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Client Onboarding Automation

New client added to your spreadsheet? Everything else happens automatically.

The Problem

New client signs on. Now you need to create a Drive folder, copy a template email, find a meeting slot, update the tracker. 15 minutes of busywork, every single time — and you might forget a step.

The Solution

Add one row to your Clients sheet. The automation handles the rest: folder structure, welcome email, kickoff meeting, and tracker update. All in under 30 seconds.

The pipeline

1

Trigger — "New row in Clients sheet"

A new row is added to your master Clients Google Sheet with the client’s details

Company
Contact
Email
Service
Globex Inc
Tom Lee
tom@globex.io
SEO Audit
Initech
Bill Lum
bill@initech.co
Brand Pkg
Acme Corp
Jane Smith
jane@acme.com
Web RedesignNEW
2

Create Drive Structure — "Organized folders, instantly"

A complete folder structure is created in Google Drive with project-specific subfolders

Clients/
Acme Corp/
Contracts
Deliverables
Communications
3

Send Welcome Email — "Personalized from your template"

A welcome email is automatically sent using your pre-written template, personalized with the client’s details

From: you@company.com

To: jane@acme.com

Subject: Welcome to the team — Next Steps for Web Redesign

Hi Jane,

We're excited to get started on your Web Redesign project. Here's what happens next:

  1. Review the project brief (linked in your Drive folder)
  2. Join the kickoff meeting (invite sent separately)
  3. Share any existing brand assets...
4

Schedule Kickoff — "Calendar invite, sent automatically"

A kickoff meeting is created on Google Calendar with all attendees and a video link

Kickoff: Acme Corp — Web Redesign

Tuesday, Mar 10, 2026

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

you@company.com, jane@acme.com

meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij

5

Update Tracker — "Sheet row completed"

The original Clients sheet row is updated with links to everything that was just created

Company
Contact
Email
Service
Folder
Email Sent
Meeting
Globex Inc
Tom Lee
tom@globex.io
SEO Audit
Open
Mar 1
Mar 4
Acme Corp
Jane Smith
jane@acme.com
Web Redesign
Open
Mar 5, 2:34 PM
Mar 10, 10 AM

From new row to fully onboarded

~30 seconds

No manual steps. No forgotten tasks.

Tech stack

Google Workspace CLISheets APIDrive APIGmail APICalendar API

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