ActionMandrillUpdated September 2026

How do I send a Mandrill template?

Short answer: You can mandrill send template email in Mandrill by hand from its own interface, but it won’t repeat itself. On TinyCommand, add the Mandrill Mandrill Send Template Email action to a workflow, map its 6 inputs from any upstream app, and it runs automatically every time the trigger fires. No code, and a free tier to start.

Mandrill Send Template Email in Mandrill — start free All 4 Mandrill actions

Mandrill Send Template Email in Mandrill — start free

Inputs

The fields this action accepts.

Every field can be mapped from an upstream trigger, AI step, table row, or hard-coded literal.

Field	Type	Required	Description
Template Name template_name	string	Required	Template Name. Example: welcome-email
To Email to_email	string	Required	To Email. e.g. "user@example.com"
To Name to_name	string	Optional	To Name. e.g. "John Doe"
From Email from_email	string	Required	From Email. e.g. "noreply@company.com"
Subject subject	string	Required	Message subject line.
Template Variables (JSON) merge_vars	string	Optional	Array of name/content pairs

Sample request

{
  "template_name": "e.g. welcome-email",
  "to_email": "user@example.com",
  "to_name": "John Doe",
  "from_email": "noreply@company.com",
  "subject": "e.g. Quick update"
}

Returns

[
  {
    "_id": "abc123",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "status": "sent"
  }
]

Use these fields in downstream nodes for routing, logging, or error handling.

Triggered by

Apps that pair well as the trigger for Mandrill Send Template Email.

Any of these apps can fire this action as part of a workflow.

Google Sheets → Mandrill

2 Google Sheets triggers

HubSpot → Mandrill

18 HubSpot triggers

FAQ

Questions about Mandrill Send Template Email.

What does the Mandrill Send Template Email action do in Mandrill?

Fires a pre-built Mandrill template with merge data. For production transactional patterns where templates are reviewed once and reused.

What inputs does Mandrill Send Template Email require?

Required: Template Name, To Email, From Email, Subject. Every input accepts a static value or a variable from any upstream node in your workflow.

Can I use dynamic inputs from earlier workflow nodes?

Yes. Any field on this action can pull values from upstream nodes, whether that's a form response, a trigger payload, an AI output, or a lookup result.

What happens if Mandrill returns an error?

The run history shows the failed step with its input and the error message Mandrill returned, so you can fix the input and run the workflow again. Automatic retries are built into HTTP steps only, where you can also set your own retry count and delay.

Does Mandrill Send Template Email support batch operations?

Run Mandrill Send Template Email inside a loop to process each item in an array. TinyCommand does not throttle calls for you, so for large arrays add a Delay step if you need to stay within Mandrill's rate limits.

More actions

Other Mandrill actions.

Action

Get Mandrill Account Info

Returns sending reputation, plan tier, recent send stats. Useful for "is our reputation healthy?" monitoring and for capacity-planning workflows.

Action

List Mandrill Templates

Returns the saved-templates catalog. Useful for resolving template slugs at workflow setup.

Action

Mandrill Send Email

Sends transactional email through Mailchimp's Mandrill add-on. For Mailchimp-shop teams that want unified marketing + transactional in one ecosystem.

Mandrill Send Template Email in Mandrill — start free