Draft Email

The Draft Email action saves a new message in Gmail without sending it. Use it for human review, approval workflows, or messages that should be completed manually in Gmail.

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
Third-party account	Google account	Yes	Gmail account that owns the draft.
Recipients	List of email strings	No	`To` addresses.
CC	List of email strings	No	Carbon-copy addresses.
Subject	String	No	Draft subject. Defaults to an empty subject.
Body	String	No	Draft content.
Body Type	`Plain Text` or `HTML`	No	Body encoding. Defaults to Plain Text.
Attachments	List of files	No	Files to include in the draft.

Because this action creates a draft, recipients and message content can remain empty and be completed later in Gmail.

Outputs

Output	Type	Description
Message ID	String	Identifier returned for the created draft.

Despite its label, this output is the identifier accepted by Delete Draft.

Example: prepare a message for approval

Generate customer update
  → Gmail: Draft Email
  → Notify reviewer that a draft is ready

Troubleshooting

The draft was sent immediately

Use Draft Email, not Send Email. This action only saves the message in the connected account’s Drafts folder.

HTML appears as text in the draft

Choose HTML as the Body Type before providing markup.

Draft ReplyCreate an unsent reply draft for a Gmail message.

Overview

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Inputs

Outputs

Example: prepare a message for approval

Troubleshooting

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​Example: prepare a message for approval

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Inputs

Outputs

Example: prepare a message for approval

Troubleshooting