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AI agents for Nylas

Read, search and send email and manage the calendar of a mailbox connected to your Nylas application (Gmail, Microsoft 365, IMAP, Exchange and more).

Actions
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Read
6
Write
2

Actions

What your agents can do in Nylas

Read, search and send email and manage the calendar of a mailbox connected to your Nylas application (Gmail, Microsoft 365, IMAP, Exchange and more): list and read messages and threads, send and reply, list and create events, check free/busy time and look up contacts.

Read 6

Look things up. Nothing changes.

  • List or search messages

    Lists the mailbox's messages, newest first, at data[]: each with id, thread_id, subject, from, to, cc, date (Unix time), unread, starred, snippet, folders and attachments.

  • Read a message

    Reads one message by ID, at data, with its full HTML body, from, to, cc, reply_to, subject, date, thread_id and attachments (name, size and ID).

  • List conversations

    Lists email threads (conversations), latest activity first, at data[]: each with id, subject, participants, message_ids, latest_message_received_date, unread, snippet and latest_draft_or_message.

  • List calendar events

    Lists events on a calendar (the primary one by default) between two times, at data[].

  • Check free/busy time

    Reads when people are busy between two times, to find a meeting slot.

  • Find contacts

    Lists the mailbox's contacts at data[], optionally only the one with an email address or phone number: each with id, given_name, surname, emails, phone_numbers, company_name and job_title.

Write 2

Create, change or send.

  • Send an email

    Sends an email from the connected mailbox to one or more people, with CC, subject and an HTML (or plain text) body; to reply in a thread give the original message's ID.

  • Create a calendar event

    Creates an event on a calendar (the primary one by default) with a title, start and end, time zone, location, description and participants, optionally with an auto-created Google Meet.

A person can approve first

Any write action can be set to wait for a person's approval before it runs, so an agent asks before it changes anything.

Connection

How it connects

Connect it once in the console, then give it to the agents and workflows that need it.

API key

Paste an API key from your Nylas account.

What you enter

  • API key

Settings

  • Data region
  • Grant ID

Kept safe

  • Credentials are stored encrypted with your organization's own keys.
  • They are opened only by the process that makes the call, at the moment it runs, and never go into a prompt or the browser.
  • Calls go only to the tool's own servers.

How we protect your data

Ideas

Ideas to start with

Starting points made only from the actions above. Mix them with any other tool your agents can use.

  • 01

    Ask about your Nylas data

    Ask a question in plain words. The agent can list or search messages, read a message or list conversations in Nylas, then answers with what it found.

  • 02

    Let an agent update Nylas

    Have the agent send an email or create a calendar event in Nylas as part of a larger task. Turn on approval and a person signs off on each change first.

  • 03

    Work from your CRM

    Give one agent HubSpot and Nylas: it can search contacts in HubSpot and send an email in Nylas in the same run.

FAQ

Nylas and MyDeepAgents

Can MyDeepAgents connect to Nylas?

Yes. The Nylas connector has 8 actions: 6 read and 2 make changes. Your agents can call them as tools, and your workflows can run them as steps.

How do I connect Nylas?

Paste an API key from your Nylas account. You'll need: API key. The connection also asks for: Data region and Grant ID. Credentials are stored encrypted with your organization's own keys and are opened only at the moment of a call.

Can an agent change data in Nylas without asking?

Only if you let it. Each of the 2 actions that change data can be set to wait for a person's approval before it runs.

Can I use Nylas in workflows as well as agents?

Yes. Every Nylas action also works as a step in a workflow, and the same connection serves your agents and your workflows.

Early access

Put Nylas to work

Connect it in a few minutes, give an agent the actions it needs, and decide which changes wait for a person.