Email Workflows / Giving your bot its own email address

Giving your bot its own email address Beginner

Your bot can have its own email address, separate from yours. Then newsletters, receipts and sign-ups can go to the bot instead of cluttering your inbox.

What you'll learn

  • Why a bot address beats sharing yours
  • How to ask your bot for one
  • Using +tags to sort mail

Before you start

1. Why give a bot its own address?

If your bot reads your personal inbox, it sees everything. With its own address, you choose exactly what it gets: a shop's order notices, a newsletter, a form's replies. It can file that mail, summarize it, and hand you what matters.

2. Ask for one

  1. Open a chat with the bot that should own the mail (see Creating your first bot).
  2. Type: "I'd like you to have your own email address. What names are available?"
  3. Pick a name you like. Choose carefully: your bot can tell you, but treat the name as permanent.
  4. Ask the bot to confirm the full address and save it somewhere you'll remember.
Screenshot: A chat where the bot lists available address names and confirms the one chosen.

3. Sort with +tags

Many mail systems, including the bot's, deliver mail sent to name+anything@ to name@. Give each service its own tag, like name+shop@, and the bot can tell where mail came from.

4. Sending

When the bot writes mail, it normally shows you a draft to approve before it goes out (see Staying safe: approval before sending).

Ideas to try

  • Newsletter overload.
    Subscribe my news sites to your address and give me one summary each Friday.
  • Online shopping.
    I'll use your +receipts address at checkout; file each receipt in a sheet with store, date and total.
  • Side hustle form.
    Use your +contact address on my website form and tell me about new messages every evening.
  • Sign-ups.
    Which tag should I use for free trials so you can remind me before they renew?

Tips

  • Use your own address for anything personal or legal.
  • Give each service a different +tag.
  • Ask the bot to unsubscribe from things you stop needing.

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