Google Cloud BYOK Setup Guide for AxoLabs Email Agent

This guide walks through creating a personal Google Cloud project to securely connect the AxoLabs desktop application to a Gmail inbox and Google Sheets. Because this process uses your own private API key, your data remains fully on your local machine and is never routed through third-party servers. And it’s FREE!

Goal - You need to enable a) Gmail API, b) Google Sheet API and c) Calendar API

Phase 1: Create a Google Cloud Project

Go to the Google Cloud Console and log in with your primary Google account. You see the screen similar like the below one. First time user will see New Project where I have pointed. Click there.

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Then you can see the below screen. Click the new project and follow next screen

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Follow this screen: Enter Project Name: You can name it any thing that you can easily identify. For this example I have entered Axolabs-Email-Agent. Then click create button.

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Once created then select it. See the below screenshot.

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If you have more project then you can see the below screen, make sure you select the correct project:

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Now you will see the below screen:

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Phase 2: Enable the Required APIs

Open the left sidebar menu (hamburger icon) and navigate to APIs & Services > Library. (as shown below)

Step 1: