How do I connect Gmail?

Add the Gmail piece to a flow, then authenticate with OAuth 2.0 or Custom auth. Once connected, its 4 triggers and 11 actions are available anywhere in the builder.

What can I automate with Gmail?

"New Email" can start a flow that runs "Send Email", and you can chain Gmail together with any of 760+ other apps and AI steps in between.

Can I self-host the Gmail integration?

Yes. Activepieces is fully self-hostable, so you can run the Gmail piece on your own infrastructure with your connections and your data staying in your environment.

Can my AI agent use Gmail as a tool?

Yes. Every piece you connect can be exposed over one Activepieces MCP server, so Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or any MCP client can call Gmail actions as tools.

Gmail integration

Email service by Google

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Actions: 11
Triggers: 4
Auth: OAuth 2.0 or Custom auth
License: MIT, open source
Updated: October 2026

About the Gmail integration

Add the Gmail piece to a flow, connect your account once, and the rest of the builder can read from it and write to it. Because the piece is open source you can run it on our cloud or self-host it, and combine Gmail with 760+ other apps in the same flow.

Triggers

Start a flow the moment something happens in Gmail

Each trigger below can start a flow on its own, either instantly or on a schedule.

New Email
Triggers when a new email matching the filters arrives.
5 fields
New Labeled Email
Triggers when this label is added to an email.
1 field
New Attachment
Triggers for each attachment on a new email.
6 fields
New Label
Triggers when a new label is created in Gmail.

Actions

Everything Activepieces can do in Gmail

Drop any of these into a flow and fill in the fields. No code is required.

Send Email
Send an email through a Gmail account
12 fields
Request Approval in Email
Send an email with an approval link and pause until it is answered.
11 fields
Reply to Email
Reply to an existing email.
7 fields
Create Draft Reply
Creates a draft reply to an existing email.
8 fields
Get Email
Read one email by its message ID, including attachments.
1 field
Find Email
Search your mailbox; with no filters it returns the latest emails.
12 fields
Create Label
Create a new label in the mailbox.
1 field
Add Label to Email
Apply a label to an email message.
2 fields
Remove Label From Email
Remove a label from an email message.
2 fields
Archive Email
Archive an email message by removing it from the inbox.
1 field
Custom API Call
Make a custom API call to a specific endpoint
10 fields

Use Gmail in a flow

Connect Gmail once and every trigger and action above is yours to drop into the builder, alongside 760+ other apps. Free to start, on our cloud or your own servers.

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Gmail, answered.

Yes. Activepieces is open source and free to start, and the Gmail piece is included on every plan, from the free cloud tier to any self-hosted deployment.