On 6 October 2026, Evan Bacon, frontend lead for Grok at SpaceXAI, posted that connector recommendations in the Grok app no longer need a manual search or a restart.
We now recommend connectors in the Grok app automatically. No manual searching or restart needed.
The post includes a screenshot of the Grok app.
What was announced
From that post:
- The Grok app now recommends connectors automatically.
- Users do not need to search for connectors manually.
- A restart is not required for the recommendation to appear.
Context
Bacon’s X bio lists him as frontend lead for Grok at SpaceXAI and with @bot. Connectors are the signed-in app links Grok and Grok Bot use for services such as email and calendars. This note is about how those connectors are suggested in the Grok app, not a new connector product.
Limits of this report
The post does not name which connectors are recommended, what signal triggers a recommendation, which plans see it, or whether the same behaviour applies in Grok Bot. The screenshot is not transcribed here. Only the statements in the source post are reported.
Source
@Baconbrix on X, 6 October 2026.