> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.finerd.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect your email

> Connect your inbox and finerd finds email receipts on its own, turns each into a bill, and links it to the matching transaction.

Most receipts never touch paper — they land in your inbox. Connect your email and finerd finds those receipts for you, creates a bill from each one, and links it to the matching transaction. No scanning, no forwarding.

## How it works

1. Go to **Get bills automatically** and choose **Connect Gmail**.
2. Sign in and grant access. finerd scans your inbox for emails that look like receipts.
3. Every receipt it finds is added to your space — merchant, date, total, and items — and linked to the matching transaction wherever one exists.
4. New receipts are picked up automatically as they arrive.

## How finerd finds receipts

finerd identifies bills by scanning **email subjects for keywords** (order confirmations, receipts, invoices, and the like). You can fine-tune this:

* Open **Email subject keywords**.
* Add your own keywords to catch receipts from shops finerd might otherwise miss.

<Note>
  Better keywords mean more receipts caught and fewer missed. Add the wording your regular shops use in their subject lines.
</Note>

<Tip>
  Not comfortable giving finerd access to your whole inbox? You don't have to — use [email forwarding](/bills/forward-email) to send only the bills you choose.
</Tip>