What does this automation do?
A document appearing in the watched folder is read, condensed into a short summary, and filed as a task with the summary attached.
What can you do with it?
- Know what a document says without opening it
- Give every incoming document an owner on day one
- Keep the summary next to the link instead of in a chat thread
The Steps
This automation runs in 4 steps:
- When Google Docs — New Document
- Then Google Docs — Read Document
- Then Taskade AI — Ask AI
- Then Taskade — Add Task
Who is this automation for?
Built for teams who receive more documents than anyone can read. A document appearing in the watched folder is read, condensed into a short summary, and filed as a task with the summary attached.
How do you set it up?
- Open the "Automations" tab in your workspace.
- Click ➕ Add automation, then start from scratch.
- Add the trigger "New Document" from Google Docs.
- Add the action "Read Document" from Google Docs.
- Add the action "Ask AI" from Taskade AI.
- Add the action "Add Task" from Taskade.
- Enable the toggle in the top-right corner to activate the automation.
Prefer to describe it instead? Click Build this flow with AI above and Taskade wires the trigger, the steps for you.