Find relevant Gmail threads before Cal meetings
See related correspondence alongside the meetings that need your attention.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Fetch emails
Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.
Why this helps
Finding the right email thread before a meeting takes time and can pull you into inbox triage.
- Search for correspondence related to upcoming events.
- Bring matching email context into one report.
- Keep the search focused using available event details.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Cal and Gmail once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Ask Notis to search Gmail for relevant context for upcoming Cal events and report matches.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real event and confirm the results are relevant.
Questions about this workflow
Does this create or change email?
No. It fetches matching emails for review and does not modify them.
What if the event has little identifying information?
The search may be broad or inconclusive. Have Notis report the limitation instead of claiming a match.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Cal to Gmail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Cal 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.
Cal and Gmail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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