Hi everyone,
I’m still very new to OpenFn and honestly just trying to finish my first proper workflow, I’m using it to track emails that are important (like job applications) and maybe flag some suspicious ones too.
I’ve set up a few things already:
- My Gmail job is fetching messages with certain keywords
- Used cron trigger (starting to understand it)
But where I’m really stuck is the script part and properly using the adaptors 
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I had a call with Pius and it helped me a lot, but when I spoke with Jack (my first time), it all felt too advanced and confusing. I’m slowly understanding things now, like how workflows run step by step, but it’s still hard to write the actual code in fn(state => {...}) and manage state.data the right way.
I really want to finish this project and share it properly.
Please, can anyone help me with:
- Examples of a working Gmail + Google Sheets/Airtable job
- The right way to use adaptors (and not mess up the callbacks)
- Tips on how to handle state, especially when filtering email data
I’m documenting this as part of my learning and trying to build something real for NGOs or orgs in Africa who deal with lots of emails every day.
Thanks for any help, and sorry if this sounds too beginner 
I’m just really trying to get this working.
Innocent
(GreenTEK Digitals, Nigeria)
, Here is my favorite video guide on how to write jobs in openfn