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send_draft

Send a saved draft email from Gmail by specifying its ID to complete and deliver the message.

Instructions

Send an existing draft

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
idYesThe ID of the draft to send

Implementation Reference

  • src/index.ts:357-372 (registration)
    Registration of the send_draft tool, including name, description, input schema, and inline handler function.
    server.tool("send_draft", "Send an existing draft", { id: z.string().describe("The ID of the draft to send") }, async (params) => { return handleTool(config, async (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => { try { const { data } = await gmail.users.drafts.send({ userId: 'me', requestBody: { id: params.id } }) return formatResponse(data) } catch (error) { return formatResponse({ error: 'Error sending draft, are you sure you have at least one recipient?' }) } }) } )
  • The handler function for the send_draft tool. It uses the shared handleTool helper to authenticate, create a Gmail client, and call the Gmail API to send the specified draft by ID.
    async (params) => { return handleTool(config, async (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => { try { const { data } = await gmail.users.drafts.send({ userId: 'me', requestBody: { id: params.id } }) return formatResponse(data) } catch (error) { return formatResponse({ error: 'Error sending draft, are you sure you have at least one recipient?' }) } }) }
  • Zod input schema defining the required 'id' parameter for the draft to send.
    id: z.string().describe("The ID of the draft to send")
  • Shared helper function used by send_draft (and other tools) to handle OAuth2 authentication, credential validation, Gmail client creation, and API call execution.
    const handleTool = async (queryConfig: Record<string, any> | undefined, apiCall: (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => Promise<any>) => { try { const oauth2Client = queryConfig ? createOAuth2Client(queryConfig) : defaultOAuth2Client if (!oauth2Client) throw new Error('OAuth2 client could not be created, please check your credentials') const credentialsAreValid = await validateCredentials(oauth2Client) if (!credentialsAreValid) throw new Error('OAuth2 credentials are invalid, please re-authenticate') const gmailClient = queryConfig ? google.gmail({ version: 'v1', auth: oauth2Client }) : defaultGmailClient if (!gmailClient) throw new Error('Gmail client could not be created, please check your credentials') const result = await apiCall(gmailClient) return result } catch (error: any) { return `Tool execution failed: ${error.message}` } }
  • Shared helper function to format tool responses as MCP content blocks with JSON-stringified data.
    const formatResponse = (response: any) => ({ content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(response) }] })

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