4 guides
Guides
Short, specific answers to the questions people ask before they connect email to an agent.
- How to connect your email to an AI agentFour ways to give Claude, ChatGPT or a coding agent access to your mail: native connectors, integration platforms, self-hosted MCP servers and Emailgents. What each one covers, what it can do to your inbox, and how to set it up.7 min read
- Connect multiple Gmail accounts to Claude or ChatGPTClaude's Gmail connector and ChatGPT's Gmail app bind one Google account. Here is how to give either assistant all of your Gmail accounts, plus Outlook and iCloud, through one read-only connection.4 min read
- Why your email agent should be read-onlyEmail is untrusted input. If an agent that reads it can also send, forward or delete, a crafted message can turn the agent against you. How prompt injection works in inboxes and how a read-only connector removes the blast radius.5 min read
- There is no iCloud Mail APIApple offers no REST API and no OAuth for iCloud Mail, which is why Claude and ChatGPT have no iCloud connector. IMAP with an app-specific password is the sanctioned route; here is how to use it safely with any agent.4 min read