Best Grok Bots for Email and Inbox Work
People searching for a Grok Bot for email usually want one of four things: a quiet filter that surfaces the few messages that matter, a cleaner inbox, protection from scams, or a follow-up tracker. The twelve templates below are the ones we would point each of those people to. This page ranks and compares them. To get one running, follow the playbook Set up a Grok Bot for email triage.
How we picked
We read each template's skills, routines and plugin list in our directory (as of 2026-10-31) and kept only templates that:
- have a stated mail job and at least one routine or a concrete set of skills;
- keep sending, deleting and unsubscribing behind your approval, or say plainly when they do not;
- are active and public, and not thin.
We did not run any of them. Notes describe what the template's own skills and routines say, not our test results. Where a template acts outward on its own (unsubscribing, replying STOP to texts, filing removal requests), the note says so.
We dropped one candidate from the shortlist: Agent Zero files data-broker removal requests by email. That is privacy work, not inbox management, and it does not belong on a "best for email" shelf.
Pick by situation
- I want one calm list of what needs me, across mail and Slack: Inbox Manager Bot.
- I want a Gmail or Outlook inbox kept at zero by a schedule: Mail Bot for the careful staging-folder approach, Email Bot for the aggressive hourly archive.
- I want to try one on demand before scheduling anything: Inbox Zero, which ships no routines.
- Replies I could write from my own files: Polo.
- I want the agent to have its own address, not mine: Agent Mail.
- Scams and phishing worry me: Inbox Guardian.
- Campaign email and texts are the problem: Political Spam Blocker.
- A secretary that also does bills, packages and a morning rundown: Andrea Sachs.
- Where is my money going each month: Subby.
- I keep dropping promises and unanswered asks: Dropped-Ball Scanner.
- Mail, Slack, calendar and Notion all feed one to-do ledger: Inbot.
Comparison
| Template | Apps in its record | Rhythm | Acts outward without a per-item yes? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inbox Manager Bot | Gmail, Slack | Weekday morning and afternoon, starts disabled | No: read-only, drafts at most |
| Mail Bot | Gmail, Outlook, Slack | Every 3 hours, plus daily and weekly noise routines | Weekly unsubscribe roll-up for senders you confirmed |
| Email Bot | None listed | Hourly on weekdays | Archives; never sends |
| Inbox Zero | Gmail | On demand, no routines | No |
| Polo | Gmail, Google Drive, Dropbox | Every 30 minutes on weekdays | No: leaves drafts |
| Agent Mail | AgentMail | Every 6 hours, daily digest | Auto-archives noise |
| Inbox Guardian | Gmail, Outlook | Scan interval you choose, health check every 30 minutes | Moves high-confidence scams to spam |
| Political Spam Blocker | Gmail | Daily sweep, texts checked every couple of hours | Yes: replies STOP, files list removals |
| Andrea Sachs | Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar | Several checks a day, morning briefing | Nothing sent as you without okay |
| Subby | Gmail | Weekly on Monday | No: drafts cancel and refund requests |
| Dropped-Ball Scanner | None listed | One evening sweep | No: draft cards only |
| Inbot | Gmail, Slack, Notion, Google Calendar | Every 15 minutes, hourly on weekdays | No listed outward action |
Plugin lists are what the directory records for each template. A template that lists no plugin may still ask you to connect Gmail during its first-run chat.
Related
- Playbook: Set up a Grok Bot for email triage
- Label hubs: Email bots, Security bots
This is a curated shortlist, not a how-to. For routines, see playbooks.
The picks
- 01
Inbox Manager Bot First line of defense on email, Slack, and DMs. Read-only by default — surfaces the 3 that are both important and urgent. Never answers as you. WHO: Inbox Mana…
- Memories0
- Skills1
- Routines1
Why it is on the list
Reads Gmail and Slack and tries to name the roughly three items that are both important and urgent, then posts a short fire board on weekdays, or says nothing. Its skill says never to send and never to answer as you, and its routine ships disabled until you turn it on. It suits someone who already sees the top of the inbox and wants only what they would miss. It will not clean or file anything, so pair it with a cleanup bot if volume is the real problem.
- 02
Mail Bot Personal email triage partner that tames overloaded Gmail, Outlook, Zoho, or AOL/Yahoo inboxes using a non-destructive staging-folder queue, VIP alerts, smart…
- Memories4
- Skills1
- Routines8
Why it is on the list
The most careful triager here. It works from a staging folder or label, so it never sweeps your old backlog, and it pings one short line per message worth keeping. Gmail and Outlook are listed as plugins, and a webmail variant drives the browser for other providers. Its memory notes say replies are drafts only, and one-time codes are pinged privately without the digits. It has eight routines (three Gmail checks, three webmail checks, a daily noise review, a Monday unsubscribe roll-up), so budget real setup time for folders, VIP senders and schedule. The Monday roll-up unsubscribes from senders you have already confirmed as junk; read that routine before enabling it.
- 03
Email Bot Hourly inbox triage for busy people. It archives noise, keeps what needs you, and drafts replies in your voice. It never sends.
- Memories5
- Skills1
- Routines1
Why it is on the list
A single hourly weekday routine that keeps only threads needing your reply or an open signature and archives intros, pitches, stale scheduling and portal nags by default. It drafts replies and, per its notes, never sends and never deletes without asking. It suits someone who wants a hard inbox-zero edge and little setup. The risk is the aggressive archive: archived mail is still searchable but out of sight, so check the archive for the first week. Its record lists no plugin, so confirm in the first chat how it reaches your mailbox.
- 04
Inbox Zero Inbox Zero
by Ashley Schendel
An email operations assistant that triages your whole inbox, drafts replies, tracks follow-ups and deadlines, and sends a daily brief, without ever sending or…
- Memories0
- Skills8
- Routines0
Why it is on the list
Eight on-demand skills (full triage, a ten-task sprint with drafts, reply drafting, unanswered-request finder, deadline extractor, safe cleanup, daily briefing) and no routines. That makes it the best first try: nothing runs until you ask, and it states it will not send or change mail without your approval. It suits someone testing whether a Grok Bot belongs in their inbox at all. It will not watch your mail between chats unless you schedule a routine yourself.
- 05
Polo Watches your inbox for questions you can already answer from mail or files you already have. Leaves a short draft in your mailbox and asks before sending, so y…
- Memories12
- Skills0
- Routines1
Why it is on the list
Checks Gmail every 30 minutes on weekdays for questions you could already answer from mail, Google Drive or Dropbox, and leaves a short draft in your mailbox. It suits people who spend their day answering the same questions with the same attachments. Caveats: it needs file access to be useful, so it reads more than just mail, and the 30-minute cadence is a steady usage cost. The draft is your safety net; do not skip reading it before pressing Send.
- 06
Agent Mail Agent Mail
by JJ Englert
The ultimate template for giving your agent an email. Spin up AgentMail, learn your voice from your outbox, auto-triage the noise, and ping you when something…
- Memories5
- Skills8
- Routines2
Why it is on the list
Instead of using your mailbox, it creates an AgentMail inbox for the agent. It can learn your writing voice from your sent mail (skippable), auto-archives noise every 6 hours, alerts on important messages with a suggested reply, and sends a daily digest. It suits people who would rather forward selected mail to an agent address than grant access to a main account. The trade-offs are an extra third-party service and the fact that it only sees what reaches that address.
- 07
Inbox Guardian: Email Phishing/Scam Detector Bot Inbox Guardian: Email Phishing/Scam Detector Bot
by @nft_dreww
Watches your Gmail, Outlook, or Proton inbox for phishing and scam emails, moves high-confidence scams to spam, flags suspicious ones for review, and alerts yo…
- Memories3
- Skills2
- Routines4
Why it is on the list
Scans Gmail or Outlook for phishing and scam mail, checks authentication headers and links, moves high-confidence scams to spam, flags doubtful ones for your review, and warns about attachments it could not scan. The description also names Proton, but the plugin list shows Gmail and Outlook only, so treat Proton as unverified. It has a dashboard, an opt-in weekly breach check and a 30-minute health check that alerts only on failure. It suits anyone whose main fear is a bad click. Moving to spam can hide a real message, so look in spam after setup and treat its verdicts as advice.
- 08
Political Spam Blocker Political Spam Blocker
Clears political and election spam out of your inbox, gets you off campaign lists, can auto-reply STOP to political texts, and helps you shut off campaign call…
- Memories2
- Skills5
- Routines2
Why it is on the list
Targets one kind of mail: political and election email. A daily sweep moves it out of the inbox and flags senders ignoring opt-outs; other skills handle list removals and phone filtering. Flagged as risky behaviour: its routine replies STOP to new political text senders every couple of hours and reports what it sent, so it is the one template here that sends on its own. It suits people tired of campaign season. Check the opt-out and STOP wording before turning the text routine on.
- 09
Andrea Sachs Andrea Sachs
by JX
A personal secretary that watches all your inboxes, sends a morning briefing, tracks your packages and bills, cleans out spam, and keeps your calendar. It neve…
- Memories3
- Skills6
- Routines3
Why it is on the list
A secretary rather than a pure inbox tool: unsubscribe cleanup, package tracking from order emails, bill due dates onto your calendar, drafted replies and a morning briefing. It watches Gmail and Outlook and uses Google Calendar. It suits someone who wants one assistant for the whole day. It writes to your calendar and hands money-related mail to a finance assistant, so decide what it may create without asking. It says it never sends as you without your okay.
- 10
Subby I find your recurring subscriptions and charges in your email (spam included) and statements, and show what they cost per month, per year, and over 5 and 10 ye…
- Memories12
- Skills8
- Routines1
Why it is on the list
Searches mail, including spam, for recurring charges, costs each one per month, per year and over five and ten years, finds overlaps, and prepares cancellation and refund requests as drafts. A Monday routine rechecks for new charges, price rises and open refunds, and stays silent otherwise. It suits anyone who suspects they pay for forgotten services. Caveats: figures come from emails, and the bot says charges with no email can be found only from a statement you share. It never cancels or pays on its own, and this is not financial advice.
- 11
Dropped-Ball Scanner Dropped-Ball Scanner
An evening sweep of your email, chat, and texts that catches unanswered asks and promises you made with no next step. It only pushes what's new, each with a on…
- Memories7
- Skills4
- Routines0
Why it is on the list
One evening sweep for asks that got no reply and promises you made with no next step, ranked by harm, at most five items, each with a draft recovery message. A ledger stops it repeating itself and it stays quiet when nothing is new. It suits people who lose threads between mail, chat and texts. It lists no plugins, so the first-run chat decides which sources it can see. Every outgoing message is a draft card, and a yes to one card does not approve the next.
- 12
Inbot Inbox-zero receive bot. On setup it asks you to connect every inbox you actually use (email, Slack or Teams, calendars, Notion, messengers). Then it sweeps tho…
- Memories21
- Skills3
- Routines2
Why it is on the list
Sweeps Gmail, Slack, Notion comments and calendars into a processed to-do ledger every 15 minutes, silent unless something breaks, with an hourly weekday gather. It suits someone whose inboxes are spread across several tools. Caveats: it needs four plugins, and a 15-minute schedule is the sort of short interval x.ai warns can burn usage fast (as of 2026-10-31). Its routines gather rather than summarise, so you will want to ask for the ledger or add a digest of your own.
Side by side
| Bot | Labels | Integrations | Routines | Author | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inbox Manager Bot | Gmail, Slack | 1 routine
| Josh | 2 Sept 2026 | |
| Mail Bot | Email, Calendar, Coding, Chief-of-Staff | Gmail, Outlook, Slack | 8 routines
| Justin Barnes | 17 Oct 2026 |
| Email Bot | — | 1 routine
| Austen | 25 Oct 2026 | |
| Inbox Zero | Email-Copy, Email | Gmail | — | Ashley Schendel | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Polo | Gmail, Google Drive, Dropbox | 1 routine
| Soleio | 31 Aug 2026 | |
| Agent Mail | Email, Email-Copy | AgentMail | 2 routines
| JJ Englert | 26 Sept 2026 |
| Inbox Guardian: Email Phishing/Scam Detector Bot | Email, Security | Gmail, Outlook | 4 routines
| lain | 18 Oct 2026 |
| Political Spam Blocker | Email, Personal | Gmail | 2 routines
| Sawyer Merritt | 17 Oct 2026 |
| Andrea Sachs | Calendar, Email, News-Briefing | Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar | 3 routines
| JX | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Subby | Finance, Email, Personal | Gmail | 1 routine
| Nicolò | 28 Oct 2026 |
| Dropped-Ball Scanner | Email, Customer-Support | — | — | Austen Allred | 23 Oct 2026 |
| Inbot | Email, Calendar, Chief-of-Staff | Gmail, Slack, Notion, Google Calendar | 2 routines
| Matthew | 29 Aug 2026 |










