CloseBot allows business plans and agency plans to select Grok as an AI provider. Agency plans must add Grok to their AI providers before adding it as an option for their any of their personas. Business plans don't have to put their key in. This guide covers getting your Grok API key and saving it to your CloseBot AI providers list. For general AI provider information check out this article HERE.
Just because CloseBot allows use of Grok, it does not mean other users' data is exposed to Grok. Only those who have added this as a provider are allowing it to see their messages.
Adding Grok API Key
From within the AI providers screen, click Add new provider and select Grok. You'll be required to enter in the unique name for this provider as well as your Grok API key that can be obtained from the X Console HERE.
Getting Your Grok API Key
Log in to your existing x.ai account or sign up to access API keys. This developer portal is different than the non-developer Grok interface where you go to interact with Grok as a normal user. You'll have to set up billing information and add credits before your API key will be valid.
Setting Up Billing
Once you have your X Console open, navigate to Billing in the side bar. Next, click Credits. You'll have to set up your credit card and billing address before you'll be able to buy credits. Purchase at least 10$ in credits before generating an API key.
Remember, Grok will bill you for usage incurred, but CloseBot tracks the cost and allows you to re-bill this amount to your clients on our agency plan.
Copy an API Key
In the side bar click API Keys and then Create API key. Make sure you enable all endpoints and enable all models. CloseBot picks the models for you, and even updates automatically as new models are released, keeping things quick and easy for you! Name your key, save and copy the resulting API key.
Make sure you remember to copy this key when you create it. It won't be shown to you again.
Rate Limits
Grok rate limits users at high volume. Details on how to increase your rate limit threshold as well as exact rate limit amounts can be found within your account HERE.
Next Steps
From here, you'll want to paste the Grok key into the AI provider pop-up, give it a unique name and save it. Learn more about creating AI providers HERE.
Here are some things we've noticed about Grok:
It likes to start responses with short statements -- "Hey there!"... "Nice to meet you"... etc. Done over and over this can make a conversation feel choppy
Responses are more wordy than any of the other alternatives tested
When asking a question, it really likes to clarify why it's asking the question. Example "Could you share your last name with me? I'd like to make sure I have all your details correct"