# Connect Gmail

Find email context and bring relevant messages into your research.

Connect Gmail to use email as a source in Anara. Gmail requires Pro or above.

1. Open **Settings > Connectors**.
2. Find **Gmail** and click **Connect**.
3. Sign in to the Google account you want and authorize access.
4. Return to Anara and check that the account is connected.

## Find email context [#find-email-context]

Mention Gmail in chat and identify the sender, topic, or date range. Anara can search the connected account and use relevant messages in its response.

```text title="Prompt"
Find the email about the revised study protocol from last week. Summarize the changes and compare them with the protocol in my project folder.
```

Gmail does not have the same file-import picker as Drive. Ask the agent to retrieve or import the relevant email content instead. Connecting Gmail does not import your entire mailbox.

## Check access [#check-access]

If a message is missing, confirm the connected account and use a distinctive subject or sender. Reconnect from Settings when Google authorization expires. Review proposed external actions before approving them. See [connectors](/guides/connectors) for how live access differs from imported copies.