Out-of-Office Reply Drafter

WHAT IT DOES

Out-of-Office Reply Drafter reads your incoming email content and generates a complete, professional out-of-office reply draft. The draft acknowledges the sender's message, clearly states your absence dates, provides alternative contacts if available, and indicates when you'll respond. Choose from Professional, Friendly, or Concise tones to match your style. Perfect for vacations, business trips, conferences, or any time you'll be away from email. Set your return date once—the tool remembers it for future drafts.

WHERE IT RUNS

Any webpage with email content—Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo Mail, and other webmail interfaces. The script scans the page for subject lines, sender information, and message bodies. No site-specific configuration needed; the detection algorithm adapts to the page structure automatically. Works with standard HTML emails and dynamic webmail interfaces.

HOW TO USE

Install the script and navigate to any email you want to reply to with an out-of-office message. Open the panel and enter your return date (e.g., "January 15, 2026"). Optionally add an alternative contact name and email. Select your preferred tone (Professional, Friendly, or Concise). Toggle whether to include alternative contacts in the reply. Click "Generate OOO Reply"—the tool extracts the email content, sends it to the AI, and returns a complete draft. Review it, edit if needed, then click "Insert" to place it in your reply field, or "Copy" to paste elsewhere. Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+Shift+O to generate, Ctrl+Shift+R to regenerate, Ctrl+Shift+I to insert.

TECHNICAL MECHANISM

The script extracts email content using a cascading DOM selector strategy: it targets subject lines (h1[data-thread-perm-id], .hP, .subject), sender information (.gD, .go, [email]), and message bodies (.ii.gt, .a3s, .msg-body, [role="article"]). Collected text is concatenated with labels into a structured input. User-provided settings (return date, contact name, contact email, tone, include contacts) are stored via GM_setValue with per-site overrides. The AI prompt includes the email content and all settings, requesting a complete out-of-office reply draft that acknowledges the sender, states absence dates, provides contacts if toggled, and indicates response timing. The response is displayed in a textarea. Reply insertion uses native value setting with both "input" and "change" events for React/Vue compatibility. The script prefers WebMCP (navigator.modelContext) when available, falling back to DOM scraping when not.

THE PANEL

The tool runs inside BGPanel, a lightweight UI system built into the BotGentz extension. Drag the panel by its header to reposition it anywhere on screen—it snaps to edges and remembers its position per site. Click the header to collapse the panel into a small bubble; click again to expand. Resize the panel by dragging its bottom-right corner. Press Escape at any time to close the panel. The panel stays out of your way but is always accessible via the extension's toolbar.

PLEASE NOTE

Requires the free BotGentz browser extension and an active monthly subscription—the AI backend uses credits for each generation. One generation per click; regenerate counts as a new generation. The script reads only what is visible on the page—it cannot access iframes or shadow DOM. AI-generated replies are suggestions—always review and edit before sending. No email content is stored or shared beyond the API request; all processing is ephemeral. Sites change their markup over time; if detection fails, ensure you're viewing the email message itself (not the inbox list) and check for updates.