Gmail + Google Contacts

Create new Google Contacts from new starred Gmail emails

Keep your Google Contacts up to date with this time-saving workflow. Each time you star an email in Gmail, this automation creates a new contact in your Google Contacts, ensuring you never miss saving an important email contact. Streamline your work process, save time, and maintain an organized contact list effortlessly.

When this happens...
New Starred Email
Triggers when you receive a new email and star it within two days.
TriggerPolling
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Create Contact
Triggers when a contact is created or updated.
ActionWrite

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Supported triggers and actions

- Label or mailbox
- Search keywords
Trigger
Polling
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- Label or mailboxRequired
Trigger
Polling
Try It
- Label or mailbox
Trigger
Polling
Try It
New Starred Email
Triggers when you receive a new email and star it within two days.
Trigger
Polling
Try It
- LabelRequired
- MessageRequired
Action
Write

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

- To
- Cc
- Bcc
- From
- From Name
- Reply To
- SubjectRequired
- Body type
- BodyRequired
- Add signature default
- Signature delimiter
- Label or mailbox
- Attachments
- Send message to Google Contacts Group/Label
Action
Write
- ThreadRequired
- Label(s) to removeRequired
Action
Write
- Message IDRequired
- Attachment FilenameRequired
- Attachment Size
Action
Search
- Search StringRequired
- To
- Cc
- Bcc
- From
- From Name
- Reply To
- SubjectRequired
- Body type
- BodyRequired
- Add signature default
- Signature delimiter
- Label or mailbox
- Attachments
- Send message to Google Contacts Group/Label
Action
Search or write
New Group
Triggers when a group is created.
Trigger
Polling
Try It
- ContactRequired
- GroupRequired
Action
Write
- ContactRequired
- Phone Number
- Additional Phone Numbers
Action
Write
- Contact
- PhotoRequired
Action
Write
- Search ByRequired
Action
Search

New Label
Triggers when you add a new label.
Trigger
Polling
Try It
- Label or mailboxRequired
Trigger
Polling
Try It
- Search keywordsRequired
Trigger
Polling
Try It
- Label/Mailbox
Trigger
Polling
Try It
- MessageRequired
Action
Write
- To
- Cc
- Bcc
- SubjectRequired
- From
- From Name
- Body type
- BodyRequired
- Add signature default
- Signature delimiter
- Label or mailbox
- Attachments
- Recipient Instructions
Action
Write
- Name of labelRequired
Action
Write
- MessageRequired
- Label(s) to removeRequired
Action
Write
- Trigger Instructions
- ThreadRequired
- To
- Cc
- Bcc
- From
- From Name
- Reply To
- Subject
- Body type
- BodyRequired
- Add signature default
- Signature delimiter
- Label or mailbox
- Attachments
Action
Write
- Search StringRequired
Action
Search
New or Updated Contact
Triggers when a contact is created or updated.
Trigger
Polling
Try It
New Contact
Triggers when a contact is created.
Trigger
Polling
Try It
Create Contact
Creates a new contact.
Action
Write
- NameRequired
Action
Write
- Stop on errorRequired
- HTTP MethodRequired
- URLRequired
- Query string parameters
- Additional request headers
- Body
Action
Write
- Search ByRequired
Action
Search or write

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