Field Notes Vol. 9-2025

🚀📢 Big things just landed in MESA. Transcribe every “Wait, what did they say?” moment with Recall, power your workflows with Gemini AI, and give your inbox new tricks with Gmail triggers and actions. We’ve also improved Google Sheets and Connections, added a Rich Text editor, and kicked Yedric up a notch.

Let’s dive in:

🤖 New app: Gemini

Connect to Gemini to generate insights, summarize information, and enhance your workflows. Now you can keep workflows lean, uncover insights instantly, and put AI power directly into your automations. With Gemini and MESA together, you can stay ahead of the curve with smarter automations. 

🎙️ New app: Recall

Meet your new meeting sidekick. Connect to Recall to instantly transcribe meetings from Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. Now you can easily capture decisions, share notes, and keep records for training, compliance, or follow-up tasks.

Use these Recall templates:

🛠️ Improvements

Significant improvements are here to help you get more out of MESA. Here’s what’s been updated:

• Rich Text Editor: MESA’s built-in email app now has a rich text editor, which gives you more formatting options while still keeping plain text available for advanced HTML.
• Google Sheets: All active workflows with a Google Sheets step are now checked daily. If column changes are detected, you’ll see a banner notification and receive an email. Alerting you to re-sync your sheet to keep your workflows running smoothly.
• Connections: Credential testing is now live for select apps like Asana, Gmail, Google Sheets, and Shopify, with more coming soon. Clear visual cues and notifications show when credentials are valid or need updating.
• Gmail: Kick off workflows as soon as an email hits your inbox, and use new actions to grab profiles or pull lists of emails, threads, and labels.
• Shopify Inventory: Managing inventory variants is now easier with variant info in the Inventory Level Update trigger, plus two new actions to adjust or set inventory levels by Variant ID.

🧠 Yedric updates

We’ve been hard at work making Yedric more powerful and easier to use. These updates bring new ways to create skills, search your docs faster, and enjoy a smoother overall experience. Here’s what’s new:

• Doc search: Quickly find the information you need without leaving chat.
• Skill creation directly in chat: Spin up new skills without jumping to the builder. Yedric will guide you with a link if a new credential is required.
• UI updates and bug fixes: Targeted improvements to make your interactions with Yedric feel snappier and more reliable.

✅ 3 new Typeform templates

✨ 8 more workflow templates

🔉A taste of Japan playlist

Take a journey through the sounds of Japan, blending timeless classics with modern tracks. Buckle up and explore the diverse rhythms and moods that define Japan’s vibrant music scene.