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Keep an eye on queued CircleCI jobs

Notice queue buildup before it blocks the work you planned to do next.

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

A growing queue can delay feedback while the cause remains unclear across projects.

  • Surface queued jobs for review.
  • Include the pipeline context available from CircleCI.
  • Avoid implying a cause when the data does not show one.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect CircleCI and Gmail once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it Build Queue Watch Draft.
  • 3Tell Notis to check CircleCI for jobs that remain queued beyond the time window you specify and draft a Gmail note listing affected pipelines and available status details.
  • 4Choose a recurring schedule, select where run reports should go, and test with one real example.

Questions about this workflow

Can it determine why jobs are queued?

Only when CircleCI provides a clear reason in accessible data. Otherwise the draft should describe the wait without guessing.

Will it email the team automatically?

No. It creates a draft for review.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Circleci 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.

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

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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