Claude Gmail Connector: Let Claude Send and Sort Your Email
Yes. Add the Carly connector to Claude, connect Gmail, and Claude can send, label and sort your email, then set up triggers right from the chat: when an email lands, do that. “When a client emails an invoice, label it Billing, save the PDF and draft a reply.” You type it once in Claude. Carly runs it on every email, whether Claude is open or not.
Where Claude and Gmail fall short today
Claude’s own Gmail connector can search, draft, send, reply and forward. Here’s where people still get stuck:
- One account. Claude connects one Google account at a time. Your work inbox, your personal one and the shared support@ address stay separate.
- It asks before every send. By default, Claude asks for your approval before each email it sends, replies to or forwards, per Anthropic’s help page. Fine in a chat. Nothing goes out while you’re away.
- Claude’s own automation can’t open your inbox. Claude Code’s cloud routines don’t list the Gmail connector at all, even when it shows as connected. That bug has been open since August 18, 2026.
- Nothing happens when an email lands. A lead asks for a call, a client sends an invoice, a newsletter piles up: Claude waits for someone to ask.
How Carly fixes it
- Every account. Every Gmail and Outlook inbox you have, in one place.
- It runs on its own. Carly replies, follows up and sends from your address, on your rules, the moment an email arrives.
- It sorts everything. Carly labels, archives and files every email as it lands, the same way every time.
- Everything else. Carly connects to thousands of apps, so an email can update HubSpot, book a meeting or text you.
How to connect Gmail to Claude
- Add Carly to Claude. Click Get the Carly connector, then Connect, and sign in.
- Connect Gmail in Carly. Go to Integrations and sign in with Google. Add every inbox you have, plus your calendar.
- Tell Claude what should happen, and when. Carly sets up the workflow and runs it from then on.
Triggers you can set up from Claude
Type these into Claude. Each one becomes a trigger that runs in the cloud, the same way on every email, whether or not you’re in the chat:
- “When a client emails an invoice, label it Billing, save the PDF to Drive and draft a reply.”
- “Label every newsletter Read Later and archive it, across all my inboxes.”
- “When a lead asks for a call, reply with three times from my calendar.”
- “When anything from my top ten clients lands, text me.”
- “If a prospect hasn’t replied in three days, send a follow-up from my Gmail.”
- “When I star an email, add it to my tasks due tomorrow.”
- “Every morning at 8, send me a digest of what came in overnight.”
Steps that don’t need AI run as free Zapier-style workflows.
Ask Claude about your email
Carly also lets Claude work your inbox in the chat:
- “What did Emily send me about the Adobe renewal?”
- “Draft replies to everything from clients this morning and send the easy ones.”
- “Find every unpaid invoice across my inboxes and list them.”
- “Unsubscribe me from everything I haven’t opened in a month.”
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FAQ
Can Claude send emails from Gmail?
Yes. Claude’s Gmail connector sends, replies and forwards, asking you before each one. Add the Carly connector and it works every inbox you have, and Carly sends on its own when your rules say so. More in can Claude send emails.
Can Claude label and sort my Gmail automatically?
Yes, through Carly. Tell Claude “label every newsletter Read Later,” and Carly sorts every new email that way, even when Claude is closed.
Can Claude connect to more than one Gmail account?
Yes, through Carly. Claude’s own connector covers one Google account at a time. See can Claude connect to multiple email accounts.
What about Claude for Gmail?
See Claude for Gmail for the options and how they compare.
Is there a ChatGPT version?
Yes, the same setup works with the Carly plugin in ChatGPT. See ChatGPT + Gmail.
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