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Never forget about your upcoming events again! Just set up this Zap to automatically receive an SMS alert before an event in your Google Calendar is about to start.

Google Calendar lets you organize your schedule and share events with co-workers and friends. With Google's free online calendar, it's easy to keep track of your daily schedule.

Google Calendar

New Calendar

Triggers when an event is cancelled or deleted.

Event Cancelled

Event Ended

Triggers when a specified amount of time before an event starts.

Event Start

Triggers when an event is created or updated (except when it's cancelled).

New or Updated Event

New Event

Triggers when an event is created that matches a search.

New Event Matching Search

Find Event

Finds a specific event by its ID in your calendar.

Retrieve Event by ID

Finds multiple events in your calendar as line items.

Find Multiple Events

Find or Create Event

Invites one or more person to an existing event.

Add Attendee(s) to Event

Create Calendar

Delete Event

Create Detailed Event

Create an event from a piece of text. Google parses the text for date, time, and description info.

Quick Add Event

Updates an event. Only filled fields are updated.

Update Event

Custom Actions (Beta)

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

API Request (Beta)

Using our built-in number, you can send a limited number of SMS / text messages. This is great for reminders!

SMS by Zapier

Send an SMS to a number. Notice that a successful action means that the SMS has been queued, not delivered.

Send SMS

Get SMS alerts for new approaching Google Calendar events

Want notifications when you emails from specific people or about certain topics, without having your phone buzz every time you get an email? This integration is just what you need. It'll send you a Pushbullet notification on the devices of your choice whenever an email comes in that meets the search criteria you've selected.

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.

Gmail

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

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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

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Reply to Email

Pushbullet makes it easy to push notifications to your smartphone and computer from the web. These notifications are smart too: if you receive a notification with a link, tapping on the notification will take you right to it!

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Get Pushbullet Push Notifications For Your Most Important Emails in Gmail [Business Gmail Accounts Only]

If you aren't used to checking certain Trello boards or lists, then getting notifications can really help.

Trello is a team collaboration tool that lets you organize anything and everything to keep your projects on task.

Trello

New Board

New Card

Triggers when a Card is archived in Trello.

New Card Archived

Triggers when a Comment is added to a Card in Trello.

New Comment in Card

Triggers when there is activity in Trello.

New Activity

Triggers when a Card is moved to a List in Trello, [inside the same Board](https://zapier.com/apps/trello/help#common-problems-trello#not-triggering-on-card-moved-to-list-when-a-card-is-moved-from-another-board).

Card Moved to List

Triggers at a specified time before a card is due.

Card Due

Triggers when a Card is updated in Trello.

Card Updated

Triggers when a new checklist is created in Trello.

New Checklist

Triggers when a new label is created in Trello.

Triggers when a label is added in a Trello card.

New Label Added to Card

Triggers when a new list on a board is added.

New List

Triggers when a new member joins a board.

New Member on Board

Triggers when you get a new notification in Trello.

New Notification

Finds a label on a particular board by name.

Find Label on Board

Finds a list on a particular board by name.

Find List on a Board

Finds a checklist on a particular board or card by name.

Find Checklist

Finds a checklist item on a particular checklist by name.

Find Checklist Item

Finds a board in your Trello organization by name.

Find Board

Finds a card in your Trello organization by name, given a specified board and list. Does not search archived cards.

Find Card

Finds a member in your Trello organization by name.

Find Member

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Find or Create List on a Board

Find or Create Checklist

Finds or creates a specific organization board.

Find or Create Board

Finds or creates a specific organization card.

Find or Create Card

Create Checklist Item in Card

Add Member to Board

Create Board

Adds a new card on a specific board and list.

Create Card

Archive Card

Adds one or more attachments to a specific card.

Add Attachment to Card

Adds an existing label to a specific card.

Add Label to Card

Moves a specific card to a list on a specific board.

Move Card to List

Adds one or more members to a specific card.

Add Members to Card

Update a card's name, description, due date, or position in list.

Update Card

Adds a new (or existing) checklist to a card.

Add Checklist to Card

Closes a board without permanently deleting it.

Close Board

Create Comment

Completes an existing checklist item in a card.

Complete Checklist Item in Card

Copy Board

Delete Checklist in Card

Create List

Remove Label From Card

Send and receive email via a custom Zapier email address at "zapiermail.com". This is great for triggering off of emails and sending custom emails. (Max of 10 email sends per hour.)

Have direct access to your own email servers? Check out our IMAP and SMTP services!

Email by Zapier

Triggers when an email is forwarded to your own custom **zapiermail.com** address.

New Inbound Email

Triggers when an email that you've enabled read receipts on via our `Send Outbound Email` trigger is opened.

New Read Receipt

Send up to 5 emails per day on Free or Trial Zapier plans, or up to 10 emails per hour on paid Zapier plans from a custom **zapiermail.com** address.

Send Outbound Email

Get email notifications for Trello activity

Need to archive your completed tasks somewhere handy? Use this Todoist Google Sheets integration to automatically save completed Todoist tasks to a new row in a Google Spreadsheet.

Managing millions of tasks, Todoist is an online task management app and todo list. It has Web, iPhone, Android, Chrome, Firefox, Outlook flavors (and more!).

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