Create Draft
Creates a draft in Gmail.
This node is also exposed as an AI Agent tool.
This node has 1 input port and 1 output port.
Common Properties
Every node shares these.
- Name — the node's display name on the canvas.
- Color — the node's colour on the canvas.
- Delay Before (sec) — wait this long before the node runs.
- Delay After (sec) — wait this long after the node runs.
- Continue On Error — carry on instead of failing the flow. Defaults to false.
info
When Continue On Error is true the error is not raised at all, so a Catch node will not see it either.
Inputs
| Property | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BCC | inBcc | BCC recipients (comma-separated) |
| Body | inBody | Email body content |
| CC | inCc | CC recipients (comma-separated) |
| Client ID | inClientID | Client ID from Connect node (optional if credentials provided) |
| Subject | inSubject | Email subject line |
| To | inTo | Recipient email address (comma-separated for multiple) |
Outputs
| Property | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Draft ID | outDraftID | ID of the created draft |
| Result | outResult | Full draft details |
Options
| Property | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Credentials | optCredentials | Gmail OAuth2 credentials (optional - use instead of Connect node) |
| HTML Content | optIsHTML | Create body as HTML content |
Requirements
- A Client ID from this package's Connect node, unless you set credentials directly on this node.
- Service Account — For server automation and Google Workspace accounts. Requires domain-wide delegation for Gmail access.
content— Service Account JSON (textarea, required). Paste the full JSON key file from Google Cloud Consoleimpersonate_email— Impersonate Email (text, required). Email address of the user to impersonate (requires domain-wide delegation)
- OAuth2 (Personal) — For personal Gmail. Authorize once via browser to access your own emails.
_redirect_url— Redirect URL (readonly, optional). Add this to your OAuth app's Authorized redirect URIsclient_id— Client ID (text, required). OAuth 2.0 Client ID from Google Cloud Consoleclient_secret— Client Secret (password, required). OAuth 2.0 Client Secret
Store these in a Vault and reference the vault item from the node, rather than typing the secret into the property.
Related nodes
Send Draft · List Drafts · Delete Draft
Elsewhere in the package: Connect · Disconnect · Send Email · Get Email · List Emails · Reply to Email · Delete Email · Trash Email · Untrash Email · Mark as Read and 12 more
See also
- Gmail — every node in this package
- Message object — how properties read values from
msg - Handling failure — Continue On Error, Catch and retries