Gmail + Google Tasks

Create tasks in Google Tasks for new starred emails in Gmail

Stay organized and enhance productivity with this easy workflow. Whenever you star a new email in Gmail, a task is immediately created in Google Tasks. This saves you time and ensures no important emails get overlooked. Simplify your email management process with this hassle-free automation.

When this happens...
New Starred Email
Triggers when you receive a new email and star it within two days.
TriggerScheduled
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Create Task
Creates a new task.
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Supported triggers and actions

- Label or mailbox
- Search keywords
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Label or mailboxRequired
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Search keywordsRequired
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Label/Mailbox
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Email message to be DeletedRequired
Action
Write

- Trigger Instructions
- ThreadRequired
- To
- Cc
- Bcc
- From
- From Name
- Body type
- BodyRequired
- Add signature default
- Label or mailbox
- Attachments
Action
Write
- To
- Cc
- Bcc
- From
- From Name
- Reply To
- SubjectRequired
- Body type
- BodyRequired
- Add signature default
- Label or mailbox
- Attachments
Action
Write

- Trigger Instructions
- ThreadRequired
- To
- Cc
- Bcc
- From
- From Name
- Reply To
- Body type
- BodyRequired
- Label or mailbox
- Attachments
Action
Write
- Search StringRequired
- To
- Cc
- Bcc
- From
- From Name
- Reply To
- SubjectRequired
- Body type
- BodyRequired
- Add signature default
- Label or mailbox
- Attachments
Action
Search or write
- Task ListRequired
Trigger
Scheduled
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- List TitleRequired
Action
Write
- ListRequired
- TaskRequired
- Title
- Status
- Notes
- Due Date
Action
Write
- ListRequired
- TitleRequired
Action
Search
- ListRequired
- TitleRequired
- Task ListRequired
- Notes
- Due On
Action
Search or write

New Label
Triggers when you add a new label.
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Label or mailbox
Trigger
Scheduled
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New Starred Email
Triggers when you receive a new email and star it within two days.
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Label
- MessageRequired
Action
Write
- Recipient Instructions
- To
- Cc
- Bcc
- SubjectRequired
- From
- From Name
- Body type
- BodyRequired
- Add signature default
- Label or mailbox
- Attachments
Action
Write
- Name of labelRequired
Action
Write
- MessageRequired
- Label(s) to removeRequired
Action
Write
- Search StringRequired
Action
Search
- Task ListRequired
Trigger
Scheduled
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New Task List
Triggers when a new task list is created.
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Task ListRequired
- TitleRequired
- Notes
- Due On
Action
Write
- Api Docs Info
- HTTP MethodRequired
- URLRequired
- Query String Parameters
- Headers
- Additional Request Headers
- Body
Action
Write
- Results will output in a line-item format. Subsequent action steps will need to support line-items. If not, you can transform this into t
- Task ListRequired
- Display Completed TasksRequired
Action
Search

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