Connect Your Integrations
Link external services to your workflows for real-world automation
Integrations are how Rills connects to your existing tools and services. Once connected, your workflows can monitor emails, update your CRM, create calendar events, and interact with dozens of other services you already use.
What are integrations?
An integration is a secure connection between Rills and an external service. When you connect an integration, you authorize Rills to access specific data and perform specific actions on your behalf.
For example, connecting Gmail lets your workflows:
- Monitor incoming emails as triggers
- Read email content for AI analysis
- Send emails as workflow actions
- Search your email history
The same pattern applies to every integration — you control what Rills can access, and workflows use those connections to automate your tasks.
Connect your first integration
Let's walk through connecting an integration to your workspace.
1. Navigate to Integrations
From your workspace dashboard, click Integrations in the left sidebar. You'll see a catalog of available integrations organized by category:
- Communication — Email, Slack, messaging
- Productivity — Calendars, task management, notes
- Business — CRM, invoicing, project management
- Development — GitHub, APIs, webhooks
- Data — Databases, spreadsheets, analytics
2. Choose an integration
Browse the catalog and click on an integration you want to connect. Each integration page shows:
- What triggers are available (events that can start workflows)
- What actions are available (what workflows can do)
- What permissions are required
3. Authorize the connection
Click Connect and you'll be redirected to the service's authorization page. This is where you grant Rills permission to access your account.
The authorization flow is standard OAuth — you log in to the service, review what Rills is requesting, and click Authorize. You'll then be redirected back to Rills with the connection established.
4. Use in workflows
Once connected, the integration appears in your workflow builder:
- Select it as a trigger source (monitor this service for events)
- Select it as an action destination (perform actions in this service)
- Reference its data in AI agent prompts
You can connect multiple accounts for the same service (personal email + work email, for example), and each connection is independent.
Security and permissions
Your credentials are stored securely and encrypted. Rills only accesses what you explicitly authorize during the OAuth flow — if you authorize read-only email access, that's all Rills can do.
You can revoke any integration at any time from the Integrations page. Revoking an integration pauses any workflows that depend on it, but doesn't delete your workflow configurations.
Common use cases
Here are some popular integration combinations:
- Email triage: Gmail + Notion (monitor emails, create tasks for important ones)
- Meeting scheduling: Calendar + Slack (watch for meeting requests, propose times)
- Lead follow-up: CRM + Email (new lead triggers personalized outreach)
- Invoice processing: Email + Accounting software (extract invoice details, create entries)
Start with one or two integrations that connect to services you use daily. You can always add more as you build new workflows.
Next steps
With integrations connected, your workflows can interact with real services. Now let's explore how approvals work to see how you review and approve actions before they execute.