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Connect your Gmail inbox
- Select Sign in with Google and choose the Gmail account that receives your lead emails.
- Google shows a screen that says Google hasn't verified this app. That is expected while Google finishes reviewing us. Select Advanced, then the link at the bottom that starts with Go to.
- On the next Google screen, tick the box to let us view your email, then select Continue.
What to expect: You land on your dashboard with a confirmation and the inbox shows as Active. We then look over the last two weeks of mail to learn what your lead emails look like.
If something is off
- If you see a message that read access was not granted, start again and tick the email box on the Google screen.
- If you see a message that this account is not on the list, sign in with the email address your provider set up for you, or ask them to add it.
- If you do not see Advanced on the unverified screen, make sure the page is fully loaded and scroll down.
What we can and cannot do with your inbox
- Right after you connect, we look over the last two weeks of mail once to learn what your lead emails look like. We keep only the sender, subject and a short preview of each email, and delete them after 30 days.
- After that, we read only messages that match your lead rules, such as website form notifications. Everything else is ignored.
- Access is read only. We never send, delete, archive, label or change any email.
- You can disconnect at any time from your dashboard or from your Google account settings.
- Your Google access key is encrypted before it is stored, and we keep lead details, not full email bodies.
What to expect: Your inbox looks exactly the same as before. The only change is that leads appear on your dashboard.
If something is off
- To review or remove access from Google directly, visit myaccount.google.com/permissions.
Disconnect an inbox
- Open your dashboard and find the inbox under Connected inboxes.
- Select Disconnect. We revoke our access at Google right away.
What to expect: The inbox shows as Revoked and no new emails are read. Leads already captured stay on your dashboard until you ask us to delete them.
If something is off
- To reconnect later, open your invite link again and sign in.
- To delete captured leads, email ariel@cuttheedge.com from an owner address.
Lead statuses
- New: just arrived and passed every check.
- Needs review: something was missing or unclear. See Needs review.
- Ready: checked by a person and ready for follow up.
- Contacted, Replied, Booked: track your follow up as it happens.
- Closed: finished, for any reason. Opted out: asked not to be contacted.
What to expect: Change a status from the dropdown on any lead. The change saves immediately and is recorded.
If something is off
- If a change does not stick, refresh the page and try again. Signing out and back in also helps.
Why a lead needs review
- A lead goes to review when a required detail is missing, when there is no usable email or phone number, or when it may belong to an existing lead.
- The Review reasons column says exactly what was off.
- Open the original email in Gmail, fix up your records, then set the status to Ready or Closed.
What to expect: Nothing is dropped silently. Anything the agent is unsure about lands here for a person to decide.
If something is off
- If many leads need review for the same reason, your lead form may have changed. Tell your provider so the rules can be updated.
Check inbox now
- The agent checks connected inboxes automatically every few minutes.
- Select Check inbox now to run a check immediately, for example right after a test inquiry.
What to expect: A summary shows how many emails were checked, how many leads were added, and how many need review.
If something is off
- If the check fails, the inbox may need reconnecting. Look for an Error status under Connected inboxes.
- Emails that do not match your lead rules are counted as skipped. That is normal.
The two-week inbox scan
- When an inbox is first connected, we look over its last 14 days of incoming mail once.
- Simple rules set aside mail that is clearly not a lead, like receipts, newsletters, calendar invites and auto-replies.
- Everything else gets a quick AI check that sorts it into looks like a lead, unsure, or not a lead.
- Nothing is added to your leads list from this scan. It only shows us what your lead emails look like so the rules can be set up.
What to expect: Grouped by sender, so you can say which senders are real leads (for example your website form or a booking service) and which are noise.
If something is off
- If the scan says Failed, the inbox may need reconnecting. Reconnect it, then select Scan last 14 days again.
- We keep only the sender, subject and a short preview, and delete them after 30 days.