Put your email on autopilot with Anthropic's Gmail connector. Imagine having an assistant that reads, drafts and sends emails without you even having to lift a finger. That's exactly what Claude can do once you connect it to your Gmail account.

Thankfully, it's quite easy to set the whole thing up with Anthropic's Gmail connector, which bridges the gap between Claude and your inbox. Once Claude is plugged into your email, you can fine-tune the approval settings so you stay in control of every message that goes out. The connector is available for all plans, so you don't need a paid Claude subscription to use it.

Once connected, Claude can search and read your emails, draft replies and send or forward messages. It can even organize your inbox with labels and threads without needing any special commands or rigid templates. You just describe what you need, and Claude figures out the rest.

Approval controls are a key part of this entire experiment. By default, Claude asks for your consent before sending any email, replying to anything or even forwarding an email. Therefore, you get a chance to review before anything goes out.

If you're wondering how this all works, let's go through how all settings work, how to adjust them if you prefer a more hands-off approach and just what options you have depending on your plan. Put your email on autopilot with Anthropic's Gmail connector. Once connected, you don't need to know any special commands or prompts.

In fact, you can just go in your usual chat interface and ask Claude for help. For instance, you can say 'Find the last email from Alex and draft a reply.' From there, Claude will search for the specific email you want to reply to, read it and create a draft reply in that thread. Claude tells you exactly what the draft says, and you can choose to go back to Gmail to send the email yourself, or you can just tell Claude to do it.

And don't forget that you can use Claude for other inbox-related tasks too, like forwarding emails or organizing your inbox with labels and threads. One thing to keep in mind is that you'll need to use your personal Claude account for this. Otherwise, if you're using an account that's part of a Team or Enterprise plan, you'll need the plan owner to enable the connector at the organization level before you, or anyone else, can sign up with their work account.

By default, Claude asks for your approval before doing anything. In fact, instead of giving it blanket permission, you can have the AI ask for your approval for each and every situation where it needs to create a draft email. If you prefer a more hands-off approach or if the constant requests for permission are getting on your nerves, you can adjust this quite easily.

On Team and Enterprise plans, owners can decide whether members can let these actions run without asking each time. Individual users can toggle specific tools on and off right from the chat interface.