What does this automation do?
The agent decides the workflow needs to run. It executes a saved command, sends the message from Gmail, and files what it did.
What can you do with it?
- Let the agent start the workflow instead of waiting inside one
- Run the same saved command the same way every time
- Keep a task record of every message an agent sent
The Steps
This automation runs in 4 steps:
- When Agent Tool
- Then Taskade AI — Run Agent Command ("Correspondence Clerk")
- Then Gmail — Send Email
- Then Taskade — Add Task
What makes this different from a Zapier-style flow?
The "Correspondence Clerk" step is not a one-off model call. It is a Taskade AI agent that knows your saved commands and the addresses each one writes to, remembers every message it has already sent on this thread, so every run builds on the last one instead of starting from an empty prompt.
A stateless "ask the model" step forgets everything the moment it returns. An agent keeps its knowledge and its memory between runs, carries its own tools, and can be handed work by other automations.
Who is this automation for?
Built for teams giving an agent real work rather than a chat window. The agent decides the workflow needs to run. It executes a saved command, sends the message from Gmail, and files what it did.
How do you set it up?
- Open the "Automations" tab in your workspace.
- Click ➕ Add automation, then start from scratch.
- Add the "Agent Tool" trigger.
- Add the action "Run Agent Command" from Taskade AI. Point it at an agent called "Correspondence Clerk".
- Add the action "Send Email" from Gmail.
- 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, and the agent for you.