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Grot is a multifaceted entity within the Grafana ecosystem, serving several roles:
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AI-Powered Assistant: Grot is an AI chatbot developed by Grafana Labs to assist users with questions about the Grafana LGTM Stack, Grafana Cloud platform, and more. It is designed to provide answers in a conversational and easy-to-understand manner, and it can even offer translated summaries of Grafana's blogs based on the language set in your browser. Grot is trained on a variety of Grafana Labs repositories, including documentation, blogs, and GitHub.
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Grafana Bot: In addition to being a chatbot, Grot is also the name of the Grafana bot that helps manage the GitHub repository by automatically creating backport pull requests when possible. If a merge conflict occurs, Grot provides guidance on how to manually backport changes.
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Mascot and Ambassador: Grot is the mascot for the Golden Grot Awards, an initiative by Grafana to recognize outstanding dashboards in both personal and professional categories. The awards celebrate the creativity and technical prowess of the Grafana community.
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Community Symbol: Grot embodies the spirit of the Grafana community, thriving on collaboration and innovation. It is a symbol of the support and shared knowledge that the community offers to its members.
The Golden Grot Awards, for instance, highlight the community's achievements by recognizing top dashboards, with winners celebrated at events like GrafanaCON. Grot, as a mascot, represents the fun and engaging side of the Grafana community, while as a chatbot, it provides practical support and information to users.
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