# Email AI Agent Integration | Novu

> Give your AI agent an email presence for detailed, asynchronous conversations with threaded context, actions, and durable history.

Canonical: https://novu.co/integrations/email-agent/

Markdown: https://novu.co/integrations/email-agent.md

Give your agent an email presence for detailed, asynchronous conversations.

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<IntegrationSection title="Overview" icon="eye">
  Email supports conversations that need more space, asynchronous follow-up, and
  a durable record. Novu Connect lets users communicate with your existing agent
  through email while preserving the conversation thread across replies.
</IntegrationSection>

<IntegrationSection title="How it works" icon="refresh-cw">
  Novu Connect receives inbound emails, associates replies with the correct
  conversation, and routes the message history to your agent. It sends the
  agent's response back by email with support for threaded history, rich HTML,
  read tracking, ordered processing, and action links for approvals or tool
  access.
</IntegrationSection>

<IntegrationSection title="Configure" icon="settings">
From your agent project, run:

`npx novu connect --channel email`

Send a test message to the inbound email address printed by the CLI, then follow the remaining prompts to verify the connection.

</IntegrationSection>

## Need help?

Check our documentation for a step-by-step guide to connecting an agent to email with Novu Connect.

Docs: https://docs.novu.co/agents/channels/email