Remember the promises you make in sent email
Capture your own next steps after you send them, so follow-through does not depend on remembering the message later.
Trigger
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.
Action
Create a page
Create a new page in a doc. note that creating a page requires you to be a doc maker in the applicable workspace.
Why this helps
A promise made in a quick reply can be forgotten once attention shifts to the next task.
- Capture next steps you have promised to others.
- Keep the recipient and source thread with each commitment.
- Review open promises in one Coda doc.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Gmail and Coda once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it for sent commitments.
- 3Tell Notis to review sent messages for explicit promises or tasks you owe and add the commitment, recipient, and thread reference to a page in your chosen Coda doc.
- 4Pick the Email Sent trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test by sending one real message with a clear promise and confirm the record.
Questions about this workflow
Does the trigger inspect sent messages?
The Email Sent trigger polls Gmail's SENT label and emits sender, recipients, subject, timestamp, and thread ID. Message content may be available through the Gmail connection for Notis to analyze.
Can it tell when I have completed a promise?
This workflow records commitments in Coda. Completion tracking depends on how you review or update your Coda doc.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Gmail to Coda. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Gmail triggers
Coda actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add a category for pack
Add a publishing category for a given pack.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Add a maker for pack
Set a maker for a given pack. used to display makers for a pack in the corresponding packs page.
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.
Add a permission for pack
Create or modify user, workspace, or global permissions for a given pack.
New Gmail Message Received Trigger
Triggers when a new message is received in Gmail.
Add custom domain
Add a custom domain to a published doc.
Add permission
Adds a new permission to the doc.
Begin content export
Initiate an export of content for the given page.
Content export status
Check the status of a page content export
Copy Document
Creates a copy of an existing coda document. this action allows you to duplicate a document while optionally specifying a new title and location for the copied document.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Gmail and Coda, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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