# Connect Gmail and GitHub

> Connect your mailbox and your organization's GitHub so their work syncs into Continual.

Each connection belongs to you or to the organization. Only you see your own,
and what it syncs; everyone sees the organization's.

| Connect | App                             | What syncs                                                                                           |
| ------- | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Gmail   | [Inbox](/docs/apps/inbox)       | Your mailbox's recent threads, as private conversations only you and Continual working for you see   |
| GitHub  | [Projects](/docs/apps/projects) | The repositories both you and the Continual GitHub App can read, with their issues and pull requests |

## Connect an account

<Steps>
  <Step title="Choose where it lives">
    Open **Settings**. For your Gmail, choose **You** under **Continual**. For
    the organization's GitHub, choose **Organization**.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Start the connection">
    Under **Connections**, choose **Connect**. Then choose **Connect Gmail** or
    **Connect GitHub**.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Grant access">
    Continual sends you to Google or GitHub. Sign in and allow access. For
    GitHub, you sign in through the Continual GitHub App.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Come back to Continual">
    You return to Continual, and the sync starts on its own.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The connection shows the account it uses and how its sync is going: **Syncing…**, then **Synced**
with the time. **Settings › Connections** lists every connection you reach, with whose it is.

To include a GitHub organization's repositories, install the Continual GitHub App on that GitHub
organization.

## Fix or remove a connection

- **Needs authorization** means Continual cannot reach the account. Choose **Authorize** and sign in
  again.
- To remove a connection, choose its delete button, then **Disconnect**. What it synced into the
  connection, such as email conversations, is removed. Records it synced into the organization
  stay.

**Coming**: reach Continual from other places you work, such as Slack and email.

## Next steps

<Cards>
  <Card title="Inbox" href="/docs/apps/inbox" icon="inbox">
    How your email becomes conversations.
  </Card>
  <Card
    title="Plan and run a project"
    href="/docs/guides/run-a-project"
    icon="folder"
  >
    Plan tasks and let the scheduler time them.
  </Card>
</Cards>