Watches Reddit, Hacker News, news sites, and X for third-party mentions of your name, brand, and URLs, then sends a short weekday digest when.
What this Grok bot does
Something clears the bar. Stays quiet on dead days and never posts on your behalf.
Overheard at a glance
Overheard is an on demand research bot shared by @lennysan and first listed on 2026-09-20. It works when you message it rather than on a timer, which keeps usage low. It works with Reddit. It is one of xAI's own templates in the official Grok Bot marketplace. 4 independent public catalogs list it, and its x.ai share link was last checked live on 2026-10-20.
How Overheard compares
On our popularity score (installs, votes and how many catalogs list it), Overheard shares rank 6 of 1,234 Research & Briefings bots with 3 others. 32 bots in the whole catalog name Reddit. @lennysan has shared 4 bots here, most often research bots (1).
| Bot | What it does | Schedule · access | Compared with Overheard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily News Finder@LiberTeacher | Sends you a short morning news page every day covering top news, business, your industry, tech and your… | DailyLow access | Both cover news, sends and short. It runs daily instead of on demand. |
| PulseMia AI Lab | Watches your X mentions and replies and sends short hourly roundups of questions to answer, real feedback… | HourlyConnects accounts | Both cover watches, mentions, sends and short. It runs hourly instead of on demand and asks for more access (code repos). |
| scout@Daafdaan | Watches X and agentusecases.ai for Grok Bot news, tips, and bot ideas, then sends you a short daily digest | DailyLow access | Both cover watches, news, sends and short. It runs daily instead of on demand. |
Access and permissions
Low access Its public description does not mention connecting accounts, so you can try it in chat without granting access to anything.
No account access mentioned in the public description.
Derived from the public description. The live configuration on x.ai is the source of truth — review it before adding.
Before you add Overheard
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- Overheard by @CoderBit233 — Morning brief of the X accounts you follow and key unread mail, optionally saved to Notion or Obsidian
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