Synced connects to Gmail through Google's OAuth permission screen. Once connected, it reads new messages, writes an Action Plan for each one, drafts replies, finds attachments in Google Drive, and proposes meeting times from Google Calendar. Nothing it drafts is sent until you approve it. Gmail is included on the Free plan.
What Synced does with a Gmail thread
Take a common one: a client emails at 4:50 PM asking for the signed SOW and a time next week to walk through it. Synced sees two requests in one message and handles them as one Action Plan.
The reply sits in Decide until you approve it. Edit it first if you want.
You open Synced, read the draft, and tap approve. The email goes out from your own Gmail address, in the same thread, with the attachment.
What you can hand off
Replies drafted in context
Synced reads the whole thread before drafting, so the reply answers the question that was actually asked.
Attachments found for you
When an email asks for a file, Synced searches connected Drive or OneDrive and attaches the right one.
Meeting times proposed
Scheduling requests get real open slots from your calendar, not a link that makes the other person do the work.
Follow-ups drafted on request
Ask Synced to chase a quiet thread and it writes the nudge with the open question pulled from the thread. Schedule it to send later if you want.
How to connect Gmail
- 1Open Synced
Sign in at mail.syncedinbox.com on a desktop browser, or open the iOS app. Sign-in uses your phone number and a 6-digit code.
- 2Choose Gmail
New accounts are asked to connect Gmail during setup. Existing accounts can add it from Settings under Inboxes.
- 3Approve Google's permission screen
Pick the Google account you want to connect and review the permissions listed below. Google shows the same list.
- 4Let the first messages come in
New email starts arriving in Messages. Action Plans that need your judgment show up in Decide.
Permissions Synced asks for
These are the Google OAuth scopes listed in Synced's privacy policy, and why each one is needed.
| Scope | What Synced uses it for |
|---|---|
gmail.readonly | Search messages and read message details and headers to build context and summarize threads. |
gmail.modify | Create draft replies and send emails you've approved. |
gmail.settings.basic | Read and update your Gmail out-of-office auto-reply when you set it from Synced. |
userinfo.email, userinfo.profile | Identify the connected account and set up your profile. |
Drive, Calendar, and Contacts scopes are requested separately, only if you connect those services.
Synced does not use Gmail data to train generalized AI or machine-learning models, and follows the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. More on Security.
Plan availability
Gmail is included on Free, Pro, and Enterprise. The Free plan covers 20 Action Plans a week; Pro covers 100. One email is one Action Plan no matter how many steps it takes. Full details on pricing.