Automations & documents
Chapter 03 · 6 articles · 32 min total
- Automating document intake
An automation watches Gmail or Google Drive and routes each matching file into a workspace mailbox: tagging it with a category, optionally extracting fields with a template, and creating or updating the matching case without manual upload.
- Triggers & rules
A trigger is what an automation watches (Gmail, Drive, Time, or Case data), and a rule binds that trigger to a destination, optional extraction, and file storage; create one from Automations in the workspace sidebar.
- The action pipeline
When a trigger matches, the pipeline finds or creates a case using the identifier, routes it to a mailbox, saves the file, and runs extraction. You configure the destination parameters.
- Drive import
Connect Google Drive, build an automation with a Drive trigger pointed at a folder, and Document Blueprint pulls new files in automatically through the same downstream pipeline as Gmail intake.
- Managing & debugging automations
Open Automations in the workspace sidebar to see every automation, click one to open it, then read its Activity log under the canvas to debug a missed run.
- How files get routed
Files are routed by a category tag. The app tags files when an automation ingests them or a template generates them. You name categories in an automation's routing row or a template's Output category, and you can apply them to case files.
