Precleared Cold Email Compliance + Gmail Drafts in n8n

Automatically check cold-email compliance with Precleared—and generate compliant Gmail drafts in n8n

This n8n workflow verifies each lead’s eligibility for cold-email outreach using the Precleared API. If the lead is allowed, it automatically drafts a compliant email in Gmail—and if not, it routes the lead to a “hold back” output with the verdict, reason, and next steps.

What this workflow does

• Runs manually to process a batch of leads.
• Loads sender and compliance inputs, including sender country, company info, postal address, opt-out line, and pitch—then prepares lead fields such as email, name, company, and address source.
• Calls the Precleared API per lead to check whether cold outreach is permitted, retrieving the required footer text and a receipt ID.
• Creates Gmail drafts only for leads with verdict ok_to_email, including the required footer details and saving the compliance rule and receipt ID.
• Routes non-compliant leads to “hold back”, including the verdict, reason, suggested next step (e.g., getting an API key or buying a pack), and the receipt ID when available.

Use cases

• SaaS teams running cold outreach from CRM exports and needing compliance gating before any message is drafted.
• Automation engineers building a pipeline that turns lead lists (e.g., Google Sheets, Airtable, HubSpot, or a webhook) into Gmail-ready compliant drafts.
• Operations workflows where you must track compliance outcomes (verdict + reason + receipt ID) for every lead.

Technical details

• Nodes/logic: if, set, code, gmail, sticky note, http request.
• Integrations: Precleared API via an HTTP Request (optionally using Authorization: Bearer ... for more than the free daily checks) and Gmail Drafts for draft creation.

Setup checklist: Update sender details in the workflow, connect your Gmail account, then replace sample leads with your lead source (e.g., Google Sheets, Airtable, HubSpot, or a webhook).