How to use Grok Bot to prepare taxes from Gmail and find award flights
DJ connected Grok Bot to Gmail. It found his tax documents in 40,000 emails and did his taxes, then found three first-class award tickets to Japan for 60,000 points before he paused it.
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Search my Gmail for every tax document for [tax year], list what you found and what is missing, then search [airline] award availability for [route] in [dates] and show me options without booking.
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- DJ (@congressdj)
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- Reported result
- DJ says the bot did his taxes from his email and found three first-class Japan tickets for 60,000 points. He gives no tax figures.
- Human involvement
- DJ gave permission for airline logins and stopped the booking. One agent checks key decisions, such as deleting email, with him.
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How the agent did it
- DJ connected Grok Bot to his Gmail, which held about 40,000 emails.
- He asked it to do his taxes and it found the needed documents in his email.
- He asked for first-class award tickets to Japan and it logged into his airline accounts with permission.
@congressdj, who works in Washington DC and calls himself a non-coder who barely used AI before, wrote that Grok Bot changed how he goes about everything within a few hours.
During setup it offered to connect several dozen programs, none of which he uses. Then it asked to connect his Gmail, and he agreed. He says it saw 40,000 emails and got a good picture of his life.
So he asked it to do his taxes. He says it found all the documents it needed in his email and did them. He then asked it to find first-class award tickets to Japan. It searched the web, logged into his airline accounts with his permission and found three first-class tickets to Japan for 60,000 points. It would have booked them, but he stopped it because he was not yet sure of his dates.
He also created several agents. One sends an hourly political update on topics he needs for work. One is cleaning and organising his Gmail inbox. One is "saving me money in my taxes". One makes sure it always checks with him on key decisions, such as deleting an email.
He does not say whether the tax return was filed or checked by anyone else, or give a figure for tax savings.
Who it's for: Non-technical people whose paperwork mostly lives in their email.
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Source: X · DJ (@congressdj)
Frequently asked questions
Where did the bot find his tax documents?
DJ says it found all the documents it needed in his Gmail.
Did it book the Japan flights?
No. It found three first-class tickets for 60,000 points and would have booked them, but he stopped it because his dates were not set.
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Remaining steps
- It found three tickets for 60,000 points and stopped when he paused it.
- He set up agents for hourly political updates, inbox clean-up and checking key decisions with him.
About this account
Grok Bot gathered tax documents, prepared his taxes and searched airline accounts for award seats.
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Credit: DJ (@congressdj) — X
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Grok Bot · Gmail · Airline accounts
Taxes · Award travel · Gmail
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