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Connect your AI secretary

The first thing to set up after you join: connect your personal Gmail so an AI secretary can triage the inbox, draft replies for your approval, and flag hot leads — all revocable with one token.

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The first thing to set up after you join Gigdesk is your inbox. Connect an email account and it becomes a gateway your desk can read and reply through — a personal AI secretary that triages what lands, drafts replies for you to approve, and flags the hot leads. This chapter walks you from the Email gateways page to a live, connected inbox.

Where the secretary lives

Your secretary isn't a separate app — it's an email account you connect on the Email gateways page, under Settings → Email Gateways. Connect as many accounts as you like; each one becomes its own gateway with scoped tokens and filters you manage, and revoke, per account. Gateways live outside workspaces, so the same inbox can serve every desk you run.

Note This is a personal, 1:1 inbox assistant — it triages incoming mail, drafts replies you approve, and flags hot leads. It is not a bulk sender, an outreach tool, or a campaign engine. It works one conversation at a time, the way a real secretary would.
Gigdesk Email gateways page with a Connect Email button and a pending gateway card Connect an inbox Each inbox = its own gateway
Email gateways live in Settings — each connected inbox becomes its own gateway with scoped tokens and filters.

Picking a provider

Hit + Connect Email and a modal lists the providers. Gmail (Google OAuth · read + send), Outlook, and Resend are all marked Coming soon — Gmail's OAuth path is rolling out. The live option today is Other (Webhook · Zapier-style), which reads Set up: point any integration at the webhook and your inbox is connected. However you connect, the result is the same — a scoped, revocable gateway.

Connect email modal listing Gmail, Outlook, Resend as coming soon and Other (webhook) as available Gmail — rolling out Scoped, revocable per account
Pick a provider — Gmail (Google OAuth) is rolling out; today you connect via the webhook path. Each becomes a scoped, revocable gateway.

Step by step

  1. 1

    Open Settings → Email Gateways

    From the sidebar, go to Settings, then Email Gateways. You'll see your connected accounts, each as its own gateway card.

  2. 2

    Hit + Connect Email

    Click + Connect Email to open the provider modal. Gmail, Outlook, and Resend are marked Coming soon; Other (Webhook) is the one you can set up today.

  3. 3

    Connect via the webhook path

    Choose Other (Webhook · Zapier-style) and hit Set up. Point your integration at the webhook and the inbox comes online as a new gateway.

  4. 4

    Manage its tokens and filters

    Open the gateway card to review its scoped tokens and filters. This is where you tune what the secretary can touch — and where you revoke access if you ever need to.

Connect more than one Gateways live outside workspaces, so you can connect several inboxes — a personal one, a client-facing one — and each stays independently scoped and revocable.

Key takeaways

  • Your AI secretary is an inbox you connect on the Email gateways page — Settings → Email Gateways — not a separate app.
  • Gmail, Outlook, and Resend are Coming soon; today you connect through the Other (Webhook) path, and Gmail's OAuth is rolling out.
  • Every connected inbox is its own gateway with scoped, revocable tokens and filters, and it works as a personal 1:1 assistant — triage, approved drafts, hot-lead flags — never bulk or outbound.

Inbox connected. Now build your desk.

With a gateway live, you're ready to set up the workspace itself — its briefs, task queues, chatbots, and notifications — and actually run the job.

Next: Run your workspace