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Gmail and Slack

Start a workflow in one and act in the other, with every step on the record. Ask your AI for it, or build it yourself.

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Gmail steps
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Slack steps
85
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Ideas for Gmail and Slack

Each one is a real trigger and action. Ask your AI for any of them, in your own words, and it builds the workflow.

  • WhenGmail New EmailThenSend a message to a channel
  • WhenNew Slack messageThenCreate reply message
  • WhenGmail New EmailThenSend a direct message
  • WhenChannel createdThenCreate draft
  • WhenGmail New EmailThenCreate a channel
  • WhenNew command in channelThenSend message

Templates that use Gmail and Slack

Add every emailed job application to your candidate sheet

Reads each job application that lands in Gmail, attached CV included, adds the candidate to your Google Sheet and tells your team in Slack.

Post important emails to a Slack channel

Posts each new email that passes all the filters you set (subject words, senders, body phrases, a Gmail label) into a Slack channel.

Flag emails that link to unfamiliar websites

Posts to Slack when new mail links to a site outside your expected list, with how recently that site was registered and who runs it.

Get a Slack alert when a high-value lead emails you

Every email from a real company is researched and scored against who you sell to; the best leads reach you in Slack within minutes.

Watch your websites for downtime

Checks every site listed in a spreadsheet on a schedule and alerts you in Slack or by email when one goes down or recovers.

Welcome next week's new starters

Every Monday, emails anyone starting in the next week and tells the team in Slack who is joining.

What each app adds

Gmail

Triggers

  • Gmail New EmailTriggers when a new email arrives in your Gmail inbox

Actions

  • List emailsList emails matching filters and return message details.
  • Get message headersGet the header details of a Gmail message, such as From, To, Subject, and Date.
  • Create reply messageCreate a reply message in a thread.
  • Create draftCreate an email draft in Gmail.
  • Send messageSend an email message or reply to a thread.
  • Add label to messageAdd a label to a Gmail message.
See all 15 on the Gmail page

Slack

Triggers

  • New Slack messageRuns when a new message is posted in a Slack channel.
  • Channel createdRuns when a new Slack channel is created.
  • New command in channelRuns when a message in a Slack channel starts with a command word.
  • New mention in channelRuns when someone is mentioned in a Slack channel.
  • Reaction added to messageRuns when an emoji reaction is added to a Slack message.
  • Reaction removed from messageRuns when an emoji reaction is removed from a Slack message.

Actions

  • Send a message to a channelSend a message to a public or private Slack channel.
  • Send a direct messageSend a direct message to a Slack user.
  • List channelsList the Slack channels you can access, optionally hiding archived ones.
  • Create a channelCreate a new public or private Slack channel.
  • Archive a channelArchive a Slack channel.
  • Schedule a messageSchedule a message to be posted at a future time.
See all 85 on the Slack page

How to connect Gmail and Slack

  1. Connect your AI

    Add Lodol to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP tool in one step, or open the editor.

  2. Connect Gmail and Slack

    Sign in to each once in your workspace. Their keys are encrypted and used by name.

  3. Describe it, then turn it on

    Say what should happen, and when. Try a run, then turn it on; every run is traced.

Questions about Gmail and Slack

Yes. Connect each app once in your Lodol workspace and any workflow can use both: 14 actions and 1 trigger in Gmail, and 79 actions and 6 triggers in Slack.

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI tool connected to Lodol, in your own words, and it builds the workflow in your workspace. Or add the steps yourself in the visual editor, or start from one of the 8 templates that already use both.

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