# Task Automation

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/task-automation/90729>\
**Category:** Tips, Tricks & Best Practices\
**Tags:** enterprise\
**Created:** [September 28, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/task-automation/90729 "2023-09-28T18:43:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![JCaliguire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@JCaliguire](https://community.hubspot.com/u/JCaliguire)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/task-automation/90729/1 "2023-09-28T18:43:53Z")

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I work directly out of gmail to communicate with prospective customers and the activity gets tracked in HubSpot. Are there any automations for task creation I can set up? For instance, it would be great if every time I sent an email there was automatically a task created to follow-up in 7 days if I do not receive a response.

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/task-automation/90729/2 "2023-09-28T18:46:08Z")

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Hi @JCaliguire,

The best tool for this are sequences: [Create and edit sequences](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/sequences/create-and-edit-sequences)

In short, they let you define a series emails that are sent until the contact replies. You can also include manual tasks.

Sequences can also be started with the HubSpot sales extension for Chrome: [Use sales tools in Gmail with the HubSpot Sales Chrome extension](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/email-tracking/use-sales-tools-in-the-hubspot-sales-chrome-extension#sequences-sales-hub-starter-professional-or-enterprise-or-service-hub-starter-professional-or-enterprise-only)

Best regards!