Field Notes Vol. 9-2025 | MESA Blog
🚀📢 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 MESA’s AI 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.
🧠 MESA's AI updates
We’ve been hard at work making MESA’s AI 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. It will guide you with a link if a new credential is required.
- UI updates and bug fixes: Targeted improvements to make your interactions with MESA’s AI 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.
ShopPad September '25 Playlist
1
NIGHT RUNNING
Shin Sakiura, AAAMYYY
03:53
2
The Barracuda
The 5.6.7.8's
02:28
3
What If?
9m88, Takuya Kuroda
04:05
4
このスピードの先へ
MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS
03:24
5
Ceremony
Anchorsong
04:04
6
Plastic Love
Mariya Takeuchi
04:54
7
reflection eternal
Nujabes
04:17
8
Dizzy
Shonen Knife
03:48
9
Take Five
Minoru Muraoka
04:58
10
スカイ・ウォズ・フォーリング
Masabumi Kikuchi
06:05
11
OH! TENGO SUERTE
Masayoshi Takanaka
04:12
12
BEHIND THE MASK - 2018 Bob Ludwig Remastering
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
03:36
13
KICK BACK
Kenshi Yonezu
03:14
14
After School Thunder
Guitar Wolf
02:27
15
Sweet My Lady
tonun
03:06
16
Mayonaka no Door / Stay With Me
Miki Matsubara
05:12
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