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Connect Gmail to Perplexity

Perplexity does the research; Gmail delivers it and sends what you write with it. Connect them to get a sourced news digest each morning, a brief on every new lead, drafts to review, and welcome emails that mention something real about the person's company.
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Ideas

What you can do with Gmail and Perplexity

Research-backed digests, lead briefs, drafts and welcome emails delivered through Gmail. These are ready-made starting points. Anything else you can describe works too.
Daily

Get a sourced news digest on your topics every morning

Every morning a short newsletter on your chosen topics arrives in your inbox, with each story linked to its source.

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Weekly

Get a researched LinkedIn draft in your inbox every Monday

Every Monday a trending topic in your field is researched and a LinkedIn post draft arrives in your inbox for you to edit and post.

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The moment it happens

Get a one-page brief on every new lead

When a new lead comes in, Perplexity researches the company and you get a one-page brief by email before you reach out.

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The moment it happens

Send new sign-ups a welcome email that mentions their company

Each new sign-up gets a welcome email from your Gmail that refers to their company and how they might use your product.

See how it works Your own logic

Any other automation you can describe in words

Your own rules, schedule and AI steps with Gmail and Perplexity, plus any other app. Describe it and your assistant builds it.

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Build your own

Build any Gmail and Perplexity automation you can describe

The ideas above are ready-made starting points, not a fixed list. Describe what should happen between Gmail and Perplexity in your own words, with your conditions, other apps or an AI step, and your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.

  • Your own rules

    Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.

  • Any number of apps

    One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.

  • AI where it helps

    Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.

  • On a schedule or on each event

    Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

For example, ask your assistant

Only include news from the last 24 hours and skip topics with nothing new.

When I email myself "research: <topic>", reply in the same thread with a sourced answer.

Use cases

Why people connect Gmail and Perplexity

How the two apps work together

  • A schedule or a check every few minutes reads Gmail for requests or runs daily.
  • The script asks Perplexity your question and gets a sourced answer.
  • It sends the answer from your Gmail address.

  • Professionals following their field

    A daily researched briefing on chosen topics arrives with sources. Reading takes five minutes.

  • Founders preparing for meetings

    An email before each meeting gives a researched profile of the company. Meetings start informed.

  • Writers getting researched drafts

    Topics emailed to yourself come back as drafts with sources. Writing starts faster.

  • Sales reps researching leads

    New lead emails get a research summary reply. Reps know who they talk to.

More apps

Gmail, Perplexity and other apps in one automation

An automation isn't limited to two apps. Add the next step in another app and it runs as part of the same automation.

Meeting prep

30 minutes before each Google Calendar meeting with an external guest, research their company with Perplexity and email me a brief.

Log research

Log every Perplexity research email to my Google Sheet with topic and sources.

Share the briefing

Send my daily Perplexity briefing to my Gmail and post a short version to #team.

Setup

Connect Gmail and Perplexity once

Every idea on this page uses the same two connections, so you set them up once. If one is missing, your assistant tells you and links to the right place.

Gmail

Email

  1. At console.cloud.google.com, create a project and enable the Gmail API under APIs & Services → Library.
  2. Set up the OAuth consent screen. On Google Workspace choose Internal. On a personal Gmail account choose External, then under Audience click Publish app so it is In production, not Testing.
  3. Under Data Access, add the scopes you need, such as https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.modify, or gmail.send if you only want to send.
  4. Under Clients, create an OAuth client of type Web application with the redirect URI https://clickruntime.com/oauth/callback.
  5. In the ClickRuntime dashboard, open Connections, choose Gmail and enter the client ID and secret. On a personal account Google shows an unverified-app screen: click Advanced, then go to your app.

Perplexity

AI / Search LLM

  1. Open the Perplexity API Portal at console.perplexity.ai and choose the project that should pay for the calls.
  2. Go to API Keys and generate a new key. It starts with pplx-.
  3. In the ClickRuntime dashboard, open Connections & secrets and save the key as a secret for Perplexity.

FAQ

Questions about connecting Gmail and Perplexity

Which address sends the emails?
Your own Gmail or Google Workspace address. Digests and briefs can go only to you; welcome emails go to the new contact.
Do I need a Perplexity account?
Yes. Save your Perplexity API key in your ClickRuntime dashboard; each request uses credits from your plan.
Are sources shown?
Yes. Digests and briefs list the links Perplexity used, so you can open and check them.
Can I change the topics later?
Yes. Ask your AI assistant to change the topics, the time or who receives the emails, and approve the change.
Can I request research by email?
Yes. Email yourself with a set subject and the script replies with the answer.
Can it send to a team?
Yes. Add the addresses you want.
Are links clickable?
Yes. Sources are included as links in the email.

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