Every Grok Bot Hack I Know: Running Inbox, Research and Portuguese Phone Calls
moeinteractive · x · 2026-08-27
@mvanhorn published an article collecting every hack he uses with Grok Bot, two weeks old but already running his inbox, research, meeting notes and phone calls:
- Compound Engineering: force the bot to plan first before acting — better output
- Own inbox: give the bot a dedicated agentmail address, not your Gmail, so one mistake doesn't flag your domain
- Phone calls: attach a Twilio number; his bot switches to Portuguese mid-call
- Cronned intel: turn a bot into a weekly analyst of your business, competitors and yourself
- One front door: a Chief of Staff bot delegating to other bots worked out of the box
- Plus a Bot Advisor whose only job is building and tightening workflows
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