Vendor Assessment Tracker from Emails
Evaluating vendors shouldn't happen in email threads. Notis converts vendor discussions into Linear issues so your team can assess and compare vendors in one place.
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
You get vendor proposals and comparison emails, but they live in your inbox. Comparing vendors feels like archaeology through email threads, and decisions aren't centralized.
- Centralizes all vendor discussions in Linear
- Team can evaluate vendors from one structured view
- Reduces time spent in email hunting for vendor data
- Creates audit trail for procurement decisions
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Gmail and Linear to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: 'When I send or forward an email about vendor evaluation, create a Linear issue in my Vendor Assessment project.'
- 3Select 'Email Sent' as your trigger.
- 4Mark vendor emails with a label or subject keyword so Notis knows to track them.
- 5Test by sending a vendor email and verify it creates a Linear issue with vendor contact info.
Questions about this workflow
Can I track proposals and comparisons separately?
Yes. Use different subject markers (e.g., [VENDOR-PROPOSAL] vs. [VENDOR-COMPARE]) and Notis can create issues in different Linear views or add different labels.
How do I keep vendor contact info in the issue?
Notis extracts email metadata (sender, email address, phone if included) and adds it to the Linear issue description automatically.
Can I add vendor documents or proposals?
Yes. Attachments from the email can be automatically added to the Linear issue so everything is in one place.
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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.
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