Connect Gmail
With Gmail connected, your agent can scan new mail, label by priority, archive noise, and prepare drafts — without ever sending on your behalf unless you allow it.
Choose a connection method
The simplest path is forwarding: set up Gmail to forward incoming mail to your instance’s Inbound Email address. For full read/label access, connect Gmail via OAuth in the dashboard instead.
Authorize access
If using OAuth, pick your Google account and grant the requested Gmail scopes. Tokens are stored in the encrypted vault and refreshed automatically.
Set guardrails
Decide whether the agent may send or only draft. The recommended default is drafts only — the agent prepares replies and you press send.
Add an inbox-triage workflow
Schedule the Inbox triage workflow to scan new mail on an interval, label by priority, and surface anything that needs you to your channel.
Good to know
- •Forwarding needs no Gmail API setup — it works with any provider.
- •Keep the agent on drafts-only until you trust its replies.
Connect Gmail to your agent
Spin up a BrainClaw instance and wire up Gmail in minutes.