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How to Use Grok Bot with Claude

How to use Grok Bot with Claude: what I send to Grok, what I send to Claude, and how about fifty Grok bots hand the heavy work and research to Claude.

How to use Grok Bot with Claude, quick answers (as of November 11, 2026):

  • Grok Bot handles logging into sites, bot checks, and the back-and-forth with customers on Slack, Chatwoot and email.
  • Claude gets everything heavy and everything that needs research, in the background.
  • My Grok bots are not allowed to use Cursor or do much on their own, to save tokens.
  • The bots report back to Claude, and changes get recorded in a GitHub repo.

I've figured out some things Grok Bot is super good at, things I prefer it for, where Claude gave me pain points. Grok solved some of those pain points. It's worth using, and the way I have it integrated with Claude is, I think, mostly working well.

If you haven't used Grok Bot yet, start with my Grok Bot review. Here's how I use Grok Bot with Claude now.

Claude gets the heavy work, Grok bots get the rest

All of my Grok bots are prohibited from using Cursor or doing much on their own. That's to conserve tokens, because I have about fifty bots running on a single Grok Bot account (51 on my roster as of November 11).

So the heavy work and the research go to Claude, in the background, whenever Claude can be used.

Where Grok Bot shines over Claude

Logging into sites and getting past bot checks

Grok shines where Claude complains about logging into sites or bypassing bot checks.

What Anthropic says (as of November 11, 2026): in Claude Code's Chrome integration, "When Claude encounters a login page or CAPTCHA, it pauses and asks you to handle it manually." Claude Code with Chrome

I went into more detail on that in how to use Claude Code if you're not a developer.

Back-and-forth with customers on Slack, Chatwoot and email

Grok also shines at back-and-forth with customers on Slack, Chatwoot and email, because the agents can wake up, investigate and reply. Versus doing that from the terminal, or from a scheduled Claude task.

I imagine you could set up webhooks for Claude through Fly or a server. But it's not nearly as convenient as Grok.

How Grok Bot wakes up (as of November 11, 2026): a Grok Bot routine runs on a schedule or when something happens, like a Slack message, an email, or a call to its webhook. Routines can run up to 300 times an hour in total, and each one up to 200 times an hour. Each run spends usage. Grok Bot routines

How my Grok bots and Claude hand work back and forth

Everything heavy or that needs research is sent to Claude.

The Grok bots have some of their own routines. They wake up and do some work on their own, then report back to Claude and record the changes in what I call the vault, which is a GitHub repo. That way nothing is ever lost.

I've been running Grok Bot across my companies.

How Grok Bot compares to ChatGPT Dots and Claude Duet

I've also been testing the other two agents like it. Here are my reviews:

How to use Grok Bot with Claude: FAQ

Can you use Grok Bot and Claude together?

Yes. I send everything heavy or that needs research to Claude, and the Grok bots handle logging into sites, bot checks, and the back-and-forth with customers.

Why not let the Grok bots do the heavy work?

To conserve tokens. I have about fifty bots running on a single Grok Bot account, so they're prohibited from using Cursor or doing much on their own.

Can Claude log into websites for me?

Not in Claude Code's Chrome integration. It can use sites you're already signed into, but Anthropic's docs say it pauses at a login page or a CAPTCHA and asks you to handle it. That's one of the places Grok shines for me.

Can Claude answer customers on Slack or email the way Grok Bot does?

I imagine you could set up webhooks for Claude through Fly or a server. But it's not nearly as convenient as Grok, where the agents can wake up, investigate and reply.

How do the Grok bots keep track of what they did?

They report back to Claude and record the changes in what I call the vault, a GitHub repo, so nothing is ever lost.

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-Matt