Grok Bot adds Coinbase, Robinhood and eToro connectors plus public triggers
The new Grok Bot release ships brokerage and exchange connectors, X Chat and email alias access, and public @bot triggers; the author outlines how to lock down permissions first.
MY FIRST HOUR WITH THE NEW GROK BOT WENT ON TAKING PERMISSIONS AWAY, NOT ADDING THEM. The release shipped Coinbase, Robinhood and eToro connectors, access to your X Chat, email aliases, and a public trigger: anyone can tag @bot under your post and start a task. That is not a faster chatbot. That is a funded account with a front door. So before I gave it a single job: → Execution runs in its own sub-account with a hard cap. The main balance stays disconnected. → Nothing sends on its own. DM and email drafts wait for me. → One connector per agent. Only the Head of Desk sees all of them. → Every routine gets its own email alias, so launches and invoices never share a queue. A boring hour. It is the reason the rest runs while I am not there. Then the part nobody is posting. Everyone aimed the new connectors at the market on day one. The most expensive thing an agent like this finds is almost never a trade. SpaceXSI pointed theirs at their own vendor contracts and unused seats. Over $100k in the first week, and that template is public. The fastest alpha in this release is not a token. It is a subscription you forgot to cancel. Decide what your bot cannot do while it is still boring. After it is connected, that conversation gets expensive.