---
name: recipe-draft-email-from-doc
description: "Read content from a Google Doc and use it as the body of a Gmail message."
metadata:
  version: 0.22.5
  openclaw:
    category: "recipe"
    domain: "productivity"
    requires:
      bins:
        - gws
      skills:
        - gws-docs
        - gws-gmail
title: recipe-draft-email-from-doc
canonical_url: https://skilld.dev/gh/googleworkspace/cli/recipe-draft-email-from-doc
last_updated: 2026-09-22T07:51:44.000Z
---

> **Skill from skilld.dev.** Follow the instructions below for this session. You do not need to install anything.
>
> If the user asked to install this Skill, run `npx skilld install googleworkspace/cli/recipe-draft-email-from-doc`. Install writes the Skill files into the project, so every session loads them.

# 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

1. Get the document content: `gws docs documents get --params '{"documentId": "DOC_ID"}'`
2. Copy the text from the body content
3. Send the email: `gws gmail +send --to recipient@example.com --subject 'Newsletter Update' --body 'CONTENT_FROM_DOC'`