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The AI Email Assistant for Gmail That Lives in iMessage

An AI email assistant for Gmail is a service that connects to your Gmail account via OAuth, processes incoming messages on your behalf, and surfaces only the emails that need your attention. Sifta is the AI email assistant for Gmail built specifically for people who want their inbox handled, not managed. Connect your Gmail in under 2 minutes via secure Google OAuth and Sifta begins reading, classifying, and summarizing every incoming email, texting you the priorities directly in iMessage.

Sifta integrates with Gmail using Google's official OAuth and Gmail API, the same secure standard that powers all trusted Gmail integrations. No password is ever shared with Sifta, and you can revoke access at any time from your Google Account security settings. Real-time delivery is powered by Gmail's Pub/Sub push notifications, so important emails reach your phone within seconds of landing in your inbox rather than minutes later. Sifta works with personal Gmail accounts and Google Workspace business accounts. There is no Chrome extension to install, no Gmail add-on to maintain, and nothing changes inside Gmail itself. The Gmail interface you already know stays exactly as it is, and Sifta adds an AI layer on top that texts you what matters and silently archives the rest. Workspace admins can grant access at the domain level for a controlled rollout across a team.

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Quick Answer

Sifta is an AI email assistant for Gmail that connects to your account via secure Google OAuth, monitors every incoming message using Gmail Pub/Sub push notifications, and sends iMessage alerts to your iPhone for the emails that genuinely need your attention. Sifta does not require a Chrome extension, a Gmail account migration, or any change to how you currently use Gmail. It works entirely in the background and delivers results to your existing Messages app.

Sound Familiar?

Gmail's built-in Priority Inbox and Smart Categories are too generic, they catch CC'd newsletters and miss the customer email you actually needed.

Gmail mobile push notifications fire for every email, so you've stopped trusting them and turned them off entirely.

Gmail extensions (Boomerang, Streak, Mixmax) add features inside Gmail but still require you to be in Gmail to benefit from them.

You want an AI to handle your Gmail inbox, but most AI email tools require yet another dashboard or app to check.

How Sifta Fixes This

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Sifta connects to your Gmail account via secure Google OAuth in under 2 minutes, no password shared, no Chrome extension required, no inbox migration needed.

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An AI model reads every incoming Gmail message in real time using Gmail Pub/Sub push notifications, classifies it for importance, and summarizes the top-priority ones.

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Important Gmail messages get pushed to your iPhone as iMessages within seconds; everything else is archived silently to your Gmail All Mail folder where it stays searchable.

How Sifta Works

1

Sign in with Google

Click "Connect Gmail" and complete Google's OAuth flow. Setup takes under 2 minutes and no password is ever shared with Sifta.
2

Sifta starts monitoring your inbox

Using Gmail Pub/Sub push notifications, Sifta is notified of every incoming email in real time and classifies each one immediately.
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Important Gmail messages are summarized

AI generates a 2-3 sentence summary of every high-priority email: who it's from, what they need, and how urgent it is.
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Summaries arrive via iMessage

You get a text on your iPhone within seconds of the email landing in your Gmail inbox.
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Noise is archived to All Mail

Newsletters, promotions, and notifications are archived to your Gmail All Mail folder, out of your inbox view but fully searchable.

What You Get

Connects to Gmail via secure Google OAuth in under 2 minutes

Real-time delivery via Gmail Pub/Sub, alerts within seconds

Works with personal Gmail and Google Workspace accounts

Nothing changes in Gmail itself, no extension, no migration

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Sifta require sharing my Google password? +

No, Sifta never asks for or stores your Google password. Sifta connects to Gmail using Google's official OAuth standard, the same secure protocol used by every trusted Gmail integration. You can revoke Sifta's access at any time from your Google Account security settings.

Does Sifta read my Sent mail or Drafts? +

No, Sifta only reads incoming messages in your Gmail inbox. Sent mail, Drafts, Trash, and other folders are not accessed. The OAuth scopes Sifta requests are limited to what's required to read incoming mail and apply labels.

Will it work with Google Workspace business accounts? +

Yes, Sifta works with both personal Gmail accounts and Google Workspace business accounts. The OAuth flow is identical, and admin approval can be granted per-user or domain-wide depending on your Workspace settings.

How fast are alerts after an email arrives in Gmail? +

Sifta uses Gmail's Pub/Sub push notifications, so important emails reach your iPhone via iMessage typically within 5-15 seconds of arriving in your Gmail inbox, not minutes.

How is this different from a Gmail extension like Boomerang? +

Sifta is fundamentally different from Gmail extensions like Boomerang or Mixmax: those tools add features inside Gmail that you still have to open Gmail to use. Sifta does the inbox work for you and pushes the priorities to iMessage, so you don't have to open Gmail at all.

Let Sifta handle Gmail. Get the priorities texted to your phone.

Sifta is in early access at $49/month. Works with Gmail and Outlook. Setup takes 2 minutes.