Simple (no AI)
Label email from a sender
Trigger New email
from sender
Action Apply label
When email arrives from a sender you choose, apply a Gmail label / Outlook category.
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Trigger Action Simple (no AI)
Move email from a sender to a folder
Trigger New email
from sender
Action Move to folder
When email arrives from a sender you choose, move it straight into a folder / label.
Simple (no AI)
Auto-archive newsletters
Trigger New email
Action Move to folder
When email arrives from a sender/keyword you choose (e.g. “newsletter”, “noreply”), move it straight out of your inbox into a folder.
Simple (no AI)
Canned auto-reply to a sender
Trigger New email
from sender
Action Send email
When email arrives from a sender you choose, send back a fixed reply (e.g. “Got it — I’ll respond within a day”).
Simple (no AI)
Auto-acknowledge the first email in a thread
Trigger New email
Tool Read thread
Filter
Is new
Action Send reply
When someone emails you for the FIRST time on a thread, send back a fixed “got it — I’ll be in touch” reply from your own email address, on the thread. Skips obvious no-reply senders.
Simple (no AI)
Forward receipts to my accountant
Trigger New email
Action Send email
When an email subject matches a keyword (e.g. “receipt”, “invoice”), forward it to an address you choose.
Simple (no AI)
Label email by subject keyword
Trigger New email
subject match
Action Apply label
When a new email’s subject contains a word you choose, apply a label.
Simple (no AI)
File email into the case folder matching its subject
Trigger New email
Tool List folders
Tool
Run Python
Filter
Matched
Action Move to folder
When email arrives, compare its subject against your case/client folders (the subfolders of a parent folder you choose) and move it into the one whose name appears in the subject. New folders are picked up automatically. Unmatched mail stays in your inbox.
Simple (no AI)
Log every email I receive to a sheet
Trigger New email
Action Append row
Append each incoming email — date, sender, subject — to a Google Sheet.
Simple (no AI)
Log every email I send to a sheet
Trigger
On a schedule
cron
Tool Search email
Foreach
For each item
Action Append row
On a schedule, find the emails you sent and log each one — date, recipient, subject — to a Google Sheet.
Simple (no AI)
Save a sender’s attachments to Drive
Trigger New email
from sender
Action Save attachment
When email with an attachment arrives from a sender you choose, save the file to your Drive.
Simple (no AI)
Turn any feed into a daily newsletter
Trigger
Every day 9am
cron
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
Action Send email
BBC News at 9am out of the box. Swap in any RSS or subreddit (add .rss), or stack up to 5 feeds.
Simple (no AI)
Daily to-do digest by email
Trigger
Weekdays 7am
cron
Tool
List Carly to-dos
Filter
Gate
Tool
Format list
Action Send email
Every weekday morning, email yourself your open Carly to-dos — the same list as the dashboard To-dos tab. No AI, no connection. Sends only on days you have open items.
Simple (no AI)
Log Typeform responses to a Google Sheet
Trigger New response
Action Append row
When someone submits your Typeform, append the response — submitted time, name, email, response id — to a Google Sheet. No AI. Name/email come from Typeform hidden fields, or map your own question answers in the step.
Simple (no AI)
Log Typeform responses to Excel + thank the respondent
Trigger New response
Action Append Excel row
Action Send email
When someone submits your Typeform, add the response to a OneDrive Excel sheet and email them a thank-you from your own mailbox. No AI. Works best when your form captures the respondent’s name/email (as Typeform hidden fields, or map your answers in the steps).
Simple (no AI)
Post new meetings to Slack
Trigger Calendar event
Action Post message
When a meeting is added to your calendar, post the title, time, and organizer to a Slack channel.
Simple (no AI)
Post new meetings to Microsoft Teams
Trigger Calendar event
Action Post to channel
When a meeting is added to your calendar, post the title, time, and organizer to a Microsoft Teams channel.
Simple (no AI)
Log every meeting to a sheet
Trigger Calendar event
Action Append row
When a meeting is added to your calendar, append its title, start time, and organizer to a Google Sheet.
Simple (no AI)
Save new senders to Outlook contacts
Trigger New email
Tool List contacts
Filter
Gate
Action Create contact
When someone new emails you, add their name and address to Outlook contacts — skipping senders already saved and obvious no-reply addresses.
Personal assistant
Catch promises you make by email → Todoist
Trigger
Every hour
cron
Tool Search email
Foreach
For each item
Every hour, scan the emails you sent and add anything you committed to (“I’ll send…”, “I’ll get back to you”) to Todoist as a task. Skips emails with no commitment.
Personal assistant
Catch promises you make by email → Carly to-do
Trigger
Every hour
cron
Tool Search email
Foreach
For each item
Every hour, scan the emails you sent and add anything you committed to (“I’ll send…”, “I’ll get back to you”) to your Carly to-do list. No connection to set up. Skips emails with no commitment.
Calendar & meetings
Log every Zoom recording to a sheet
Trigger New cloud recording
Action Append row
When a Zoom cloud recording is ready, append the meeting topic, date, and share link to a Google Sheet.
Calendar & meetings
Save Zoom recording links to Dropbox
Trigger New cloud recording
Action Save page
When a Zoom cloud recording is ready, save its share link into a Dropbox folder so all your recordings live in one place.
Internal ops
New Drive file → Todoist “review” task
Trigger File created
Action Create task
When a new file lands in your Google Drive, add a Todoist task to review it, with a link straight to the file.
Internal ops
Log new Drive files to a sheet
Trigger File created
Action Append row
When a new file is added to your Google Drive, append its name, type, and link to a tracking sheet.
Internal ops
New Drive file → Slack heads-up
Trigger File created
Action Post message
When a new file lands in your Google Drive, post its name and link to a Slack channel.
Calendar & meetings
New meeting → Google Task to prep
Trigger Calendar event
Action
Create task
When a meeting is added to your calendar, create a Google Task reminding you to prep for it.
Calendar & meetings
New meeting → Carly to-do to prep
Trigger Calendar event
Action
Add Carly to-do
When a meeting is added to your calendar, add “Prep for …” to your Carly to-do list — the same list as your dashboard To-dos tab and daily briefing. No connection, no AI.
Calendar & meetings
Meeting cancelled → ping Microsoft Teams
Trigger Calendar event
Action Post to channel
When a meeting is cancelled, post a heads-up (title + time) to a Microsoft Teams channel.
Inbox & email
Email from a sender → Todoist task
Trigger New email
from sender
Action Create task
When email arrives from a sender you choose, add “Reply to …” to Todoist so it never slips.
Inbox & email
Email from a sender → Asana task
Trigger New email
from sender
Action Create task
When email arrives from a sender you choose, create an Asana task to follow up. Pick the workspace/project in the step.
Inbox & email
Email from a sender → Carly to-do
Trigger New email
from sender
Action
Add Carly to-do
When email arrives from a sender you choose, add “Reply to …” to your Carly to-do list so it never slips. No connection, no AI.
Marketing & content
Save every new feed article to Dropbox
Trigger
New feed item
poll
Action Save page
For each new item in an RSS/Atom feed you choose, save the article page into a Dropbox folder.
Marketing & content
New feed item → Notion page
Trigger
New feed item
poll
Action Create page
For each new RSS/Atom feed item, create a Notion page with the title, link, and summary — your own reading database.
Inbox & email
Email from a sender → ClickUp task
Trigger New email
from sender
Action Create task
When email arrives from a sender you choose, create a ClickUp task to follow up. Pick the list in the step.
Inbox & email
Email from a sender → Google Task
Trigger New email
from sender
Action
Create task
When email arrives from a sender you choose, add “Reply to …” to your Google Tasks list.
Calendar & meetings
New meeting → Asana task to prep
Trigger Calendar event
Action Create task
When a meeting is added to your calendar, create an Asana task reminding you to prep for it.
Internal ops
New Drive file → ClickUp task to review
Trigger File created
Action Create task
When a new file lands in your Google Drive, add a ClickUp task to review it.
Sales & pipeline
New form submission → Todoist task
Trigger
Webhook received
POST
Action Create task
When someone submits your web form (Typeform or a webhook), create a Todoist task to follow up with them.
Personal assistant
New Todoist task → block time on your calendar
Trigger New task created
Action Create event
When you add a Todoist task, drop a matching event on your Google Calendar so you actually make time for it. Set the time in the step.
Personal assistant
New Google Task → add to your calendar
Trigger New task created
Action Create event
When you add a Google Task, create a matching Google Calendar event so it lands on your schedule. Set the time in the step.
Executive assistant
Plain list of email from your key contacts
Trigger
Weekdays 8am
cron
Tool Search email
Filter
Have mail
Tool
Format list
Action Send email
Every morning, scan new email from a list of people you care about and email yourself a plain bulleted list — sender and subject, one line each.
Executive assistant
Log the promises you make by email
Trigger
Every hour
cron
Tool Search email
Foreach
For each item
Every hour, read the emails you sent and capture anything you committed to (“I’ll send…”, “I’ll follow up Friday”) as a row in a running checklist sheet — the date, the task, and any due date. Emails with no commitment are skipped.
Executive assistant
Follow up on emails awaiting a reply
Trigger
Weekdays 8am
cron
Tool Scan recent email
Foreach
For each item
Every weekday morning, find threads where you sent the last message and no one has replied in 2+ weeks, and for the ones that genuinely need chasing, draft a friendly follow-up in your voice and email you that it’s ready to review. Carly never sends on your behalf.
Executive assistant
Resurface to-dos you left hanging
Trigger
Weekdays 8am
cron
Tool Scan recent email
Foreach
For each item
Every weekday, look at threads from about two weeks ago where you sent the last message, and when Carly spots a to-do you still owe, it sends a short note to just you ON that thread — bumping it back to the top of your inbox with the to-do called out.
Executive assistant
Reconnect with people who’ve gone quiet
Trigger
Mondays 8am
cron
Tool Scan recent email
Foreach
For each item
Every Monday, find threads with real people that have gone quiet for a month, and for the relationships worth keeping warm, draft a short reconnect note in your voice and email you that it’s ready to review. Newsletters and automated mail are skipped, and Carly never sends on your behalf.
Daily newsletters
Turn any feed into a daily email
Trigger
Every day 9am
cron
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
Action Send email
Headlines + links at 9am, same format every day. BBC News out of the box; swap in any RSS or subreddit (add .rss), up to 5 feeds as sections.
Daily newsletters
World news — daily email
Trigger
Every day 9am
cron
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
Action Send email
The day, globally — wire-service caliber. 9am headlines from BBC World, NYT Top Stories, NPR News.
Daily newsletters
Business & markets — daily email
Trigger
Every day 9am
cron
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
Action Send email
What moved, who moved it. 9am headlines from CNBC Top News, MarketWatch, Fortune.
Daily newsletters
Finance & investing — daily email
Trigger
Every day 9am
cron
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
Action Send email
Markets, rates, and the money flows. 9am headlines from CNBC Markets, MarketWatch, Google News: stock market.
Daily newsletters
Tech & startups — daily email
Trigger
Every day 9am
cron
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
Action Send email
Launches, funding, and the discourse. 9am headlines from Hacker News, TechCrunch, The Verge.
Daily newsletters
AI — daily email
Trigger
Every day 9am
cron
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
Action Send email
Models, labs, and what they mean. 9am headlines from Google News: AI, arXiv AI papers, Simon Willison.
Daily newsletters
Healthcare & biotech — daily email
Trigger
Every day 9am
cron
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
Action Send email
Pharma, policy, and the clinic. 9am headlines from STAT News, KFF Health News, Google News: healthcare.
Daily newsletters
Energy & oil — daily email
Trigger
Every day 9am
cron
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
Action Send email
Oil, gas, and the grid. 9am headlines from OilPrice, CleanTechnica, Google News: oil & gas.
Daily newsletters
Science & space — daily email
Trigger
Every day 9am
cron
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
Action Send email
Discoveries worth your coffee. 9am headlines from NASA News, ScienceDaily, Quanta Magazine.
Daily newsletters
Sports — daily email
Trigger
Every day 9am
cron
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
Action Send email
Scores, signings, storylines. 9am headlines from ESPN headlines, BBC Sport, Yahoo Sports.
Daily newsletters
Entertainment & culture — daily email
Trigger
Every day 9am
cron
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
Action Send email
Screens, music, and the culture. 9am headlines from Variety, Rolling Stone, Guardian Culture.
Daily newsletters
Consumer electronics — daily email
Trigger
Every day 9am
cron
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
Action Send email
Gadgets, chips, and reviews. 9am headlines from Engadget, The Verge, GSMArena.
Daily newsletters
Real estate — daily email
Trigger
Every day 9am
cron
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
HTTP
Fetch feed
RSS
Tool
Format list
Action Send email
Housing, rates, and deals. 9am headlines from HousingWire, Google News: housing market, Google News: commercial real estate.
Inbox & email
File email attachments into Drive + log them
Trigger New email
Action Save attachment
Action Append row
When an email with an attachment arrives, save the file to your Drive and log it in a tracker sheet.
Inbox & email
File email attachments into Drive + notify Slack
Trigger New email
Action Save attachment
Filter
Saved ok
Action Post message
When an email with an attachment arrives, save the file to your Drive and post a heads-up with the file link to a Slack channel.
Calendar & meetings
Sync a Notion database to your calendar
Trigger
On a schedule
cron
Tool Query database
Foreach
Sync
Action Create event
On a schedule, read rows from a Notion database and create a calendar event for each one.
Calendar & meetings
Airtable project plan → your team calendar
Trigger
On a schedule
cron
Tool List records
Foreach
Sync
Action Create event
Push scheduled milestones from an Airtable base onto your Google Calendar.
Calendar & meetings
Meeting reminder → Slack
Trigger 15 min before a meeting
Action Post message
A set time before each meeting with other people, post a reminder (title, time, organizer) to a Slack channel. Solo holds and all-day events are skipped.
Calendar & meetings
Auto-block travel time before in-person meetings
Trigger Calendar event
Filter
Is in person
Tool List meetings
Tool
Run Python
Filter
Have origin
Tool Get route
Tool
Run Python
Filter
Worth blocking
Action Create event
When a meeting has a physical address, add a calendar block right before it sized to the drive time — from your previous meeting’s location, or your home address.
Sales & pipeline
Apollo + AI + Instantly cold outreach
Trigger
Run on demand
manual
Tool Search people
Foreach
Sweep
Pull leads from Apollo, write a personalized opener for each, and queue them into an Instantly sequence.
Sales & pipeline
Web form → HubSpot + welcome email
Trigger
Webhook received
POST
Action Create contact
Action Send email
Action Post message
When someone submits your form, create a HubSpot contact, send a welcome email, and alert sales in Slack.
Sales & pipeline
New deal → Slack room + invite the team
Trigger Deal stage updated
Action Create channel
Action Invite to channel
When a deal moves to a key stage, spin up a dedicated Slack channel and invite the deal team.
Sales & pipeline
Facebook Lead Ads → Sheets + Slack alert
Trigger
Webhook received
POST
Action Append row
Action Post message
Stream each new Facebook lead into a tracker sheet and notify sales in Slack immediately.
Sales & pipeline
Cold-email every lead in your sheet
Trigger
Run on demand
manual
Tool Query table
Foreach
Sweep
Read your existing lead sheet top to bottom, research each lead on the web, and send each one a personalized opener. Run it whenever you’ve added leads.
Sales & pipeline
Local business lead discovery → enriched outreach
Trigger
Run on demand
manual
Tool Search places
Foreach
Sweep
Search Google Maps for local businesses, then draft a tailored first email for each result.
Sales & pipeline
One form, fanned out everywhere
Trigger
Webhook received
POST
Action Append row
Action Create contact
Action Post message
Action Send email
Route a single form submission to your sheet, your CRM, Slack, and a confirmation email — all at once.
Sales & pipeline
New lead email → fixed reply
Trigger New email
Action Send email
The no-AI version: when a lead emails you for the first time, send back the same prewritten reply from your own mailbox — personalized only by their first name. Edit the body once and every lead gets the identical, on-brand message.
Sales & pipeline
Sent follow-ups → log to Zoho CRM
Trigger
Every 10 minutes
cron
Tool Search email
Foreach
Sweep
Every 10 minutes, find the follow-up emails you just sent and log each one as a note on the matching Zoho lead — so your CRM always reflects your latest touch without manual data entry.
Marketing & content
Auto-reply to new Instagram comments
Trigger
On a schedule
cron
Tool Get comments
Foreach
Sweep
Check recent comments on your posts and draft on-brand replies, escalating anything uncertain.
Internal ops
Stripe payment → QuickBooks receipt
Trigger Invoice payment succeeded
Action Create receipt
When a Stripe invoice is paid, create the matching sales receipt in QuickBooks.
Internal ops
Webhook → Sheets logger + Slack alert
Trigger
Webhook received
POST
Action Append row
Action Post message
Log every webhook call to a sheet and fire an instant Slack notification.
Personal assistant
Monthly spending summary email
Trigger
Monthly on the 1st, 9am
cron
Tool Read sheet
Tool
Run Python
Action Send email
On the 1st of each month, read your cash-flow sheet and email yourself exact totals — money in, money out, net, and spending by category. Pairs with the cash-flow tracker; the math is computed exactly, not estimated by AI.
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