IMAP

Watch for new emails and copy, move, mark or delete them over IMAP.
Connect it
In Keystile Automations → Connections → New connection, choose IMAP and sign in. Your AI tools and workflows then use it through Keystile; they never see the password or key.How connecting works.
Try it from your AI tool
Using Keystile, in IMAP: delete email (Permanently delete an email).What it can do (19 actions)
| Action | What it does | Changes data |
|---|---|---|
| Archive Emails | Moves emails to the Archive folder. | Yes |
| Copy Email | Copy an email to another folder and keep the original. | Yes |
| Copy Emails | Copies emails into another folder, keeping the originals. | Yes |
| Create Draft | Saves a new draft email in the Drafts folder. | Yes |
| Create Folder | Creates a folder, optionally inside a parent folder. | Yes |
| Delete Email | Permanently delete an email. | |
| Delete Emails Permanently | Permanently deletes emails. This cannot be undone. | |
| Delete Folder | Permanently deletes a folder and the emails in it. | |
| Get Email | Gets the full content of one email, including attachments. | |
| Get Folder Status | Gets message counts and UID information for a folder. | |
| Get Quota | Gets the storage and message quota for a folder. | |
| List Folders | Lists every folder in the mailbox. | |
| Mark Email as Read/Unread | Mark an email as read or unread. | Yes |
| Move Email | Move an email to another folder. | Yes |
| Move Emails | Moves emails from one folder to another. | Yes |
| Move Emails to Trash | Moves emails to the Trash folder. | Yes |
| Rename Folder | Renames or moves a folder to a new path. | Yes |
| Search Emails | Searches a folder and returns matching email summaries, newest first. | |
| Update Email Flags | Marks emails read or unread, flagged or unflagged, answered, and adds or removes keywords. | Yes |
Start a workflow when… (1 triggers)
- New Email — Starts the flow when a new email arrives in a folder.
How Keystile protects it
Every IMAP action is checked before it runs, whether it comes from an AI tool or a workflow. 11 of its actions change data; your rules, limits and budgets decide whether each is allowed, held for a person or stopped, and it all goes into the signed record.
Use IMAP with your AI assistant — safelyClaude, Cursor or ChatGPT do the work; Keystile checks every action first.
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