Gmail + Things

Create Things to-dos from starred emails in Gmail [Business Gmail Accounts Only]

When working through your email inbox, you might find follow-up tasks that need your attention. Use this Zapier integration to automatically create a new to-do in your Things inbox whenever a new email in your Gmail inbox is starred.

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 To-Do
Adds a new to-do to your Things Inbox.
ActionWrite

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Supported triggers and actions

What does this mean?

- Label/Mailbox
- Search String
  This works the same as the search bar you see in Gmail. For example: from:amy OR from:david or subject:dinner label:my-family. Learn more.
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Label/MailboxRequired
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Search StringRequired
  By default this search will trigger on emails in all folders, including Sent emails, which most people don't want. To limit results, like to your inbox, include in:inbox.
  This works the same as the search bar you see in Gmail. For example: from:amy OR from:david or in:inbox subject:dinner label:my-family. Learn more.
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Label/Mailbox
Trigger
Scheduled
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- SubjectRequired
- To
  Who will this email be sent to? Multiple email addresses can be entered either individually, or as a comma separated list, eg. test@example.com,example@example.com.
- Cc
  Who should be cc'd on this email? Multiple email addresses can be entered either individually, or as a comma separated list, eg. test@example.com,example@example.com.
- Bcc
  Who should be bcc'd on this email? Multiple email addresses can be entered either individually, or as a comma separated list, eg. test@example.com,example@example.com.
- From
  Select an email address or alias from your Gmail Account. Defaults to the primary email address.
- From Name
  Customize the from name (but must be sent via the email address you connected).
- Body Type
- BodyRequired
- Signature
  Include a default signature with the email? Will be placed at end of the message after a line break and another "--" line. Note: Only signatures set as your Gmail account email/alias "Signature Defaults" > "For New Emails Use" are displayed.
- Label/Mailbox
- Attachments
  A file to be attached. Can be an actual file or a public URL which will be downloaded and attached.
Action
Write

- NameRequired
  Can have parents via a simple forward slash syntax: "Parent/Child"
Action
Write
- Message to Remove Label(s) FromRequired
- Label(s) to RemoveRequired
Action
Write

- Search StringRequired
  This works the same as the search bar you see in Gmail. For example: from:amy OR from:david< or subject:dinner label:my-family. Learn more. Note: Only one email will be returned by the search.
Action
Search
- TitleRequired
  The name of the task.
- Note
  Any additional notes to include with this to-do.
Action
Write

New Label
Triggers when you add a new label.
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Label/Mailbox
  (Note: If no Label/Mailbox is selected, this Zap will trigger on all e-mails, including Drafts.)
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(s) to Add
- Message to be LabeledRequired
Action
Write
- Trigger Instructions
  Important
  If you are using a Gmail trigger for this Zap, we recommend only triggering off of "Inbox" messages to avoid Zap Loops.
  For the "New Email Matching Search" Gmail trigger, please add label:inbox to the end of your "Search String."
  For the "New Email", "New Labeled Email", and "New Thread" Gmail triggers, please select INBOX for the "Label/Mailbox" field.
- ThreadRequired
  If you're not using a Gmail trigger for this Zap, we recommend adding a Search step to find the thread you want.
- To
  Who will this email be sent to? Multiple email addresses can be entered either individually, or as a comma separated list, eg. test@example.com,example@example.com.
- Cc
  Who should be cc'd on this email? Multiple email addresses can be entered either individually, or as a comma separated list, eg. test@example.com,example@example.com.
- Bcc
  Who should be bcc'd on this email? Multiple email addresses can be entered either individually, or as a comma separated list, eg. test@example.com,example@example.com.
- From
  Select an email address or alias from your Gmail Account. Defaults to the primary email address.
- From Name
  Customize the from name (but must be sent via the email address you connected).
- Body Type
- BodyRequired
- Signature
  Include a default signature with the email? Will be placed at end of the message after a line break and another "--" line. Note: Only signatures set as your Gmail account email/alias "Signature Defaults" > "For New Emails Use" are displayed.
- Label/Mailbox
- Attachments
  A file to be attached. Can be an actual file or a public URL which will be downloaded and attached.
Action
Write
- To
  Who will this email be sent to? Multiple email addresses can be entered either individually, or as a comma separated list, eg. test@example.com,example@example.com.
- Cc
  Who should be cc'd on this email? Multiple email addresses can be entered either individually, or as a comma separated list, eg. test@example.com,example@example.com.
- Bcc
  Who should be bcc'd on this email? Multiple email addresses can be entered either individually, or as a comma separated list, eg. test@example.com,example@example.com.
- From
  Select an email address or alias from your Gmail Account. Defaults to the primary email address.
- From Name
- Reply To
  Specify a single reply address other than your own.
- SubjectRequired
- Body Type
  If using the HTML option, you must add any and all formatting (paragraphs, lists, etc) directly using HTML. Learn more.
- BodyRequired
- Signature
  Include a default signature with the email? Will be placed at end of the message after a line break and another "--" line. Note: Only signatures set as your Gmail account email/alias "Signature Defaults" > "For New Emails Use" are displayed.
- Label/Mailbox
- Attachments
  A file to be attached. Can be an actual file or a public URL which will be downloaded and attached.
Action
Write
- Trigger Instructions
  Important
  If you are using a Gmail trigger for this Zap, we recommend only triggering off of "Inbox" messages to avoid Zap Loops.
  For the "New Email Matching Search" Gmail trigger, please add label:inbox to the end of your "Search String."
  For the "New Email", "New Labeled Email", and "New Thread" Gmail triggers, please select INBOX for the "Label/Mailbox" field.
- ThreadRequired
  If you're not using a Gmail trigger for this Zap, we recommend adding a Search step to find the thread you want.
- To
  Who will this email be sent to? Multiple email addresses can be entered either individually, or as a comma separated list, eg. test@example.com,example@example.com.
- Cc
  Who should be cc'd on this email? Multiple email addresses can be entered either individually, or as a comma separated list, eg. test@example.com,example@example.com.
- Bcc
  Who should be bcc'd on this email? Multiple email addresses can be entered either individually, or as a comma separated list, eg. test@example.com,example@example.com.
- From
  Select an email address or alias from your Gmail Account. Defaults to the primary email address.
- From Name
- Reply To
  Specify a single reply address other than your own.
- Body Type
  If using the HTML option, you must add any and all formatting (paragraphs, lists, etc) directly using HTML. Learn more.
- BodyRequired
- Label/Mailbox
- Attachments
  A file to be attached. Can be an actual file or a public URL which will be downloaded and attached.
Action
Write
- Search StringRequired
  This works the same as the search bar you see in Gmail. For example: from:amy OR from:david< or subject:dinner label:my-family. Learn more. Note: Only one email will be returned by the search.
- To
  Who will this email be sent to? Multiple email addresses can be entered either individually, or as a comma separated list, eg. test@example.com,example@example.com.
- Cc
  Who should be cc'd on this email? Multiple email addresses can be entered either individually, or as a comma separated list, eg. test@example.com,example@example.com.
- Bcc
  Who should be bcc'd on this email? Multiple email addresses can be entered either individually, or as a comma separated list, eg. test@example.com,example@example.com.
- From
  Select an email address or alias from your Gmail Account. Defaults to the primary email address.
- From Name
- Reply To
  Specify a single reply address other than your own.
- SubjectRequired
- Body Type
  If using the HTML option, you must add any and all formatting (paragraphs, lists, etc) directly using HTML. Learn more.
- BodyRequired
- Signature
  Include a default signature with the email? Will be placed at end of the message after a line break and another "--" line. Note: Only signatures set as your Gmail account email/alias "Signature Defaults" > "For New Emails Use" are displayed.
- Label/Mailbox
- Attachments
  A file to be attached. Can be an actual file or a public URL which will be downloaded and attached.
Action
Search or write

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Gmail + Things

Create Things to-dos from starred emails in Gmail [Business Gmail Accounts Only]

New Attachment

Label/Mailbox

Search String

New Labeled Email

Label/MailboxRequired

New Email Matching Search

Search StringRequired

New Thread

Label/Mailbox

Create Draft

SubjectRequired

To

Cc

Bcc

From

From Name

Body Type

BodyRequired

Signature

Label/Mailbox

Attachments

Create Label

NameRequired

Remove Label from Email

Message to Remove Label(s) FromRequired

Label(s) to RemoveRequired

Find Email

Search StringRequired

Create To-Do

TitleRequired

Note

New Label

New Email

Label/Mailbox

New Starred Email

Add Label to Email

Label(s) to Add

Message to be LabeledRequired

Create Draft Reply

Trigger Instructions

Important

ThreadRequired

To

Cc

Bcc

From

From Name

Body Type

BodyRequired

Signature

Label/Mailbox

Attachments

Send Email

To

Cc

Bcc

From

From Name

Reply To

SubjectRequired

Body Type

BodyRequired

Signature

Label/Mailbox

Attachments

Reply to Email

Trigger Instructions

Important

ThreadRequired

To

Cc

Bcc

From

From Name

Reply To

Body Type

BodyRequired

Label/Mailbox