📧 Gmail Integration: Send Emails Directly from Dust

🎯 What is it?

Your Gmail integration on Dust can now send emails directly. Previously, Dust could only read, search your Gmail messages and create drafts. Now your assistant can compose and send emails on your behalf through the Gmail tool.

💡 Why is it useful?

This feature addresses one of our most requested capabilities from customers. It enables your Dust assistants to take action on your behalf, not just retrieve information. You can now automate email workflows, draft responses, and send communications without leaving your conversation with Dust.

⚙ How does it work?

Once enabled, your assistant can use the Gmail "send mail" tool to compose and send emails directly from your Gmail account. The assistant will handle the email composition based on your instructions.

✨ Concrete Use Cases

Here's how you could use it:

Automated follow-ups: Ask your assistant to "send a follow-up email to the prospects who haven't responded in the last 7 days" based on your CRM data and email history.

Quick responses: "Draft and send a thank you email to John after our meeting, mentioning the key points we discussed about the Q1 roadmap."

Batch communications: "Send a weekly summary email to my team with the top 5 updates from our project documentation."

📈 Benefits for you

• Save time: Automate routine email tasks and responses

• Stay in flow: Send emails without switching between tools

• Increase efficiency: Let your assistant handle email drafts and sends based on your knowledge and context

🚀 How to access it?

For existing Gmail tool users: This feature is disabled by default to ensure smooth operations. To enable it, go to Spaces > Tools > Gmail > Send Mail and toggle it on.

For new tool setup: If you're installing a new instance of the Gmail tool now, the send mail feature will be enabled by default.