Add AI to Outlook
The short answer
To add AI to Outlook, get a private Airbox address, connect your own AI provider key, and forward mail to it — or create an Outlook rule that auto-forwards matching messages. Airbox summarizes, drafts, translates, or triages each email and sends the result back to your Outlook inbox. No add-in, no Microsoft 365 Copilot license, and you choose the AI model.
How to connect AI to Outlook
- Create a free Airbox address and connect your AI provider key.
- Forward any email to your Airbox address, or in Outlook open Settings → Mail → Rules → Add new rule and add a “Forward to” action to your Airbox address.
- Add an instruction on the subject or first line; the AI's reply comes back into Outlook.
Example
Subject: Fwd: RFP — vendor responses (* @claude summarize each vendor's response and compare on price and timeline *) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- ...the email you forwarded...
What you can do from Outlook
- Summarize and compare long threads
- Draft replies and follow-ups
- Auto-forward folders (newsletters, invoices) through AI
- Extract tasks, dates, and key facts
Frequently asked questions
- Do I need Microsoft 365 Copilot?
- No. Airbox is independent of Copilot. You bring your own AI provider key and connect through forwarding, so there's no Copilot license and no add-in to install.
- Does it work with Outlook.com and Microsoft 365?
- Yes. Anything that can forward email — Outlook.com, Microsoft 365, or desktop Outlook with a server-side rule — can route mail to your Airbox address.
- Do I have to forward each email by hand?
- No. Forward or BCC manually when you want, or set an auto-forwarding rule in Gmail, Outlook, or Apple Mail so matching mail reaches your Airbox address automatically and runs through your AI with no extra steps.
- How much does it cost?
- Airbox has a free plan to get started. You bring your own AI provider API key, so you pay the provider directly for the tokens you use — there is no AI markup from Airbox.
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