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# Automate Creating Tasks from Emails in Central

> Turn conversations into action—automatically. With Central’s AI-powered automation, tasks are created directly from meeting and email content, so nothing important gets lost in long threads or meeting summaries. 

## Why This Is Useful

* Automatically captures action items from meetings and email threads
* Converts requests into tasks with deadlines
* Keeps your work organised without manual effort
* Reduces missed commitments
* Links every task back to the original email for full context

## Step-by-Step Setup

### Step 1

Go to **Central EA** from the product switcher in the top-left corner.

### Step 2

Click **Settings** from the main menu.

### Step 3

Open the **Automations** section and click **Enable** on:\
**“Allow AI to automatically create tasks from emails”**

Once enabled, Central’s AI will:

* Scan email and meeting content
* Identify sentences that contain action items (e.g. *“Can you have the proposal ready by Friday?”*)
* Create a task with:
  * A clear title
  * A due date (if mentioned)
  * A link back to the original email

## You’re All Set! 🚀

From now on, whenever someone mentions an action item or deadline in an email or meeting thread, Central AI will automatically create a task—so you never miss what needs to be done.