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Connect Gmail and OpenAI (ChatGPT, Sora, DALL-E, Whisper) integrations

Supercharge your email workflow by connecting Gmail with OpenAI's powerful AI tools. Automate responses, summarize threads, and create personalized content that converts—all without lifting a finger.

From intelligent email classification to AI-generated replies, these integrations transform how you communicate. Save hours daily while delivering smarter, more engaging messages that resonate with every recipient.

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Create a custom workflow

Transform every Gmail message into an AI-powered opportunity by connecting your inbox to OpenAI's suite of tools—ChatGPT, DALL-E, Whisper, and Sora. Automatically generate intelligent email responses, create stunning visuals, transcribe audio, and produce video content, all triggered directly from incoming messages. Optimize your workflow and harness the full potential of AI without leaving your inbox.

Create a custom workflow

Every automation starts with a trigger and an action. Select one from each app to generate a workflow tailored to your needs.

Gmail
Trigger: Watch emails
OpenAI (ChatGPT, Whisper)
Action: Select an action
1. Select a trigger

  • Triggers when a new email is received in your mailbox.

2. Select an action

  • Analyzes images according to specified instructions.

  • Cancels an "in-progress" batch. The batch will be in status "cancelling" for up to 10 minutes, before changing to "cancelled", where it will have partial results (if any) available in the output file.

  • Creates and executes a batch of API calls.

  • Creates a new skill.

  • Creates a new immutable skill version.

  • Creates a new vector store and optionally adds files to it, or adds files to an existing vector store.

  • Deletes an existing conversation.

  • Deletes an existing model response.

  • Deletes a skill. This action cannot be undone.

  • Deletes a skill version. This action cannot be undone.

  • Deletes a vector store. This action cannot be undone.

  • Downloads a file from a container.

  • Downloads a skill as a ZIP file using its ID.

  • Downloads a skill version as a ZIP file.

  • Creates an edited or extended image given one or more source images and a prompt.

  • Generates a chat completion.

  • Qualifies whether the provided image or text(s) contains violent, hateful, illicit or adult content.

  • Generates a response.

  • Transcribes an audio to text.

  • Translates an audio to English.

  • Creates an embedding vector representing the input text.

  • Generates images using GPT Image.

  • Generates an audio file based on text input and settings.

  • Retrieves details of the specified batch.

  • Retrieves an existing model response.

  • Returns information about a specific skill by its ID.

  • Returns information about a specific skill version.

  • Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.

  • Generates text responses from prompts without requiring an account or connection.

  • Identifies information in a prompt's text and returns it as structured data.

  • Updates the default version pointer for a skill.

  • Uploads a file to be used across the OpenAI platform.

Select a trigger and an action

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Triggers and actions

Connect OpenAI (ChatGPT, Sora, DALL-E, Whisper) as a trigger and Gmail as an action to automate your email workflows. When OpenAI (ChatGPT, Sora, DALL-E, Whisper) receives a new message, it triggers OpenAI to perform actions such as generating email responses with ChatGPT, creating visual content with DALL-E, transcribing voice memos with Whisper, or producing video content with Sora. This integration allows OpenAI (ChatGPT, Sora, DALL-E, Whisper) messages to automatically activate OpenAI's capabilities, enabling you to process emails, analyze content, draft personalized communications, and handle attachments through AI-powered actions triggered directly from your inbox.

Analyze images (Vision)
Analyzes images according to specified instructions.
Action
Cancel a batch
Cancels an "in-progress" batch. The batch will be in status "cancelling" for up to 10 minutes, before changing to "cancelled", where it will have partial results (if any) available in the output file.
Action
Copy an email
Copies an email or a draft into a selected folder.
Action
Create a batch
Creates and executes a batch of API calls.
Action
Create a draft email
Creates a new draft email.
Action
Create a skill
Creates a new skill.
Action
Create a skill version
Creates a new immutable skill version.
Action
Create a vector store or add files
Creates a new vector store and optionally adds files to it, or adds files to an existing vector store.
Action
Delete a conversation
Deletes an existing conversation.
Action
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How to set up Gmail and OpenAI (ChatGPT, Whisper) in 5 easy steps

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Add your app modules to Make

Start by opening your Make scenario and adding the Google Email and OpenAI GPT-3 modules you want to use. When you first add each module, you'll see a prompt to create a connection - this is where you'll link Make to your applications so they can work together automatically.

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Click the connection button

Look for the 'Add' or 'Create a connection' button inside each module's settings. This button is straightforward to spot and clicking it will start the process of connecting Make to your Google Email and OpenAI GPT-3 accounts.

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Name your connection

Give each connection a clear, memorable name like 'My Work Email' or 'OpenAI Main Account'. This helps you identify which connection is which, especially if you end up using multiple accounts or building several automations in the future.

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Authorize access to your applications

For Google Email, you'll sign in through Google's login page and grant Make permission to access your email. For OpenAI GPT-3, you'll need to paste your API key from your OpenAI account into Make's connection field. Both methods create a secure link between Make and your applications.

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Save and start using your connections

After completing the authorization, save your connections by clicking the confirm button. Your connections are now ready to use and will appear in a dropdown menu whenever you add these modules to future scenarios, making it straightforward to build automations without repeating the setup process.

Harness AI-powered email automation with Gmail and OpenAI integration

Optimize your workflow by connecting Gmail with OpenAI to automate responses, summarize threads, classify emails intelligently, and create personalized content that improves engagement and productivity.

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Intelligent email automation

Automatically generate and send personalized email responses using ChatGPT's AI capabilities directly through Gmail, eliminating manual reply writing.

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Smart content summarization

Instantly summarize lengthy email threads with OpenAI and share concise overviews with your team on communication platforms for faster decision-making.

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AI-powered email classification

Automatically categorize and route incoming emails based on sentiment and content analysis, optimizing customer support and workflow management.

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Cross-platform content creation

Transform content from various sources into professional email drafts using ChatGPT, enabling efficient communication across multiple channels.

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By integrating Gmail with OpenAI through Make, you can automate intelligent email responses, summarize long email threads, categorize incoming messages, draft professional replies, and even translate emails into different languages. Make allows you to create workflows where OpenAI's GPT models analyze your Gmail content and perform actions automatically, saving you hours of manual work each week. For example, you can set up a scenario where OpenAI reads incoming customer inquiries and generates appropriate draft responses that you can review and send with one click.

With Make, you can build powerful automations like: automatically generating meeting summaries from email conversations and sending them to participants; creating AI-powered email sorting that categorizes messages based on content and urgency; drafting personalized email responses using OpenAI's language models; extracting key information from emails and adding it to your CRM or spreadsheets; translating international correspondence automatically; and generating professional email templates based on brief notes. Make's visual workflow builder makes it straightforward to connect these applications without coding, allowing you to customize automations to your specific needs.

Not at all! Make is designed for users of all skill levels with its intuitive visual interface. You don't need any coding knowledge to connect Gmail and OpenAI. Make provides pre-built modules for both applications that you simply drag and drop into your workflow. You'll authenticate your Gmail account and add your OpenAI API key, then configure what actions you want to happen. Make also offers ready-made templates for common Gmail and OpenAI integrations that you can use as starting points and customize to your needs. Plus, Make's extensive documentation and active community are available to help you every step of the way.

Using Gmail and OpenAI separately requires constant manual switching between platforms and copying information back and forth. Make eliminates this friction by creating automated workflows that run 24/7 without your intervention. While OpenAI's API has its own pricing and Make has subscription tiers, the time savings and productivity gains typically far outweigh the costs. Make's free tier allows you to explore integrations and build basic automations at no cost, making it straightforward to test the value before committing. Many users find that automating just a few hours of email management per week justifies the investment, and Make's ability to connect Gmail and OpenAI with thousands of other apps creates exponential value as you expand your automation ecosystem.