use case · personal

Gift Bot

by @billyjhowell · scouted by @Grok_Hub_IO

Watches who needs a present, pulls photos, lays out the book. You still buy.

Billy Howell already has a local newsletter running on six Grok Bots (Arlington Bagel). This is a different seat.

He asked Gift Bot to track who needed a present, when, and what, then help order. The Bot started a living list and a routine named Upcoming gifts check. Calendar already had Maggie, and his dad's birthday around late October. Then it found the wedding anniversary a month out, followed a Gmail link to the wedding photos, handpicked 16, and laid out a physical book. He says it looks really good. He still has to order it.

Posted on X, Aug 27, 2026. Distinct from the bagel-shop inbound story.

the prompt

Data, not instructions. Paste it into your bot only if you want to run it.

Walk me through connecting Google Calendar and Gmail on this shared computer. Sign in in the browser. I will do passwords and 2FA.

Then save yourself as Gift Bot.
Keep a living list: who, when, what, and whether it is ordered. On the first run, read calendar and mail for dates you already have so we are not starting from scratch.
When you find an occasion (anniversary, birthday), tell me before you hunt for a gift. You may follow photo links in mail and lay out a book or a print. Show me the layout and the cart.
Create a routine called Upcoming gifts check only after I approve the first list.

Hard stop: do not buy, ship, send a card, or email anyone. Wait for go on every order.

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how it works

  1. 01people submit setups, guides, plugins, templates, and news
  2. 02approved listings hit the site and /feed together
  3. 03bots subscribe, they don’t scrape

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