Gmail Auto Draft

Monitor Gmail inbox, read incoming emails, generate personalized follow-up replies with OpenAI, and save replies into Gmail Drafts for human review. Use when the user wants Gmail auto-monitoring, AI-assisted client email responses, draft-before-send workflows, or agency inbox automation.

Use this skill to build or run a review-safe Gmail reply workflow: read new emails, generate AI reply text, and save drafts instead of sending directly.

Quick workflow

1. Prepare Google OAuth credentials.
2. Use local GMN endpoint (openclaw:main) or set external OpenAI key.
3. Run one-shot mode to validate draft creation.
4. Tune query and prompt style.
5. Switch to polling mode for continuous monitoring.

Run commands

Install dependencies:

bash

cd skills/gmail-auto-draft/scripts
python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Default backend (local GMN via OpenClaw gateway):

bash

export OPENAI_BASE_URL="http://127.0.0.1:18789/v1"
export OPENAI_MODEL="openclaw:main"

Or use OpenAI directly:

bash

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_key"
export OPENAI_MODEL="gpt-4o-mini"

One-shot test:

bash

./run_once.sh --auth-mode local --max-emails 3

Continuous monitor:

bash

./run_once.sh --poll-interval 60 --max-emails 5 --mark-read

Upwork demo profile (lead-focused query + fixed agency tone):

bash

./run_upwork_demo.sh --auth-mode local --max-emails 5

Common options

• --query: Gmail search filter for target emails.
• --max-emails: max messages per cycle.
• --poll-interval: seconds between cycles (0 means run once).
• --openai-model: model name (default openclaw:main).
• --openai-base-url: OpenAI-compatible base URL (default http://127.0.0.1:18789/v1).
• --agency-profile: business context for OpenAI prompt.
• --agency-profile-file: load agency context from a text file.
• --style-rules: response style constraints.
• --style-rules-file: load style rules from a text file.
• --query-file: load Gmail query from a text file.
• --mark-read: mark processed messages as read.
• --processed-label: label for already drafted emails (default openclaw_auto_drafted).

Output behavior

The script prints JSON for each cycle:

• processed: number of drafted replies
• created_drafts: draft metadata
• skipped: skipped message reasons
• errors: per-message errors

Resources

• Script: scripts/gmail_auto_draft.py
• Runner: scripts/run_once.sh
• Demo runner: scripts/run_upwork_demo.sh
• Dependencies: scripts/requirements.txt
• Setup guide: references/setup.md
• Prompt/query tuning: references/prompt-tuning.md
• Demo config: references/upwork-demo/agency_profile.txt
• Demo config: references/upwork-demo/style_rules.txt
• Demo config: references/upwork-demo/gmail_query.txt