What does this automation do?
A CSV arriving by email is parsed into structured rows and unpacked into a project built from your template, one task per row.
What can you do with it?
- Skip the open-in-a-spreadsheet-and-retype step entirely
- Start every import from the same project shape
- Group the rows under the right parent automatically
The Steps
This automation runs in 5 steps:
- When Gmail — New Email Attachment
- Then Utilities — Convert CSV to JSON
- Then Utilities — JSON Extract (JSONPath)
- Then Taskade — Create from a template
- Then Taskade — Add a subtask
Who is this automation for?
Built for operations teams that receive lists as attachments. A CSV arriving by email is parsed into structured rows and unpacked into a project built from your template, one task per row.
How do you set it up?
- Open the "Automations" tab in your workspace.
- Click ➕ Add automation, then start from scratch.
- Add the trigger "New Email Attachment" from Gmail.
- Add the action "Convert CSV to JSON" from Utilities.
- Add the action "JSON Extract (JSONPath)" from Utilities.
- Add the action "Create from a template" from Taskade.
- Add the action "Add a subtask" from Taskade.
- Enable the toggle in the top-right corner to activate the automation.
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