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An n8n workflow I run every day. Every 30 minutes it pulls new email replies, Claude sorts them and drafts an answer, and the draft lands in my Telegram for approval. Nothing goes out until I say so. Happy to share how the approval step works.
Routing every draft through a Telegram approval before it sends is a sensible checkpoint. For patient-facing inboxes I'd add one more check at send time, so a draft approved earlier is held if a newer message has arrived in the thread. Does your workflow re-check the thread before sending?
Good catch. Right now nothing sends on its own. The draft comes to me on Telegram and I send it by hand from the thread, so I see anything newer before it goes out. If I ever move to auto-send, a re-check of the thread right before sending is exactly what I'd add. Appreciate the tip.
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