Relay your iMessages into X Chat so your Grok Bot can work with them
A developer's Grok Bot iMessage Relay brings iMessages into X Chat with photos both ways, delivery check marks, emoji replies, one-tap blocking and your Messages spam filters.
Source
@Phil_Holland on X · 2026-10-19
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-22.
What they did
A developer's Grok Bot iMessage Relay brings iMessages into X Chat with photos both ways, delivery check marks, emoji replies, one-tap blocking and your Messages spam filters.
Result (as claimed)
Feels native in X Chat; open source.
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: Relay your iMessages into X Chat so your Grok Bot can work with them What the original author did: A developer's Grok Bot iMessage Relay brings iMessages into X Chat with photos both ways, delivery check marks, emoji replies, one-tap blocking and your Messages spam filters. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Feels native in X Chat; open source. Source: https://x.com/Phil_Holland/status/2112311417655242826 Tools they used: Grok Bot, iMessage, X Chat, macOS 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: Relay your iMessages into X Chat so your Grok Bot can work with them What the original author did: A developer's Grok Bot iMessage Relay brings iMessages into X Chat with photos both ways, delivery check marks, emoji replies, one-tap blocking and your Messages spam filters. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Feels native in X Chat; open source. Source: https://x.com/Phil_Holland/status/2112311417655242826 Tools they used: Grok Bot, iMessage, X Chat, macOS 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: Relay your iMessages into X Chat so your Grok Bot can work with them What the original author did: A developer's Grok Bot iMessage Relay brings iMessages into X Chat with photos both ways, delivery check marks, emoji replies, one-tap blocking and your Messages spam filters. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Feels native in X Chat; open source. Source: https://x.com/Phil_Holland/status/2112311417655242826 Tools they used: Grok Bot, iMessage, X Chat, macOS 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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