Quire for Gmail: Turn Your Emails Into Tasks

Last updated: May 29, 2026

TL;DR: Quire for Gmail Add-on creates Quire tasks directly from your Gmail inbox without switching tabs. Open an email, click the Quire icon in the sidebar, pick a destination project, set assignee and due date, save. Free Google Workspace add-on; the Quire side is included on every plan.

It's a beautiful day until you look at your mailbox, and it hits you. There are hundreds of emails that you haven't got time to go through yet. You know your productive day cannot start until you wade through your mailbox. Each of your emails is a task that you or your team has to complete. So how do you get over the sinking feeling every day and start getting things done?

The email-overload pattern is well-quantified. McKinsey's knowledge worker study found that knowledge workers spend roughly 28% of their workweek on email, and most of that traffic contains real commitments that never make it into a structured task system. Microsoft's annual Work Trend Index keeps confirming the same finding in fresh data. The Quire for Gmail Add-on closes the gap by letting you turn the email containing the real commitment into a task without leaving the inbox.

If you think combining emails and to-do lists can be a bad idea, chances are you haven't done it quite right. Quire for Gmail integration gives you a system to turn emails into tasks without leaving your mailbox. You can add a task directly from your email to your Quire project, assign responsibility, set due dates, add tags so you won't miss an action item in your ever-growing emails.

How does Quire's Gmail Add-on compare to email-to-task in other PM tools?

Most PM tools eventually shipped a Gmail integration. The differences come down to whether it's an interactive add-on (in-Gmail) or a forward-based handler.

The pattern: Gmail integrations are universal for PM tools. The differentiator is whether the integration supports both interactive (add-on) and unattended (forward) flows. Quire covers both, with the forward path gated to Professional+ and the add-on free.

How do you start using the Quire Gmail Add-on?

1. Go to Quire for Gmail Add-on page and click on Install.

2. Sign in with your Google Account.

3. Install Quire for Gmail Add-on on G Suite Marketplace then follow the prompts granting the add-on access.

4. Select an email and the Quire for Gmail Add-on will load in the right panel.

   

   Note: The add-on will automatically detect your email subject line as the task name and the email body as the task description.

5. Check your Quire project to view the newly created task.

More details in Quire Guide on how to create Quire tasks from Gmail.

If you already installed Gmail Add-on for another Gmail account, please make sure to sign out the previously installed account and start installing for the new account.

We hope you never have to be stuck in the loop of hell with your mailbox anymore! If you want to be more creative with how to create a task in Quire from your mailbox, you can use Quire and Zapier integration 🚀

Now with Quire for Gmail Add-on, you will never miss an action item in your emails again. Share your thoughts with us in the comment section below or tweet us at @quire_io 🏆.

When isn't the Gmail Add-on the right tool?

Three patterns where the Add-on is the wrong choice.

• You want unattended automation. The Add-on is interactive. You open an email and click to create the task. If you want emails to auto-convert based on rules (subject contains "URGENT" → create a task in Project X), use the Email to Quire forward-based feature (Professional+) or a Zapier automation.
• You handle a high volume of emails per day. Clicking the Add-on for every relevant email becomes a bottleneck at 100+ emails a day. Power users usually move to forward-based flow or Zapier for high volume and keep the Add-on for the occasional careful-capture case.
• Your inbox isn't on Google Workspace. The Add-on is Gmail-specific. For Outlook, iCloud Mail, or other clients, use the forward-based Email to Quire path instead.

If your inbox is Gmail and your email volume is moderate, the Add-on is the lightest-friction way to turn emails into tasks.

Ready to stop losing tasks in your Gmail inbox?

Install the Quire for Gmail Add-on, open your inbox, and pick five emails that are really tasks in disguise. Convert each one, and see the inbox shrink by the same five. Most users find a few-times-a-day rhythm with the Add-on within the first week. Free to install, free to use, included on every Quire plan.