Gmail Trigger - CrewAI

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.

@CrewBase
class GmailProcessingCrew:
    @agent
    def parser(self) -> Agent:
        return Agent(
            config=self.agents_config['parser'],
        )

    @task
    def parse_gmail_payload(self) -> Task:
        return Task(
            config=self.tasks_config['parse_gmail_payload'],
            agent=self.parser(),
        )

    @task
    def act_on_email(self) -> Task:
        return Task(
            config=self.tasks_config['act_on_email'],
            agent=self.parser(),
        )

The Gmail payload will be available via the standard context mechanisms.

Testing Locally

Test your Gmail trigger integration locally using the CrewAI CLI:

# View all available triggers
crewai triggers list

# Simulate a Gmail trigger with realistic payload
crewai triggers run gmail/new_email_received

The 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_received (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:

List of executions triggered by automation

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_received 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 (not crewai run) to simulate trigger execution

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​Overview

​Enabling the Gmail Trigger

​Example: Process new emails

​Testing Locally

​Monitoring Executions

​Troubleshooting

Overview

Enabling the Gmail Trigger

Example: Process new emails

Testing Locally

Monitoring Executions

Troubleshooting