What does this automation do?
The whole thread is pulled from the mailbox, condensed into a short summary, and posted as a comment on the task it belongs to.
What can you do with it?
- Get the state of a thread without reading it end to end
- Put the summary where the work is, not in another inbox
- Hand a thread over without a briefing call
The Steps
This automation runs in 4 steps:
- When Microsoft Outlook — New Email
- Then Microsoft Outlook — Find Email
- Then Taskade AI — Ask AI
- Then Taskade — Add a comment
Who is this automation for?
Built for teams inheriting a thread that is forty messages deep. The whole thread is pulled from the mailbox, condensed into a short summary, and posted as a comment on the task it belongs to.
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" from Microsoft Outlook.
- Add the action "Find Email" from Microsoft Outlook.
- Add the action "Ask AI" from Taskade AI.
- Add the action "Add a comment" 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.