diff --git a/samples/google/gmail/README.md b/samples/google/gmail/README.md
index 1edfd0f3..e30fabcf 100644
--- a/samples/google/gmail/README.md
+++ b/samples/google/gmail/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 # Gmail Sample
 
 This AutoKitteh project demonstrates 2-way integration with
@@ -12,12 +13,11 @@ This AutoKitteh project demonstrates 2-way integration with
 
 1. Install and start a
    [self-hosted AutoKitteh server](https://docs.autokitteh.com/get_started/quickstart),
-   or use AutoKitteh Cloud
+   or use AutoKitteh Cloud.
 
 2. Optional for self-hosted servers (preconfigured in AutoKitteh Cloud):
 
    - [Enable Google connections to use OAuth 2.0](https://docs.autokitteh.com/integrations/google/config)
-   - [Enable Slack connections to use an OAuth v2 app](https://docs.autokitteh.com/integrations/slack/config)
 
 3. Run these commands to deploy this project's manifest file:
 
@@ -29,33 +29,24 @@ This AutoKitteh project demonstrates 2-way integration with
 4. Initialize this project's connections:
 
    - Google Sheets: with user impersonation using OAuth 2.0 (based on step 2),
-     or a GCP service account's JSON key
-   - Slack: with an OAuth v2 app (based on step 2), or a Socket Mode app
+     or a GCP service account's JSON key.
 
 > [!TIP]
 > The exact CLI commands to do so (`ak connection init ...`) will appear in
 > the output of the `ak deploy` command from step 3 when you create the
-> project on the server, i.e. when you run that command for the first time.
+> project on the server, i.e., when you run that command for the first time.
 
 ## Usage Instructions
 
-1. Run a slash command of the Slack app that you initialized in step 4 above,
-   with any of these commands as the slash command's text:
-
-   - `gmail get profile`
-   - `gmail drafts list [optional query]`
-   - `gmail drafts get <draft ID>`
-   - `gmail messages list [optional query]`
-   - `gmail messages get <message ID>`
-   - `gmail messages send <short message to yourself>`
-
-2. See the Slack app's DM responses to you
+1. Run these commands to interact with Gmail via HTTP trigger using query parameters:
 
-3. Send to yourself an email, using the Slack slash command with this text:
-
-   ```
-   gmail messages send <Slack channel name or ID>
+   ```shell
+   curl -i "http://localhost:9980/webhooks/SLUG?cmd=get_profile"
+   curl -i "http://localhost:9980/webhooks/SLUG?cmd=list_drafts&query=optional_query"
+   curl -i "http://localhost:9980/webhooks/SLUG?cmd=get_draft&draft_id=<draft_ID>"
+   curl -i "http://localhost:9980/webhooks/SLUG?cmd=list_messages&query=optional_query"
+   curl -i "http://localhost:9980/webhooks/SLUG?cmd=get_message&message_id=<message_ID>"
+   curl -i "http://localhost:9980/webhooks/SLUG?cmd=send_message&text=<message_text>"
    ```
 
-4. See the resulting message in the specified Slack channel - which is a
-   result of handling a mailbox change event from Gmail
+2. View the responses in your terminal after making the requests.
diff --git a/samples/google/gmail/program.py b/samples/google/gmail/program.py
index 99e757d2..4bfa600b 100644
--- a/samples/google/gmail/program.py
+++ b/samples/google/gmail/program.py
@@ -34,29 +34,30 @@ def on_http_get(event):
     params = event.data.url.query
     cmd = params.get("cmd")
 
-    if cmd == "get_profile":
-        _get_profile()
-    elif cmd == "list_drafts":
-        _drafts_list(params.get("query", ""))
-    elif cmd == "get_draft":
-        _drafts_get(params.get("draft_id"))
-    elif cmd == "list_messages":
-        _messages_list(params.get("query", ""))
-    elif cmd == "get_message":
-        _messages_get(params.get("message_id"))
-    elif cmd == "send_message":
-        _messages_send(params.get("text"))
-    else:
-        return "Unknown command"
+    match cmd:
+        case "get_profile":
+            _get_profile()
+        case "list_drafts":
+            _drafts_list(params.get("query", ""))
+        case "get_draft":
+            _drafts_get(params.get("draft_id"))
+        case "list_messages":
+            _messages_list(params.get("query", ""))
+        case "get_message":
+            _messages_get(params.get("message_id"))
+        case "send_message":
+            _messages_send(params.get("text"))
+        case _:
+            return "Unknown command"
 
 
 def _get_profile():
     """https://developers.google.com/resources/api-libraries/documentation/gmail/v1/python/latest/gmail_v1.users.html#getProfile"""
     resp = gmail.getProfile(userId="me").execute()
     print(resp["emailAddress"])
-    print(f"Total no. of messages: {resp['messagesTotal']}")
-    print(f"Total no. of threads: {resp['threadsTotal']}")
-    print(f"Current History record ID: {resp['historyId']}")
+    print("Total no. of messages:", resp["messagesTotal"])
+    print("Total no. of threads:", resp["threadsTotal"])
+    print("Current History record ID:", resp["historyId"])
 
 
 def _drafts_get(id):