1Highlight: Grok Bot 0.78.1 adds product cards, order tracking, Shop Pay in the Vault and subscription templates (official).
2Southeast Asia users in Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore share how they use Grok Bot; SpaceXSI ambassador applications are open.
3The 29 Oct outage was resolved at 7:13am MYT; usage limits and a password-leak claim (unconfirmed) are discussed.
Highlight of the day
Product update
3
new subscription templates
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★ Highlight of the day
Grok Bot 0.78 adds shopping cards, order tracking and subscription templates
The official Grok Bot An AI teammate from SpaceXAI that has its own computer, connects to your apps, and can keep working on tasks for you. changelog for version 0.78.1, which also bundles 0.78.0, brings shopping into the chat. Products now show as cards with photos, rating, price and store, and Buy now starts an order that you approve. Shop Pay Shopify's saved checkout. You can now add it in the Vault so bots can pay with it. can be added in the Vault A secure place in Grok Bot settings to save logins, cards and contact details so the Bot can sign in or check out without showing you the secret again.'s Payments tab. New templates start a free trial and cancel it or remind you before it bills, find subscriptions you no longer use, and watch renewal prices.
What we learned
Official: product results show as cards, and three or four results scroll in a carousel.
Official: after you order, the bot tracks the parcel and tells you when it ships or arrives.
Official: bots can cancel a subscription or look up its renewal date, and must confirm with you before changing anything.
Official: Team Bot A Grok Bot shared with a whole team, so everyone uses the same tools and knowledge while keeping their own private chats. get their own Vault logins, and bots can start cloud agents in a custom mode you name.
Why it matters: Shopping and subscription cleanup are easy first jobs to show clients. Keep the approval step on, since the bot can now place orders and cancel plans.
Grok Bot team shipped in the last few days · u/onion_s0up on r/GrokBotRead ↗
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Southeast Asia & community
4
SEA countries in this week's posts
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Southeast Asia & community
Southeast Asia users share Grok Bot uses as ambassador applications open
Several Southeast Asia users posted on X about Grok Bot An AI teammate from SpaceXAI that has its own computer, connects to your apps, and can keep working on tasks for you. this week. A small survey company owner in Vietnam, @ntducbk, says it handles their X, TikTok and office paperwork. Indonesian user @arieagung says another agent they trialled at $99 a month did worse than Grok Bot. A Singapore user, @tong_caspe4869, says many people there still don't know what Grok Bot is. Separately, a SpaceXSI Ambassador Program application form is open, shared on r/GrokBot by u/onion_s0up.
Key learnings
Community: @ntducbk (Vietnam) uses Grok Bot daily for social posts and paperwork while out on site.
Community: @arieagung (Indonesia) compared another agent unfavourably, citing captchas and reconnects. This is one user's view.
Community: @draftandfocus (Thailand) says they use it for personal tasks and still use Claude Code for complex work.
The ambassador form is hosted on Cursor's (Anysphere's) Typeform and is titled SpaceXSI Ambassador Program.
Why it matters: Awareness in the region is still low, so local guides and meetups have room to grow. The ambassador programme may suit people building a local Grok Bot community.
Small survey business in Vietnam, Grok Bot is my daily tool · Đức B (@ntducbk) on XRead ↗
Trial of another agent vs Grok Bot (Indonesian) · Arie Agung (@arieagung) on XRead ↗
In Singapore, nobody seems to know what Grok Bot is · Casper Tong (@tong_caspe4869) on XRead ↗
Using Grok Bot in Thailand · Andrea (@draftandfocus) on XRead ↗
Ambassador applications for SpaceXSI / Cursor are open! · u/onion_s0up on r/GrokBotRead ↗
SpaceXSI Ambassador Program (application form) · Anysphere TypeformRead ↗
Service status & usage
~70%
of a weekly limit in 2 days, one user says
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Service status & usage
Thursday's outage was resolved, and usage limits stay a hot topic
The major incident that started at 5:15am MYT on 29 Oct was marked resolved at 7:13am MYT. A smaller slowdown hit Origin and Cloud Agents from 5:01pm to 5:18pm MYT the same day, and was also resolved. On r/GrokBot, u/Actual_Ad_5680 says cloud agents used about 70% of their weekly limit in two days. Developer Nicky Testaforte (@testafortedev) shared a free bot called Usage Meter that sends a daily usage report.
Key learnings
Status feed: the 29 Oct morning incident covered Cloud Agents, Grok Bot An AI teammate from SpaceXAI that has its own computer, connects to your apps, and can keep working on tasks for you. and Origin and ended at 7:13am MYT.
Status feed: Origin and Cloud Agents were slow from 5:01pm to 5:18pm MYT on 29 Oct.
Community: u/Actual_Ad_5680 blames cloud agents in Max Mode A setting that lets cloud agents use more powerful models, which uses more of your limit. for most of their usage. This is not confirmed officially.
Community: @testafortedev says their usage went from 21% to 69% of the weekly limit in under a day.
Why it matters: Cloud agents can use up a weekly limit fast. Check usage before long coding runs and turn off heavy modes you don't need.
[Incident] Degraded performance — Origin and Cloud Agents · u/incident-feed on r/GrokBotRead ↗
Cloud agents burn ~70% of my weekly limit in 2 days · u/Actual_Ad_5680 on r/GrokBotRead ↗
Usage Meter, a free Grok Bot · Nicky Testaforte (@testafortedev) on XRead ↗
Use cases
~30 min
to build a Tesla radio app, one user says
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Use cases
Users build a voice-call app, Tesla radio and calculus tutor
Community members shared several small builds. u/johntitor42 made an iPhone web app with a Shortcut An iPhone Shortcuts automation that can open an app or link with one tap. to call their bots by voice. u/TimeSyncTechie says Grok Bot An AI teammate from SpaceXAI that has its own computer, connects to your apps, and can keep working on tasks for you. built a Tesla in-car radio web app with Plex in about 30 minutes. u/Due-Assumption5272 shared an open-source bot that compares your X posts with your bookmarks. On X, @TheRealBillard1 built a calculus tutor bot to study for a CLEP exam.
Key learnings
Community: u/johntitor42's app lets them start voice calls with bots from the iPhone home screen.
Community: u/babagahnoush had a bot combine several PC RGB lighting apps into one.
Community: Luc (@FGLXLucas) says Grok Bot can make 1440×1440 videos up to 20 seconds long. This is his own test, not an official spec.
These are creators' own reports and have not been checked by us.
Why it matters: Small personal tools are where most people start. They make good, low-risk demos for workshops.
I built a small web app to call my GrokBot agents directly · u/johntitor42 on r/GrokBotRead ↗
Custom Tesla radio web app · u/TimeSyncTechie on r/GrokBotRead ↗
A Grok Bot that compares your posts with your bookmarks · u/Due-Assumption5272 on r/GrokBotRead ↗
GrokBot and my PC's RGB · u/babagahnoush on r/GrokBotRead ↗
A calculus tutor bot for the CLEP exam · Bill1 (@TheRealBillard1) on XRead ↗
Grok Bot Can Do High Resolution · Luc (@FGLXLucas) on XRead ↗
Safety & questions
403
error code users report from stores
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Safety & questions
One user reports a password leak; others hit store blocks
On r/GrokBot, u/Brilliant-Vehicle994 says their Google password was leaked soon after linking it in Grok Bot An AI teammate from SpaceXAI that has its own computer, connects to your apps, and can keep working on tasks for you.. There is no official statement, and the post does not show that Grok Bot caused it. Another user, u/That-Basil7939, says eBay and Amazon keep blocking the bot with 403 error A web response meaning the site refused the request, often because it thinks a bot is visiting.. The new 0.78 changelog says the bot's browser now types one character at a time and moves the mouse, which may affect how sites see it.
Key learnings
Community: the password-leak claim is one user's report and is not confirmed.
Community: 403 errors mean the website refused the request, often because it suspects a bot.
Official: the bot's browser now types and moves the mouse more like a person on every site it fills in.
Why it matters: Turn on two-step sign-in for any account you link, and change passwords if anything looks wrong. Expect some big stores to block bots, and use a connector where one exists.
Product update
