Buy with agents

Watch prices, build carts, apply coupons and claim refunds — with you approving checkout.

Steps

  1. 1Watch a product price every morning until it drops~30 min (estimated) · Grok Bot
  2. 2Plan 15 family meals a week and hand off an Instacart list~30 min (estimated) · Grok Bot
  3. 3ChatGPT Agent found coupon codes that worked ($79 saved)~30 min (estimated) · ChatGPT Agent
  4. 4Chase a price drop refund~30 min (estimated) · Grok Bot

Prompts

ShoppingX · 2026-09

Watch a product price every morning until it drops

The author asked Grok Bot to check every morning whether a Ninja Creami was on sale. The bot alerted when it was $50 off.

  • Level Beginner
  • Setup~30 min*
  • Evidence Some evidence
Grok BotSource-linkedBeginner-friendly
ShoppingX · 2026-10

Plan 15 family meals a week and hand off an Instacart list

After years of spreadsheets and a vibe-coded app, the author built a Grok Bot that keeps recipes in Markdown, prints a weekly meal plan, and produces a shopping list that is pasted into ChatGPT to fill Instacart. Targets ~15 meals per week for the family. Bot template with recipe library access is linked.

  • Level Beginner
  • Setup~30 min*
  • Evidence Some evidence
Grok BotSource-linkedBeginner-friendly
ShoppingX · 2026-10

Chase a price drop refund

A user sent their Grok Bot after a Best Buy price drop on something they'd bought and it came back with real money.

  • Level Beginner
  • Setup~30 min*
  • Evidence Anecdotal
Grok BotSource-linkedBeginner-friendly