Front ACTION
Create Draft
Create a draft message which is the first message of a new conversation. See the documentation
- Action
- Writes data
- OAuth
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's Front account once, then configure and run Create Draft from your backend or agent.
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const result = await pd.actions.run({
id: "frontapp-create-draft",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
frontapp: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
teamId: "Team ID",
channelId: "Channel ID",
},
})
console.log(result)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "frontapp-create-draft",
"configured_props": {
"frontapp": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"teamId": "Team ID",
"channelId": "Channel ID"
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "frontapp",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "frontapp-create-draft",
arguments: {
teamId: "Team ID",
channelId: "Channel ID",
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
teamId Team ID | string | ID of a team Required Dynamic |
channelId Channel ID | string | Id or address of the channel from which to send the message Required Dynamic |
body Body | string | Body of the draft message. Accepts HTML Required |
subject Subject | string | Subject of the draft Optional |
authorId Author ID | string | ID of the contact in Front corresponding to the sender Required Dynamic |
to To | string[] | List of recipient handles who received the message. Optional |
cc CC | string[] | List of recipient handles who received a copy of the message. Optional |
bcc BCC | string[] | List of the recipeient handles who received a blind copy of the message. Optional |
attachments Attachments | string[] | Provide either an array of file URLs or an array of paths to a files in the /tmp directory (for example, /tmp/myFile.pdf). Optional |
mode Mode | string | Mode of the draft to create. Can be 'private' (draft is visible to the author only) or 'shared' (draft is visible to all teammates with access to the conversation). Optional |
signatureId Signature ID | string | ID of the signature to attach. If ommited, no signature is attached. Optional Dynamic |
shouldAddDefaultSignature Should Add Default Signature | boolean | Whether or not Front should try to resolve a signature for the message. Is ignored if signature_id is included. Default false Optional |
quoteBody Quote Body | string | Body for the quote that the message is referencing. Only available on email channels. Optional |
syncDir SyncDir | dir | Optional |
REFERENCE
Tool details
Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.
- Registry key
- frontapp-create-draft
- Version
- 0.0.7
- App
- Front
- Authentication
- OAuth
- Read-only
- No
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗