diff --git a/recipes/gmail-auth.tsx b/recipes/gmail-auth.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1da28d882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/gmail-auth.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/// <cts-enable />
+import { Default, NAME, recipe, UI } from "commontools";
+
+type CFC<T, C extends string> = T;
+type Secret<T> = CFC<T, "secret">;
+
+// Auth data structure for Google OAuth tokens
+export type Auth = {
+  token: Default<Secret<string>, "">;
+  tokenType: Default<string, "">;
+  scope: Default<string[], []>;
+  expiresIn: Default<number, 0>;
+  expiresAt: Default<number, 0>;
+  refreshToken: Default<Secret<string>, "">;
+  user: Default<{
+    email: string;
+    name: string;
+    picture: string;
+  }, { email: ""; name: ""; picture: "" }>;
+};
+
+interface Input {
+  auth: Default<Auth, {
+    token: "";
+    tokenType: "";
+    scope: [];
+    expiresIn: 0;
+    expiresAt: 0;
+    refreshToken: "";
+    user: { email: ""; name: ""; picture: "" };
+  }>;
+}
+
+interface Output {
+  auth: Auth;
+}
+
+export default recipe<Input, Output>(
+  "Gmail Auth",
+  ({ auth }) => {
+    return {
+      [NAME]: "Gmail Auth",
+      [UI]: (
+        <div
+          style={{
+            display: "flex",
+            flexDirection: "column",
+            gap: "20px",
+            padding: "25px",
+            maxWidth: "600px",
+          }}
+        >
+          <h2 style={{ fontSize: "24px", fontWeight: "bold", margin: "0" }}>
+            Google OAuth Authentication
+          </h2>
+
+          <div
+            style={{
+              padding: "20px",
+              backgroundColor: "#f8f9fa",
+              borderRadius: "8px",
+              border: "1px solid #e0e0e0",
+            }}
+          >
+            <h3 style={{ fontSize: "16px", marginTop: "0" }}>
+              Status:{" "}
+              {auth?.user?.email ? "✅ Authenticated" : "⚠️  Not Authenticated"}
+            </h3>
+
+            {auth?.user?.email
+              ? (
+                <div>
+                  <p style={{ margin: "8px 0" }}>
+                    <strong>Email:</strong> {auth.user.email}
+                  </p>
+                  <p style={{ margin: "8px 0" }}>
+                    <strong>Name:</strong> {auth.user.name}
+                  </p>
+                </div>
+              )
+              : (
+                <p style={{ color: "#666" }}>
+                  Click the button below to authenticate with Google
+                </p>
+              )}
+          </div>
+
+          <common-google-oauth
+            $auth={auth}
+            scopes={[
+              "email",
+              "profile",
+              "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly",
+            ]}
+          />
+
+          <div
+            style={{
+              padding: "15px",
+              backgroundColor: "#e3f2fd",
+              borderRadius: "8px",
+              fontSize: "14px",
+            }}
+          >
+            <strong>💡 Usage:</strong>{" "}
+            This charm provides Google OAuth authentication. Link its{" "}
+            <code>auth</code> output to any gmail importer charm's{" "}
+            <code>auth</code> input.
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      ),
+      auth,
+    };
+  },
+);
diff --git a/recipes/gmail.tsx b/recipes/gmail-importer.tsx
similarity index 97%
rename from recipes/gmail.tsx
rename to recipes/gmail-importer.tsx
index ac335042d..fd718d62f 100644
--- a/recipes/gmail.tsx
+++ b/recipes/gmail-importer.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type Secret<T> = CFC<T, "secret">;
 type Confidential<T> = CFC<T, "confidential">;
 
 // This is used by the various Google tokens created with tokenToAuthData
-type Auth = {
+export type Auth = {
   token: Default<Secret<string>, "">;
   tokenType: Default<string, "">;
   scope: Default<string[], []>;
@@ -778,9 +778,6 @@ export async function process(
 
         if (emails.length > 0) {
           console.log(`Adding ${emails.length} new emails`);
-          // emails.forEach((email) => {
-          //   email[ID] = email.id;
-          // });
           allNewEmails.push(...emails);
         }
       } catch (error: any) {
@@ -819,7 +816,7 @@ export default recipe<{
   }>;
   auth: Auth;
 }>(
-  "gmail",
+  "gmail-importer",
   ({ settings, auth }) => {
     const emails = cell<Confidential<Email[]>>([]);
 
@@ -841,13 +838,29 @@ export default recipe<{
           }}
         >
           <h2 style={{ fontSize: "20px", fontWeight: "bold" }}>
-            {auth?.user?.email}
+            Gmail Importer
           </h2>
-          <h2 style={{ fontSize: "20px", fontWeight: "bold" }}>
+
+          <div
+            style={{
+              padding: "15px",
+              backgroundColor: auth?.user?.email ? "#d4edda" : "#f8d7da",
+              borderRadius: "8px",
+              border: `1px solid ${auth?.user?.email ? "#c3e6cb" : "#f5c6cb"}`,
+            }}
+          >
+            <strong>Auth Status:</strong> {auth?.user?.email
+              ? `✅ Authenticated as ${auth.user.email}`
+              : "❌ Not authenticated - Please link to a gmail-auth charm"}
+          </div>
+
+          <h3 style={{ fontSize: "18px", fontWeight: "bold" }}>
             Imported email count: {derive(emails, (emails) => emails.length)}
-          </h2>
+          </h3>
 
-          <h2>historyId: {settings.historyId}</h2>
+          <div style={{ fontSize: "14px", color: "#666" }}>
+            historyId: {settings.historyId || "none"}
+          </div>
 
           <common-hstack gap="sm">
             <common-vstack gap="sm">
@@ -884,14 +897,7 @@ export default recipe<{
               </ct-button>
             </common-vstack>
           </common-hstack>
-          <common-google-oauth
-            $auth={auth}
-            scopes={[
-              "email",
-              "profile",
-              "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly",
-            ]}
-          />
+
           <div>
             <table>
               <thead>