See pending Gmail drafts alongside Ably activity
Bring your drafts and active channel context together so unfinished communication gets a timely review.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
List drafts
Retrieves a paginated list of email drafts from a user's gmail account. use verbose=true to get full draft details including subject, body, sender, and timestamp.
Why this helps
Drafts can sit unnoticed when they are separate from the channels where conversations are moving.
- Surface pending drafts during a regular review.
- See channel presence alongside unfinished communication.
- Make it easier to decide which draft to send or revise.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Ably and Gmail once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation by telling Notis the outcome you want.
- 3Describe which drafts and Ably channels to include in the review.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real example.
Questions about this workflow
Will this send any drafts?
No. List drafts retrieves drafts for review. Sending a draft requires a separate action.
Can I see full draft details?
Yes. The List drafts action supports verbose mode for full draft details, including subject, body, sender, and timestamp.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Ably to Gmail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Ably triggers
Gmail actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Modify email labels
Adds and/or removes specified gmail labels for a message; ensure `message id` and all `label ids` are valid (use 'listlabels' for custom label ids).
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create email draft
Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading.
Create label
Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account.
Delete Draft
Permanently deletes a specific gmail draft using its id; ensure the draft exists and the user has necessary permissions for the given `user id`.
Delete message
Permanently deletes a specific email message by its id from a gmail mailbox; for `user id`, use 'me' for the authenticated user or an email address to which the authenticated user has delegated access.
Fetch emails
Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.
Fetch message by message ID
Fetches a specific email message by its id, provided the `message id` exists and is accessible to the authenticated `user id`.
Fetch Message by Thread ID
Retrieves messages from a gmail thread using its `thread id`, where the thread must be accessible by the specified `user id`.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Ably and Gmail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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