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Connect your AI assistant to Siftbox via MCP: simple, useful, optional

Siftbox sorts your inbox and explains each classification. It does not draft your replies. If you already use Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor, you can link them to Siftbox to work from your already sorted mail, without leaving the tools you know.

Each tool, its job: triage here, writing elsewhere

Siftbox brings clarity to your inbox: Urgent, Important, To read, To ignore, with a reason per message. Your AI assistant is for drafting, summarising, or cross-checking mail with your CRM, calendar, or documents. You always send from Gmail, Outlook, or your usual client: Siftbox never posts on your behalf.

MCP, explained simply

MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. In plain terms: a standard way for your AI assistant and Siftbox to work together, like a universal plug between two apps you authorise. No copy-pasting emails: Siftbox can share what is useful for triage, within the access you choose.

How it works, in three steps

  • Create your Siftbox account and connect your mailbox (Gmail, Outlook, or IMAP).
  • Open Settings → AI assistants. The module is off by default: turn it on only if you need it.
  • Pick Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor and confirm the connection. Your assistant can then rely on your sorted mail when you ask.

In practice, you can…

  • Ask for this week's Urgent mail and a plan to respond.
  • Prepare a reply using client history in your CRM (via your assistant, not inside Siftbox).
  • Summarise a long thread before you write yourself.
  • Let Siftbox keep sorting while your assistant works on something else.

Why this is not built directly into Siftbox

  • A relevant reply needs your client context (CRM, history), not an isolated email alone.
  • You keep the assistant you prefer: Siftbox does not lock you into one drafting vendor.
  • No generic draft in your inbox: you control the writing tool and can change it.
  • Siftbox stays read-only: no surprise sends from our product.
  • Assistants evolve quickly; linking them is more flexible than rebuilding everything in Siftbox.
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Frequently asked questions

No. The AI assistants module is off by default. Siftbox works very well for sorting and explaining without any link.

No. Siftbox does not draft or send messages. Your assistant helps you prepare; you send from your usual mailbox.

No. The path is guided in Settings → AI assistants. This guide explains the idea; activation is step by step in the app.

Fyxer offers drafts inside the inbox. Siftbox chooses not to: you link the assistant you already use, with your CRM and tools, instead of inbox-only drafting.

Only if you enable the link and only within the access you allow. Third-party assistants have their own terms: read them before connecting. See also Data & transparency.