Connecting Trello Beginner

Connect Trello so your bot can work in it for you. This guide explains what that means, how to connect it in a few clicks, and practical things to try.

What you'll learn

What connecting Trello lets your bot do
How to connect it step by step
How to stay in control and disconnect

Before you start

The Grok Bot app, installed and signed in. New? See where to download it and installing and signing in.
A Trello account you can sign in to.

1. What Trello is and why connect it

Trello is a board-and-cards app for organizing tasks. A connector is a link that lets your bot work inside an app for you, instead of you clicking around yourself. Once Trello is connected, you can just ask in plain words and your bot does the work in Trello. New to connectors? Read What is a connector first.

2. Connect Trello

Open Grok Bot and click Connect apps in the sidebar. (Or just type "Connect Trello" to your bot; it can show a Connect card right in the chat.)
Find Trello in the list. If you can't find it, ask your bot; which connectors appear can depend on your account.
Click to connect. Your web browser opens Trello's own sign-in page.
Sign in there and read what access it asks for, then approve. Your password goes to Trello, never into the chat.
Come back to Grok Bot and test it with a simple request, like one of the ideas below.

Screenshot: The Connect apps list in the sidebar with Trello highlighted.

Screenshot: Trello's own sign-in or permission screen.

3. What your bot can do with it

You can ask it to work with your boards, lists and cards.

Exactly which actions are available depends on the connector's current tools. If you're not sure, ask: "What can you do with Trello?"

4. Staying in control

A connected app is available to every bot on your account. Bots draft messages and changes for your approval, and risky actions are checked by Auto-review (see Safety and approvals). To cut access later, remove the connection on the Trello side (Trello Support) or ask your bot how to disconnect it.

Ideas to try

Weekly plan.
Create cards in my 'This week' list for: invoice clients, order supplies, update website.
Status.
What cards are in the 'Doing' list of my Shop board?
Move along.
Move the 'Order supplies' card to Done.
Home projects.
Make a board for the kitchen remodel with lists To do, Doing, Done.

Tips

Start with read-only requests (search, list, summarize) before asking for changes.
If you have more than one account, tell the bot which one to use.
If Trello stops responding, ask your bot to check the connection. You may just need to sign in again.

Facts about the Grok Bot app come from Cursor's official Grok Bot documentation. Trello details: Trello Support. Menus and services change; if something looks different, check the official docs or ask your bot.