Overview
Use the Gmail Trigger to kick off your deployed crews when Gmail events happen in connected accounts, such as receiving a new email or messages matching a label/filter.Make sure Gmail is connected in Tools & Integrations and the trigger is enabled for your deployment.
Enabling the Gmail Trigger
- Open your deployment in CrewAI AMP
- Go to the Triggers tab
- Locate Gmail and switch the toggle to enable

Example: Process new emails
When a new email arrives, the Gmail Trigger will send the payload to your Crew or Flow. Below is a Crew example that parses and processes the trigger payload.Testing Locally
Test your Gmail trigger integration locally using the CrewAI CLI:crewai triggers run
command will execute your crew with a complete Gmail payload, allowing you to test your parsing logic before deployment.
Use
crewai triggers run gmail/new_email
(not crewai run
) to simulate trigger execution during development. After deployment, your crew will automatically receive the trigger payload.Monitoring Executions
Track history and performance of triggered runs:
Troubleshooting
- Ensure Gmail is connected in Tools & Integrations
- Verify the Gmail Trigger is enabled on the Triggers tab
- Test locally with
crewai triggers run gmail/new_email
to see the exact payload structure - Check the execution logs and confirm the payload is passed as
crewai_trigger_payload
- Remember: use
crewai triggers run
(notcrewai run
) to simulate trigger execution