ClawLink
TL;DR
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does it do? | Your agent reads today's Gmail, picks out the things you were asked to do, and adds each one to Google Tasks with a short title, a link back to the email and a due date when the email gives one. |
| Who is it for? | People whose to-do list starts in their inbox. |
| What do I connect? | Google Tasks, once, with its own sign-in. ClawLink never sees your password. |
| What does it cost? | About 3 tool calls on your plan. Starter includes 1,000 a month. |
| Does it work? | gmail_fetch_emails succeeded on 96.5% of 14,613 calls on ClawLink in the last 30 days. |
| Which agents? | OpenClaw, Hermes, Claude, Codex, ChatGPT and any MCP client connected to ClawLink. |
How do you try it?
- Set up ClawLink once. Add it to your agent from the install page, then connect Google Tasks.
- Send this prompt to your agent. Click the card to copy it.
It works the same in OpenClaw, Hermes, Claude and Codex.
How does the agent do it?
The agent makes 3 calls through ClawLink. You do not pick the tools: the agent finds them by searching ClawLink, reads their input schema and runs them.
| Step | Tool | What it does | Calls in 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gmail_fetch_emails | Fetches today's email. | 14,613 (96.5% ok) |
| 2 | googletasks_list_task_lists | Finds the task list to add to. | 41 (100.0% ok) |
| 3 | googletasks_insert_task | Adds one task. Called once per action item. | 92 (100.0% ok) |
How often does this work on ClawLink?
We do not publish a sample run for this job: its output is somebody's own Google Tasks. Instead, here is how the same tools performed for every ClawLink user from 2026-09-03 to 2026-10-03. A call counts as failed only when it reached Google Tasks and came back with an error.
| Tool | Calls | Users | Succeeded | Average time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
gmail_fetch_emails | 14,613 | 109 | 96.5% | 3.9 s |
googletasks_list_task_lists | 41 | 6 | 100.0% | 1.9 s |
googletasks_insert_task | 92 | 4 | 100.0% | 2.8 s |
How do you write the prompt?
- Connect Gmail and Google Tasks. The job reads one app and writes the other.
- Say which list. "Add to my Work list" stops tasks landing in the default list.
- Ask for a preview. "Show me the tasks before adding them" lets you remove the wrong ones first.
What can go wrong?
- Not every email is a task. Newsletters and receipts produce noise. Tell the agent to skip them.
- Dates without a year. "By Friday" needs a date. Ask the agent to write the full date.
- Duplicates on reruns. Running it twice on the same emails adds tasks twice. Ask it to check the list first.
How does this compare with other ways to do it?
| Option | How it works | Cost | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| ClawLink + your agent | One prompt, tasks in Google Tasks | 1 call per task plus 2 reads | Gmail users on Google Tasks |
| Gmail's "Add to Tasks" | One email at a time | Free | A few emails |
| Zapier | Rule-based automation | Free to paid plans | Fixed rules, such as one label to one list |
Frequently asked questions
Can it use Todoist or Notion instead?
Yes, connect that app and name it in the prompt.
Does it mark emails as done?
Only if you ask; that is a separate Gmail action.
Does ClawLink store my emails?
No.
What does it cost?
Two reads plus one tool call per task added.
Can it run every evening?
Yes, ask your agent to schedule it.