Get a daily vulnerability alert by adding a threat intel feed to Grok Bot
Paste the Midkernel Threat Intel URL into Grok Bot as a connector and build a daily alert; the example flagged new additions to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list on Oct 23.
Source
@midkernel on X · 2026-10-24
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-24.
What they did
Paste the Midkernel Threat Intel URL into Grok Bot as a connector and build a daily alert; the example flagged new additions to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list on Oct 23.
Result (as claimed)
You hear about actively exploited bugs the day they are listed.
Tools they used
Cost: Pricing depends on the tools you pick; check each official pricing page.
Set it up
Pick a contained repo or task
Start on a branch or side project where mistakes are cheap.
Install and configure
Set up Grok Bot, Midkernel Threat Intel. Read what it can run on your machine and limit permissions where possible.
Run it on a real task
Give it a well-scoped issue and let it work. Review the diff like any pull request.
Add guardrails
Keep tests and CI in the loop, and never let an agent push to main or touch production secrets unattended.
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: Get a daily vulnerability alert by adding a threat intel feed to Grok Bot What the original author did: Paste the Midkernel Threat Intel URL into Grok Bot as a connector and build a daily alert; the example flagged new additions to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list on Oct 23. Reported result (as claimed by the author): You hear about actively exploited bugs the day they are listed. Source: https://x.com/midkernel/status/2113807745379967397 Tools they used: Grok Bot, Midkernel Threat Intel Category: Dev & ops 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: Get a daily vulnerability alert by adding a threat intel feed to Grok Bot What the original author did: Paste the Midkernel Threat Intel URL into Grok Bot as a connector and build a daily alert; the example flagged new additions to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list on Oct 23. Reported result (as claimed by the author): You hear about actively exploited bugs the day they are listed. Source: https://x.com/midkernel/status/2113807745379967397 Tools they used: Grok Bot, Midkernel Threat Intel Category: Dev & ops 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: Get a daily vulnerability alert by adding a threat intel feed to Grok Bot What the original author did: Paste the Midkernel Threat Intel URL into Grok Bot as a connector and build a daily alert; the example flagged new additions to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list on Oct 23. Reported result (as claimed by the author): You hear about actively exploited bugs the day they are listed. Source: https://x.com/midkernel/status/2113807745379967397 Tools they used: Grok Bot, Midkernel Threat Intel Category: Dev & ops 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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Guides for this use case
How to use AI agents for security scans and threat intel · How to use AI agents for Linux, servers and homelabs · How to set up Grok Bot agents for real work
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