Connect a world-events dashboard to your agent and paper-trade the news
A trader connected the free World Monitor dashboard to Grok Bot as a custom MCP server, added Alpaca's MCP in paper mode, and told the bot in plain English to check for wars, sanctions and oil shocks every few minutes and map them to affected stocks.
Source
@RohOnChain on X · 2026-10-22
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-22.
What they did
A trader connected the free World Monitor dashboard to Grok Bot as a custom MCP server, added Alpaca's MCP in paper mode, and told the bot in plain English to check for wars, sanctions and oil shocks every few minutes and map them to affected stocks.
Result (as claimed)
A no-code news-driven trading loop running on fake money first.
Tools they used
Cost: Grok Bot: from $30/mo.
Set it up
Gather the documents
Collect statements, bills, invoices or tax documents for the period you want reviewed.
Ask for an audit, not actions
Have Grok Bot list findings, amounts and suggested next steps before it does anything.
Approve each action
Approve cancellations, disputes or payments one at a time. Never give an agent open-ended access to move money.
Track the result
Record what changed and what you saved so you can check it next month. This is not financial advice.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Connect a world-events dashboard to your agent and paper-trade the news What the original author did: A trader connected the free World Monitor dashboard to Grok Bot as a custom MCP server, added Alpaca's MCP in paper mode, and told the bot in plain English to check for wars, sanctions and oil shocks every few minutes and map them to affected stocks. Reported result (as claimed by the author): A no-code news-driven trading loop running on fake money first. Source: https://x.com/RohOnChain/status/2113306887131447387 Tools they used: Grok Bot, World Monitor, Alpaca, MCP Category: Money Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Connect a world-events dashboard to your agent and paper-trade the news What the original author did: A trader connected the free World Monitor dashboard to Grok Bot as a custom MCP server, added Alpaca's MCP in paper mode, and told the bot in plain English to check for wars, sanctions and oil shocks every few minutes and map them to affected stocks. Reported result (as claimed by the author): A no-code news-driven trading loop running on fake money first. Source: https://x.com/RohOnChain/status/2113306887131447387 Tools they used: Grok Bot, World Monitor, Alpaca, MCP Category: Money Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Connect a world-events dashboard to your agent and paper-trade the news What the original author did: A trader connected the free World Monitor dashboard to Grok Bot as a custom MCP server, added Alpaca's MCP in paper mode, and told the bot in plain English to check for wars, sanctions and oil shocks every few minutes and map them to affected stocks. Reported result (as claimed by the author): A no-code news-driven trading loop running on fake money first. Source: https://x.com/RohOnChain/status/2113306887131447387 Tools they used: Grok Bot, World Monitor, Alpaca, MCP Category: Money Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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