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01·AI·Aug 31, 2026

I Let a Grok Bot Pair the IKEA Switch I Did Not Have Time For

I failed once at pairing an IKEA BILRESA to Home Assistant, then got too busy to debug it. Grok Bot has its own desktop and browser, so I pointed it at my HA URL. A few hours of troubleshooting later, the remote actually worked.

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