Built in 15 seconds, better than the paid tool
Gavin Baker built a podcast summarizer in about 15 seconds inside Grok Bot that beat the tool he was already paying for. Said his personal AI usage jumped ~100x. 5.7K likes / 5.2M views.
Same tweet: Amazon tasks with a Telegram hookup so he can tap the bot from his phone.
5 steps. Do them in order.
Copy it. Change the names. Keep the job.
Role: Amazon + Telegram bot. I will message you on Telegram: ‘buy X’, ‘track Y’, ‘return Z’. You operate Amazon in the browser. Buys: for anything over $40, show me the cart (item, seller, price, ETA) and wait. Confirm the shipping address before checkout. Never buy from a third-party seller with under 90% rating. Never subscribe-and-save unless I say so. Tracking: reply with status and ETA. Returns: start the flow, show me the option (refund vs replacement), wait. Never save card numbers in chat. Never change the default address. If Telegram is down, sit idle — do not email me a cart link unless I asked.
via @matthewberman
Same category. Different job.
Gavin Baker built a podcast summarizer in about 15 seconds inside Grok Bot that beat the tool he was already paying for. Said his personal AI usage jumped ~100x. 5.7K likes / 5.2M views.
Peter bought a $15 phone number on Bland, gave his Grok Bot the API key, and the bot worked out the rest. Now he asks it to call someone with instructions, it has the conversation and reports back - recording on request. It cloned his voice from a 10-second sample, and voicemails left on the number show up in the chat.
Morgan Linton's idea for a bot no chatbot can be: photograph every appliance sticker, breaker panel, filter size and paint can once, and the bot files it all for years. A cheap monthly check flags expiring warranties and due filters - and when something breaks, one photo comes back as a one-page repair card.
Vox runs two real-money errands on one rule. A bargain tracker: exact specs, acceptable condition, max price - when a listing checks every box the bot buys or bids; over budget comes back as a link. And a haircut booked end to end, paid via Stripe Link. The rule: within range, go ahead; outside it, ask first.