--- title: "Connect Trello and Gmail - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Any card due soon\" fires in Trello, your agent runs \"Create Email Draft\" in Gmail, or \"Email Sent\" in Gmail to \"Add Comment to Card\" in Trello." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/trello-to-gmail" --- # Connect Trello and Gmail When **Any card due soon** fires in [Trello](https://apiant.ai/connections/trello), your agent runs **Create Email Draft** in [Gmail](https://apiant.ai/connections/gmail), or **Email Sent** in Gmail to **Add Comment to Card** in Trello. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Trello **6** triggers Trello **112** actions Gmail **2** triggers Gmail **41** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Trello and Gmail to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Connecting Gmail and Trello lets email that arrives in the inbox turn into cards a team can actually work, and lets card activity go back out as mail. Support requests can open cards, comments can become drafts, and due cards can trigger a note to the person waiting on the work. Example flows ## What Trello and Gmail can do together ### From Trello to Gmail - When **Any card due soon** in Trello then **Create Email Draft** in Gmail - When **New comment on any card within board** in Trello then **Send Email** in Gmail ### From Gmail to Trello - When **Email Sent** in Gmail then **Add Comment to Card** in Trello - When **New Gmail Message** in Gmail then **Create Card** in Trello Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Trello and Gmail ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 153 actions - Trigger **Any card due soon** Triggers when any card assigned to you is due within 24 hours. - Trigger **New board** Triggers when a new board is created in your account. - Trigger **New card assigned to me** Triggers when a new card is assigned to you. - Trigger **New card in list** Triggers when a new card is added to the specified list. - Trigger **New comment on any card within board** Triggers when a new comment is added to any card within the specified board. - Trigger **New list on board** Triggers when a new list is added to the specified board. - Action **Add a Member to a Board** Add a Member to a Board - Action **Add Comment to Card** Add a new comment to a Card - Action **Add Label to Card** Add a Label to a Card - Action **Add member to card** Adds a member to the specified card. - Action **Archive all Cards in List** Archive all Cards in List - Action **Archive or unarchive a list** Archive or unarchive a list - Action **Batch Requests** Performs up to 10 Trello GET API requests in one call and returns each route's response body. - Action **Create a Label** Create a Label - Action **Create a new Organization** Create a new Organization - Action **Create Attachment On Card** Create Attachment On Card - Action **Create Board** Creates a new Trello board. - Action **Create Card** Create a new Card - Action **Create Checkitem on Checklist** Create Checkitem on Checklist - Action **Create Checklist on Card** Create Checklist on a Card - Action **Create comment** Creates a new comment on the specified card. - Action **Create Label on Board** Create a Label on a Board - Action **Create Label on Card** Create a new Label on a Card - Action **Create List** Create a new List - Action **Delete a Board** Delete a Board - Action **Delete a Checklist** Delete a Checklist - Action **Delete a Checklist on a Card** Delete a Checklist on a Card - Action **Delete a comment on a Card** Delete a comment on a Card - Action **Delete a Label** Delete a Label - Action **Delete an Action** Delete an Action - Action **Delete an Attachment on a Card** Delete an Attachment on a Card - Action **Delete an Organization** Delete an Organization - Action **Delete Card** Delete a Card - Action **Delete Checkitem from Checklist** Delete Checkitem from Checklist - Action **Delete checkItem on a Card** Delete checkItem on a Card - Action **Delete Logo for Organization** Delete Logo for Organization - Action **Find boards by name** Searches your boards by name. Returns matching board ids and names. - Action **Find cards in board by name** Searches cards within the specified board by name. Returns matching card ids and names. - Action **Find custom field by name** Finds a custom field on the specified board by name. Requires an upgraded Trello plan. - Action **Get a Checkitem on a Checklist** Get a Checkitem on a Checklist - Action **Get a Checklist** Get a Checklist - Action **Get Actions for a List** Get Actions for a List - Action **Get Actions for Organization** Get Actions for Organization - Action **Get Actions of a Board** Get Actions of a Board - Action **Get Actions on a Card** Get Actions on a Card - Action **Get a Label** Get a Label - Action **Get a List** Get a List - Action **Get a Member** Get a Member - Action **Get a Member's Actions** Get a Member's Actions - Action **Get a Membership of an Organization** Get a Membership of an Organization - Action **Get an Action** Get an Action - Action **Get an Attachment on a Card** Get an Attachment on a Card - Action **Get an Organization** Get an Organization - Action **Get Attachments on a Card** Get Attachments on a Card - Action **Get Board** Get a Board - Action **Get Boards in an Organization** Get Boards in an Organization - Action **Get Boards that Member belongs to** Get Boards that Member belongs to - Action **Get Boards the Member has been invited to** Get Boards the Member has been invited to - Action **Get Card** Get a Card - Action **Get Cards in a List** Get Cards in a List - Action **Get Cards on a Board** Get Cards on a Board - Action **Get Cards the Member is on** Get Cards the Member is on - Action **Get checkItem on a Card** Get checkItem on a Card - Action **Get checkItems on a Card** Get checkItems on a Card - Action **Get Checkitems on a Checklist** Get Checkitems on a Checklist - Action **Get Checklists on a Board** Get Checklists on a Board - Action **Get Checklists on a Card** Get Checklists on a Card - Action **Get Custom Field Items for a Card** Get Custom Field Items for a Card - Action **Get Custom Fields for Board** Get Custom Fields for Board - Action **Get filtered Cards on a Board** Get filtered Cards on a Board - Action **Get filtered Lists on a Board** Get filtered Lists on a Board - Action **Get Labels on a Board** Get Labels on a Board - Action **Get Lists on a Board** Get Lists on a Board - Action **Get Memberships of a Board** Get Memberships of a Board - Action **Get Memberships of an Organization** Get Memberships of an Organization - Action **Get Member's Organizations** Get Member's Organizations - Action **Get Members who have voted on a Card** Get Members who have voted on a Card - Action **Get Organizations a Member has been invited to** Get Organizations a Member has been invited to - Action **Get Organizations new billable guests** Get Organizations new billable guests - Action **Get Tags of an Organization** Get Tags of an Organization - Action **Get the Board a List is on** Get the Board a List is on - Action **Get the Board for an Action** Get the Board for an Action - Action **Get the Board the Card is on** Get the Board the Card is on - Action **Get the Board the Checklist is on** Get the Board the Checklist is on - Action **Get the Card a Checklist is on** Get the Card a Checklist is on - Action **Get the Card for an Action** Get the Card for an Action - Action **Get the List for an Action** Get the List for an Action - Action **Get the List of a Card** Get the List of a Card - Action **Get the Member Creator of an Action** Get the Member Creator of an Action - Action **Get the Member of an Action** Get the Member of an Action - Action **Get the Members of a Board** Get the Members of a Board - Action **Get the Members of a Card** Get the Members of a Card - Action **Get the Members of an Organization** Get the Members of an Organization - Action **Get the Organization of an Action** Get the Organization of an Action - Action **Invite Member to Board via email** Invite Member to Board via email - Action **Mark Board as viewed** Mark Board as viewed - Action **Move all Cards in List** Move all Cards in List - Action **Move List to Board** Move List to Board - Action **Remove a Label from a Card** Remove a Label from a Card - Action **Remove a Member from a Card** Remove a Member from a Card - Action **Remove a Member from an Organization** Remove a Member from an Organization - Action **Remove a Member's Vote on a Card** Remove a Member's Vote on a Card - Action **Remove Member from Board** Remove Member from Board - Action **Update a Board** Update a Board - Action **Update a checkItem on a Card** Update a checkItem on a Card - Action **Update a Checklist** Update a Checklist - Action **Update a Comment Action** Update a Comment Action - Action **Update a Label** Update a Label - Action **Update a List** Update a List - Action **Update a Member of an Organization** Update a Member of an Organization - Action **Update an Action** Update an Action - Action **Update an Organization** Update an Organization - Action **Update an Organization's Members** Update an Organization's Members - Action **Update Card** Updates the specified card (name, description, list, position, due date, closed state, members, labels). - Action **Update Checkitem on Checklist on Card** Update Checkitem on Checklist on Card - Action **Update Comment Action on a Card** Update Comment Action on a Card - Action **Update logo for an Organization** Update logo for an Organization - Action **Update Membership of Member on a Board** Update Membership of Member on a Board - Trigger **Email Sent** Fires when an email is sent from the mailbox (optionally filtered by query). - Trigger **New Gmail Message** Fires when a new email arrives (optionally filtered by query/labels). - Action **Add Label To Email** 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). - Action **Batch Delete Messages** Tool to permanently delete multiple Gmail messages in bulk, bypassing Trash with no recovery possible. Use when you need to efficiently remove large numbers of emails (e.g., retention enforcement, mailbox hygiene). Use GMAIL_MOVE_TO_TRASH instead when reversibility may be needed. Always obtain explicit user confirmation and verify a sample of message IDs before executing. High-volume calls may trigger 429 rateLimitExceeded or 403 userRateLimitExceeded errors; apply exponential backoff. - Action **Batch Modify Messages** Modify labels on multiple Gmail messages in one efficient API call. Supports up to 1,000 messages per request for bulk operations like archiving, marking as read/unread, or applying custom labels. High-volume calls may return 429 rateLimitExceeded or 403 userRateLimitExceeded; apply exponential backoff. - 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. - Action **Create Label** Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account. - Action **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`. - Action **Delete Label** Permanently DELETES a user-created Gmail label from the account (not from a message). WARNING: This action DELETES the label definition itself, removing it from all messages. System labels (INBOX, SENT, UNREAD, etc.) cannot be deleted. To add/remove labels from specific messages, use GMAIL_ADD_LABEL_TO_EMAIL action instead. - Action **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. - Action **Delete Thread** Tool to immediately and permanently delete a specified thread and all its messages. This operation cannot be undone. Use threads.trash instead for reversible deletion. - Action **Fetch Emails** Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval. - Action **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`. - Action **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`. - Action **Forward Message** Forward an existing Gmail message to specified recipients, preserving original body and attachments. Verify recipients and content before forwarding to avoid unintended exposure. Bulk forwarding may trigger 429/5xx rate limits; keep concurrency to 5–10 and apply backoff. Messages near Gmail's size limits may fail; reconstruct a smaller draft if needed. - Action **Get Attachment** Retrieves a specific attachment by id from a message in a user's gmail mailbox, requiring valid message and attachment ids. - Action **Get Contacts** Fetches contacts (connections) for the authenticated google account, allowing selection of specific data fields and pagination. - Action **Get Draft** Retrieves a single Gmail draft by its ID. Use this to fetch and inspect draft content before sending via GMAIL_SEND_DRAFT. The format parameter controls the level of detail returned. - Action **Get Filter** Tool to retrieve a specific Gmail filter by its ID. Use when you need to inspect the criteria and actions of an existing filter. - Action **Get Label** Gets details for a specified Gmail label. Use this to retrieve label information including name, type, visibility settings, message/thread counts, and color. - Action **Get People** Retrieves either a specific person's details (using `resource name`) or lists 'other contacts' (if `other contacts` is true), with `person fields` specifying the data to return. - Action **Get Profile** Retrieves key gmail profile information (email address, message/thread totals, history id) for a user. - Action **Import Message** Tool to import a message into the user's mailbox with standard email delivery scanning and classification. Use when you need to add an existing email to a Gmail account without sending it through SMTP. This method doesn't perform SPF checks, so it might not work for some spam messages. - Action **Insert Message** Tool to insert a message into the user's mailbox similar to IMAP APPEND. Use when you need to add an email directly to a mailbox bypassing most scanning and classification. This does not send a message. - Action **List Drafts** Retrieves a paginated list of email drafts from a user's gmail account. use verbose=true to get full draft details including subject, body, sender, and timestamp. - Action **List History** Tool to list Gmail mailbox change history since a known startHistoryId. Use for incremental mailbox syncs. Persist the latest historyId as a checkpoint across sessions; without it, incremental sync is unreliable. An empty history list in the response is valid and means no new changes occurred. - Action **List Labels** Retrieves a list of all system and user-created labels for the specified gmail account. - Action **List Smime Info** Lists S/MIME configs for the specified send-as alias. Use when you need to retrieve all S/MIME certificate configurations associated with a specific send-as email address. - Action **List Threads** Retrieves a list of email threads from a gmail account, identified by `user id` (email address or 'me'), supporting filtering and pagination. - Action **Modify Thread Labels** Adds or removes specified existing label ids from a gmail thread, affecting all its messages; ensure the thread id is valid. - Action **Move Thread To Trash** Moves the specified thread to the trash. Any messages that belong to the thread are also moved to the trash. - Action **Move To Trash** Moves an existing, non-deleted email message to the trash for the specified user. - Action **Patch Label** Patches the specified label. - Action **Remove Label** Permanently deletes a specific, existing user-created gmail label by its id for a user; cannot delete system labels. - Action **Reply To Thread** Sends a reply within a specific gmail thread using the original thread's subject, requiring a valid `thread id` and correctly formatted email addresses. supports attachments via the `attachment` parameter with valid `s3key`, `mimetype`, and `name`. - Action **Search People** Searches contacts by matching the query against names, nicknames, emails, phone numbers, and organizations, optionally including 'other contacts'. - Action **Send Draft** Sends the specified, existing draft to the recipients in the to, cc, and bcc headers. - Action **Send Email** Sends an email via gmail api using the authenticated user's google profile display name, requiring `is html=true` if the body contains html and valid `s3key`, `mimetype`, `name` for any attachment. - Action **Settings Send As Get** Tool to retrieve a specific send-as alias configuration for a Gmail user. Use when you need to get details about a send-as email address including display name, signature, SMTP settings, and verification status. Fails with HTTP 404 if the specified address is not a member of the send-as collection. - Action **Untrash Message** Tool to remove a message from trash in Gmail. Use when you need to restore a previously trashed email message. - Action **Untrash Thread** Tool to remove a thread from trash in Gmail. Use when you need to restore a deleted thread and its messages. - Action **Update Draft** Updates (replaces) an existing Gmail draft's content in-place by draft ID. This action replaces the entire draft content with the new message - it does not patch individual fields. All fields are optional; if not provided, you should provide complete draft content to avoid data loss. - Action **Update Label** Tool to update the properties of an existing Gmail label. Use when you need to modify label name, visibility settings, or color. ## Each app on its own - [ **Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connections/trello) - [ **Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connections/gmail) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Trello - [ **Trello to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/trello-to-hubspot) - [ **Trello to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/trello-to-slack) - [ **Trello to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/trello-to-google-calendar) - [ **Trello to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/trello-to-stripe) - [ **Trello to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/trello-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Trello to ActiveCampaign** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/trello-to-activecampaign) ## More into Gmail - [ **Slack to Gmail** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-gmail) - [ **Google Drive to Gmail** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-gmail) - [ **Mailchimp to Gmail** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-gmail) - [ **Stripe to Gmail** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/stripe-to-gmail) - [ **Shopify to Gmail** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-gmail) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Gmail** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-gmail) Questions ## Trello and Gmail, answered ### ### Can a card be created from an email only when one doesn't already exist? Yes. The Gmail trigger for a new message can first run Trello's Find cards in board by name to check the board, and Create Card only runs when nothing matches. ### ### Can Trello activity reply to the original email thread? Gmail's Reply To Thread action needs the thread id, so it works when the run started from a Gmail message. For Trello triggers such as a new comment or a card due soon, use Send Email or Create Email Draft instead. ### ### What can start an automation from Trello? Any of Trello's 6 triggers in the catalog, including Any card due soon, New comment on any card within board, New board and New card assigned to me. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Gmail when something happens in Trello? Any of Gmail's 41 actions, including Create Email Draft, Send Email, Create Label and Send Draft. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Gmail to Trello? Yes. When something happens in Gmail, your agent can act in Trello too. This page covers both directions: Gmail's triggers and Trello's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Trello or Gmail? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Trello and Gmail without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.