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listDrafts

List Email Drafts

List the Gmail drafts in one connected account.

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Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "my drafts", and it calls listDrafts.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {},
  "name": "listDrafts"
}

Arguments

• accountIdstringoptionalConnected account this acts on: an accountId or email from listMailAccounts. Omit for the primary account. Pass the SAME account you found the message / draft / label in: a Gmail id is per-account, so aiming a non-primary id at the…
• fromstringoptionalAlias of `accountId`: the account to act as, an accountId or email from listMailAccounts. `accountId` wins if both are given.
• maxResultsnumberoptionalMaximum number of drafts to return

Returns

The registry does not declare a return shape.

Declared limits

• maxResults: minimum 1
• maxResults: maximum 50

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

• my drafts
• unsent emails
• what's drafted in team@…
• which drafts are stale

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

• createDraft
• updateDraft
• sendDraft
• deleteDraft
• listMailAccounts

Questions

• What does listDrafts do?

  List the Gmail drafts in one connected account. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

• How do I use listDrafts from Claude or ChatGPT?

  Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "my drafts", and it calls listDrafts.

• Is listDrafts safe to let an AI call?

  listDrafts is read-only: it changes nothing. It reaches a system outside The Cloud on your behalf.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.