Grok Bot now acts only as you, and keeps your passwords out of the model

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Grok Bot's security page now spells out that a Bot acts only as the signed-in member, connector tokens stay on Cursor's backend, and passwords are filled in by reference so the model never receives them. https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/security https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/approvals-security-and-privacy https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/vault

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  1. 0:00Acts as you
  2. 0:13Connector tokens
  3. 0:26Sign-in
  4. 0:39Saved cards
  5. 0:53Secrets
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  1. A Grok Bot has no identity of its own. It acts as you, never with more access than you, and every action traces to a named person. Team-managed connectors are the one exception.

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    Grok Bot now acts only as you, never with more access than you have

    Access Never more than the member's own
    Every action Attributable to a named member
    Machine identity None to provision, rotate or audit
    Exception: team-managed connectors may use team or service-account credentials
    docs.x.ai/grok-bot/security · Identity and sign-ins
  2. When a Bot uses a connected app, it calls the tool without ever receiving the OAuth token. Those tokens stay on Cursor's backend and are never stored on the Bot's computer.

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    Connector tokens stay on Cursor's backend, never on the Bot's computer

    01Bot calls a tool
    02Cursor's backend holds the OAuth token
    03Connected app answers
    Tokens are never stored on the computer
    docs.x.ai/grok-bot/security · Identity and sign-ins
  3. To sign in, a Bot tries Vault, then a password manager like 1Password, then a Secure Form. The model never receives the password. For single sign-on or a passkey, it hands the computer to you.

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    Passwords are filled into the page by reference, so the model never gets them

    01Login saved in Vault
    02Connected password manager, such as 1Password
    03A Secure Form you fill in
    Single sign-on and passkeys: the Bot hands you the computer
    docs.x.ai/grok-bot/security · docs.x.ai/grok-bot/approvals-security-and-privacy
  4. In Grok Bot app chats, a Bot can see a saved card's number and security code, to type at checkout. A saved card pays without asking each time, so to approve every payment, don't save it.

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    In Grok Bot app chats, a Bot can see your saved card to pay at checkout

    Bot can see Saved logins list, contact info
    In app chats Card number and security code
    Saved card Fills at checkout, no approval each time
    To approve every payment, don't save the card
    docs.x.ai/grok-bot/security · docs.x.ai/grok-bot/approvals-security-and-privacy
  5. An API key goes in a secure secret card, masked and kept out of the transcript. Team Bots have no Vault, and take keys under Secrets. Never type passwords or one-time codes in chat.

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    API keys go in a secure secret card, kept out of the chat and the model

    API keys Masked secret card, hidden from the model
    Team Bots No Vault; add keys under Secrets
    Ordinary chat Never for passwords or one-time codes
    docs.x.ai/grok-bot/security · docs.x.ai/grok-bot/vault

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