Keep Gmail drafts connected to pending Bika work
A scheduled pass can bring unfinished drafts back into view alongside the Bika work they support.
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 are easy to forget when the work that prompted them lives in a separate system.
- Surface drafts that may need review.
- Relate draft context to pending records when identifiable.
- Reduce forgotten email follow-through.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Bika.ai and Gmail once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3In one instruction, tell Notis to list Gmail drafts, compare their available details with pending Bika work, and report likely matches and unclear items.
- 4Choose a Notis cron trigger and set the review schedule.
- 5Choose where run reports go, then test with a real draft and pending record.
Questions about this workflow
Will the workflow send drafts?
No. It lists drafts and reports potential matches for review.
Can it match every draft to a record?
Only when the available details support a match. Ask Notis to report uncertain items rather than assume.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Bika.ai to Gmail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Bika.ai 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.
Bika.ai and Gmail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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