Auto-Create Bug Issues from Email Reports
Bug reports scattered across email get lost. Notis converts bug emails into Linear issues so you have one source of truth for all bugs your team needs to fix.
Trigger
Email Sent
Triggers when a Gmail message is sent by the authenticated user. It polls the 'SENT' label and emits metadata including sender, recipients, subject, timestamp, and thread ID.
Action
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Why this helps
Users and teammates report bugs via email, but they don't make it to your bug tracking system. You're never sure which bugs are known and which are getting worked on.
- All bug reports automatically centralized in Linear
- Engineering team has single source of truth
- Reduces duplicate bug reports
- Improves bug fix prioritization and tracking
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Gmail and Linear to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: 'When someone emails a bug report, create a Linear issue in my Bug Backlog labeled [Bug] with severity based on the report.'
- 3Select 'New Gmail Message Received' as the trigger.
- 4Filter to emails from your team and QA contacts, or use [BUG] subject markers.
- 5Test by having a teammate send a bug report and verify it creates a Linear bug issue.
Questions about this workflow
How do I prioritize bugs automatically?
Your automation can assign priority based on keywords (e.g., 'critical' makes it High, 'cosmetic' makes it Low) or route to specific assignees.
Can I include reproduction steps from the email?
Yes. Notis extracts the email body and includes it in the Linear issue description so engineering has context immediately.
What if the same bug is reported twice?
Notis can search your Linear backlog for duplicate issues and link them instead of creating duplicates.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Gmail to Linear. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Gmail triggers
Linear actions
Email Sent
Triggers when a Gmail message is sent by the authenticated user. It polls the 'SENT' label and emits metadata including sender, recipients, subject, timestamp, and thread ID.
Create linear attachment
Creates a new attachment and associates it with a specific, existing linear issue.
New Gmail Message Received Trigger
Triggers when a new message is received in Gmail.
Create a comment
Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Get create issue default params
Fetches a linear team's default issue estimate and state, useful for pre-filling new issue forms.
Create a label
Creates a new label in linear for a specified team, used to categorize and organize issues.
Delete issue
Archives an existing linear issue by its id, which is linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.
Get all teams
Retrieves all teams from the linear workspace without requiring any parameters.
Download issue attachments
Downloads a specific attachment from a linear issue; the `file name` must include the correct file extension.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Not just Gmail and Linear. Any combination from 985+ integrations.
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