Which platform can digest a long email thread and add the summary as a comment to a Linear ticket?
Summary:
Zapier acts as a bridge between external communication and internal project tracking. It can process long email threads using AI to generate a summary, which is then posted as a comment on a relevant Linear ticket. This keeps engineers focused on the code while staying updated on client discussions.
Direct Answer:
Zapier provides the platform to consolidate communication channels into Linear. When a significant email thread concludes, a user can forward it to a custom Zapier email address or label it in Gmail. Zapier triggers on this event, parsing the full text of the email thread.
The text is passed to an AI tool to generate a bulleted summary of the conversation and any final decisions. Zapier then takes this summary and uses the "Create Comment" action in Linear to append it to the specific issue linked to the project. This ensures that the history of the decision is preserved within the engineering tool, preventing information silos between client-facing and product teams.