> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Email & your inbox

> Your assistant works inside the connected mailbox

Once a workspace is connected, your assistant doesn't just *have* an email
address — it can work **inside the mailbox**: reading what's arrived,
searching years of history, summarizing what matters, and sending mail on the
account's behalf.

## What your assistant can do

* **Read recent mail** — "anything important in my inbox this morning?" gets
  you a short, prioritized summary rather than a wall of unread counts.
* **Search the mailbox** — find that thread from March, the attachment a
  client sent, or every message from a particular sender. Full mailbox search
  is available, not just recent messages.
* **Read full messages** — including complete bodies and threads, so its
  summaries and answers reflect what was actually said.
* **Send and reply** — compose new mail with to/cc/bcc, or reply within an
  existing thread so conversations stay properly grouped.
* **Draft for review** — ask for a draft reply and approve it before
  anything is sent.

## Whose name is on the email?

It depends on the account you connected — which is why [whose account gets
connected](/workspace/overview#whose-account-gets-connected) matters:

* **T-W1N** is connected to *your* account, so mail it sends from your
  workspace comes **from you**. It's your digital twin acting in your name —
  ideal for drafting replies, chasing threads, and keeping your inbox under
  control.
* **A hired assistant** has its own dedicated account, so it sends as
  **itself** — a named team member with its own address. That mailbox is also
  where it receives mail, as covered in
  [Communication → Email](/communication/email).

## A taste of it, right after connecting

During onboarding, the first thing your assistant does with a fresh workspace
connection is prove it's useful: it reads your recent mail and sends back a
short summary, then offers to draft a reply to anything notable. That pattern
— *summarize, then offer one helpful next step* — is how it approaches your
inbox generally.

<Tip>
  Inbox triage makes a great recurring task: ask your assistant to summarize
  your inbox every morning at 8am, flagging anything that needs a reply.
</Tip>