Trigger Communications

Triggers when a new email arrives at your workflow's inbox. Great for processing inbound emails and building email-based automations.

At a Glance

FieldValue
Trigger IDemail-new-email-received
CategoryCommunications
Tagsemail, communication, notification, inbound, smtp

Trigger Configuration

This trigger does not require configuration fields.

Trigger Result

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
triggeredAtstringYesTimestamp when the event was received (UTC, RFC3339 format)
fromstringNoSender email address
toarrayNoRecipient email addresses
subjectstringNoEmail subject line
textstringNoPlain text body of the email
htmlstringNoHTML body of the email
headersobjectNoEmail headers

Workflow Root Example

json
{ "nodes": { "root": { "type": "email-new-email-received", "payload": {}, "children": [ "log_event" ] }, "log_event": { "type": "log", "payload": { "message": "Triggered at {{$trigger.triggeredAt}}" }, "children": [] } }}

Downstream nodes can use {{$trigger.triggeredAt}} and any result fields listed above. Event triggers usually expose the raw source payload under a field such as event, body, trade, or raw.

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