Gmail + Roam Research

Add new starred Gmail emails to a daily note page in Roam Research

When a new starred email arrives in your Gmail account, this workflow swiftly organizes it into your Roam Research Daily Notes. By doing this, you can easily keep track of priority emails, ensuring important content is transferred to your note-taking system for streamlined access. This effortless process helps improve productivity by minimizing manual data entry and promoting efficient email management.

When this happens...
New Starred Email
Triggers when you receive a new email and star it within two days.
TriggerScheduled
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Add Content to a Daily Note Page
Add content as a child block to a daily note page in Roam
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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
- Do you want to listen to references for a page or for a block?Required
- Which page or block to watch linked references for?Required
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Content to add as a child blockRequired
- Uid of block to add content underneathRequired
Action
Write
- Do you want to fetch data for a page or a block?Required
- Which page or block to fetch?Required
- (Advanced) Number of levels of children to fetch
Action
Search

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
- Do you want to listen to references for a page or for a block?Required
- Which page or block to watch linked references for?Required
Trigger
Scheduled
Try It
- Content to add to pageRequired
- Which daily note to add to?Required
- Nest under a capture group?
Action
Write
- Content to add to PageRequired
- Which page to add to?Required
- Nest under a capture group?
Action
Write

About Gmail

One of the most popular email services, Gmail keeps track of all your emails with threaded conversations, tags, and Google-powered search to find any message you need.

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