Find email context when Trello work moves
When activity happens on a Trello board, surface related Gmail messages to help you pick up the thread.
Trigger
New Activity Trigger
Triggered when there is activity in Trello.
Action
Fetch emails
Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.
Why this helps
Project decisions often live across a board and an inbox, making it easy to miss the email that explains a change.
- Look for email context after board activity.
- Reduce manual searching across apps.
- Bring related messages into a follow-up workflow.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Trello and Gmail once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation and instruct Notis how to search Gmail using details available in the activity.
- 3Pick the New Activity trigger.
- 4Choose where Notis should send run reports.
- 5Test with one real Trello activity and check the returned email results.
Questions about this workflow
Will this summarize emails too?
The selected Gmail action fetches email messages. Tell Notis whether to retrieve full content and how to use any returned details.
Can it find every related message?
Search results depend on the query and Gmail data available. Describe useful terms or identifiers in your instruction, such as a card name or project phrase.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Trello to Gmail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Trello triggers
Gmail actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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).
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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.
Card Archived Trigger
Triggered when a card is archived in the specified board
Create label
Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account.
New Activity Trigger
Triggered when there is activity in Trello.
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`.
New Board Trigger
Triggered when a board is created in the specified workspace
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.
New Card Trigger
Triggered when a card is created in the specified board
Fetch emails
Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.
Card Updated Trigger
Triggered when a specific card is updated
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`.
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`.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Trello and Gmail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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