Using Ounie
Connect one Gmail label or one Outlook folder to flow the messages you choose into a brain. Ounie never touches the rest of your mailbox — you decide exactly what comes in.
How to connect#
Go to Settings → Email and sign in with Google or Microsoft OAuth. You then pick one label (Gmail) or one folder(Outlook) to sync. Ounie’s access is scoped to that label or folder — messages outside it are never read. Choose the brain the messages should land in and press Sync now.
The intended pattern is a dedicated label or folder you file things into — newsletters you want to remember, important threads, digests. That filter is what flows into the brain.
What syncs#
Each message becomes one source: subject, sender, date, and body. HTML is converted to clean text. Ounie syncs every hour. Attachments are not included in this version.
Outlook: messages removed from the folder are removed from the brain on the next sync.
Gmail: removing the label from a message does not automatically remove it from the brain. To clear removed messages, press Sync now in Settings, which reconciles what is currently labeled against what is in the brain.
Staying grounded#
Synced messages join the wiki and graph like any other source. Answers cite the message subject and sender so you can trace exactly what the answer is based on. Ounie’s OAuth access is read-only — it can never send, modify, or delete email.
Disconnecting#
Disconnecting from Settings → Email revokes Ounie’s access to your mailbox immediately. Messages already in the brain stay there, but no new messages arrive until you reconnect.