Beanstack

Summer reading challenges

Summer reading challenge, logged

Beanstack runs your library's reading challenge. The assistant reminds kids to log minutes and tells you when a prize is ready. The assistant reads Beanstack emails. Kids log reading in the app.

Visit the Beanstack website

What it handles for you

  • Logging reminders for the kids
  • Badge and prize notices passed on
  • Challenge deadlines on the calendar

Set it up, step by step

No tech experience needed. Take it one step at a time.

⏱ About 5 minutes
🔗 Reads notification emails

What you’ll need

  • Your Beanstack account
  • The email inbox it sends to
  • About 5 minutes

Steps

  1. Sign in to Beanstack the way you normally do.
  2. Open the app’s Settings or Notifications area.
  3. Turn on email notifications for the things you care about, like messages, reminders or due dates.
  4. Check that the email address listed is the one you connected to Grok Bot.
  5. Tell Grok Bot: “When Beanstack emails arrive, give me the one-line version and remind me of deadlines.”
Stuck? Try this: Not seeing emails? Check your spam or Promotions folder and mark one as “Not spam” so the next ones land in your inbox.

How Grok Bot connects

Email: Grok Bot reads the notification emails Beanstack already sends you, in the inbox you connected. Nothing new is installed inside Beanstack.

Prefer a hand? We can set it up with you.

← Back to Calendar & School