A 12-Page Trip Book With Photos: His "Rick Steves" Grok Bot Followed Them Around Italy by GPS and Suggested Food Nearby
- Level Intermediate
- Setup1–3 hrs (estimated)
- Evidence Some evidence
- CostNot stated in source
- No-codeNo
What they did
Can a bot be a tour guide that knows where you are? Before two weeks in Italy, he set up a Grok Bot called "Rick Steves" with the itinerary. It sent a morning rundown of what was booked each day. He had Grok Bot use Claude Code to build a tiny iPhone app that sent his GPS location to a webhook the bot made, so it could suggest restaurants and sights nearby. On the way home it made a 12-page PDF review of the trip, with captioned photos from his OneDrive camera roll.
How it went
Daily trip rundowns, nearby tips and a photo trip book at the end.
Worth knowing
- One Reddit comment. Building the location app needs coding help and sideloading, which isn't beginner work. Sharing a live location with a bot is sensitive, so turn it off after the trip.
Prompt
Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.
Be my travel companion for a trip that's already booked. Here's the itinerary: [paste]. 1) Each morning, send me what's booked today with times and addresses. 2) When I share my location, suggest [2] nearby places to eat or see that fit the plan. Don't make a new itinerary. 3) When I say the trip is over, make a PDF trip summary with where we went and ate, and add captioned photos from [photo folder].
Recommended
Try it in Grok Bot
- Copy the prompt (button below).
- Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
- Connect the listed tools (as needed) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
- If the task repeats, ask: "Make this a daily routine."
Alternatives: the same prompt works in Claude Code, Claude, ChatGPT Agent, OpenClaw.
Set it up
Stack: Grok Bot + Claude Code + location webhook + OneDrive
- Read the original source for full context.
- Connect the tools your agent needs.
- Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
- Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.
Generic suggested steps, not from the source.
Evidence
First-hand Reddit comment in r/GrokBot, with a follow-up explaining the 3 parts: agent with itinerary, GPS webhook app built via Claude Code, 12-page PDF trip review with captioned photos
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