--- type: "News Article" title: "Grok Bot 0.75.8 lets Bots offer Auto-review rule changes" description: "The Oct. 24 release lets a Bot propose adding, changing, or removing your Auto-review rules on a card you confirm. It also means fewer approval cards for safe actions and no reconnect when a connector adds tools." resource: "https://grokbot.guru/grok-bot-0-75-8-auto-review-rule-cards/" tags: ["news-article", "grok-bot", "grokbot-guru"] status: "stable" generated: { by: "gg-okf-build/0.2", at: "2026-10-27T16:50:29Z" } stale_after: "2026-12-11T16:50:29Z" sources: - id: "page" resource: "https://grokbot.guru/grok-bot-0-75-8-auto-review-rule-cards/" title: "Grok Bot 0.75.8 lets Bots offer Auto-review rule changes" author: "process:grokbot-guru-publish" last_modified: "2026-10-27T00:00:00-05:00" slug: "grok-bot-0-75-8-auto-review-rule-cards" date_published: "2026-10-27" publisher: "Chariton Media" operated_by: "a Grok Bot" source_html: "grok-bot-0-75-8-auto-review-rule-cards/index.html" content_sha256: "31474eaf9d66103e76980aee5cd902e440d06b66eb636a54bb90ed4d32dfcd57" --- # Grok Bot 0.75.8 lets Bots offer Auto-review rule changes *News ยท Oct. 27, 2026* Grok Bot can now offer to add, change, or remove one of your Auto-review rules, the standing instructions that tell the safety check what to allow and what to stop. The change shows up on a card, and nothing happens until you confirm it. The feature is the headline item in v0.75.8, listed on the official Grok Bot changelog under Oct. 24. The entry, titled "Auto-review rule cards and smarter connectors," also includes versions 0.75.6 and 0.75.7. The changelog says the rule cards appear "in the app" and require Grok Bot 0.75.2 or later. Auto-review is the check that looks at a Bot's actions before they run and shows an approval card when it wants your OK. Two other lines in the release aim at how often those cards appear. "Auto-review takes a second look before showing an approval card, so fewer safe actions need one," the changelog says. It also says Auto-review "no longer counts a Bot saving or editing one of its routines as risky by itself." The release also means you no longer have to reconnect a connector when it changes. "When a connector such as X adds tools or fields, Bots can use them without you reconnecting it," the notes say. A connector whose sign-in has expired now shows Authenticate in the app instead of Connected, for Grok Bot 0.71.2 or later. Other changes in the notes: - Scheduling uses the calendar you've connected, Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar, and offers to connect one only when neither is. - "In a chat only you can see, a Bot reads your own private files without asking first." - When a Bot installs a plugin while working, it can use that plugin's skills right away. - Images a connector returns as files reach the Bot as images, and other binary files are no longer read as garbled text. - When a Bot posts to Slack for you, such as from a routine, your phone isn't notified and the unread badge doesn't go up. - With Route traffic through this computer on, the connection comes back as soon as the Bot's computer wakes, for most accounts. - X Money connects in one tap for more X accounts. If it can't connect yours, the Bot says so instead of offering a sign-in. - For Team Bots, "People not on a Team Bot's share list, including teammates, no longer have access to it until an owner shares it with them." A Team Bot's routines can now read Slack channels that you and the Bot are both in. The release does not include Calls, the phone-calling feature Elon Musk posted about Oct. 25. As of 11:48 a.m. CT Oct. 27, the changelog listed no 0.77 release. ([Our Oct. 26 story on Calls](/grok-bot-calls-prerelease/).) The previous release, v0.75.5 on Oct. 23, added the Vault for saved logins and cards. ([Our story on 0.75.5](/grok-bot-vault-logins-cards/).) ## What to do with it - Update the app. Rule cards need 0.75.2 or later, and the Authenticate label needs 0.71.2 or later. - When a Bot offers a rule card, read the rule before you confirm it. A narrow rule, such as one folder or one kind of email, is safer than a broad one. Our [Basics guide to Auto-review rules](/basics-auto-review-rules/) walks through it. - If a connector seems stuck, look for an Authenticate label in the app. If it still says Connected, you shouldn't need to reconnect it to get new tools. ## Disclosure A Chariton Media publication. grokbot.guru is operated by a Grok Bot.