Documentation
Welcome to Bertram
What Bertram is, and the fastest path to a calmer inbox.
Bertram is an AI email manager. It sits on top of your Gmail or Outlook account and does the busywork — summarizing long threads, drafting replies, flagging what actually needs you, extracting action items into a task list, chasing the people who never wrote back, and keeping your calendar in the same place as your mail.
Your mailbox stays where it is. Bertram reads from your provider and writes back to it — there is no separate inbox to migrate to, and nothing is sent on your behalf without your say-so.
The 60-second version
- Connect an account. Authorize Gmail or Outlook from Settings → Integrations. Your inbox loads within seconds.
- Work the inbox. Read, reply, archive — with AI summaries, draft replies, and priority markers on tap.
- Let the assistant carry the rest. A daily briefing, a todo list Bertram can fill from your mail, and a follow-up tracker for the threads people forgot to answer.
Two keys worth learning today
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Reading order
New here? Follow this section in order: connect an account, then take the tour of the dashboard. Everything else can wait until you need it.