Jon Shulkin

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

Robotaxi in Austin gets a flat tire. Robotaxi calls humans to inform them of the flat tire. Humans arrive and change tire. Robotaxi back to work. The Tesla team was amazing.

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

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[Matteo Franceschetti @m_franceschetti]

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[Jon Shulkin @jon]

Save thousands of dollars a month building software with Grok Build and build better software with an always on software factory.

No more GitHub, lower token costs, lower token usage, and higher quality one shot builds.

Setup:
1. Mac mini or Mac Studio, always on
2. Instruct Grok Build to write a Deployment Manager and build a desktop app.
3. Move all GitHub activity to Grok Deployment Manager
4. Setup Tailscale to run always on Mac from anywhere
5. Create always on skills file that records learnings from every build and include in all build terminal sessions
6. Build and deploy only thru always on Mac or Tailscale session on Mac

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

Grok Build will make you a private MCP in an afternoon. One URL. Bearer JWT. No OAuth. Grokbots can use this to run everything extremely simply.

What you ship:

• Streamable HTTP: POST / GET / DELETE on /api/mcp
• Auth: Authorization: Bearer <JWT> only
401 = mint a new token. Do not add Authenticate / OAuth / WWW-Authenticate — clients will wander off into a flow you do not have.
• Identity in the JWT (tenant + sub). Grants in the database, not in the token.
• Same URL for every seat. Different JWT per person.

Wire it to Grok Build or a Grok Bot:

1. Add MCP → HTTP / SSE (not stdio)
2. Paste the URL
3. Header: Authorization: Bearer <JWT>
4. Save. tools/list should come back.

That’s the whole client setup.

On the server, keep it small:

• Wrap the APIs your UI already has. No new business logic in the MCP layer.
• Reads are free. Writes use the same propose / approve grants as a human.
• Split draft vs post (two people, two JWTs). Never let one leaked token do both.
• Do not wrap anything that sends money.
• Fail closed: missing token → 401; abuse → 429; bad image never gets traffic until smoke is green.

If a tool does not exist yet, say so. Do not stub it. Computer login is not a substitute for Bearer.

You do not need an IdP, OAuth discovery, or a special bot SDK. A JWT, a JSON-RPC handler, and the tools you already run in the product.

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

@AdamLowisz @Giannoulias 👍

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

Success in building the intelligence function that integrates my secure private data using Grok Build + Grokbot with full read/write MCP into the software. Grokbot solved the big enterprise private data enablement problem.

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

Intelligence enabled in my family office software platform, written with Grok Build, by integrating Grokbot. Grokbots use the Brain which enables all the private files to be accessed and the Grokbots produce institutional quality output.

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

Grok Build helped me enable all my private files, create a brain, and setup Grokbots to be the intelligence for a virtual family office platform. Fully AI driven ABOR and IBOR records, estate library buildout, master database of all records, and tax. Staffed solely by Grokbots.

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

Midwesterners love Grok

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

This is my org chart.

Every box is a Grok Bot.

Grok Build wrote the software. Grok Bots now run it. Grok Bots fully operate the software.

Family office includes Controller, Auditor, Tax, Bill Pay, Estate, Analysis, and Intelligence. They post the financial and accounting entries. They fetch statements, scan Dropbox for updates files, reconcile any discrepancies.

The Bots work the product. I run the board.

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

If you are experiencing Grokbot App issues, Grok fixes Grokbot app problems.

1. Open terminal
2. Type Grok
3. Shift + Tab to operate in Auto mode
4. Type "debug my grokbots" and hit Enter

Back to Grokbotting.

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

What happens if Grokbots are told to add $1 billion per week of new token usage?

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

Grokbots solved the problem of enabling a large corpus of private data, tens of thousands of files. The only solution I’ve found to the problem. Details below.

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

Weeks of controller work. 48 hours. One GrokBot.

1,913 journal entries recorded
Journal Entry backlog: 3,864 → 168
3,244 duplicates thrown out
Saturday 10am: 949 entries processed in one hour

Wow.

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

@cb_doge Good to finally connect. What do you think of grokbot

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

@KettlebellDan Thank you!

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

GrokBot Office v2. Every Grokbot has a desk, a name, and a job. The GrokBots built The Office using Grok Imagine. They seem to enjoy working at Dunder Mifflin. GrokBots work together on a build run and move to the conference room, without Michael Scott. If the Grokbots aren't working, they go to the break room or take a nap...

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

grok botting (n.) turning your phone into a 24/7 Grok farm allowing your max productivity.

Used in a sentence:

“Sorry I missed your call. I was grok botting. My 8 Grokbots needed answers from me and I think one of them just filed taxes.”

[Jon Shulkin @jon]

My Grokbot team that runs the software build took over the Dunder Mifflin space and assumed the characters in The Office.