See upcoming proposal deadlines before they arrive
Use a weekly schedule to bring supplied expiry dates into view and prepare reminders you can check before sending.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
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.
Why this helps
Upcoming proposal deadlines are easy to miss when they are spread across records and calendars.
- Review upcoming expiry dates in one routine.
- Prepare reminders before deadlines arrive.
- Keep client messages under your control.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Better Proposals and Gmail once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis to prepare drafts only for proposals with supplied, verified expiry dates falling within your chosen review window.
- 4Choose notis_cron as the trigger and select a weekly schedule.
- 5Choose a report channel, then test with one proposal that has a confirmed expiry date.
Questions about this workflow
What defines the review window?
Specify the number of days in your instruction. Notis should use the expiry dates supplied to it.
Will the email be sent automatically?
No. The Gmail action creates drafts for you to review.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Better proposals to Gmail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Better proposals 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.
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