Modifying a Template before Emailing

I would suggest starting with this example workflow for creating new drafts with templates.

That would allow you to quickly create your draft with the template content, then you can quickly make the modifications you need, and use standard actions for Mail or Spark to send the mail.

You could save a few more steps by having dedicated Mail actions that already have the recipient email assigned, and that use “after success” to archive/trash the draft after sending the mail.