A Bot is most useful when it can reach the tools you already use, like email, your calendar, and your files. Here's how connecting apps works, in plain English, from xAI's Grok Bot 101 guide and changelog, checked on Oct 28, 2026.
Connectors, plugins, and skills
xAI's guide says Grok Bot supports the same MCP servers, plugins, and skills as Cursor, and names Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive as examples. You can connect more than one account per service, so a Bot can look through both personal and work email, or more than one Slack. The guide's advice: if you're wondering whether a Bot can do something, ask.
The Connect Apps screen
Per xAI's changelog:
- One place to connect: version 0.67.0 renamed Marketplace to Connect Apps, with category chips under the search and Recommended for you first.
- One-click add: in Connect Apps, Add installs a plugin and opens its sign-in in one click (0.75.2 or later).
- Clear status: plugins show Connecting… while you sign in and Connected once you're done, and a signed-out connector shows Not connected, with Reconnect offered.
- Helpful pairing: after you connect your first app, the Bot suggests one that pairs with it, like Google Calendar after Gmail.
- Finding apps: when an app you ask for isn't installed, the Bot checks the plugin catalog and links the app's page in Connect Apps.
Business apps named in the changelog
xAI's changelog mentions connections including QuickBooks Online, Zoho CRM, Notion, Figma, Canva, Glean, GitHub, Gmail, Google Calendar, and Outlook Calendar. Some, like Figma, Notion, and Canva, can show the app as an interactive card in the chat. When the Bot hands you its computer to sign in to sites like Google, GitHub, or QuickBooks, xAI says it offers their connector instead, and connecting ends the handoff.
You stay in charge
The changelog says the Bot removes or renames a connector only when you name that change yourself, and that when background work needs one of your apps, the Bot asks with an allow card. On teams, admins can disable plugins, which then show Disabled by team admin.
Connecting apps sensibly: our suggestions
These are our ideas, not xAI's.
- Start with the one or two apps your first task truly needs.
- Use a business account rather than a personal one where you can.
- Set approval rules before connecting anything that can send, pay, or delete.
- Check your connected apps monthly and disconnect any you no longer use.
Next steps: set up your approval rules, and see how the Vault handles logins and cards.
Keep exploring
Using Grok Bot in Slack
Team Bots, Slack drafts and approvals, and privacy in shared channels, per xAI.
Take a lookGiving Your Bot Its Own Email
How a Bot claims an address, sends drafts for approval, and uses tagged addresses.
Take a lookThe Grok Bot Vault
What the Vault stores, how payments and 1Password sign-ins work, and good habits.
Take a lookGrok Bot Approval Rules, Explained
How Auto-review and the Permissions section decide what waits for your OK, per xAI.
Take a lookGrok Bot Security & Privacy
How xAI says Grok Bot handles your data, plus simple questions to ask before you hand a Bot real work.
Take a lookGrok Bot Pages, Explained
Reports, memos, and dashboards your Bot builds and keeps current, plus sharing.
Take a lookGrok Bot directory profile · Official product page
Sources
- Grok Bot 101 (official guide) (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- Grok Bot changelog (checked Oct 28, 2026)
Where each fact came from
- Connectors and plugins · checked Oct 28, 2026 · rechecked regularly — Grok Bot 101 (official guide)
- Multiple accounts · checked Oct 28, 2026 · rechecked regularly — Grok Bot 101 (official guide)
- Connect Apps screen · checked Oct 28, 2026 · rechecked regularly — Grok Bot changelog
- Named apps · checked Oct 28, 2026 · rechecked regularly — Grok Bot changelog
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