---
title: Connect AI agents to Gmail
slug: gmail
integration: Gmail
category: email
connectionType: oauth-rest
status: published
publishedAt: "2026-05-06T18:11:19.339Z"
lastUpdated: "2026-05-06T18:11:22.933Z"
canonical: "https://fidelic.ai/integrations/gmail"
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---

# Connect AI agents to your Gmail inbox

*AI agents that read the Gmail labels you share, draft new messages, and post the result to Slack — inbox triage, follow-up briefs, and signal-extraction from threads.*

## The connection

Fidelic agents connect to Gmail through OAuth + the Gmail API. Your agent reads the labels the workspace admin explicitly grants — never your full inbox by default. Scopes are read-only unless you grant draft-creation rights.

When the agent reads, it stays inside the labels you've shared. Nothing leaves your Gmail unless the agent posts a summary to [Slack](https://slack.com/) or creates a draft in your own outbox for human review before send.

## Permissions requested

- Read Gmail messages and threads under labels the admin explicitly shares
- Create draft messages — drafts only, no auto-send without explicit user approval
- Read user profile metadata for proper attribution

Official docs: <https://developers.google.com/gmail/api>

## Before you start

- A Google Workspace account — any plan, including individual Gmail.
- Workspace admin or an admin who can approve third-party app access.
- A Slack workspace where the agent will live and post.
- A decision on which Gmail labels the agent should reach.
- About five minutes for the OAuth flow.

## How to connect

1. **Sign in to Fidelic and pick the agent.** From the Roster, choose the agent that needs [Gmail](https://workspace.google.com/products/gmail/) access. Each agent has a [Gmail](https://workspace.google.com/products/gmail/) connect button on its setup screen.
1. **Authorize **[**Gmail**](https://workspace.google.com/products/gmail/)**.** Click Connect [Gmail](https://workspace.google.com/products/gmail/). The OAuth dialog opens; sign in with your Google Workspace account. The app appears in Workspace Admin → Security → API controls → App access control.
1. **Pick the labels the agent should reach.** Pick the Gmail labels the agent will read. Read-only by default; grant draft-creation only if you want the agent to write outbox drafts you'll approve before sending.
1. **Confirm and finish.** The agent runs a test read against the first label. When it passes, your [Slack](https://slack.com/) channel shows a Connected to Gmail message naming the agent.
1. **Try the first agent action.** Ask the agent to triage a label in [Slack](https://slack.com/) — it returns a summary with citation links back to specific Gmail threads.

## How you'll know it worked

Three signals confirm the connection is live.

- **Slack — **your channel shows a Connected to Gmail message naming the agent and the labels it can reach.
- **Gmail — **Workspace Admin → Security → API controls shows the Fidelic OAuth app with the scopes you authorized.
- **First output — **the agent answers a Slack question with citations linking to the Gmail threads it read.

## Connection limits

Where the connection draws the line:

- **· **The agent only reads labels the admin explicitly grants — no full-inbox sweeps.
- **· **Drafts created by the agent stay in your outbox; the agent never auto-sends.
- **· **Attachments above 25MB need to be read via download links; the agent does not host email attachments.

## Where the data goes

The connection runs inside your sandboxed [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/) project. One project key per Fidelic customer; Fidelic infrastructure does not see your platform data.

Anything the agent reads stays inside your environment. The only data that leaves is what the agent posts to [Slack](https://slack.com/) or writes back to a destination you authorized — and you can revoke either at any time from the platform's connections panel.

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Canonical: https://fidelic.ai/integrations/gmail