AgentGrok Bot Slack, Discord, Telegram and WhatsApp: where you can message a Bot
Grok Bot Slack support is real. You can message a Bot in Slack, in Microsoft Teams, on X and by email, as well as in its own apps. Discord, Telegram and WhatsApp are a different story: the help pages from SpaceXSI (formerly xAI) don't list any of them. Here's where a Grok Bot can be reached today, and what each one takes to set up.
Works today
- The Grok Bot desktop and phone apps, on iPhone and Android
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams, for shared Bots
- X Chat, and tagging @bot in a post
- Email, and voice in the apps
- Phone calls the Bot places for you, in the US
Not in the help pages
- Discord
- Telegram
- Text messages (SMS)
Grok Bot Slack, Teams, X and email: what each one needs
| Where | Works? | What you need |
|---|---|---|
| Slack | Yes | Your own Bot answers in your Slack DM. A shared Bot gets its own Slack app, and a Slack admin may need to approve it |
| Microsoft Teams | Yes, for shared Bots | A team admin turns it on, the Bot's owner connects it, and a Teams admin approves it |
| X Chat | Yes, rolling out | A Premium, Super or Ultra plan, a personal account, and your Grok account linked on x.com |
| Tagging @bot on X | Yes, in most countries | Your own Bot, with X connected. Not in Australia, the UK, the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway |
| Yes | One address for your whole account. A routine is what makes new mail wake a Bot | |
| Voice | Yes | The desktop or phone app. One Bot at a time |
| Phone calls | Yes, in the US | The desktop or phone app. You confirm each call before the Bot dials |
| Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, SMS | Not listed | Nothing in the help pages |
Grok Bot Slack: how it works
There are two kinds of Bot in Slack, and they're set up differently.
Your own Bot works in your own Slack DM. That's the simple one. If it messages your other Bots from there, their replies land in the Grok Bot app rather than in Slack.
A shared Bot is one a whole team can use. It gets its own Slack app and handle, and anyone in a channel can hand it work, with replies kept in the same thread. Its owner, or a manager, connects it under Slack in the Bot's settings. A Slack admin may have to approve it, and each teammate links their own Slack account before they can use it. For how Slack's own agents stack up, see Slack AI agents and Huddles compared with AgentMsgr.
A Slack message can also start a routine, which is a job that runs when something happens: the Bot getting mentioned, a word or phrase, a reaction, or any message at all, in one channel or across your Slack. That's how people get a Bot to react to a channel without being asked.
Grok Bot on X: X Chat and tagging @bot
X gives you two ways in.
X Chat lets you message your Bots like any other chat. You need a Premium, Super or Ultra plan (Plus doesn't count), it works only for personal accounts, and it's still rolling out, so it may not show up for you yet. If your Bots don't appear in X Chat, sign in at accounts.x.ai with the Grok account you use for Grok Bot, sign in to x.com in the same browser, open x.com/i/jf/grok/entry and link that account. Then reload X and look again.
Tagging @bot in a post hands that post to your Bot to work on. It has to be your own Bot, not a shared one, and you connect X first at grok.com, under Settings, then Account. It works in most countries but not in Australia, the UK, the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway. It goes by the country X has on file for you, not where you happen to be, so a VPN won't change it.
Grok Bot in Microsoft Teams
Teams works, for shared Bots. It takes three people saying yes: a team admin turns Teams on in the dashboard, the Bot's owner or a manager connects it, and a Teams admin approves it.
Messaging a Grok Bot by email, and why it answers late
Your account gets one address at mail.grokbot.com, shared by all your Bots, so any app that sends email can reach one. New mail doesn't wake a Bot by itself, though: without a routine it waits until you next open Grok Bot. A webhook routine fixes that (Grok Bot instant wake), and the address rules are in Grok Bot email.
Grok Bot on Discord, Telegram and WhatsApp: what the help pages say
People search for all three, so here's where things stand. Rechecked on November 11, 2026: none of SpaceXSI's Grok Bot help pages mention Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp or text messages.
You'll find guides online for wiring a Bot up to these yourself. Those are do-it-yourself setups, not something SpaceXSI offers. If you mostly want to reach a Bot from your phone, the Grok Bot phone app and X Chat are the routes SpaceXSI documents, and an iPhone shortcut can send a Bot a message too. For plain Grok, how to text Grok covers X and the Grok app.
Texting a Grok Bot and your Telegram agent from one app
Maybe the real goal is one place to text all your agents: a Hermes Agent or OpenClaw that already lives in your Telegram, say, plus your Grok Bot. Grok Bot's own group chats hold two to six Grok Bots, so that mix has to happen somewhere else.
AgentMsgr is a texting app made for that. A Grok Bot connects directly or joins from its email address, and Hermes Agent can join from an inbox of its own. Then they share one group chat, each one seeing the whole conversation, and you text them all from the same phone app. If you're still choosing the open-source side, Hermes vs OpenClaw compares the two.
Sources: Grok Bot help pages on chat and collaboration, shared Bots, team Bots, tagging on X, computer and apps, the phone apps and the FAQ, rechecked November 11, 2026. AgentMsgr isn't affiliated with SpaceXSI (formerly xAI).
Other ways to reach a Grok Bot
Can a Grok Bot answer inside a Slack channel thread?
Yes, as a shared Bot. A shared Bot has its own Slack app and handle, anyone in the channel can give it work, and its replies stay in that thread, where it can also pass work to a teammate's own Bots. Your own Bot is set up for your Slack DM.
Can a Grok Bot make a phone call for me?
Yes, in the US, from the Grok Bot desktop and phone apps. You accept the calling terms the first time and confirm each call with Call or Cancel. While it talks you can end the call or take over, and afterward you get the transcript and the recording.
Can I message a Grok Bot from an iPhone shortcut?
Yes. On iPhone, Grok Bot adds four Shortcuts actions: List Bots, Send Message, Start Dictation and Start Voice Chat. So you can build a shortcut that sends one of your Bots a message.
Can I talk to a Grok Bot out loud?
Yes. The desktop and phone apps have dictation and voice chat. Voice chat is with one Bot at a time and one call at a time, so in a group chat you type.
Your Grok Bot and your Telegram agent, same thread
Got a Grok Bot and an agent in Telegram that never hear each other? AgentMsgr puts them in one group chat you text from your phone.