Setup
Click Enable on the Connections page and authorize with your Google account.Capabilities
- Read and search emails — Retrieve messages from your inbox using filters, search criteria, or specific senders.
- Send emails — Compose and send messages directly from your connected account.
- Manage drafts — Create, list, and send draft emails before they go out.
- Download attachments — Pull files attached to emails for further processing.
- Organize your inbox — Create and manage labels, move messages, and keep your inbox structured.
- Access account info — Retrieve your Gmail profile information when needed for workflows.
- Inbox triggers — Start a Run automatically when a new email arrives. See Triggers for filter options.
Triggers
The Gmail trigger starts a Run when a new email arrives in the connected user’s own inbox.
Filters are optional. When multiple filters are set, the trigger starts a Run only when the email matches all selected filter groups.
The Gmail trigger monitors only the inbox of the account you connected. Shared or delegated Gmail inboxes are not currently supported as trigger sources.
Key Benefits
- End-to-end email automation — Handle full communication workflows from monitoring incoming messages to composing and sending replies.
- Attachment processing — Extract and work with documents, spreadsheets, and other files sent via email.
- Your account, your control — Emails are sent from your own address using your existing permissions.
- Event-driven workflows — Use inbox triggers to kick off runs the moment a relevant email lands.
- Broad workflow coverage — Supports reading, writing, drafting, labeling, and searching across your entire mailbox.
Works Well With
Google Sheets
Extract data from incoming emails and log it into a spreadsheet for tracking orders, support requests, or leads.
Google Drive
Save email attachments directly to Drive folders for organized document management.
Slack
Notify a Slack channel when an important email arrives or after an automated reply is sent.