WhatsApp to Gmail draft automation
Your neurodivergent brain works at its own pace. Stop context-switching: let Notis convert every WhatsApp message into a Gmail draft you can review and answer when you're ready.
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.
Action
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.
Why this helps
Messages disappear into WhatsApp threads. You switch contexts to check them, but by then you've lost focus on your actual work. You forget to respond, or respond too quickly without thinking.
- Draft replies when your brain is ready, not when the message arrives
- All conversations in one place (Gmail) instead of spread across apps
- Time-stamped record of every message for accountability
- Respond thoughtfully without the pressure of real-time chat
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect WhatsApp and Gmail to Notis (one-time setup in the portal).
- 2Tell Notis: "When I receive a WhatsApp message, create a Gmail draft with the message content so I can review it and reply when I'm ready."
- 3Choose your notification channel (email, Slack, or Telegram to know when new drafts arrive).
- 4Set the trigger to "New Message Received" from WhatsApp.
- 5Test by sending yourself a WhatsApp message and confirm the Gmail draft appears.
Questions about this workflow
Will my client know I'm creating a draft?
No. This is entirely behind-the-scenes. Your client sees no read receipts or indicators—Notis just copies the message to Gmail for your review.
What if I need to see the full conversation history?
The draft includes the message text. If you need thread context, check WhatsApp for the full conversation and then reply via the Gmail draft.
Can I schedule the draft creation for later?
Drafts are created immediately, but you can wait to review and send them whenever you choose.
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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.
Whatsapp triggers
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
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).
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.
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.
Interactive Reply Received
Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.
Create label
Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account.
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.
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`.
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.
Fetch emails
Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.
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`.
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`.
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