Link email access without giving full credentials

A user connected Grok Bot to two Gmail accounts with read-and-draft permissions, then used it for a daily inbox summary while avoiding full personal access.

Done with Grok Bot· Intermediate

What they did
They linked both a personal Gmail account and a work Gmail account to Grok Bot, then used the connector’s 31 tools to keep access narrow. Read and draft were enabled, send stayed off, and a 9am routine produced a morning inbox digest. When the bot asked for full access to the personal inbox, they requested a different option and it suggested a Google Cloud project with limited permissions instead.
How it went
The setup worked well enough for a daily email briefing, and they never gave over full personal credentials. A separate Chrome Teach-a-Task test failed in the cloud because it ran into a CAPTCHA and could not complete.
Tips
If you want limited access, ask the agent to show the exact permissions before you turn anything on. Be aware that there is no free tier, and access starts with SuperGrok Heavy or Cursor plans.

Try it yourself with Grok Bot

Help me connect you to my email account using the narrowest permissions possible. I want to use [Gmail/another provider] with [read-only/read-and-draft/limited folder or label access], and I do not want to share my full password if there is another way. Show me the setup one step at a time, explain what each permission does, and pause for my approval before you enable anything that could send, delete, change, or submit email. After setup, summarize my last [number] messages from [sender/label/folder].

Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.

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