---
title: "SIA for Gmail"
description: "Send candidate emails as yourself, directly from SIA Chat"
canonical_url: https://senseloaf.guides.markdrop.in/sia-connectors/sia-for-gmail
last_updated: 2026-11-01
site: "Senseloaf"
index: https://senseloaf.guides.markdrop.in/llms.txt
---

# SIA for Gmail

Without Gmail connected, emails drafted by SIA go out from a generic system address the candidate doesn't recognise, in a thread disconnected from your inbox. Connecting Gmail changes that — SIA sends it as you. Your name appears in the *From* field, the message lands in your *Sent* folder, and any reply comes straight back to your inbox. Candidates never see a no-reply address, and you never lose track of the conversation.

### Connecting Gmail

[Video: Connecting Gmail](https://senseloaf.guides.markdrop.in/docs-assets/import/sia-connectors/sia-for-gmail/connecting-gmail.mp4)

* In Chat, open [**Connectors**](https://sia.senseloaf.ai/settings/connectors) from the sidebar
* Find the **Gmail** card and click **Connect Gmail**
* A Google sign-in tab opens — sign in with the account whose Gmail you want SIA to use
* Google shows you exactly what access is being requested (sending and reading email only). Review it and click **Allow**
* You're redirected back to Chat and the card now reads **Connected**

> **Note**
>
> NOTE: Google Calendar, Gmail, and Google Drive are each separate connections. Connecting one doesn't grant the others, and disconnecting one doesn't affect the rest.

### What you can do once connected

Once Gmail is connected, SIA can handle candidate email the way you'd write it yourself — without retyping the same message each time:

* **Draft emails using a candidate's actual context** — their profile, interview notes, and match score all feed into what SIA writes, so the email isn't generic
* **Send from your own address** — with cc/bcc if needed, and replies threading correctly back into the same conversation
* **Attach the candidate's resume automatically** — no downloading from one place and re-uploading it into an email
* **Save a draft instead of sending right away** — SIA can leave it in your Gmail Drafts folder so you can review, tweak, or send it later
* **Read a candidate's emailed attachments** — for example, a take-home assignment they sent in  and assess it as part of their evaluation

#### Try it in SIA Chat

```text wrap title="Invite for an in-person interview"
Email the top match for {Job Name} to invite them for an in-person interview, with the address and time.
```

```text wrap title="Send rejection emails"
Draft a respectful and concise rejection email for [candidate_name]
```

```text wrap title="Draft a respectful and concise rejection email for \[candidate\_name]"
Draft a [type of email] for [candidate_name] about [purpose]. Keep the tone [warm / concise / formal].
```

[Video: Try it with SIA Chat](https://senseloaf.guides.markdrop.in/docs-assets/import/sia-connectors/sia-for-gmail/try-it-with-sia-chat.mp4)

### A few things to note

**Nothing is ever sent without your approval.** SIA always shows you the finished email — subject, body, and recipients — before it goes out. You review and confirm before anything is sent.

**SIA can't search your whole mailbox.** Reading is limited to a specific candidate's emails. For example, an attachment the candidate sent in.

[Video: SIA showing the drafted email and waiting for explicit approval before sending](https://senseloaf.guides.markdrop.in/docs-assets/import/sia-connectors/sia-for-gmail/sia-showing-the-drafted-email-and-waiting-for-explicit-appro.mp4)

### Disconnecting Gmail

1. Go to [**Connectors**](https://sia.senseloaf.ai/settings/connectors) in the sidebar
2. On the Gmail card, click **Disconnect**

This revokes Gmail access immediately. SIA can no longer send, read, or draft anything through your Gmail account until it's reconnected.