Your Inbox Organization Matches Your Team
Every Slack channel has a distinct purpose. When messages from that channel get emailed to you, Notis automatically labels them so your Gmail mirrors your team structure.
Trigger
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Action
List Gmail labels
Retrieves a list of all system and user-created labels for the specified gmail account.
Why this helps
Emails arrive from various projects and channels, but you manually sort them into labels. This busywork is error-prone and breaks your focus.
- Zero-effort inbox organization that scales with your team
- Quickly filter emails by project or team without manual tagging
- Reduce decision fatigue around email categorization
- Maintain consistency in how you organize information
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Gmail.
- 2Create an automation: 'When a message is posted in a Slack channel and reaches my email, automatically apply the channel's label in Gmail.'
- 3Specify which channels trigger this (all channels, or specific ones like #clients, #projects, #finance).
- 4Notis will create or use existing labels that match your channel names.
- 5Test by having a teammate post in one of those channels; the label will appear on the email.
Questions about this workflow
Does this only work for channels I'm in?
By default, yes. You can expand it to all channels your team creates, if needed.
What if a channel name has special characters?
Notis sanitizes the label name automatically, but you can also customize the naming pattern.
Can I apply multiple labels to one email?
Yes. If a message involves multiple channels or topics, Notis can apply all relevant labels.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Gmail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Gmail actions
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Modify email labels
Adds and/or removes specified gmail labels for a message; ensure `message id` and all `label ids` are valid (use 'listlabels' for custom label ids).
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Create email draft
Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Create label
Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Delete Draft
Permanently deletes a specific gmail draft using its id; ensure the draft exists and the user has necessary permissions for the given `user id`.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Delete message
Permanently deletes a specific email message by its id from a gmail mailbox; for `user id`, use 'me' for the authenticated user or an email address to which the authenticated user has delegated access.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Fetch emails
Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.
Reaction Removed Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message.
Fetch message by message ID
Fetches a specific email message by its id, provided the `message id` exists and is accessible to the authenticated `user id`.
New Bot Message Received Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_RECEIVED` with `is_bot_message=true` instead. Triggered when a new bot message is posted to a Slack channel.
Fetch Message by Thread ID
Retrieves messages from a gmail thread using its `thread id`, where the thread must be accessible by the specified `user id`.
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