Build an email inbox app for the bot's address
Grok Bot built and deployed a mail-style inbox app on Vercel in 23 minutes, with database and sync, and sent back the link and password.
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- What they did
- The poster made a Grok Bot template that, after the user adds it and approves access, signs in to Vercel and Supabase on free plans and builds an inbox app for the bot’s @mail.grokbot.com address. The bot then claims the inbox, creates the database, deploys the app to the user’s own Vercel, sets up a sync routine, tests it, and returns the app link and password; the poster says the original build took 23 minutes with zero code.
- How it went
- The result was a desktop-and-phone mail app with inbox, sent, drafts, archive, trash, starred, auto-categories, search, compose/reply, and extracted login codes. Limits the post names are that replies send on the next sync rather than instantly, and xAI had not published bot-email sending or storage limits.
- Worth knowing
- You still have to approve access and sign in to both Vercel and Supabase yourself, and the app’s mail data lives in your own accounts rather than the poster’s.
Try it yourself with Grok Bot
Build me a mail-style inbox web app for your own email address, with a database and sync so new messages show up automatically. Deploy it to [Vercel account or hosting service], protect it with a password, and send me the live link and the password. Stop once I can log in and see messages. Pause and show me the plan before you create any paid resources.
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Source: Reddit · Oct 10, 2026
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