Grok + Housecall Pro: No Connector, and the Way In
Grok has no Housecall Pro connector and Housecall Pro ships no MCP server. How to bring dispatch, estimates and invoices into Grok through Carly.
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Grok + Jobber: Jobber's MCP Server and the Way In
Grok has no Jobber connector, and Jobber's own unannounced MCP server is mostly read-only. How to bring quotes, visits and invoices into Grok with Carly.
Grok + Lofty (Chime): No Connector, and the Way In
Grok has no Lofty connector, and Lofty's own MCP server ships no sign-in for Grok. How to bring leads, tasks and deals into Grok through Carly.
Grok + BambooHR: No Connector, and the Way In
Grok has no BambooHR connector, and BambooHR's own MCP server is set up for Claude and ChatGPT. How to bring your HR data into Grok anyway.
Grok + Capsule CRM: No Connector, and the Way In
Grok doesn't have a Capsule connector, and Capsule's own MCP server is a private beta Grok can't use. How to bring your Capsule pipeline into Grok anyway.
Grok + Follow Up Boss: No Connector, and the Way In
Grok has no Follow Up Boss connector and Follow Up Boss ships no MCP server. How to bring your leads, deals and tasks into Grok through Carly.
Grok + FreshBooks: No Connector, and the Way In
Grok has no FreshBooks connector, and FreshBooks' own MCP server is read-only. How to bring your invoices, clients and time into Grok through Carly instead.
Grok + Google Contacts: No Connector, and the Way In
Grok reads Gmail but not the Google Contacts behind it. Why no official server fills that gap, and how to bring your contact book into Grok.
Grok + Google Tasks: No Connector, and the Way In
Grok connects to Gmail and Google Calendar but not Google Tasks. Why no official server fills that gap, and how to add your task lists to Grok.
Grok + JobNimbus: No Connector, and the Way In
Grok has no JobNimbus connector and JobNimbus ships no MCP server. How to bring your jobs, contacts and tasks into Grok through Carly instead.
Grok + Keap: No Connector, and the Way In
Grok has no Keap connector and Keap ships no MCP server. What that leaves you with, and how to bring your contacts, tags and pipeline into Grok.
Grok + Microsoft To Do: No Connector, and the Way In
Grok reaches Outlook and Teams but not Microsoft To Do. Why no official server fills that gap, and how to add your To Do lists to Grok through Carly.
Grok + Microsoft Planner: No Connector, and the Way In
Grok reaches Outlook, Teams and SharePoint but not Microsoft Planner. Why no official server fills that gap, and how to bring your plans into Grok.
Grok MCP: Bring Your Own MCP Server to Grok
Grok takes custom MCP servers at grok.com/connectors. The setup, why a local server needs tunneling, and the admin step that blocks business accounts.
Connect Multiple Teams Accounts to Grok Bot
Grok Bot has no Teams plugin, so it signs in through its browser. Every Bot on your account then shares that session. Why that is the real problem.
How to Connect Multiple Google Calendars to Grok Bot
Grok Bot has no xAI calendar connector. It reaches Google Calendar via Cursor's plugin marketplace and Google's own MCP server. Nine verbs, one account.
How to Connect Multiple Google Drive Accounts to Grok Bot
Grok Bot has no Google Drive connector of its own. It borrows Cursor's plugin, itself a wrapper on Google's MCP server. Three vendors, one shared browser.
How to Connect Multiple Google Drive Accounts to Grok
Grok's Google Drive connector is free, self-serve, and documented for reads and writes. A second Google account is undocumented. Setup and the way round it.
How to Connect Multiple Notion Workspaces to Grok
Grok's Notion connector is free, native OAuth and self-serve. One connection covers one workspace, and that rule is written down by Notion, not by xAI.
How to Connect Multiple OneDrive Accounts to Grok
Grok's OneDrive connector is Business and Enterprise only, admin-provisioned against one Azure AD tenant, and holds one identity. What works instead.
How to Connect Multiple Outlook Calendars to Grok Bot
Carly holds every Outlook calendar you own and works across all of them. Grok Bot's new Outlook Calendar plugin signs in one Microsoft account.
How to Connect Multiple SharePoint Sites to Grok
Grok searches across SharePoint sites automatically, but the ceiling is what an admin indexed, not what you can open. Two tenants have nowhere to go.
How to Connect Multiple Slack Workspaces to Grok
Grok at grok.com has no Slack connector, built in or in the catalog. Custom MCP is the only route and Slack blocks it. What reaches Slack instead.
How to Connect Multiple Teams Accounts to Grok
Grok's Teams connector is free and self-serve, and three of its permissions need an Entra admin. A second tenant is undocumented. What works instead.
How to Connect Multiple Google Calendars to Grok
xAI documents no way to add a second Google account to Grok, though the connector itself is free and self-serve. How to reach every calendar.
Grok API: Models, Rate Limits, Tools, and X Search
What you get from the xAI API in 2026: Grok 4.5 at 500k context, high limits before you spend a dollar, first-party X search, and one billing trap.
Grok Automations: Scheduled and Email-Triggered Jobs
Grok can now run jobs on a schedule or when an email arrives. How Automations work, what the triggers can match on, what's free, and the one event it watches.
Grok Connectors: Every Integration and What It Does
Every app Grok connects to: the seven built-in connectors, the OAuth catalog, and custom MCP, with the permissions each one asks for.
Grok for Excel: What the Free Add-In Actually Does
xAI shipped Grok for Excel on July 20, 2026 as a free Microsoft 365 add-in. What it does in a workbook, how it pulls from your connectors, and its limits.
Grok for Microsoft 365: The Complete Picture (2026)
Grok runs inside Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook, plus connectors for Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive. What's free, what's paid, and how it beats Copilot.
Grok for Outlook: What the Add-In Actually Does
xAI shipped Grok for Outlook on July 21, 2026. What the add-in does inside your inbox, how it differs from the Outlook connector, and what it costs.
Grok for Word and PowerPoint: What the Add-Ins Do
Grok shipped free Word and PowerPoint add-ins in June 2026. What each one does, how they pull from your connectors, and where the assistance stops.
AI News Roundup: SpaceX Swallows xAI in $1.25 Trillion Mega-Merger
SpaceX and xAI merge to create the world's most valuable private company, OpenAI launches a standalone Codex desktop app, and a major international AI safety report warns that safeguards aren't keeping up.
AI News Roundup: OpenAI Retires GPT-5 as Microsoft Walks Back Its AI Overload
OpenAI phases out GPT-5 and GPT-4o ahead of GPT-5.2 dominance, Microsoft retreats from aggressive Windows 11 AI integration, and a WashPo investigation reveals how Grok became a porn generator.
AI News Roundup: Anthropic Rockets to $350B Valuation as xAI and Claude Battle for AI Supremacy
Anthropic nearly doubles its valuation to $350B in just three months, xAI closes a massive $20B round, Meta faces leadership turmoil as Yann LeCun breaks his silence on Llama 4, and CES 2026 continues with major announcements from Nvidia, AMD, and Samsung.
AI News Roundup: 2025's Final Day Brings xAI's Billion-GPU Ambitions and the Year in Review
Elon Musk's xAI acquires third data center targeting 1 million GPUs, AI reshapes Wall Street productivity, and a look back at 2025's transformative year in artificial intelligence.