Give your Bot its own email address

How this helps you

The Bot can receive forwarded mail and sign up for tools without your own login.

✦ Try it

Claim an email address for yourself. Then sign up for [service] using that address, and tell me what you can and cannot do with the account.

What they did

Alex Finn covers Grok Bot's own email addresses, which he says were rolling out slowly. You ask your Bot to claim you an email address, then name the one you want; he asked for one with his first name and got it. He lists three uses: forward an email to it so the Bot can read it, CC it on a thread and ask it to schedule a meeting, and, the one he rates most, tell it to sign up for an app or service using its own address so you do not have to hand over your login. A week later, Matt Palmer's update added plus-addressed aliases on top.

Who it's for: Anyone who wants the Bot to handle mail or accounts without sharing their own.

How to try it

Open your main Bot and say: claim me an email address.
If it is available on your account, name the address you want.
Forward emails to it, or CC it on threads with a request.
When a new tool needs an account, ask the Bot to sign up with its own address.

What to expect

The Bot confirms the new address in chat. Emails sent to it show up as work for that Bot.

Common mistakes

Assuming everyone has it. Alex says some accounts did not have access yet.
Posting the address publicly. Alex asks viewers not to email his.

Related tips

Ask for plus-addressed aliases on your Bot's email: Your Bot can send from tagged addresses like name+shop@, and a routine on that tag runs only for its mail.
Forward new leads to your Bot's inbox: A Gmail filter forwards leads to a tagged Bot address; a routine on that tag researches each one before you reply.
Register for Do Not Call: The Bot registered his number and clicked the confirmation email itself.
0.75.5: denied approvals stick, forwarding, higher routine limits: Denied approvals stick, email forwarding with attachments, higher routine limit.
Have Bots email you numbered approvals you can answer from your phone: Design what Bots send back as much as what you send them: a few email types, clear subject lines, and numbered items you reply to in one line each.
Test your Bot against instructions hidden in email: Send your Bot's inbox two booby-trapped emails, check it ignores them, then add a house rule and a sender filter.
Three email-triggered Bots from the Grok Bot team's demo: Give Bots its email: one reviews your Google Docs from its own Google account, one fact-checks deal newsletters, one logs receipts sent to a plus alias.
An events scout that signs up with its own email and keeps a calendar Page: A Bot finds events on sites like Luma and Meetup using its own email address for sign-ups, then keeps a calendar Page of confirmed and unconfirmed events up to date.