connecting apps
hook up gmail and calendar, connect hundreds more apps right from chat, plug in coding agents like cursor, and add any mcp server.
folk is most useful when it can reach into the tools you already use. connect an app once, and folk can read and act on it for you — no copy-pasting, no switching windows. you just keep texting.
there are three ways folk connects to things:
from your dashboard
a curated set of popular apps you can connect with one tap.
right from chat
ask folk to do something and it'll connect the app for you — hundreds are available.
custom & developer
coding agents like cursor, plus any mcp server you point folk at.
the big two: gmail & calendar
these are the ones most people connect first, and folk offers them during setup. once they're linked you can text things like:
what's on my calendar tomorrow?
did the landlord ever reply to my email?
put dinner with priya on friday at 7
folk reads your schedule, finds and summarizes emails, drafts replies, and adds events — always checking with you before it sends or books anything.
skipped these during setup? open your dashboard at getfolk.app → settings → connections and add them anytime.
connect from your dashboard
your dashboard has a connections page with one-tap connections for the apps people reach for most:
- gmail — read, search, draft, and send email
- google calendar — see your schedule, create and move events
- google drive, docs, sheets, slides — find files, read and edit documents
- google tasks — manage your to-dos
- outlook — email and calendar, the microsoft way
- microsoft teams — messages and channels
- notion — pages and databases
- slack — messages and channels
- todoist — tasks and projects
- github — issues, pull requests, repos
- linear — issues and projects
- strava — folk can see your activities and training
each one connects securely — you sign in on the app's own page, and folk never sees your password.
connect hundreds more — from chat
here's the part people miss: the dashboard is just the popular shortlist. folk can reach hundreds of apps beyond it, and the easiest way is to simply ask.
add this to my notion reading list
create a hubspot contact for the person who just emailed me
file a jira ticket for that bug
if the app isn't connected yet, folk sends you a secure connection link. you tap it, sign in on that one page, and from then on folk can do that thing for you. you only connect each app once.
apps folk can reach from chat
beyond the dashboard set, folk can connect things like hubspot, salesforce, jira, shopify, stripe, airtable, asana, quickbooks, and many more. just ask for what you want — if there's a way to do it, folk will offer the link.
code from your texts
if you write code, folk can ship work for you straight from a text message — kick off a task, check on it, and follow up, all without opening your laptop:
add dark mode to my portfolio repo and open a pr
what's the status on that fix you were working on?
folk works on its own cloud computer, so it can read repos, write code, and run things in the background while you get on with your day.
plug in your coding agent
want the work to run on a dedicated coding agent on your own account? folk connects to those too. cursor cloud agents are wired up directly — paste your cursor api key in your dashboard and install the cursor github app, and from then on folk can hand tasks to cursor on your repos.
other coding agents and dev tools connect the same way most things do: through mcp (below). if your coding agent or platform publishes an mcp server, point folk at it and it becomes another tool folk can use from your texts.
this whole section is for people who write code. if that's not you, skip it — folk works great without ever touching a repo.
any mcp server
folk speaks mcp (model context protocol), the open standard for giving ai tools. that means if a service publishes an mcp server, you can plug it into folk — even if it's not in our app list.
add it
in your dashboard → settings → connections, add a custom mcp server (a name and its url, plus a key if it needs one). or just tell folk in chat.
use it
folk picks up the new tools automatically. if you've just added one and folk
hasn't noticed yet, send /reload-mcp to refresh its connected apps.