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nylas email drafts list — What It Does and How to Use It

#cli #email #automation #productivity

Working with email from the terminal means you don't need to open Gmail or Outlook. nylas email drafts list does the job.

The nylas email drafts list command shows all saved drafts across Gmail, Outlook, Exchange, Yahoo, iCloud, and IMAP accounts. Use --json to pipe draft data into scripts or count drafts programmatically.

Quick Start 

brew install nylas/nylas-cli/nylas
nylas init
nylas email drafts list
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Examples

List recent drafts:

nylas email drafts list --limit 10
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Count total drafts:

nylas email drafts list --json | jq length
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How It Works

The Nylas CLI abstracts away the differences between Gmail's API, Microsoft Graph, Exchange Web Services, and raw IMAP. You write one command; it works across all providers. This matters for automation — your cron job or CI pipeline doesn't need provider-specific logic.

Syntax 

nylas email drafts list [--limit N] [--json]
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Related Commands

Full docs: nylas email drafts list reference — all flags, advanced examples, and troubleshooting.

All commands: Nylas CLI Command Reference

Get started: brew install nylas/nylas-cli/nylas — other install methods

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