> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.jobrco.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Gmail

> Watch a Gmail inbox, and draft or send replies from your employee.

## What Gmail does

Connect a Gmail mailbox to an employee and it will watch new messages, propose replies, and either send, queue, or draft them based on the approval mode you choose.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Approve-first" icon="hand">
    Drafts wait in the [approvals queue](/app/approvals).
  </Card>

  <Card title="Auto" icon="bolt">
    Sends directly, with the safety valve and escalation instructions active.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Gmail draft" icon="pen-to-square">
    Leaves a native Gmail draft in your mailbox. You send it yourself.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Connect Gmail

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the connectors page">
    Go to `/app/connectors` and choose Gmail.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Sign in with Google">
    Authorize the Google account whose mailbox the employee should watch.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose an approval mode">
    Per employee, set whether Gmail is approve-first, auto, or gmail draft.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Daily limits

To keep usage predictable:

| Surface         | Daily limit       |
| --------------- | ----------------- |
| Gmail native    | 20 drafts per day |
| Forwarded email | 40 per day        |

See [Actions and usage](/concepts/actions-and-usage) for full detail.

## Good practices

<Tip>
  Gmail draft mode is a great intermediate step: your employee does all the writing work, you keep the final click.
</Tip>

## Next

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  <Card title="Slack" icon="slack" href="/connectors/slack">
    The other main surface.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Approval modes" icon="sliders" href="/control/approval-modes">
    Choose freedom per channel.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>