How this helps you
Your car becomes something your Bots can check and act on, with you approving anything risky.
Build me a Tesla Bot using Tesla's Fleet API. Walk me through creating a free developer app, generating a key pair (keep the private key on your computer), hosting the public key on a free GitHub Pages site, and pairing the key with my car. Ask for the client ID and secret through a secure field, never in chat. Always ask me before you unlock, open the trunk or change anything on [car name].
Fill in: [car name] is what you call the car, so the Bot knows which vehicle you mean if you have more than one.
What they did
@Chansoo shared a Tesla Bot that reads the car's status and handles climate, charging, lock and unlock (it asks first), the trunk, Sentry mode, navigation and alerts, and can share car data with his other Bots. He says it costs about $0 for personal use. He built it by talking it through with Dr. Eggbot, the bot-designer Bot by @poteto, and posted the setup in an earlier thread: a free developer app on Tesla's Fleet API, a key pair whose private half stays on the Bot's computer, the public key hosted on a free GitHub Pages site, and a one-time sign-in to Tesla. Repliers said voice control through the Bot felt slow, so treat it as a chat and routine tool first.
Who it's for: Tesla owners who are happy to spend an hour on a developer setup in exchange for a car they can manage from chat and routines.
Before you start
- A Tesla you own and the Tesla app on your phone.
- A free Tesla developer account (developer.tesla.com).
- A free GitHub account for the GitHub Pages site that hosts the public key.
- Access to secure fields or Vault in Grok Bot, so the client secret never goes in chat.
How to try it
- Create a new Bot for the car, or use a builder Bot such as Dr. Eggbot, and paste the prompt below.
- Create a free developer app on Tesla's Fleet API and note the client ID and secret.
- Let the Bot generate a key pair. The private key stays on the Bot's computer.
- Host the public key on a free GitHub Pages site, as the Bot directs.
- Give the Bot the client ID and secret through a secure field, never in chat.
- Sign in to Tesla once and approve the access the app asks for.
- Pair the key with your car in the Tesla app.
- Ask for the car's status to test it, then add routines such as a charging alert (we haven't verified this step).
What to expect
From @Chansoo's posts: battery, range, charging and lock status; climate, defrost and seat heat; charge limits; lock and unlock with a confirmation first; trunk, frunk and Sentry; sending a destination to the car; alerts when charging stops or the car is left unlocked; and car data shared with his other Bots, like timing a coffee order to his arrival.
Common mistakes
- Pasting the client secret into chat. Use a secure field or Vault.
- Letting it unlock without asking. Keep lock, unlock and trunk behind an approval.
- Expecting snappy voice control. Repliers found voice through the Bot laggy.
Related tips
- Vault: logins, cards and contact info: Your Bot never sees saved passwords or card numbers. One catch with saved cards.
- A safety baseline before sharing logins: All your Bots share one computer, so every Bot can use each login.
- Connectors before the browser: One task got about 45x cheaper by switching to a connector.
- Add a ready-made Bot from the Marketplace: Browse Bot templates at x.ai/bot/marketplace, read what each one includes, then add your own copy.
Worth knowingSetup steps come from his earlier thread; the capability list from his 26 Oct post. Tesla's developer terms and any fees can change, so check them yourself.
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