AI drafts Gmail replies automatically by connecting to your inbox through Google OAuth, watching for new mail in real time via Gmail's Pub/Sub push notifications, classifying each message, and writing a reply in your own tone directly into your Gmail drafts folder — where it waits for you to review and send. Nothing is sent without you clicking send yourself.
How the connection works
Google OAuth — no shared passwords
You connect Gmail the same way you'd connect any other Google-integrated tool: through Google's own sign-in and consent screen. DraftKite never sees or stores your Google password. Google issues a scoped access token limited to the specific permissions you approved, and you can revoke it at any time from your Google Account's security settings — not just from inside DraftKite.
Real-time sync via Gmail Pub/Sub
Rather than polling your inbox every few minutes, DraftKite subscribes to Gmail's Pub/Sub notification service. When a new message lands, Google pushes a lightweight notification the moment it arrives, and DraftKite pulls the actual message content through the Gmail History API. This is why labels and draft replies typically show up within seconds of an email arriving, not minutes later.
What happens to each new email
Auto-labeling
Every incoming message is classified — sales enquiry, support request, invoice, newsletter, and so on — and DraftKite applies a matching Gmail label automatically. This is standard Gmail label functionality; you'll see the same labels in the Gmail app on your phone or in any other client, since nothing proprietary is added to how Gmail stores or displays labels.
Reply drafts in your tone
For messages that call for a reply, DraftKite writes one, learning your vocabulary, sentence length, and sign-off from a sample of your previously sent mail. If you've uploaded product docs, pricing, or an FAQ to your knowledge base, the draft is grounded in those facts rather than a guess. The draft lands in your normal Gmail drafts folder — open it in Gmail, on the web or in the app, edit anything you want, and send it yourself.
What to expect in the first week
Connect your Gmail account and DraftKite starts labeling immediately; drafting quality noticeably improves over the first few days as it sees more of your sent mail and, if you use it, more of your knowledge base. Most users see their first usable draft within minutes of connecting, and a fully pre-sorted inbox from day one. The 7-day free trial (no card required) covers up to 25 drafts and 500 classifications, enough to judge whether the tone and accuracy fit before deciding on a plan.
Privacy and where your data lives
Because DraftKite reads live Gmail content to do any of this, hosting and compliance matter. DraftKite is EU-hosted (Frankfurt) and built around GDPR requirements — connected mailboxes, message classifications, and drafts stay on EU infrastructure. If your organization has specific compliance requirements, confirm these details before connecting a business inbox to any assistant, not just this one.
No draft is ever auto-sent. Every reply DraftKite writes sits in your Gmail drafts folder until you personally review it and press send.
- Connects via Google OAuth — no shared passwords, revocable anytime
- Real-time via Gmail Pub/Sub — labels and drafts within seconds
- Auto-labels every new message using standard Gmail labels
- Drafts replies in your tone, grounded in your knowledge base
- Never sends — every draft waits in Gmail for your approval
- EU-hosted, built around GDPR requirements
Start the 7-day free trial, no card required, and see your Gmail inbox auto-labeled with your first drafted replies waiting for approval today.