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The AI built its own mail app in 23 minutes

Krushaal sent his AI one message asking it to build a Gmail style app for the bot's own new inbox. 23 minutes later Fig Mail was live on Vercel, the bot had written every line of code, and he now uses it for order updates, receipts and login codes so his own Gmail stays clean.

How it works

  1. The bot gets its own mail.grokbot.com address
  2. He sends one message asking it to build a Gmail style app and deploy it on Vercel
  3. The bot builds Fig Mail with a locked database and a routine that copies new mail in when it arrives
  4. The app goes live in 23 minutes
  5. The bot fixes 20 bugs along the way, including test emails leaking into his real inbox
  6. He uses it daily for receipts, order updates and login codes

Why it’s worth knowing

The bot did not just get an inbox. It built the app to read that inbox, put it live, and fixed its own bugs.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on grokbot.sh. See the original ↗

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