Create ActiveCampaign contacts from new Drive lead files
A new lead document can become a contact without interrupting your work to copy details by hand.
Trigger
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
Action
Create contact
Creates a new contact in activecampaign with the specified details. this action allows you to create a new contact with basic information like email, name, phone, organization details, and tags. the email address is the only required field, while all other fields are optional.
Why this helps
Lead details in intake documents are easy to overlook or leave outside your marketing system.
- Reduce manual copying from lead intake documents.
- Create contacts only when a usable email address is present.
- Keep new inquiries moving into your marketing workflow.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and ActiveCampaign once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation by telling Notis to review new Drive files for lead contact details and create a contact when an email is present.
- 3Pick the Google Drive File Created trigger.
- 4Choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real lead file.
Questions about this workflow
Will this create a contact for every new file?
Describe in your instruction that Notis should create a contact only when the file contains clear contact details and a usable email address.
What information should I include in the instruction?
Tell Notis which kinds of files represent leads, which details to use when creating a contact, and what to do if the email address is missing.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Active campaign. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Drive triggers
Active campaign actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add contact note
Add a note to a contact in activecampaign. the note will be associated with a contact as a subscriber type. the tool will first find the contact id using the provided email address and then create the note.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Add Contact to Automation
This tool adds an existing contact to a specific automation in activecampaign. it first looks up the contact by email address to get their id, then adds them to the specified automation using the /api/3/contactautomations endpoint.
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Add Secondary Contact to Deal
This tool adds a secondary contact to an existing deal in activecampaign. if the deal has no primary contact set, this contact will be set as primary if no role is specified. the tool requires the user to have permission to manage deals and expects parameters like contact id (required), deal id (required), and role id (optional).
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
Create Account
This tool creates a new account in activecampaign. it represents a business or organization and allows programmatic account creation. the tool requires the account name and optionally accepts parameters such as account url, owner, and custom fields.
File Deleted or Trashed
Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.
Create contact
Creates a new contact in activecampaign with the specified details. this action allows you to create a new contact with basic information like email, name, phone, organization details, and tags. the email address is the only required field, while all other fields are optional.
File Shared (Permissions Added)
Triggers when new sharing permissions are granted to a file or folder. Uses Drive's `changes.list` endpoint with inline `permissions` in the `fields` mask so each change carries the file's current permission set provider-atomically. We diff that against `seen_permission_keys` to identify newly added grants. Drive page tokens are the primary cursor; if Drive rejects a stored token, the trigger raises `PollingTriggerError` without clearing state rather than silently re-baselining and dropping events. Limitation: truly ephemeral permissions (added and revoked between two polls without any other file modification in between) are not detected. Drive Activity API would catch those but requires an additional OAuth scope and a different payload contract.
Create contact task
Create a task associated with a contact in activecampaign. this action allows you to create a new task that will be associated with a specific contact in your activecampaign account. the task can include details such as due date, title, description, and can be assigned to a specific user.
File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
Create Deal Pipeline
Creates a new deal pipeline in activecampaign. a deal pipeline is a visual representation of your sales process that helps organize and track deals through different stages. when you create a new pipeline, it automatically comes with three default stages: 'to contact,' 'in contact,' and 'follow up.'
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
Create Deal Task Type
This tool creates a new deal task type in activecampaign. deal task types are used to categorize and organize tasks associated with deals, and they are an important feature for maintaining a structured task management system within the deals pipeline. this action complements the existing active campaign create deal task action by enabling the creation of custom task types that can be used when creating deal tasks.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Google Drive and Active campaign, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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