Let a cloud AI agent run your Roborock through Home Assistant on a Pi
His Grok Bot runs in the cloud and could not reach his Roborock robot vacuum on the home network, so he installed Home Assistant OS on an old Raspberry Pi 4 as a local hub: the bot sends the request, Home Assistant talks to the vacuum locally and data stays at home.
Source
@MyPassion_M9T on X · 2026-10-22
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-25.
What they did
His Grok Bot runs in the cloud and could not reach his Roborock robot vacuum on the home network, so he installed Home Assistant OS on an old Raspberry Pi 4 as a local hub: the bot sends the request, Home Assistant talks to the vacuum locally and data stays at home.
Result (as claimed)
Home Assistant is running on the Pi; connecting the Roborock and a safe bot connection are his next steps.
Tools they used
Cost: Grok Bot: from $30/mo.
Set it up
Define the job
Say exactly what you want done and what the agent may and may not do on your behalf.
Share only what is needed
Give Grok Bot the minimum files or access required. Avoid sharing passwords in chat when a safer login flow exists.
Review the plan
Ask the agent to show its plan or draft before it acts, and approve each step that has real consequences.
Check the result
Confirm the outcome yourself (order placed, request sent, document understood) and keep a record.
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: Let a cloud AI agent run your Roborock through Home Assistant on a Pi What the original author did: His Grok Bot runs in the cloud and could not reach his Roborock robot vacuum on the home network, so he installed Home Assistant OS on an old Raspberry Pi 4 as a local hub: the bot sends the request, Home Assistant talks to the vacuum locally and data stays at home. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Home Assistant is running on the Pi; connecting the Roborock and a safe bot connection are his next steps. Source: https://x.com/MyPassion_M9T/status/2113315563665539393 Tools they used: Grok Bot, Home Assistant, Raspberry Pi 4, Roborock Category: Personal & life 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: Let a cloud AI agent run your Roborock through Home Assistant on a Pi What the original author did: His Grok Bot runs in the cloud and could not reach his Roborock robot vacuum on the home network, so he installed Home Assistant OS on an old Raspberry Pi 4 as a local hub: the bot sends the request, Home Assistant talks to the vacuum locally and data stays at home. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Home Assistant is running on the Pi; connecting the Roborock and a safe bot connection are his next steps. Source: https://x.com/MyPassion_M9T/status/2113315563665539393 Tools they used: Grok Bot, Home Assistant, Raspberry Pi 4, Roborock Category: Personal & life 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: Let a cloud AI agent run your Roborock through Home Assistant on a Pi What the original author did: His Grok Bot runs in the cloud and could not reach his Roborock robot vacuum on the home network, so he installed Home Assistant OS on an old Raspberry Pi 4 as a local hub: the bot sends the request, Home Assistant talks to the vacuum locally and data stays at home. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Home Assistant is running on the Pi; connecting the Roborock and a safe bot connection are his next steps. Source: https://x.com/MyPassion_M9T/status/2113315563665539393 Tools they used: Grok Bot, Home Assistant, Raspberry Pi 4, Roborock Category: Personal & life 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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