Shop with product cards and pay from Vault

How this helps you

You can let the Bot handle boring restocks with your approval, without pasting card numbers into random checkouts.

✦ Try it

Find options for [item] under [budget] delivered to [country]. Show product cards with price, rating and delivery estimate. Recommend one and wait for my explicit approval before paying from Vault. After purchase, track the order and only message me on shipped, delayed or cancelled.

What they did

In his 11-minute updates video, Jay walks through Grok Bot shopping that finally feels like a store. You see options as product cards, read reviews, pick one, approve the purchase, and your Bot can track the order until it arrives. Under the hood he compares it to Apple Pay or Google Pay: in the US and Canada the Bot can pay in a way where the shop never sees your real card number, with payment details coming from Vault. He tells viewers not to picture impulse shopping. Think recurring supplies and business buys you would have made anyway, with you still approving the charge. He also nods at Stripe's agent payment work as the wider direction. Commenters were more excited about phone calls and organisation than about Bot shopping, and one noted Bot buys make most sense for household or business recurring supplies.

Who it's for: Anyone who already restocks the same supplies and wants the Bot to handle the checkout with approval.

Before you start

Vault set up with a payment method
Clear spend rules for the Bot
Desktop or phone build that shows product cards

How to try it

Add the payment method you trust to Vault and confirm what the Bot is allowed to spend.
Ask for a product search with a clear budget and constraints (brand, size, delivery country).
Compare the product cards and reviews in chat, then approve one purchase explicitly.
Ask the Bot to track the order and alert you only on shipped, delayed or cancelled.
Start with a recurring supply you already buy, not a first-time expensive item.

What to expect

You ask for printer paper under a budget, pick a card, approve, and get a shipped alert a day later without typing a card number.

Common mistakes

Approving a buy before you set Vault spend limits.
Using it for one-off expensive items you have not compared yourself.
Skipping order tracking so a delay sits unnoticed.
Assuming every country supports the same card-hiding payment path Jay describes for US/Canada.

Related tips

Vault: logins, cards and contact info: Your Bot never sees saved passwords or card numbers. One catch with saved cards.
Research to purchase, with your approval: It researched pet insurance, compared quotes and paid with Link only after the user said buy.
Set up Auto-review rules: ask first for anything you can't undo: Turn on Auto-review, then add Ask first rules for money, publishing and sending. When rules clash, Ask first wins.