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Some @bot tags on X never reach your Bot; staff are tracking it

Staff say reply tags can be dropped with no answer from @bot. Also: new grok_ API keys run CLI and SDK agents again, and staff explain yesterday's outage.

Grok BotThu 15 Oct 2026

Changelog

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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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Known issuesConfirmed

Some @bot tags in X replies never reach your Bot

Staff say reply tags can be dropped with no answer from @bot, and they are tracking it. Paste the post link into your Bot's chat until it's fixed.

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NewsNeeds re-check

Grok Bot this week: its own email, X tagging and a rough Thursday

Oct 5 to 9 in one read: two releases, Bot email, built-in X search, Opus 5.5 routing, a day of failed replies and late routines, and what to watch the week of Oct 12.

Grok BotUpdated 10 Oct 2026

TipsReported

Have your Bot watch an X thread overnight

Tag @bot with what to rank and when to send it, as Lauren Tan did to get her post's best replies on Slack at 8am.

Grok BotLast checked 9 Oct 2026

WishlistAsked

Wish: let a Bot message you in X Chat

One user wants alerts from their Bot as an X Chat message to their own account.

Asked by @lgriao

WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Turn built-in X search into a daily product feedback watch

Grok Bot can now search and monitor X without a connector. Here is a ready workflow for product and support teams: a weekday routine that sorts what people say about your product and stops before anything is filed or posted.

Grok BotLast checked 9 Oct 2026

Work value 2/10

TipsNeeds re-check

Get a daily Slack digest of Grok Bot ideas from X

Lauren Tan's one-line prompt pairs Grok Bot's new X search with a 9am Slack message.

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

NewsConfirmed

Connecting X creates a developer account

The account comes with some included API credits.