> **recipe-draft-email-from-doc** — skill 73 of 95 in [googleworkspace/cli](https://skillsdocs.com/googleworkspace/cli).
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---
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
---

# 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'`