Thrive integrates with Google and Microsoft to bring calendar and email functionality directly into the platform. These integrations are used across two distinct areas of Hub:
Hub Widgets: Personal productivity widgets that display a user's inbox and calendar within their Hub dashboard
Events: A collaborative feature for creating and managing events, synced with users' calendars
Each integration is a separate, opt-in connection. Users choose exactly which services to connect, and Thrive only requests the permissions needed for that specific connection. A user who only wants to view their calendar will never be prompted for email permissions, and vice versa.
Hub Widgets
Hub Widgets give users a unified dashboard view of their email and calendar without leaving the platform. Each widget is connected independently.
Email Widget (Gmail/Outlook)
Permission | Purpose |
|---|---|
Mail Read | Fetch and display email messages in the inbox widget |
Channel/Folder Read | List available mailboxes (e.g. Inbox) |
Read-only: Hub cannot send, delete, modify, or move emails.
Only requested if the user chooses to connect their email.
Calendar Widget (Google Calendar/Outlook Calendar)
Permission | Purpose |
|---|---|
Calendar Read | List the user's calendars |
Event Read | Display upcoming events |
Free/Busy Read | Show availability status |
Read-only: The calendar widget only displays information, it does not create or modify events.
Only requested if the user chooses to connect their calendar.
Events
The Events feature allows users to create, manage, and sync events with their connected calendars. Because this feature writes back to the user's calendar, it requires additional permissions beyond the read-only calendar widget.
Events (Google Calendar/Outlook Calendar)
Permission | Purpose |
|---|---|
Calendar Read | List available calendars to sync with |
Calendar Write | Create new calendars if needed |
Event Read | Display existing events |
Event Write | Create and edit events from within Hub |
Free/Busy Read | Check attendee availability when scheduling |
Read and Write: Write access is required because Events allows users to create and manage calendar entries directly from Hub.
Only requested when a user connects their calendar for use with the Events feature.
Key Takeaways
Mail Read is only ever requested for the Email Widget: It is never part of calendar or Events permissions.
Email access is strictly read-only: Thrive displays emails but cannot send, modify, or delete them.
Calendar widget vs Events: Viewing a calendar requires only read access. The Events feature adds write permissions because it enables event creation and management.
Users are always in control: Each integration is a separate connection, and only the scopes relevant to that specific feature are requested. No blanket permissions are applied.