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Answer DNS inventory requests from Gmail

Find the current DNS records for an emailed zone without opening Cloudflare and searching by hand.

Trigger

New Gmail Message Received Trigger

Triggers when a new message is received in Gmail.

Action

List DNS Records

Tool to list DNS records for a given Cloudflare zone.

Why this helps

Simple DNS inventory requests often trigger a context switch and a manual lookup before you can respond.

  • Reduce manual zone lookups for incoming requests.
  • Make record inventory tasks easier to track.
  • Flag emails that do not identify a zone clearly.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Gmail and Cloudflare api key once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
  • 3In one instruction, ask Notis to list DNS records only for a clearly identified zone requested in the email, then summarize the results and report ambiguity.
  • 4Pick New Gmail Message Received Trigger as the trigger and choose where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real email requesting a DNS inventory for a known zone.

Questions about this workflow

Does this send the DNS inventory back to the sender?

The workflow runs the lookup and sends its report to the channel you choose. Sending a reply requires a separate Gmail action, which is not part of this package.

What happens if multiple zones could match?

Instruct Notis to report the ambiguity and avoid looking up an assumed zone.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Gmail triggers

Cloudflare api key actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Create DNS Record

Tool to create a new DNS record in a Cloudflare zone. Use when you need to add a record (A, CNAME, TXT, MX, etc.) to a specified zone.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Create Zone Lockdown Rule

Tool to create a Zone Lockdown rule. Use when you need to restrict access to specific URL patterns to defined IPs/CIDR ranges. Use after confirming zone_id.

ActionInstant

Email Sent

Triggers when a Gmail message is sent by the authenticated user. It polls the 'SENT' label and emits metadata including sender, recipients, subject, timestamp, and thread ID.

TriggerPolling

Create Rule in Ruleset

Tool to add a rule to an existing ruleset. Use when you need to append or insert a new rule in a Cloudflare ruleset.

ActionInstant

New Gmail Message Received Trigger

Triggers when a new message is received in Gmail.

TriggerPolling

Create Ruleset

Tool to create an account- or zone-scoped ruleset. Use after defining your ruleset details and selecting the correct scope.

ActionInstant

Delete DNS Record

Tool to delete a DNS record. Use when you need to remove a specific DNS record from a zone after confirming both zone and record IDs.

ActionInstant

Delete DNSSEC

Tool to delete DNSSEC records for a zone. Use after disabling DNSSEC at the registrar to remove DNSSEC configuration.

ActionInstant

Delete Rule from Ruleset

Tool to delete a specific rule from a ruleset. Use when you need to remove an outdated or incorrect rule from an account or zone ruleset after confirming IDs.

ActionInstant

Delete Ruleset

Tool to delete all versions of a ruleset. Use when you need to remove a ruleset from an account or zone after confirming no references exist.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Gmail and Cloudflare api key, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

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