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Schedule a stale email report

Catch aging requests before they become expensive missed opportunities.

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

Older emails are easy to overlook when the inbox keeps filling with newer work.

  • Surfaces aging requests
  • Makes backlog visible
  • Supports timely follow-up decisions

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Chatfai and Gmail once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create the automation and describe the age, sender, and status criteria.
  • 3Pick the Notis cron trigger and set the schedule.
  • 4Choose the report destination and test with one known stale message.

Questions about this workflow

How does it know an email is stale?

Define the age threshold and Gmail search criteria in the automation instruction.

Can it include only unread messages?

Yes. Include supported Gmail query criteria in the instruction.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Chatfai to Gmail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Chatfai triggers

Gmail actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

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).

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Create label

Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account.

ActionInstant

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`.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Fetch emails

Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.

ActionInstant

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`.

ActionInstant

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`.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Chatfai and Gmail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

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