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A screenshot of the trigger step in the Zap editor. A Gmail account is selected in the Choose Account dropdown menu.

A screenshot of the trigger step in the Zap editor. A box highlights the Add a New Account link in the account picker dropdown menu.

A screenshot of the customize Gmail step in the Zap editor. A Gmail search string is typed into a field labeled Search String. 

A screenshot of the Zap editor prompting to test the Gmail trigger step.

A screenshot of the Zap editor, with sample information from Gmail previewed.

A screenshot of the action step in the Zap editor. The app RSS by Zapier is selected from the app dropdown menu. Create Item in Feed is selected in the action event dropdown.

A screenshot of the Feed URL field with a greyed-out URL and a darker slug typed in.

A screenshot of the customize RSS step in the Zap editor. An arrow directs users to click the Copy link in order to copy the RSS feed url.

A screenshot of the TextEdit program with several links pasted. An arrow points to a URL directing users to paste the RSS feed URL that was previously copied to the clipboard.

A screenshot of the Feed Title, Source URL, and Content fields in the Zap editor.

A GIF illustrating how to type in text and map Gmail data to a field.

A screenshot of the Content field. Under the Insert Data... dropdown menu, the Body Plan option is highlighted.

A screenshot of the Zap editor. Under the Automatically Truncate Messages over 10KB field, the Yes option is highlighted.

A screenshot of the test RSS by Zapier step. An arrow is pointed to the Skip Test link, and a box highlights the testing buttons.

A screenshot of the Zap editor after the Zap has been tested with a success message.

A screenshot of the TextEdit program with several links pasted. An arrow points to a URL directing users to copy the RSS feed URL.

A screenshot of the email RSS feed URL pasted in the Feedly app.

A screenshot of the email RSS feed previewed in Feedly.

A screenshot of the test email as it appears in Feedly.

A screenshot of the trigger step in the Zap editor. A Slack account is selected in the Choose Account dropdown menu.

A screenshot of the permissions pop-up. Zapier is requesting permission to access a Slack workspace. An arrow highlights the workspace picker in the top-right corner.

A screenshot of the Customize Slack Message Posted step in the Zap editor.

A screenshot of the Zap editor prompting to test the Slack trigger step.

A screenshot of the Zap editor, with sample information from Slack previewed.

A screenshot of the Feed URL field with a greyed-out URL and a darker slug typed in. An arrow directs users to click the bolded Copy link to copy the feed URL.

A screenshot of the TextEdit program with several links pasted.

A screenshot of the Item Title field with the default text and data options pre-filled.

A screenshot of the Item Title field. Under the Insert Data... dropdown menu, the Show All Options link is highlighted.

A screenshot of the test RSS by Zapier step.

A screenshot of the Zap editor with a success message.

A screenshot of the TextEdit program with several links pasted. The Slack RSS feed URL is selected and highlighted.

A screenshot of the Feedly app with a search bar to paste an RSS feed URL.

A preview of the Slack RSS feed as it appears in Feedly.

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You don't need to go through your inbox if all you want is to keep up with particular threads; try setting up this Gmail-RSS integration to extract those updates for you. It will trigger whenever a new email is found to match your search on Gmail, automatically posting the contents and any other details you need to a custom RSS feed that you can check and share as needed.

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.

Triggers when you receive a new attachment.

New Attachment

New Label

Triggers when you receive a new email and label it within two days.

New Labeled Email

Triggers when a new email appears in the specified mailbox.

New Email

Triggers when you receive a new email that matches a search string you provide.

New Email Matching Search

Triggers when you receive a new email and star it within two days.

New Starred Email

New Thread

Find Email

Find or Send Email

Add Label to Email

Delete Email

Create Draft

Create a draft reply to an existing email.

Create Draft Reply

Create Label

Send Email

Remove Label From Email

Reply to Email

RSS (really simple syndication) is pretty much the industry standard for feed readers. You'll find RSS feeds in almost every app imaginable.

Triggers when there is a new item in any of the feeds being watched.

New Items in Multiple Feeds

Triggers when a new RSS feed item is published.

New Item in Feed

Create Item in Feed

Post new Gmail emails matching your search to an RSS feed   

Sometimes you may want to use a Slack message as a post on your RSS feed. This integration makes it easy by automatically creating an item in your RSS feed when a new message is posted to a specific channel in Slack. No need to double post the same content again.

Slack is a platform for team communication: everything in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. Offering instant messaging, document sharing and knowledge search for modern teams.

Triggers when a new message is posted to any public channel.

New Public Message Posted Anywhere

New Channel

Triggers when a new message is posted to a specific #channel you choose.

New Message Posted to Channel

Triggers when a custom emoji has been added to a team.

New Team Custom Emoji

Triggers when a new file is uploaded to your workspace.

New File

Triggers when a username or highlight word is mentioned in a public #channel.

New Mention

Triggers when a new message is found that matches the query.

New Message From Query

Triggers when a new message is posted to a specific #private-channel or multi-dm.

New Message Posted to Private Channel

Triggers when a Message is pushed from Slack.

New Pushed Message

Triggers when a reaction (aka reactji) is added to a message in a public #channel.

New Reaction Added

New Saved Message

Triggers when a new Slack user is created / first joins your org.

New User

Finds a Slack message using the Slack Search feature.

Find Message

Finds a user by matching against their email instead of their username.

Find User by Email

Find User by ID

Finds a user by matching against their real name instead of their username.

Find User by Name

Find User by Username

Adds a reminder for yourself or a teammate, just like the `/remind` slash command.

Add Reminder

Invite an existing User to an existing Channel. You must be a member of the channel to invite someone to it.

Invite User to Channel

Posts a message to the specific #channel you choose. Message delivery can be scheduled for later.

Send Channel Message

Sends a direct message to a user or yourself from the Slackbot. Can also schedule a message for later.

Send Direct Message

Create Channel

Post a new message to a private channel you choose. Can also schedule a message for later.

Send Private Channel Message

Set Channel Topic

Update basic profile fields such as name or title

Update Profile

Sets your Slack status to the given text and emoji.

Set Status

Invite a new User to your Slack workspace. Uses legacy tokens.

Invite New User

Custom Actions (Beta)

This is an advanced action which makes a raw HTTP request that includes this integration's authentication.

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