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Set it up in a minute.

Each one is a few taps. On a phone, everything starts at Menu (top right). On a laptop, use More or your name at the top right.

ProPersonal or work Outlook

Connect Outlook

  1. Phone: tap Menu, then Settings. Laptop: tap your name at the top right.
  2. Under Connect, tap Connect Outlook.
  3. Tap Sign in with Microsoft and approve.
  4. New emails that ask you for something show up as suggested tasks. Tap Add or Ignore.

Work accounts may need IT to approve Brinkboard first. Brinkboard reads the subject, the sender and the body text only. Never attachments. To stop, open the same menu and tap Outlook: connected, then Disconnect.

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ProAny email: Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, work

Forward emails to Brink

  1. Phone: tap Menu, then Settings. Laptop: tap your name at the top right.
  2. Tap Forward emails to Brink.
  3. Copy your own forwarding address. It is only for you.
  4. Forward an email to that address. A real request shows up as a suggested task.
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iPhone app onlyBeta

Set up texts to tasks

  1. In the iPhone app, tap Menu, then Settings.
  2. Tap Set up texts to tasks.
  3. Follow the Shortcuts steps once. It sets up an iPhone Shortcut automation for one person.
  4. After that, a text from that person that asks you for something becomes a suggested task. Tap Add or Ignore.

This is an iPhone Shortcut, not a forward. It does not work on a laptop or Android.

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Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot or Gemini

Connect Brink to your AI

  1. Phone: tap Menu, then Settings. Laptop: tap your name at the top right.
  2. Tap Connect Brink to your AI and follow the steps for your AI app.
  3. In your AI app, add Brinkboard. You may need a paid plan there.
  4. Ask your AI, for example: “Go through my inbox this week and add my tasks to Brink.” You see the list before anything is added.

Brinkboard does not read Gmail itself. Gmail works only through your AI. Works best with Claude.

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Pro

Translate

  1. Phone: tap Menu, then Settings. Laptop: tap your name at the top right.
  2. Under Display, tap Language.
  3. Pick your language. Tasks and updates show in it.

People you hand off to need no setup. They read in their own language for free.

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Free: 1 a dayMore is Pro

Paste notes

  1. Tap New task, then Paste notes. Laptop: you can also use More > Paste notes.
  2. Paste meeting notes or a family chat.
  3. Check the list. Each task has a name. Add the ones you want.
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Pro

My week

  1. Phone: tap Menu, then My week. Laptop: More > My week.
  2. Read your summary. Switch to the version for your boss.
  3. Edit it, then copy and send it.

My week shows once there is a week to show.

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Pro

Ask your board

  1. Phone: tap Ask Brink at the top. Laptop: More > Ask your board.
  2. Type a question in plain words, for example “What’s due Friday?”
  3. Read the answer.
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iPhone app only

Buying Pro

  1. New accounts get the AI extras free for 60 days. No card.
  2. After that, open the iPhone app and tap Menu, then Settings.
  3. Under Account, tap Buy a month of Pro. Or tap Get Pro when a Pro feature asks.
  4. It is $1.99 for one month. Nothing renews.

Your board, assigning, groups, chat, Nudge, Siri and kids stay free.

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