What this template does

This Make.com automation watches your Gmail inbox for starred emails and instantly forwards a clean, formatted summary to a Slack channel of your choice. It runs every 15 minutes (adjustable) and includes the sender, subject, snippet, and a link back to the original message.

Use cases

  • Sales teams who star inbound leads and want them visible in #new-leads
  • Founders who triage their inbox and route important threads to the team
  • Customer success teams who escalate VIP customer emails

How it works

  1. Trigger: Watch starred Gmail emails (every 15 minutes)
  2. Filter: Skip emails older than 24h to avoid duplicate alerts on first run
  3. Format: Build a Slack message with sender, subject, and snippet
  4. Send: Post to the chosen Slack channel
  5. Update: Optionally remove the star to mark as processed

Setup time

Around 5 minutes if you already have Gmail and Slack connected to Make.

Customization ideas

  • Add a category filter (only star + label = "Lead" emails)
  • Route to different Slack channels based on sender domain
  • Include AI summary via OpenAI for long emails before posting to Slack