Find the email context behind a new hire's onboarding
Start with a new hire reference and gather relevant messages so you can pick up onboarding follow-up without retracing every conversation.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Fetch emails
Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.
Why this helps
New hire details and onboarding conversations sit in separate places, making it easy to miss a promised next step.
- Gather relevant email context from a BambooHR employee reference.
- Reduce inbox searching when onboarding starts.
- Keep missing details visible for a human to resolve.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect BambooHR and Gmail once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, with a name and prompt.
- 3Tell Notis to use the employee reference in the incoming request to find relevant onboarding messages in Gmail and summarize any missing context.
- 4Pick the webhook trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Send one real test request and review the returned email results.
Questions about this workflow
What starts this workflow?
An HTTP request to the Notis webhook starts it. BambooHR does not provide a trigger event in this setup.
Will it send a welcome email?
No. This workflow searches Gmail and returns matching messages for context. Use a separate draft or send workflow if you want an email prepared.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Bamboohr to Gmail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Bamboohr 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.
Bamboohr and Gmail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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