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[Simple Setup] How to Automatically Sync Todoist Data with Gmail
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2025-05-21

[Simple Setup] How to Automatically Sync Todoist Data with Gmail

k.tsukamoto
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"Oh no, the task deadline has passed again..."

When you're caught up in daily work, it's easy to put off checking tasks. Especially when using multiple tools, it can be confusing to know where to check what. Have you ever experienced the panic of realizing a task registered in Todoist has expired? The integration between Todoist and Gmail can solve this issue. For example, by regularly retrieving overdue tasks from Todoist and automatically notifying Gmail, you can keep track of the day's tasks along with your morning email check.

Prevent missing tasks and significantly reduce work oversights. In this article, we will introduce you to this convenient automation method. Please read to the end!

For those who want to try it quickly

By using Yoom, you can easily integrate Todoist and Gmail without any coding.
Yoom provides a template for integrating Todoist and Gmail, so you can achieve integration immediately by simply registering, even without API knowledge.


■Overview

The "Regularly Retrieve Overdue Tasks from Todoist and Notify via Gmail" flow is a business workflow that supports the efficiency of task management.
When a task set in Todoist becomes overdue, a notification is automatically sent to Gmail, preventing important tasks from being overlooked.
By utilizing this workflow, deadline management becomes more reliable, supporting the smooth progression of work.

■Recommended for

  • Those who use Todoist to manage daily tasks but tend to overlook overdue tasks
  • Business professionals who use Gmail regularly and want to centrally manage notifications
  • Team leaders interested in automating task management and improving work efficiency
  • IT personnel using multiple SaaS applications who want to facilitate smooth information integration
  • Managers who conduct regular task reviews and want to understand project progress

■Benefits of Using This Template

By regularly retrieving overdue tasks from Todoist and automatically notifying via Gmail, you can save the effort of manually checking tasks.
Notifying overdue tasks via Gmail ensures you do not miss and can address overdue tasks.
Automation prevents human errors in task management, allowing work to proceed smoothly.

What You Can Do by Integrating Todoist with Gmail

By integrating the APIs of Todoist and Gmail, you can automate actions such as notifying Gmail of Todoist tasks under specific conditions.
For example, the following template applies.

Regularly Retrieve Overdue Tasks from Todoist and Notify Gmail

This flow retrieves overdue tasks from Todoist at a specified schedule and automatically notifies Gmail.
Since information is consolidated in Gmail, it reduces the effort of task verification and minimizes human errors such as overlooking overdue tasks.


■Overview

The "Regularly Retrieve Overdue Tasks from Todoist and Notify via Gmail" flow is a business workflow that supports the efficiency of task management.
When a task set in Todoist becomes overdue, a notification is automatically sent to Gmail, preventing important tasks from being overlooked.
By utilizing this workflow, deadline management becomes more reliable, supporting the smooth progression of work.

■Recommended for

  • Those who use Todoist to manage daily tasks but tend to overlook overdue tasks
  • Business professionals who use Gmail regularly and want to centrally manage notifications
  • Team leaders interested in automating task management and improving work efficiency
  • IT personnel using multiple SaaS applications who want to facilitate smooth information integration
  • Managers who conduct regular task reviews and want to understand project progress

■Benefits of Using This Template

By regularly retrieving overdue tasks from Todoist and automatically notifying via Gmail, you can save the effort of manually checking tasks.
Notifying overdue tasks via Gmail ensures you do not miss and can address overdue tasks.
Automation prevents human errors in task management, allowing work to proceed smoothly.

Every day, retrieve tasks due today from Todoist and notify via Gmail

This flow retrieves tasks due today from Todoist every morning and automatically notifies you via Gmail.
Along with checking emails in Gmail at the start of work, you can confirm important deadlines and priority tasks.
Similar to the aforementioned flow, managing tasks centrally in Gmail improves work efficiency.


■Overview

The "Daily retrieve tasks due today from Todoist and notify via Gmail" workflow supports daily task management in a simple and effective manner.
Every day, it automatically picks up tasks due on the day from Todoist and sends email notifications through Gmail.
This ensures that you do not miss important deadlines or priority tasks, allowing you to proceed with your work smoothly.

■Recommended for

  • Todoist users who want to streamline their daily task management
  • Those who want to receive task reminders using Gmail
  • Business professionals managing multiple projects and facing challenges with deadline management
  • Those who want to prevent missing tasks and clarify work priorities
  • IT personnel who want to reduce the burden of daily operations by utilizing automation tools

■Benefits of using this template

Since tasks due today are automatically retrieved from Todoist and notified via Gmail every day, you can save the effort of manually checking tasks.
By integrating Todoist and Gmail, you can manage tasks centrally, improving work efficiency.
Additionally, by notifying important tasks via Gmail, you can ensure deadlines are met.
Automation prevents human errors in task management and also enhances work productivity.

Let's Create a Todoist and Gmail Integration Flow

Now, let's create a flow that integrates Todoist with Gmail!

This time, we'll use Yoom to proceed with the integration of Todoist and Gmail without any coding.
If you don't have a Yoom account yet,please issue an account from the Yoom account issuance link.

[What is Yoom]

In this article, we will create the flow introduced earlier: "Periodically retrieve overdue tasks from Todoist and notify via Gmail!"
The creation process is broadly divided as follows:

  • Integration of Todoist and Gmail with My Apps
  • Copy the template
  • Schedule the trigger, set the list of tasks to retrieve, and configure the email to send
  • Prepare for flow operation (set the trigger to ON)

■Overview

The "Regularly Retrieve Overdue Tasks from Todoist and Notify via Gmail" flow is a business workflow that supports the efficiency of task management.
When a task set in Todoist becomes overdue, a notification is automatically sent to Gmail, preventing important tasks from being overlooked.
By utilizing this workflow, deadline management becomes more reliable, supporting the smooth progression of work.

■Recommended for

  • Those who use Todoist to manage daily tasks but tend to overlook overdue tasks
  • Business professionals who use Gmail regularly and want to centrally manage notifications
  • Team leaders interested in automating task management and improving work efficiency
  • IT personnel using multiple SaaS applications who want to facilitate smooth information integration
  • Managers who conduct regular task reviews and want to understand project progress

■Benefits of Using This Template

By regularly retrieving overdue tasks from Todoist and automatically notifying via Gmail, you can save the effort of manually checking tasks.
Notifying overdue tasks via Gmail ensures you do not miss and can address overdue tasks.
Automation prevents human errors in task management, allowing work to proceed smoothly.

Prerequisite

In this flow, we handle overdue tasks in Todoist, so please ensure that there are overdue tasks in Todoist.
You cannot create new overdue tasks.

※ Todoist management screen

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Step 1: Connect Todoist and Gmail to My Apps

Register Todoist and Gmail to My Apps and connect them with Yoom.

Select "My Apps" from the sidebar of the Yoom management screen and click "+ Add" on the right side of the My Apps screen.

Let's connect Todoist first.
When the "App List" is displayed, search for and select Todoist.

Please log in with any account.
Return to the "My Apps" screen, and if Todoist is added, the connection is complete.

Next, let's connect Gmail.
After clicking "+ Add" in "My Apps", when the "App List" is displayed, search for and select Gmail.

Click "Sign in with Google".

Select any Google account and log in.

Review the content and click "Next".

Review the content and click "Continue".
※ If "Select the information Yoom can access" is displayed, please check "Select All".

Return to the "My Apps" screen, and if Gmail is added, the connection is complete.

Step 2: Copy the Template

Once the connection between Todoist and Gmail is complete, copy the template you will use.
After logging into Yoom, click "Try it" on the banner below.


■Overview

The "Regularly Retrieve Overdue Tasks from Todoist and Notify via Gmail" flow is a business workflow that supports the efficiency of task management.
When a task set in Todoist becomes overdue, a notification is automatically sent to Gmail, preventing important tasks from being overlooked.
By utilizing this workflow, deadline management becomes more reliable, supporting the smooth progression of work.

■Recommended for

  • Those who use Todoist to manage daily tasks but tend to overlook overdue tasks
  • Business professionals who use Gmail regularly and want to centrally manage notifications
  • Team leaders interested in automating task management and improving work efficiency
  • IT personnel using multiple SaaS applications who want to facilitate smooth information integration
  • Managers who conduct regular task reviews and want to understand project progress

■Benefits of Using This Template

By regularly retrieving overdue tasks from Todoist and automatically notifying via Gmail, you can save the effort of manually checking tasks.
Notifying overdue tasks via Gmail ensures you do not miss and can address overdue tasks.
Automation prevents human errors in task management, allowing work to proceed smoothly.

The template will be copied to your Yoom management screen.
Click "OK" to proceed to the flow settings.

Step 3: Set the Trigger Schedule

First, set the trigger action that will be the starting point of the flow.

Click "When the specified schedule is reached" as the schedule trigger.

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By default, the flow is set to start at 9 AM every day of the week, so change it to any day and time if necessary.

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Click "Save".

Return to the flow screen, and if "When the specified schedule is reached" is still checked, you are done.

Step 4: Set the Task List to Retrieve from Todoist

Next, set up to retrieve a list of overdue tasks from Todoist.

Click "Retrieve Overdue Task List" in Todoist.

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Click "Test" to run a test of retrieving the task list.

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When the "Test Successful" result is displayed, the list of overdue tasks retrieved from Todoist will be added to the "Output".
If there are no issues with the output, click "Save".

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Return to the flow screen, and if "Retrieve Overdue Task List" is checked, you are done.

Step 5: Set Up Notifications to Gmail

Finally, set up to notify Gmail of the list of overdue tasks obtained in Step 4.

Click "Send Email" in Gmail.

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Set the desired email content according to the description below the input field.

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Click the "From" input field to display the accounts linked as candidates in the dropdown, and you can select from there.

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From the "Date" item in the dropdown, you can set any date as shown below.

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The default setting of {{id}} in the "Body" will be the list of overdue tasks obtained in Step 4.

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* You can also add any output, such as task content, from the "Output" item in the dropdown to the body.

Once you have set the email content, click "Next".

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Check the displayed email content, and if there are no issues, click "Test".
The email will be sent to the specified recipient.

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When the "Test Successful" result is displayed, confirm that the email has been sent to Gmail as specified.

If there are no issues with the result, click "Save".

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Step 6: Prepare to Operate the Flow (Set the Trigger to ON)

Return to the flow screen, and if "All settings are complete!" is displayed, the flow setup is complete.
If you want to operate the flow immediately, click "Turn on the trigger".

If you want to operate it later, you can turn the trigger ON by clicking the trigger switch on the flow screen.

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Based on this flow bot, you can automate various other tasks!
Please try the convenient features of Yoom.

If You Want to Integrate Gmail Data with Todoist

This article introduced a flow to notify Gmail of Todoist data, but if you want to operate Todoist starting from Gmail, please use the following template.

Create a Task in Todoist Based on Content Received in Gmail

This flow extracts data from received emails and creates tasks in Todoist when Gmail receives an email containing specific keywords.
By managing email and task management in one place, it prevents task creation omissions and duplicate creations, supporting improved work efficiency.

Additionally, the task content, description, and due date are automatically entered based on the received email, reducing the effort and errors of manual creation.


■Overview

The flow of "Creating tasks in Todoist based on the content received in Gmail" is a business workflow that streamlines task management from emails.
It automatically registers tasks in Todoist that are often overlooked during daily email checks, supporting efficient business management.
By utilizing this flow, you can automatically reflect the content of Gmail in Todoist, thereby streamlining task management.

■Recommended for

  • Those who manage a lot of emails in Gmail and want to streamline task management in Todoist
  • Business people who want to reduce the time spent adding tasks manually and improve productivity
  • Project managers who find it cumbersome to extract tasks from emails
  • Those who want to smartly proceed with daily tasks by utilizing automation tools

■Benefits of using this template

Tasks are automatically created in Todoist based on the content received in Gmail, eliminating the need for manual data entry.
By ensuring that tasks from emails received in Gmail are added to Todoist, it prevents omissions in task registration.
Automation prevents human error in task registration, allowing for smooth business operations.

Create a task in Todoist when an email with specific conditions is received in Gmail

This flow creates a task in Todoist from the subject and body of an email when Gmail receives an email with a specific label.
Although the purpose is similar to the flow mentioned above, you can narrow down the trigger emails using labels specifically for task creation.


■Overview

The flow "Create a task in Todoist when receiving an email with specific conditions in Gmail" is a business workflow that automatically incorporates important emails into task management to ensure they are not missed.
As the number of incoming emails in Gmail increases, this is ideal for those who want to save the effort of manually creating tasks and proceed with work efficiently.
With this integration, a task is automatically added to Todoist every time an email that meets the specified conditions arrives, enabling smooth business management.

■Recommended for

  • Business professionals who use both Gmail and Todoist for task management
  • Those who want to automatically convert emails that meet specific conditions into tasks
  • Those who want to streamline the process of transferring emails to tasks
  • Those considering using Yoom to automate business workflows
  • Those who want to centralize email management and task management in their daily work

■Benefits of using this template

When you receive an email with specific conditions in Gmail, a task is automatically created in Todoist, eliminating the need for manual task creation.
With the integration of Gmail and Todoist, you can smoothly integrate email and task management, preventing important emails from being missed in task registration.
Automation can prevent human errors in task management and improve the accuracy of information.

Other Automation Examples Using Todoist and Gmail APIs

By leveraging the APIs of Todoist and Gmail, various automations can be achieved.

Automation Examples Using Todoist

You can automatically create tasks in Todoist based on information from other apps or reflect Todoist tasks in various apps.


■Overview
The workflow "Retrieve tasks due today from Todoist and notify on Slack daily" automates daily task management and enhances work efficiency.
By automatically retrieving tasks due on the day from Todoist and notifying on Slack, the entire team can quickly grasp priorities.
This allows for effortless task checking and supports smooth business progress.

■Recommended for

  • Those who manage daily tasks with Todoist
  • Leaders who use Slack to share information with their team
  • Project managers who want to streamline deadline management
  • Corporate personnel who want to improve productivity through automation
  • Business people who do not want to spend time checking daily tasks


■Benefits of using this template

  • Improved work efficiency: Automates task checking and reduces effort.
  • Smooth information sharing: Allows smooth sharing with the entire team via Slack notifications.
  • Prevention of task oversight: Enables grasping important tasks with daily notifications.



■Overview
The workflow "Automatically compile incomplete tasks from Todoist into a Notion page daily" is an automation designed to seamlessly manage daily tasks. By automatically retrieving incomplete tasks from Todoist each day and compiling them into an organized page in Notion, it supports the efficiency of your work.

■Recommended for those who

  • Feel that reviewing incomplete tasks in Todoist is cumbersome, despite managing daily tasks there
  • Are team leaders or project managers who want to use Notion for organizing work and sharing information
  • Are business professionals who want to centralize task progress management and efficiently advance their work
  • Want to reduce the burden of daily tasks by utilizing automation tools

■Benefits of using this template

  • Improved task management efficiency: By automatically compiling incomplete tasks from Todoist into Notion, you can eliminate manual transcription work and make effective use of your time.
  • Centralized information: Managing tasks collectively in Notion allows for smooth progress checks and information sharing across the entire team.
  • Visibility of work: Regularly organizing incomplete tasks enables you to clearly understand your own and your team's work status, making it easier to reassess priorities.

■Overview

This flow creates a task in Todoist when a card is registered in Trello.

With Yoom, you can easily achieve this flow without any programming, as it allows for seamless integration between applications.

■Recommended for

1. Companies managing tasks with Trello

・Those using it for task management within the team

・Those visualizing task progress


2. Companies managing tasks with Todoist

・Departments primarily using Todoist for task management

■Benefits of using this template

Trello is an effective tool for progressing team tasks, with features like progress visualization and task assignment.
Additionally, using Todoist can further smoothen communication among team members.
However, manually entering Trello content into Todoist every time can negatively impact the overall productivity of the team.

This flow is suitable for those who want to smoothly advance team projects.
By utilizing the [Create a task in Todoist when a card is registered in Trello] flow, it becomes easier to automatically add Trello information to Todoist, reducing the effort of manual entry.
Moreover, registering quoted content can prevent human errors from manual entry and maintain high accuracy of shared information within the team.


■Notes

・Please integrate both Trello and Todoist with Yoom.


■Overview
The workflow "When a new task is created in Toggl, it is also registered as a task in Todoist" is an efficient business workflow utilizing Yoom.
When a new task is added in Toggl, the same task is automatically registered in Todoist as well.

■Recommended for

  • Those who use both Toggl and Todoist but find task registration cumbersome
  • Business professionals who want to streamline time and task management
  • Team leaders who want to automate app integration to improve business processes
  • Those who manage a large number of tasks daily and want to reduce the complexity of management
  • IT personnel in companies who want to enhance existing business workflows using Yoom

■Benefits of using this template

  • Reduce the hassle of double entry: Since tasks added in Toggl are automatically reflected in Todoist, manual input is no longer necessary.
  • Improve business efficiency: Time and task management are centralized, making the workflow smoother.
  • Prevent human error: Automatic integration prevents mistakes and omissions due to manual input.

■Overview

This is a flow where a task is created in Todoist when a task is added to a project in Asana.

■Recommended for

1. Project Management Teams

・Teams that want to seamlessly integrate task management between Asana and Todoist

・Teams that want to automate follow-ups in Todoist when tasks are added

2. Sales Departments

・Teams that want to quickly manage responses in Todoist for tasks occurring in Asana

・Teams that want to track task progress in Todoist and strengthen customer response

3. Customer Support Teams

・Teams that want to automatically manage support tasks in Asana as tasks in Todoist for quick response

・Teams that want to manage customer inquiries and issues as tasks in Asana and convert them directly into tasks in Todoist

4. Marketing Departments

・Teams that want to link project tasks in Asana as tasks in Todoist to strengthen follow-ups on marketing campaigns

■Benefits of Using This Template

・Automatic task synchronization eliminates the need for manual task registration, leading to improved operational efficiency.

・Sharing tasks created in Asana with Todoist makes it easier for all team members to understand task progress.

・It can be used not only for team task management but also for individual task management.

■Notes

・Please integrate both Asana and Todoist with Yoom.

Example of Automation Using Gmail

It is possible to send emails with any content from Gmail, triggered by actions from various apps used in daily operations, such as meeting notifications, Q&A, and employee information management. Additionally, you can operate various apps based on the content of emails received by Gmail.


■Overview

This is a flow that automatically sends follow-up emails via Gmail after a Zoom webinar ends.

By using Yoom, you can easily connect apps without the need for programming.

■Recommended for

1. Those who frequently host webinars on Zoom

・Those who want to ensure follow-up emails are sent to participants after a webinar but find manual work cumbersome

・Those who want to send follow-up emails to webinar participants quickly and efficiently

2. Those who use Gmail as their primary means of communication

・Those who use Gmail regularly and want to improve work efficiency by automating template emails

・Those who want to eliminate the hassle of sending individual emails to all participants

■Benefits of using this template

By automatically sending follow-up emails via Gmail after a Zoom webinar ends, you can follow up with participants quickly and effectively.
Using this automated flow eliminates the need for manual email sending tasks, improving work efficiency.

Additionally, ensuring that follow-up emails reach all participants prevents any follow-up omissions and enhances participant satisfaction.
Furthermore, conducting follow-ups with consistent email content can give a professional impression and contribute to improving your brand image.


■Overview

This is a flow where, upon receiving an email in Gmail, it is translated with DeepL and then assigned to the responsible person.

With Yoom, you can easily achieve this flow without the need for programming, as it allows for integration between apps.

■Recommended for

  • Those working in global teams who want to facilitate smooth communication across multiple languages
  • Those who frequently receive emails in foreign languages from overseas partners or clients and need to quickly understand and respond to them
  • Those who want to streamline the process of translating email content with DeepL and requesting email responses
  • Those who want to prevent missing important business emails
  • Support team members conducting international customer support who want to improve the efficiency of handling inquiries in multiple languages

■Benefits of using this template

When communicating with team members handling different languages, overseas partners, or clients, delays in translating and sharing communication content can lead to work delays.

By implementing this flow, when an email is received in Gmail, translation with DeepL and response requests are automatically carried out.

This eliminates the need to manually translate or request responses, allowing email recipients to focus on more important tasks.

Additionally, with the swift completion of translation and response requests after receiving emails, assigned tasks can be smoothly progressed.


■Overview

Emails are sent at once to the addresses in the customer list within the Google Spreadsheet.

By using a process that repeats the same operation, you can change the company name and contact person for each customer and send the email.

Actual flowbot operation: https://youtu.be/dUv9YYx5wHo

Notes

・The operation of repeating the same process used this time is available for team plans and above.

※Even with the free plan, a two-week trial of the paid plan can be conducted once. You can apply from the plan change option at the bottom left of the Yoom workspace (management screen), so please use this when verifying the features of the paid plan.

※What can be done with the free trial, how to start it, and points to note: https://intercom.help/yoom/ja/articles/9115350


■Overview

This is a flow that automatically replies to respondents with Gmail when a Google Form is submitted.

■Recommended for

1. Those who want to improve and automate business efficiency

・Those who want to automate routine email sending tasks to improve business efficiency

・Those who want to build an automated flow integrated with other Google Workspace apps

2. Those who use Google Forms for information gathering

・Those who want to eliminate the hassle of manually sending thank you or confirmation emails to respondents after submitting a Google Form

・Those who want to prevent missing responses to respondents and enhance customer satisfaction

■Benefits of using this template

Google Forms is a very convenient tool for information gathering, but quick responses to senders are essential for improving customer satisfaction and building good relationships. However, manually replying to Gmail every time a form is submitted is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and there is also a risk of missing responses.

By utilizing this flow, when a Google Form is submitted, Gmail is automatically replied to the respondent, eliminating the need for the responder to manually reply, greatly improving business efficiency. Additionally, by reducing the risk of human error, more prompt and accurate responses are possible.

■Notes

・Please integrate both Google Forms and Gmail with Yoom.

・Refer to the following for how to obtain response content when using Google Forms as a trigger.

https://intercom.help/yoom/ja/articles/6807133

In Conclusion

How was it? By integrating Todoist with Gmail, you should be able to resolve concerns such as "I don't want to miss any tasks," "I want to check my daily tasks more smoothly," and "I want to ensure I am aware of important deadlines." Automating task management and notifications can simultaneously improve work efficiency and prevent mistakes.

By utilizing the no-code tool Yoom, you can easily integrate Todoist and Gmail without any programming knowledge! If you're interested, start by creating a free account and see how it works for yourself. Registration takes just 30 seconds! You can experience automatic integration immediately.

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About the author
k.tsukamoto
k.tsukamoto
Having worked as a system engineer for four years, I often struggled with manually entering attendance data into Excel and digitizing receipts. I wish I had discovered Yoom sooner. Although I have only just begun using Yoom, I am committed to providing information that will help fulfill everyone's wish for automation.
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