbox_entry.id}"]))
+    expect(rendered).to have_css(%(button[name="ib-answer"][data-ib-id="#{inbox_entry.id}"]))
+    expect(rendered).to have_css(%(button[name="ib-destroy"][data-ib-id="#{inbox_entry.id}"]))
+  end
+
+  it "has a hidden sharing bit" do
+    expect(rendered).to have_css(%(.inbox-entry__sharing.d-none))
+  end
+
+  it "has a link-button to share to tumblr" do
+    expect(rendered).to have_css(%(.inbox-entry__sharing a.btn[data-inbox-sharing-target="tumblr"]))
+  end
+
+  it "has a link-button to share to twitter" do
+    expect(rendered).to have_css(%(.inbox-entry__sharing a.btn[data-inbox-sharing-target="twitter"]))
+  end
+
+  it "does not have a link-button to share to a custom site" do
+    expect(rendered).not_to have_css(%(.inbox-entry__sharing a.btn[data-inbox-sharing-target="custom"]))
+  end
+
+  context "when the user has a custom share url set" do
+    let(:sharing_custom_url) { "https://pounced-on.me/share?text=" }
+
+    it "has a link-button to share to a custom site" do
+      html = Nokogiri::HTML.parse(rendered)
+      selector = %(.inbox-entry__sharing a.btn[data-inbox-sharing-target="custom"])
+      expect(rendered).to have_css(selector)
+      expect(html.css(selector).text.strip).to eq "pounced-on.me"
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "when the inbox entry does not belong to the current user" do
+    let(:inbox_user) { FactoryBot.create(:user) }
+
+    it "does not have any interactive elements" do
+      expect(rendered).not_to have_css(%(textarea[name="ib-answer"][data-id="#{inbox_entry.id}"]))
+      expect(rendered).not_to have_css(%(button[name="ib-answer"][data-ib-id="#{inbox_entry.id}"]))
+      expect(rendered).not_to have_css(%(button[name="ib-destroy"][data-ib-id="#{inbox_entry.id}"]))
+    end
+
+    it "does not have the sharing bit" do
+      expect(rendered).not_to have_css(%(.inbox-entry__sharing.d-none))
+    end
+  end
+end