Let a Grok Bot learn your junk mail and clean your Gmail after you approve its rules
Inbox Junkyard Dog is a Grok Bot that watches a Gmail inbox for a few days to learn what is junk, shows its rules and waits for approval, then unsubscribes and trashes up to 50 junk emails a day with a weekly check-in.
Source
@davefmurray on X · 2026-10-16
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-20.
What they did
Inbox Junkyard Dog is a Grok Bot that watches a Gmail inbox for a few days to learn what is junk, shows its rules and waits for approval, then unsubscribes and trashes up to 50 junk emails a day with a weekly check-in.
Result (as claimed)
It deletes nothing until the owner approves the rules.
Tools they used
Cost: Grok Bot: from $30/mo.
Set it up
Map the task
Write the trigger, the inputs, the decisions and the output. Note which steps need a human yes.
Connect the tools
Set up Grok Bot, Gmail with the narrowest permissions that work. Use a test account or sandbox first.
Build the workflow
Create the steps in order. Add an approval step before anything sends, pays or deletes.
Run it on real but low-stakes data
Run a few times, read every output, and fix prompts or rules that misfire.
Schedule and monitor
Turn on the schedule or trigger, and add a daily summary or alert so you notice failures.
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 Grok Bot learn your junk mail and clean your Gmail after you approve its rules What the original author did: Inbox Junkyard Dog is a Grok Bot that watches a Gmail inbox for a few days to learn what is junk, shows its rules and waits for approval, then unsubscribes and trashes up to 50 junk emails a day with a weekly check-in. Reported result (as claimed by the author): It deletes nothing until the owner approves the rules. Source: https://x.com/davefmurray/status/2111117513756987585 Tools they used: Grok Bot, Gmail Category: Automation & business 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 Grok Bot learn your junk mail and clean your Gmail after you approve its rules What the original author did: Inbox Junkyard Dog is a Grok Bot that watches a Gmail inbox for a few days to learn what is junk, shows its rules and waits for approval, then unsubscribes and trashes up to 50 junk emails a day with a weekly check-in. Reported result (as claimed by the author): It deletes nothing until the owner approves the rules. Source: https://x.com/davefmurray/status/2111117513756987585 Tools they used: Grok Bot, Gmail Category: Automation & business 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 Grok Bot learn your junk mail and clean your Gmail after you approve its rules What the original author did: Inbox Junkyard Dog is a Grok Bot that watches a Gmail inbox for a few days to learn what is junk, shows its rules and waits for approval, then unsubscribes and trashes up to 50 junk emails a day with a weekly check-in. Reported result (as claimed by the author): It deletes nothing until the owner approves the rules. Source: https://x.com/davefmurray/status/2111117513756987585 Tools they used: Grok Bot, Gmail Category: Automation & business 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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