Gmail integration with OmniFocus
How to Create OmniFocus tasks for new starred emails on Gmail
Looking for a little extra help making sure you address all those action items in important emails? Set up this Gmail OmniFocus integration and we'll help you stay organized by automatically creating a new Omnifocus task with all the data from any email you star on Gmail.
Steps to automate
Use Nekton workflow automation service.Preparation
Create Nekton account. You can also use your existing Google account
to sign in.
Create automation
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Click on the "Create new workflow" button, and then add "Automated step".
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Set the step description to "Create OmniFocus tasks for new starred emails on Gmail" and then click on "Automate".
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Provide the necessary parameters and click on the "Test it" button to check your automation. If you had issues with it, you can click on "Automate" again to try a different one.
Create a schedule (optional)
If you want to run this automation on a schedule, click on the gear button on the workflow editor
screen
to configure it. For example, you can run this flow every hour or every day.
Automate Gmail integrations
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Gmail actions
Nekton can use any feature that is available in Gmail API.
Using our advanced AI, you can easily create custom automations for Gmail.
Here are some typical actions you can do in your automated workflows.
Create Draft
Create (but do not send) a new email message.
Create Label
Creates a new label.
Remove Label from Email
Remove a label from an email message.
Find Email
Finds an email message.
Add Label to Email
Add a label to an email message.
Create Draft Reply
Create (but do not send) a draft of a reply to an existing email.
About Gmail
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.