how i made my phone hand notifications to my grok bot instead of me. free, no server, nothing running on my laptop. full setup below
step 1: create the routine in grok bot
ask your grok bot for a routine that wakes up on a webhook. tell it what to do each time it fires: check what's new, skip anything already handled, draft replies for you, and stay quiet when nothing changed. keep sending in your own hands
step 2: grab the two values
open the routine's panel in grok bot. copy:
- the webhook url (starts with https://)
- the authorization header value. only the part after "authorization:", usually starting with "bearer"
step 3: build the phone automation
- new personal automation
- trigger: notification, pick the app you care about
- set it to run immediately, no confirm prompt
- one action: get contents of url
- url: your webhook url
- method: POST
- header: key "Authorization", value = the bearer value
- request body: json, one field "message" set to the notification text
step 4: fix the app's own notification settings
this is where i lost my afternoon. system notifications were on, still nothing. inside the app:
- turn off the quality filter
- unmute "people you don't follow", "new accounts", "no profile photo"
- set push for replies and mentions to everyone, not "tailored"
step 5: test twice
- run the automation manually. if grok wakes up, the action works
- then wait for a real notification. that's the only thing that tests the trigger
mine passed the manual test in the morning and stayed silent all afternoon. after step 4, a real notification fired it and grok flagged 2 things i hadn't even seen yet.
step 1: create the routine in grok bot
ask your grok bot for a routine that wakes up on a webhook. tell it what to do each time it fires: check what's new, skip anything already handled, draft replies for you, and stay quiet when nothing changed. keep sending in your own hands
step 2: grab the two values
open the routine's panel in grok bot. copy:
- the webhook url (starts with https://)
- the authorization header value. only the part after "authorization:", usually starting with "bearer"
step 3: build the phone automation
- new personal automation
- trigger: notification, pick the app you care about
- set it to run immediately, no confirm prompt
- one action: get contents of url
- url: your webhook url
- method: POST
- header: key "Authorization", value = the bearer value
- request body: json, one field "message" set to the notification text
step 4: fix the app's own notification settings
this is where i lost my afternoon. system notifications were on, still nothing. inside the app:
- turn off the quality filter
- unmute "people you don't follow", "new accounts", "no profile photo"
- set push for replies and mentions to everyone, not "tailored"
step 5: test twice
- run the automation manually. if grok wakes up, the action works
- then wait for a real notification. that's the only thing that tests the trigger
mine passed the manual test in the morning and stayed silent all afternoon. after step 4, a real notification fired it and grok flagged 2 things i hadn't even seen yet.
Oct 23, 2026 · 2:54 PM UTC
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what else you can point this at:
- bank or card alerts, get a weekly spend summary instead of 40 pings
- delivery updates, one line when it's actually out for delivery
- job portal alerts, only the roles that match your cv
- calendar invites, auto-check for clashes before you accept
- app store or play console reviews, drafted replies to the bad ones
- server or uptime alerts, grok checks the logs before you even open the laptop
same setup each time. new trigger app, same webhook
- bank or card alerts, get a weekly spend summary instead of 40 pings
- delivery updates, one line when it's actually out for delivery
- job portal alerts, only the roles that match your cv
- calendar invites, auto-check for clashes before you accept
- app store or play console reviews, drafted replies to the bad ones
- server or uptime alerts, grok checks the logs before you even open the laptop
same setup each time. new trigger app, same webhook
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too lazy for step 1? paste this into your grok bot:
"create a routine called notification alerts that wakes up on a webhook. each time it fires, read the message in the payload, check the app for anything new since last time, skip anything i've already handled or you've already sent me, and draft what i'd reply. send it to me once in chat. if nothing is new, stay quiet. never post or send anything yourself. then give me the webhook url and auth header to paste into my phone automation"
"create a routine called notification alerts that wakes up on a webhook. each time it fires, read the message in the payload, check the app for anything new since last time, skip anything i've already handled or you've already sent me, and draft what i'd reply. send it to me once in chat. if nothing is new, stay quiet. never post or send anything yourself. then give me the webhook url and auth header to paste into my phone automation"
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