ActionGmailUpdated September 2026

How do I create a Gmail label?

Short answer: You can create label in Gmail by hand from its own interface, but it won’t repeat itself. On TinyCommand, add the Gmail Create Label action to a workflow, map its 3 inputs from any upstream app, and it runs automatically every time the trigger fires. No code, and a free tier to start.

Create Label in Gmail — start free All 27 Gmail actions

Create Label in Gmail — start free

Inputs

The fields this action accepts.

Every field can be mapped from an upstream trigger, AI step, table row, or hard-coded literal.

Field	Type	Required	Description
Label Name name	string	Required	Label Name. Example: Projects/Active
Show in Label List labelListVisibility	options	Optional	Show in Label List. Options: Show, Show if unread, Hide
Show in Message List messageListVisibility	options	Optional	Show in Message List. Options: Show, Hide

Sample request

{
  "name": "e.g. Projects/Active",
  "labelListVisibility": "{{trigger.labelListVisibility}}",
  "messageListVisibility": "{{trigger.messageListVisibility}}"
}

Returns

{
  "id": "Label_42",
  "name": "Projects/Active",
  "type": "user",
  "labelListVisibility": "labelShow",
  "messageListVisibility": "show"
}

Use these fields in downstream nodes for routing, logging, or error handling.

Triggered by

Apps that pair well as the trigger for Create Label.

Any of these apps can fire this action as part of a workflow.

Slack → Gmail

13 Slack triggers

Google Sheets → Gmail

2 Google Sheets triggers

FAQ

Questions about Create Label.

What does the Create Label action do in Gmail?

Creates a new label in your Gmail account with a name, optional parent, and visibility settings. Useful when classification automation should auto-provision missing labels.

What inputs does Create Label require?

Required: Label Name. Every input accepts a static value or a variable from any upstream node in your workflow.

Can I use dynamic inputs from earlier workflow nodes?

Yes. Any field on this action can pull values from upstream nodes, whether that's a form response, a trigger payload, an AI output, or a lookup result.

What happens if Gmail returns an error?

The run history shows the failed step with its input and the error message Gmail returned, so you can fix the input and run the workflow again. Automatic retries are built into HTTP steps only, where you can also set your own retry count and delay.

Does Create Label support batch operations?

Run Create Label inside a loop to process each item in an array. TinyCommand does not throttle calls for you, so for large arrays add a Delay step if you need to stay within Gmail's rate limits.

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