Quickstart
Get alfred_ running in under 5 minutes. Connect your inbox, add your calendar, and wake up tomorrow with a triaged inbox.
alfred_ is your AI executive assistant — it reads, prioritizes, and drafts replies for your email, manages your calendar, and extracts tasks so you can focus on the work that matters. This page walks you through getting set up in about five minutes.
Prerequisites
Before you start, you’ll need:
- A Gmail or Outlook (Microsoft 365) account — alfred_ connects via OAuth, so we never see your password
- A Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar account
- A modern browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge)
If you’re on a Microsoft 365 work account, your IT admin may need to approve alfred_ before you can connect. We’ll surface a clear message if that’s the case.
Step 1 — Create your account
Head to get-alfred.ai/signup and sign up with one of:
- Email + password
- Google (one-click)
- Microsoft (one-click)
Whichever you choose just creates your alfred_ account — you’ll connect your inbox in the next step.
Step 2 — Connect your inbox
After signup, you’ll land in onboarding. Click Connect Gmail or Connect Outlook. You’ll be redirected to your provider’s OAuth screen, where you’ll grant alfred_ permission to read and send mail on your behalf.
You can connect multiple inboxes — both Gmail and Outlook, primary and secondary accounts — from Settings → Connected Accounts at any time.
Step 3 — Connect your calendar
Same flow as your inbox. alfred_ uses your calendar to:
- Detect scheduling conflicts in incoming meeting requests
- Suggest open times when you need to reply with availability
- Show your day in the Daily Brief
Step 4 — Wait until tomorrow morning
This is the magic part. alfred_ runs your first triage overnight, so when you open the app the next morning you’ll see:
- An inbox triaged by urgency, with noise auto-archived
- Draft replies ready for messages that need a response
- Tasks extracted from emails that contained commitments or asks
- A Daily Brief at the top summarizing what needs your attention today
You don’t need to do anything to trigger this — it just happens.
What’s next
Now that you’re set up, the next thing to learn is how alfred_ decides what’s important. Read How triage works to understand the prioritization model, or jump to Your Daily Brief to see what shows up each morning.