x.ai Marketplace
In plain English
One nickname covers three doors: the x.ai Marketplace, Connect AppsConnect Apps is Grok Bot's place to find and connect plugins. The in-app list took this name on October 2, 2026. plugins, and Grok BuildGrok Build is xAI’s coding agent, a different product from Grok chat and from a Grok Bot.’s pluginA plugin is an optional piece of software that adds a feature to a larger application. shelf.
Example
You open a public listing and read the job. You still have the same Bots you had before. Reading is not adding. You install a mail connectorA connector is a ready-made connection that lets an application use another service's data or actions. from the Grok BotGrok Bot is xAI’s product for named AI teammates that carry out tasks with tools and a persistent cloud computer shared by the Bots on one account. pluginA plugin is an optional piece of software that adds a feature to a larger application. shelf. Every Bot on your account can see that connector. You did not add a new teammate. You browse plugins in Grok BuildGrok Build is xAI’s coding agent, a different product from Grok chat and from a Grok Bot.. Those plugins stay with the coding agentA coding agent is an AI agent that works on software tasks by reading a project, changing files, and using development tools, then preparing the changes for review..
Why it matters
One English word got reused. People walk through the wrong door and think they added a teammate when they installed a pluginA plugin is an optional piece of software that adds a feature to a larger application., or the other way around.
Botski keeps the doors apart on purpose. xAI docs win if a shelf gets renamed. This page was checked against those docs on 2026-09-23 CT.
Door one is the x.ai Marketplace, a public shelf of other people’s Bots. Reading a listing on bot.ski does not add the Bot.
Door two is Connect AppsConnect Apps is Grok Bot's place to find and connect plugins. The in-app list took this name on October 2, 2026. inside the Grok BotGrok Bot is xAI’s product for named AI teammates that carry out tasks with tools and a persistent cloud computer shared by the Bots on one account. app, where connectors and packaged skills are installed. The in-app sidebar button used an older label until September 26, 2026, when it became Connect apps (that list is not the x.ai Marketplace). The October 2 changelog finished the rename: Connect Apps got category chips, Recommended for you first, and Bot templates on the web. Those plugins are account-wide. Door three is Grok BuildGrok Build is xAI’s coding agent, a different product from Grok chat and from a Grok Bot.’s pluginA plugin is an optional piece of software that adds a feature to a larger application. shelf, for the coding agentA coding agent is an AI agent that works on software tasks by reading a project, changing files, and using development tools, then preparing the changes for review.. It does not add a Grok Bot.
bot.ski does not install anything from any of the three.
Sources
Updated October 1, 2026.