Auto-create labels for WhatsApp contacts

A new client messages on WhatsApp. Instead of manually creating a label later, Notis creates one instantly. Your inbox is organized before you even respond.

Trigger

New Message Received

Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.

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Action

Create label

Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account.

Why this helps

New contacts appear and you mentally note 'I should label this person later'—but you forget. Then their emails pile up unlabeled and you lose track.

  • No manual label creation—Notis does it the moment they message
  • All conversations from new contacts are labeled and grouped
  • Scale without adding work to your plate
  • One less decision your brain has to make

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect WhatsApp and Gmail to Notis.
  • 2Tell Notis: "When a new WhatsApp sender messages me, automatically create a Gmail label with their name."
  • 3Set the trigger to "New Message Received".
  • 4Choose your notification channel.
  • 5Have someone new text you on WhatsApp and confirm the label appears in Gmail.

Questions about this workflow

Will the label name be the sender's name or phone number?

You choose. Notis can use their saved name in WhatsApp, phone number, or both.

What if I already have a label for someone?

Notis can check for existing labels and skip creation, so you don't get duplicates.

Can I customize label names, like 'Client—John' vs. just 'John'?

Yes. Tell Notis your naming convention and it will follow it automatically.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Whatsapp to Gmail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

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Whatsapp triggers

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Gmail actions

Message Status Updated

Triggers when a WhatsApp message status changes. IMPORTANT LIMITATION: WhatsApp Cloud API does not provide a native polling endpoint for message status. Status updates are ONLY delivered via webhooks in real-time. This trigger cannot directly poll the WhatsApp API for status updates. This trigger will return empty results as WhatsApp does not support this operation. To track message status updates, you must: 1. Set up a webhook endpoint to receive status notifications from WhatsApp 2. Store the webhook data in your own database 3. Use a different mechanism to query your stored webhook data For more information, see: - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/webhooks

TriggerPolling

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).

ActionInstant

New Message Received

Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.

TriggerInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Interactive Reply Received

Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.

TriggerInstant

Create label

Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account.

ActionInstant

Message Template Status Update

Triggered when the review status of a WhatsApp message template changes — for example approved, rejected, or flagged — on your WhatsApp Business Account.

TriggerInstant

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`.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Fetch emails

Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.

ActionInstant

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`.

ActionInstant

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`.

ActionInstant

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