Recipe Draft Email From Doc
googleworkspace/cliOfficial
The recipe-draft-email-from-doc skill reads content from a Google Doc and automatically populates it as the body of a Gmail draft or sent message, streamlining workflows for users who compose emails in Docs. It solves the inefficiency of copying text between Google Workspace applications by automating the transfer of document content to Gmail. The skill requires the gws-docs and gws-gmail skills to function and is designed for productivity-focused users managing Google Workspace accounts.
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- last updated
- Aug 21, 2026
Install
$ npx -y skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill recipe-draft-email-from-doc --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
Files
Draft a Gmail Message from a Google Doc
PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe:
gws-docs,gws-gmail
Read content from a Google Doc and use it as the body of a Gmail message.
Steps
- Get the document content:
gws docs documents get --params '{"documentId": "DOC_ID"}' - Copy the text from the body content
- Send the email:
gws gmail +send --to recipient@example.com --subject 'Newsletter Update' --body 'CONTENT_FROM_DOC'
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Details
- Repository
- github.com/googleworkspace/cli
- Categories
- Documentation, CLI & Terminal, Office & Documents
