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Grok Bot adds a Shopify connector and built-in X search

Elon Musk also says Bots will now use outside models such as Claude Opus 5.5.

Grok BotThu 8 Oct 2026

Changelog

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Known issuesConfirmed

Gmail connector still turns your email links into Google redirects

Staff say a fix is in the works but not live yet, and it hits every platform. Add links in Gmail yourself until then.

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ReleasesConfirmed

Grok Bot update: 3x faster computer tasks, new look, new connectors

Update the app, then try the new themes and connectors. If you add Robinhood, Coinbase or eToro, set a trade rule first, because those can place orders.

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NewsReported

Grok Bot this week: a faster app, X Chat, a new plan and two outages

Oct 12 to 16 in one read: what shipped in Grok Bot, Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT and Hark, what broke, what to do now, and what to watch the week of Oct 19.

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NewsConfirmed

Grok Bots can now read your X Chat messages and requests

Staff say Bots can now work through your X Chat inbox and message requests. Connect the X plugin and give your Bot clear rules before it touches anything.

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WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for finance: a bookkeeping Bot that prepares and an accountant who approves

How three people hand invoices, payments and a monthly P&L to a Grok Bot, what connects it to the books, and why each keeps a person on sign-off.

Grok BotLast checked 11 Oct 2026

Work value 3/10

TipsReported

Put your Bot's email on your own domain

Forward an address like bot@yourdomain.com to your Bot's mail.grokbot.com inbox with Cloudflare Email Routing, as @wiiiimm did.

Grok BotLast checked 10 Oct 2026

TipsConfirmed

Reach Microsoft Teams through a Bot's own account

Staff say a Bot still can't post into Teams as itself. Use a Microsoft 365 user on the Bot's computer.

Grok BotLast checked 10 Oct 2026

TipsConfirmed

Have your Bot check Gmail Spam for real mail

Since 0.68.1, a Bot can search your Spam folder and move a message back to the inbox.

Grok BotLast checked 9 Oct 2026

WishlistAsked

Wish: Bitwarden support alongside 1Password

Grok Bot works with 1Password. A Bitwarden user asked for the same.

Asked by @bicendinh

WishlistAsked

Wish: connect more than one Gmail mailbox at once

Two people asked for a personal and a work Gmail side by side. The help center says Gmail connects one mailbox at a time.

Asked by @pairothecat, @shutup_travis

ExplainersNeeds re-check

What a Grok Bot plugin (or connector) is, and what it can reach

Plugins are the structured links between your Bots and services like Gmail, Notion, Slack, and GitHub.

Grok BotUpdated 9 Oct 2026

GuidesNeeds re-check

Connect Gmail, Google Calendar, and Notion to Grok Bot

Add the plugins, sign in once, and know what each one can and can't do before your Bot sends anything.

Grok BotUpdated 9 Oct 2026

Known issuesConfirmed

Missing MCP-Protocol-Version header on reused MCP sessions

If your remote MCP server returns empty 400s, have it fall back to the session's negotiated version until Grok Bot is fixed.

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NewsConfirmed

Shopify connector for running your store

Connect Shopify and a Bot can check orders, track inventory, and keep product listings current for you.

TipsConfirmed

Fix a company Google block by trusting the app named Grok

Your Google admin needs to approve an app called Grok, not Cursor or Grok Bot.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

TipsNeeds re-check

Connect a second Notion workspace and pick it by label

Some plugins hold two accounts you choose by name in chat. Gmail still holds one.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

TipsNeeds re-check

Turn the people you follow on X into a Notion CRM

Matt Palmer built one on his phone in 10 to 15 minutes from public profiles.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

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NewsConfirmed

Built-in X search, reading, and monitoring

Ask any Bot to search X, read posts, or watch a topic on a schedule, with no X connector to set up.

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NewsConfirmed

Tagging @bot on X to send work to your Bot

Reply to any post with @bot and an instruction, and the request lands in your Grok Bot.

Grok BotUpdated 9 Oct 2026

ReleasesConfirmed

Marketplace becomes Connect Apps

Version 0.67.0 adds category chips and puts Recommended for you first.

Grok Bot 0.67.0

NewsConfirmed

Bots hand coding work to Cursor

New GitHub and Origin plugins manage pull requests, and Bots can share video demos.

NewsConfirmed

Team Bots enter public beta

One shared Bot for a whole team, in the app and in Slack, with private conversations for each person.

Grok Bot 0.61.0

NewsConfirmed

Finance integration links bank and card accounts

Accounts connect through Plaid with read-only access.

NewsConfirmed

Native Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides connectors

SpaceXAI also improved reading and attaching files to emails.

NewsConfirmed

1Password sign-ins for Bots

It started in the Mac app, and the Bot asks before each fill unless you turn on Auto fill.

Grok Bot 0.53.0

NewsConfirmed

Microsoft Teams connector

Bots can search and act across Teams for you.

NewsConfirmed

Salesforce, HubSpot, Gong, Clay, and Granola connectors

SpaceXAI also published its own sales team's Bots as installable templates.

NewsConfirmed

Email and Slack drafts you approve first

A Bot writes the message as a card, and you Send or Discard it.

Grok Bot 0.45.0

NewsConfirmed

Outlook, Calendar, and OneDrive plugins

Bots can read, write, and act across your Microsoft accounts.

NewsConfirmed

Connecting X creates a developer account

The account comes with some included API credits.

NewsConfirmed

Mobile notifications group by Bot

The same update made a Bot's remote computer easier to use from a phone.

ReleasesConfirmed

Routines can start from Teams, Linear, Sentry, and PagerDuty

Version 0.17.0, the oldest build on the official changelog, also caps a stalled connector at three minutes.

Grok Bot 0.17.0