Connect OpenAI dots to LotsMail
Ask OpenAI dots to read, search and draft replies in your LotsMail business inbox. Use the LotsMail REST API from OpenAI dots’s computer with an API key.
LotsMail REST API reference
https://api.lotsmail.to/docsOr let OpenAI dots guide the setup: send it this prompt
Read https://lotsmail.to/skill.md and help me connect LotsMail for you.What OpenAI dots can do with LotsMail
Once connected, OpenAI dots can:
- Read and search your mailboxes: list conversations by folder, open a whole conversation and find messages by person, subject or text.
- Write drafts and reply drafts that wait in Drafts for you to review and send.
- Send, reply and send a draft, once you have turned sending on for that mailbox, and check whether each message was delivered.
- Mark messages read or unread, star them and move them between inbox, archive, trash and spam.
- Start domain setup and show how your domains are paid for. Domains, DNS, team access and agent permissions stay yours, in the dashboard.
The LotsMail dashboard does the whole job too: a full inbox on every device, plus domains, mailboxes, team and agent permissions. Your agent for speed, the dashboard for control.
You need
- A ChatGPT account with dots access
- A cloud or connected computer available to your dot
- A LotsMail API key
- A LotsMail account. You can create one during sign-in.
Connect OpenAI dots to LotsMail
Create your LotsMail API key
Sign in to the LotsTech API page and create an API key. Your dot will use it to access LotsMail.
https://www.lotstech.com/apiGive your dot the API instructions
Ask your dot to use the REST API from its computer. Share the prompt below, then provide the key privately in the task environment, rather than in the conversation.
Use https://api.lotsmail.to/docs to connect LotsMail from your computer. Read the API reference, authenticate with my privately configured LOTSMAIL_API_KEY and list my LotsMail mailboxes. Never include the key in messages or logs.Give your dot the brief
Tell your dot what to work on in LotsMail. For recurring work, put the brief in the dot’s instructions. Start with read-only requests, then let it make changes.
What to ask next
- “What came in for sales@ today? Summarise anything that needs a reply.”
- “Draft a reply to the latest message from the supplier and leave it for me to check.”
- “Find last month’s invoice from our supplier and tell me the amount and due date.”
- “Check whether my last email to Acme was delivered.”
If something goes wrong
- My dot cannot access the API key
- The dot’s cloud computer has its own environment. A key saved on your laptop is not automatically available there. Open the assigned computer or use a connected local computer, and configure the key privately for the task.
Steps checked on 1 October 2026 against OpenAI: computers and apps for dots and OpenAI: dot tasks and memory.
Pricing
Current plans and prices are on https://lotsmail.to/pricing. Your agent’s own plan or usage fees are separate.
OpenAI dots and LotsMail: questions
How do I connect OpenAI dots to LotsMail?
Use the LotsMail REST API from OpenAI dots’s computer. Create an API key at https://www.lotstech.com/api, configure it privately for the task and share https://api.lotsmail.to/docs with your agent. Ask it for something read-only first.
Does LotsMail include its own always-on agent?
Your dot handles the recurring work. This guide connects its computer to the LotsMail REST API. LotsMail holds your business mailboxes, conversations and drafts and returns results to your dot.
Do I need an API key to use LotsMail with OpenAI dots?
Yes. Create one at https://www.lotstech.com/api and keep it out of chats, logs and committed files. Where OpenAI dots offers sign-in, use that instead.
What does LotsMail cost?
Current plans and prices are on https://lotsmail.to/pricing. Your agent’s own plan or usage fees are separate.
Can my agent send email without me?
Only if you turn on sending for that mailbox. Sending is off until you do. With read or draft access your agent can search, read and write drafts that wait in Drafts for you to review and send.
Which mailboxes can my agent open?
Only the mailboxes you can open yourself. For each one you choose what agents may do: read and search, write drafts, or send. Owners do not get private mailboxes by default.
Can I limit who my agent emails?
Yes. A mailbox can be restricted to a list of addresses it may send to, and any other recipient refuses the whole send. Only a workspace owner or admin changes restrictions, in the dashboard.
Can my agent change my domain or DNS?
No. It can start domain setup, which gives you the steps and the dashboard link. Domains, DNS, billing, team access and agent permissions stay with you, in the dashboard.
My dot cannot access the API key
The dot’s cloud computer has its own environment. A key saved on your laptop is not automatically available there. Open the assigned computer or use a connected local computer, and configure the key privately for the task.
