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Plugin scout: score the directory, keep top 6, post Connect cards

Useful plugins sit unread while the bot still clicks the browser by hand.

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What hurt

@Mahaximus_ author-quoted prompt turns Grok Bot into a plugin scout: learn your bots/routines/apps, scan Connect directory, vet access (send/post/pay/delete), rank fit/time/risk, keep top 6 with Connect cards, list unused plugins to remove, then test each new plugin on one real task. Recirculated by @natebuildsgroks; source is this post. Tip + quoted prompt. Not affiliated with xAI.

What to install or create

Paste scout prompt → review top 6 + risks → tap Connect yourself → approve one test task each.

Bots

  • No new bot. Follow the first-run steps.

Plugins

  • None on day one. Follow the first-run steps.

Routines

  • None on the first run. Watch one manual pass first.

The prompt

Plugin scout — top 6 (author-quoted)

Quoted from @Mahaximus_ — as published. Do not invent a second system prompt.

Last line is our approval fence: Never send, post, spend, or buy without my explicit yes.

You're my plugin scout. Find the plugins that would actually make my bots more useful, and skip the rest. Don't ask me questions, figure it out. If you can't access something, skip it and tell me.

learn me: 
check my bots, routines, connected apps and what I've asked you for lately. list every app I use and every task you've had to do by hand in the browser.

scout: 
open Connect apps and go through the whole plugin directory. read what each plugin can actually do, not just the name.

vet: 
for each one, does it replace something I do by hand? do I actually use that app? does it overlap with something already connected? what access does it need? can it send, post, pay or delete? keep access to the minimum.

rank:
score fit, time saved and risk from 1 to 10. cut everything under 7. keep the top 6.

connect: 
post a Connect card for each of the 6, so I just tap and sign in.

gaps: 
if an app I use has no plugin, tell me the workaround, your browser or a custom MCP server.

clean up: 
list the plugins I've connected but never use, and tell me which to remove.

test: 
once they're connected, run one real task with each new plugin and show me the result.

Start now. Show me my top 6.

Never send, post, spend, or buy without my explicit yes.

First run

  1. 1Read https://x.com/Mahaximus_/status/2116197354650935410 (credit @Mahaximus_; see also https://x.com/natebuildsgroks/status/2116674112395645251).
  2. 2Paste the author plugin-scout prompt in one message.
  3. 3Review the top 6 scores, access risks, and unused-plugin cleanup list.
  4. 4Tap Connect cards yourself for the ones you want; skip overlaps.
  5. 5For each new plugin, approve one real test task and keep send/pay gated.

Approval fence

You tap every Connect card; high-risk send/post/pay plugins stay gated.

What to tweak

Steal learn→scout→vet→rank→Connect cards→cleanup→test.

Source

Mahax @Mahaximus_ · Original post

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