Process sent email attachments with Affinda
Keep outbound documents searchable and structured after they leave your inbox.
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 Document
Tool to upload a new document for parsing. use when you have the document file or a public url and need to extract structured data immediately.
Why this helps
Attachments sent to clients or partners often disappear from operational workflows after delivery.
- Captures outbound records
- Supports compliance and follow-up
- Removes a separate archive step
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Super and Affinda once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation named Sent Attachment Processor.
- 3Tell Notis to upload relevant attachments from each sent Gmail message to Affinda.
- 4Pick Email Sent as the trigger and choose a report channel.
- 5Test with one sent message containing a document.
Questions about this workflow
Does it process every sent message?
Ask Notis to process only messages with relevant document attachments.
Can it include the recipient context?
Yes. Ask Notis to include sent message metadata in the processing report.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Super to Affinda. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Super triggers
Affinda actions
Recurring trigger
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Webhook trigger
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Create Document
Tool to upload a new document for parsing. use when you have the document file or a public url and need to extract structured data immediately.
Attendee Response Changed
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Create RESTHook Subscription
Tool to create a new resthook subscription. use after confirming your webhook endpoint is ready to receive document event notifications.
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Create Tag
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Conditional Format Rule Changed
Triggers when conditional formatting rules change in a Google Spreadsheet. Detects when rules are added, updated, or removed. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.
Create Validation Result
Tool to create a validation result. use when recording validation outcomes for a document after parsing.
Data Validation Rule Changed
Triggers when data validation rules change (added/updated/removed) in a Google Spreadsheet. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.
Create Workspace
Tool to create a new workspace. use when you need to programmatically create a workspace container within an organization.
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